Winner of the Bluethumb Sculpture Prize, 2022, Jodi Stewart's paintings and drawings have been selected for some of Australia’s most prestigious art prizes, such as the Portia Geach, the Shirley Hannan and the Adelaide Perry, while her sculptures have been finalists in the Tom Bass Sculpture Prize, the Kingaroy Sculpture Prize, Nillumbik Prize, Manning Prize and the Alice Prize. Stewart has been painting for over 30 years and graduated from the National Art School, Sydney, majoring in sculpture, in 2015. She was also the recipient of a two and a half year artists residency at Clifton Pugh’s ‘Dunmoochin’, a 20 acre bush property in Victoria. Stewart's work focuses on drapery as a metaphor for the bodies and experiences of women and is held in collections including: M.G. Dingle & G.B. Hughes Collection, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery Collection; Cedric Lee Collection; National Art School Collection; West Wollongong TAFE Library Collection; and The Lady Denman Museum Permanent Collection, NSW.