Stella Valente is an 18-year-old emerging artist living in Brisbane, Australia. Her art explores and reflects on her experiences growing up with an invisible disability, and highlights people who have shaped her into the person she is today. Primarily using coloured pencil and ballpoint pen, she experiments with different approaches to composition and aesthetics, including elements of collage, distortion, layering and texture in her works. She often uses symbolism to subtly suggest hidden meanings.
Her work won the 'Emerging Artist Prize' in the 2025 Brisbane Portrait Prize.