Stacey is an artist and photographer whose works are represented in all the major Australian Galleries. She graduated from The University of Queensland, majoring in Fine Arts in 1978. She has been a senior lecturer in the School of Communication Arts at the University of Western Sydney and was a member of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council (2006-2008). Her books, written with Ashley Hay, are Herbarium (2004) and Museum (2007), both published by Cambridge University Press.