Guided by a spirit of experimentation and her love of unconventional techniques, Katy’s work sits somewhere between printmaking, painting, object and installation. Often site-specific, installations respond directly to public spaces and the architecture and environments in which they are intended to co-exist.
Known for her distinctive approach to silkscreen printmaking, Katy’s aesthetic is characterised by a distinctive, hands-on approach. Rich in texture, subtle gradients, surprising overlaps and painterly details the surface of each print tells a story, revealing both the physicality and the unpredictable outcomes of her process. Katy celebrates these imperfections – elevating errors and glitches as integral elements in her aesthetic.
Exploring the full creative potential of the silkscreen process – mono-printing, halftones, stencils, block colour and more – she works unplanned, printing intuitively layer-by-layer to works on paper that are uniquely complex. Colour palettes are carefully chosen, but equally freewheeling – unexpected combinations of muted Brutalist hues, pastel florals, acid-fried neons, and more.
