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Katie’s work has offered me a lifeline. There were times when I was doubtful, if I wanted to be part of the artworld or dedicate time to contribute to artistic discourse. I was coming to the conclusion that excellence in art was becoming synonymous with being popular, famous, expensive, and exclusive. Her work brought me back from the brink. I could see the heart of the artist in a genuine form. It taught me how to describe the work I do and respecting the materials I work with and hence the world around me. It indicated the best side of a contemporary artworld that gave me hope.
Her work and particularly these pieces became the foundation of this whole collection and when I referred that I needed an inspiring beacon of art, these works have started to fulfill that need. I am grateful for Katie’s work and feel incredibly lucky that I could show my work untitled alongside her work, History of Darkness.
Katie Paterson, born in Glasgow in 1981, is recognized as a leading artist of her generation. Collaborating with prominent scientists and researchers worldwide, Paterson's poetic and conceptual projects explore humanity's place on Earth within the vast context of geological time and transformation. Her works integrate advanced technologies and specialized knowledge to create intimate, philosophical connections between people and the natural world.
Paterson graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2007. In January 2014, she received the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Visual Art, and in 2015, her piece Campo del Cielo, Field of the Sky (2014) was shortlisted for the 46th Prix International d’Art Contemporain, an award presented every three years to recognize outstanding recent work by leading contemporary artists.
Blending a Romantic sensibility with a research-driven approach and minimalist aesthetics, Paterson’s work bridges the gap between viewers and the outermost reaches of time and the cosmos. Museum curator Erica Burton describes her practice as one that “engages with the landscape both as a tangible entity and a conceptual idea. By drawing on our experiences of the natural world, she expands our perception of reality beyond what is purely visible.
Her work and particularly these pieces became the foundation of this whole collection and when I referred that I needed an inspiring beacon of art, these works have started to fulfill that need. I am grateful for Katie’s work and feel incredibly lucky that I could show my work untitled alongside her work, History of Darkness.
Katie Paterson, born in Glasgow in 1981, is recognized as a leading artist of her generation. Collaborating with prominent scientists and researchers worldwide, Paterson's poetic and conceptual projects explore humanity's place on Earth within the vast context of geological time and transformation. Her works integrate advanced technologies and specialized knowledge to create intimate, philosophical connections between people and the natural world.
Paterson graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2007. In January 2014, she received the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Visual Art, and in 2015, her piece Campo del Cielo, Field of the Sky (2014) was shortlisted for the 46th Prix International d’Art Contemporain, an award presented every three years to recognize outstanding recent work by leading contemporary artists.
Blending a Romantic sensibility with a research-driven approach and minimalist aesthetics, Paterson’s work bridges the gap between viewers and the outermost reaches of time and the cosmos. Museum curator Erica Burton describes her practice as one that “engages with the landscape both as a tangible entity and a conceptual idea. By drawing on our experiences of the natural world, she expands our perception of reality beyond what is purely visible.
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