KATHERINE EARLE

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Katherine is invested in time-based processes that push back against notions of efficacy and productivity as a way of creating a sense of balance in her world. Using techniques such as weaving and embroidery, she engages the elevated and highly conceptual forms of world creation present in decorative arts and craft traditions, often using unexpected materials and detritus. In engaging discarded forever materials such as plastics, Katherine explores the mythology of progress which has coerced us to follow it blindly into a staggeringly precarious present. In doing so she demands that we confront certain truths about the fragility of our existence on this planet and in our bodies.

BIO:

A fiber artist and multimedia sculptor Katherine is based in New York. Her work has been shown in two-person and group exhibitions internationally including Copeland Gallery, Sculptors Alliance, Art Aqua Miami, Site:Brooklyn, The KUBE studios and Diagonale. She has participated in residencies in Canada and the United States, including 77Art, the ChaShaMa North Residency, and the Concordia FARR Residency. Katherine has a BFA in Fibres from Concordia University in Montreal, and is a recent recipient of FST StudioProjects Fund and Joseph Robert Foundation grant.