Kate Britton

Born in London in 1965My focus is the entire space and the anticipation of the way the work may interact within the environment into which it is placed. I am interested in the dialogue between the organic and inorganic materials and the nuances created by space and light.My work is often the expression of something that has made a strong visual impression on me. Together the shape and form stay with me. Often unaware of where the work is beginning, I soon find that as the form develops, that there is a strong connection with a form, a feeling or fragment of something previously seen. This then becomes a journey to create an ambiguous work that the viewer can interpret. With materiality considered, my focus is to create a contradiction within the overall context. I am inspired by art, architecture and design and often images become embedded in my mind to later be recreated in the uncertainjourney that is creation of art. I have recently worked on a series of woven pieces, these have become surprisingly satisfying in the making process, the repetition and how this can be read in the finished or unfinished form is the beginning of another journey . . . .

1995-1996 Walnut Creek Center for Arts, Walnut Creek CA
1996-1997 Silvermine Guild School of Art, Silvermine, CT
1999 The Scottsdale Artists School, Scottsdale, AZ
1996- 2000 The Bleifeld Sculpture Group, New Canaan, CT studied under the direction of Stanley Bleifeld, MFA, and former President of the National Sculpture Society
2005-2008 The City and Guilds of London Art School, Kennington, London, UK BA Fine Art (Sculpture)

Awards:

Special Recognition/ Award for Public Art for Garnet 2003 San Luis Obispo, CA
Certificate of Recognition, Garnet 2003 City of San Luis Obispo Downtown Association, San Luis Obispo, CA
Beckwith Sculpture Scholarship, 2007, London, UK

Permanent Exhibition:

Garnet 2001 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo, CA

Group Exhibitions:

2008 The City and Guilds of London Art School, Kennington, London, UK
2007 Artspace Galleries, London UK
2006Diarama Arts, London UK
2003 Anthems, Johnson Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
1999 Bleifeld Sculpture Group, Carriage Barn Gallery, New Canaan, CT
1997 Norfield Art Gallery, Weston, CT
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