Kate Brinkworth

I have always been fascinated by stories, devouring books as a young child, writing tales of my own and evolving as I grew up into a deep love of film, combining the two elements I thrive on the most: imagery and narrative.
In the third year of university I started to look in depth at the construction of a film: how do images go together to form a cohesive plot, which elements or scenes are crucial to this? How do light, shadow, camera angle, focus, objects and location play a part in intriguing and capturing your imagination, enabling the viewer to pick up on the essence of an idea and sparking off their imagination so they themselves bring something to the viewing experience.
I originally used film scenes to look into this but soon wanted to set up my own stills, engage in my own ideas. I began to collect objects: dice, insects, cameras, letters, papers, anything I could find that had a sense of intrigue about it. I then played around with setting up small still lifes, lighting them differently, changing the focal point to emphasise a certain item and then working these into paintings. I became more involved in the process of this, enjoying the translation of light into paint, the properties of pigments and the challenge of ph...

BA (Hons) Fine Art, first class honours from Nottingham Trent 2000

regular exhibitor with Alon Zakaim Fine Art, Mayfair

london & international art fairs with Mark Jason Gallery

Holmer Gallery, Sweden

Turps Banana Correspond exhibitions