La Shuks Artist

La Shuks is a contemporary visual artist who has exhibited across the UK as well as internationally.

Born in London, but having grown up in Korea, Hong Kong and Dubai, and then travelling extensively, La Shuks (aka Katie Mac), now finds herself back in the UK, based in Brighton.

Katie creates her mixed media works through the layering of multiple techniques:
-hand/pencil drawn ideas and concepts
-hand painted textures
-photographs of numerous aspects of nature
-digitally illustrated fragments of patterns and varied embelishments

These steps are pushed/pulled, twisted/turned and loved/loathed........... until they can be coaxed into finality, but most importantly until a satisfied artist emerges! They are produced as limited edition giclee prints, which might then be hand finished with gold leaf, diamond dust or other adornments, to create one-of-a-kind pieces.

This coalescence of real/abstract, organic/artificial, analog/digital, are the contrasts that Katie has adapted, honed and unified over the years, into a process of production whereby; energetic, forceful, compelling and wholly vibrant art works are made.

A deeper dive into the pieces themselves reveals what a huge impact her international childhood has ...

Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London with Liberty Gallery, March 2022
Brush Gallery group show 'MOON' November 2021
Art Without Walls, East London public spaces, June 2021
Affordable Art Fair Online, November 2020
'Elephant' group show, Brush Gallery, Brighton, November 2019
Brush Gallery group show 'FRESH' September 2019
Conclave Gallery Launch group show, January, 2019
"Wish You Were Here" group show at Unlimited Gallery, Brighton. August 2018
Powder Boutique group show, Brighton Fringe Festival, May 2018
Women's March group show at Unlimited Gallery, Brighton. March 2018
The Other Art Fair, London October 2017
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London October 2017
Affordable Art Fair Stockholm, Sweden October 2017
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, London May 2017
Affordable Art Fair Brussels, Belgium, Feb 2017
Saatchi Gallery, "50 X 50 2" group show, London. Feb 2017
'Jealous Needs You' 2016 group show- Jealous Gallery, November 2016
Affordable Art Fair Battersea, October 2016
Affordable Art Fair Stockholm, October 2016
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, June 2016
Affordable Art Fair Brussels, February 2016
Affordable Art Fair Battersea, October 2015
Affordable Art Fair Stockholm, October 2015
FourPlay group show ...