Katie Harris-Macleod Contemporary Arts Practitioner Currently Lives and Practices on Gubbi Gubbi Country, Queensland, Australia
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Katie Harris-MacLeod Contemporary Arts Practitioner Currently lives and practices on Gubbi Gubbi Country, Queensland, Australia. B. 1993 Contact +61 (0) 492 898 590 [email protected] www.katieharrismacleod.com Instagram: @katieharrismacleod Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-harris-macleod-31455b167/ Artist Statement Katie Harris-MacLeod is a multifaceted Contemporary Artist. She was brought up on the West Coast of Scotland and across the Sunshine Coast region, Queensland, Australia; where she is currently based. Her work is deeply connected to nature, the psychogeography of place, and the life cycle, which Katie interprets as having three parts: birth, life and death. Nuances of folklore, multiple generation narratives, femininity, loss and isolation are all present within her work. These narratives are then recorded through a poetic exchange between the artist, landscape, performance and practice of the wild. Katie’s work is an exploration of self and place, as she experiments with natural elements as a way of responding to the landscape both viscerally, and spiritually. Natural pigments, salt water, wind and light – her cyanotypes, photography, paintings and performances document the colours and textures she encounters to enigmatic effect. “Interacting with this landscape (S.E, QLD, AU) has allowed my work to become fluid and intuitive, creating a deeper understanding of place and who I am within the context of these environs.” - Katie Harris-MacLeod, 2021. Katie is a recent graduate of Duncan of Jordonstone College of Art & Design, Dundee, Scotland. She was awarded a mentorship and residency placement on the Muir is Tìr sailing residency funded by SAIL BRITAIN and AN LANNTAIR, as part of ‘YEAR OF YOUNG PEOPLE 2018’. As well as exhibiting her degree show work at An Lanntair gallery for the Lùl: Art, Course, Learning, Guidance - Exhibition. She was a key speaker at Las! | Ignite! Festival. Since graduating, Katie has lived and worked across the Hebrides of Scotland and the rural Highlands of Argyll. She has undergone a wide variety of international study tours and residencies across Scotland, Ireland, France and most recently, the ecologically diverse landscape of Gubbi Gubbi country, Australia. In November 2020, Katie underwent an Arts and Ecology residency at the Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens, granted by the Sunshine Coast Council. During this residency, Katie was awarded a mentorship with Artist, Jude Anderson, as part of the ‘Seed-Pod’ program with Punctum Inc. During this residency, Katie delved deeply into a study of the interwoven connectivities between bodies of trees and human beings/ bodies, becoming an on-going project named, Sap Works. Education 2017 BA (Hons) Contemporary Art Practice, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, Scotland (2012-17) 2014-2015 Erasmus Exchange Programme, École européenne supérieure d'art de Bretagne (EESAB) Quimper, France 2011 HNQ Portfolio Preparation, Cardonald College, Glasgow, Scotland Professional Experience 2020 – 2021 | Project Manager, Art Projects with Integrity Queensland (APIQ). 2019 – 2020 | Artist with Cultural Documents on-going project ‘The Well at the World’s End (a walk with Alexander Maris to Uamh Nam Marbh, Iona, Scotland). 2018 – 2021 | Director of Fiadhaich Ltd. 2017 – 2019 | An Lanntair, Education and Outreach Volunteer. 2017 | Lota Sigma, Par Tout Artiste, Workshop Coordinator/ Curator. 2017 | Eden Festival, Education and Outreach Volunteer. 2014 – 2016 | Generator Projects, Committee Member. Artist Residencies • Muir is Tìr (Land and Sea), Sailing Residency with Sail Britain & An Lanntair, August 2018. • The Work Room - Tramway Visual Arts, ‘Moving Myth | A ‘gluasad uirsgeul’, Feburary 2019. • Lay of the Land, Port-Residency, Port, Donegal, Ireland, July 2019. • Cultural Documents on-going project ‘The Well at the World’s End (a walk with Alexander Maris to Uamh Nam Marbh’) Isle of Mull, Scotland 2019. • Creative Spaces - Arts and Ecology Centre, Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, November 2020. Exhibitions 2021 • (January/ February) 40 Under 40, Cooroy Butter Factory, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. • (March/ April) Caloundra Regional Arts Exhibition, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 2020 • (August – on-going) Fàgail Hiort | Leaving St.Kilda, Oban and Morvern, Scotland. • (November) Open Studio - Artist in Residence, Arts and Ecology Centre, Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 2019 • (November – January 2020) Yellow, An Tobar, Isle of Mull, Argyll & Bute, Scotland. • (September) CHARTS (Culture, Heritage & Arts, Argyll & the Isles) Showcase, Oban, Argyll & Bute, Scotland. • (June) Oban Open Art Exhibition, Oban, Argyll & Bute, Scotland. 2018 • (October - November) Las/Ignite Festival, Year of Young People 2018, An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. • (August) Muir is Tìr (Land and Sea), YOYP 2018 Sponsored Artist with Sail Britain & An Lanntair. • (July – August) Lùl: Art, Course, Learning, Guidance. An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. • (June) Oban Open Art Exhibition, Oban, Scotland. • (January – Ongoing) Screen Machine: Futureproof 2017, Various Locations, Scotland http://www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/event/screen-machine- futureproof-2017 • (February) Futureproof: Street Level Photoworks, Trongate 103, Glasgow, Scotland 2017 • (April) Sneaky Peaks: DJCAD, Dundee, Scotland • (May) DJCAD Degree Show: DJCAD, Dundee, Scotland (Work selected for the DJCAD permanent archive collection) • (July-August) Lota Sigma: Par Tout Artiste, Rennes, Bretange, France • (October) Othering: Coburg House Art Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland • (November 2017 – February 2018) Futureproof: Street Level Photoworks, Trongate 103, Glasgow, Scotland 2016 • Artist residency in Ahipara, New Zealand. During this time, I worked alongside the established New Zealand Artist, Jen Gay. This residency involved building Eco Houses, Farming/Animal Husbandry, Ceramics, Felting, Mosaic and learning how to cook in Organic and traditional methods. 2015 • Cubed: Generator Projects, Dundee, Scotland http://generatorprojects.co.uk/cubed/ Members Show: Generator Projects, Dundee, Scotland • Bilan: EESAB, Quimper, Bretange, France 2014 • OHS Creatives Exhibition: Oban, Scotland 2010 • Young Brits at Art Competition (100 Finalists): London https://theartclassroom.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/top-100-young-brits-at-art- announced/ • The Festival of The Sea: SAMS Scottish Marine Institute, Oban, Scotland Press DJCAD – • https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/art/art-review-duncan-of-jordanstone-degree show-2017-1-4455676 • http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15295845.University_of_Dundee___s_Art__Desig n_ __Architecture_Degree_Show_2017/ • http://threadfashionandcostume.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/katie-harris-macleod.html https://dura-dundee.org.uk/2017/05/21/djcad-degree-show-2017-fine-art-fifth- floor/ Association Sigma – • https://associationiotasigma.wordpress.com Othering – • https://wifie.co/events/ • http://www.theskinny.co.uk/whats- on/edinburgh/art/othering?p=1129208 http://photographyscotland.org/2017/othering.html Futureproof – • https://www.list.co.uk/article/97918-futureproof-2017/ • http://glasgoweyesmagazine.com/street-level-photoworks-latest-futureproof- exhibition http://photographyscotland.org/2017/futureproof-2017.html • http://www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/event/futureproof-2017 • http://www.theskinny.co.uk/whats-on/glasgow/art/futureproof-2017?p=1129507 Referees Dr. Deirdre MacKenna: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-mackenna-43a54013/ E. [email protected] Mr. Alex Boyd: Curator Hebrides Contemporary Arts & Artist Support Coordinator, An Lanntair, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. E. [email protected] Mr. Jon Macleod: Special Projects Curator (Education & Exhibitions), An Lanntair, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. E. [email protected] Mr. Edward Summerton: BA (Hons), PGDip, RSA, Senior Lecturer, Room 606, Level 6, Crawford Building, DJCAD, 13 Perth Road, Dundee, DD1 4HT. T. 01382 385228 E. [email protected] Dr. Paul Liam Harrison: Visual Research Centre, (DCA) 152 Nethergate, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee DD1 4DY. T. +44 (0)1382 388065 W. http://www.dundee.ac.uk/djcad/vrc/publishing W. paulliamharrison.co.uk E. [email protected] .