Katie Pratt Explained

Katie Pratt^[1] is an artist and abstract painter living and working in London. Born in Epsom, UK, 23 May 1969, she is most recognised for large paintings with heavy volumes of oil paint that combine geometric and organic detail in diagrammatic complex systems. She won the Jerwood Painting Prize in 2001.^[2]

Education

• MA (RCA) Painting Royal College of Art 1996–1998
• BA (Hons) Fine Art (Painting) Winchester School of Art 1989–1992^[3]
• Foundation in Art & Design at Central School of Art & Design 1987–1988^[3]
• Wallington High School for Girls 1985–1987
• St Helen's School 1980–1985

Exhibitions

• 2017 The Order of Things Co-curator (with Andrew Bick^{[4] [5] [6]} and Jonathan Parsons^{[7] [8]}) and Exhibitor,^[9] 28 January 2017– 2 March 2017 at The Wilson (Cheltenham)
• 2016 Upsom Downs^[10] Galerie Peter Zimmermann Mannheim, Germany
• 2015 Revisiting the Jerwood Painting Prize^[11] Jerwood Gallery, Hastings
• 2006 Jonathan Lasker, Patrick Heron, Katie Pratt^{[12] [13]} John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton curated by Prof. Stephen Foster^[14] 14 February to 8 April 2006
• 2005 Landscape Confection, curated by Helen Molesworth^[15] Wexner Center for the Arts 29 January −1 May 2005 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston^[16] 23 July – 11 September 2005 & Orange County Museum of Art^[17] 6 February- 7 May 2006
• 2003 New British Painting: Part 1^[18] John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton 2 December 2003 – 31 January 2004
• 1999 New Contemporaries99^{[19] [20]}

Further reading

• Katie Pratt 2016 Jonathan Lasker & Katie Pratt in Conversation Turps Banana Magazine No. 16 Spring 2016 ^[21]
• Taylor, Brandon 2013 Geometry After Utopia in Utopian Reality ed. Lodder, C, Kokkori, M & Mileeva, M published in Amsterdam by Brill Publishers^[22]
• Lee, R. 2004 Threads in Unframed (ed. Betterton, R.) published in New York by I.B. Tauris

Notes and References

1. Web site: Work.
2. News: Eye of the beholder. The Economist .
3. Book: Germinations 7: Biennale Européenne des jeunes artistes. 25 April 2020. 1992. Germinations. 188. 9782906732308.
4. Web site: ANDREW BICKORIGINAL/GHOST/VARIETY/SHIFTED/DOUBLE/ECHO CURATED BY SABINE SCHASCHL 2017. Museum Haus Konstruktiv. team.
5. Web site: ANDREW BICK – von bartha.
6. Web site: Andrew Bick.
7. Web site: Exhibitions > Seeing Round Corners – Turner Contemporary.
8. Web site: Welcome.
9. Web site: The Order of Things.
10. Web site: Katie Pratt.
11. Web site: REVISITING THE JERWOOD PAINTING PRIZE.
12. Web site: Jonathan Lasker, Patrick Heron, Katie Pratt.
13. Web site: PATRICK HERON, JONATHAN LASKER, KATIE PRATT – Current – Exhibitions – British Council − Visual Arts. British. Council.
14. Web site: Prof Stephen Foster – CultureSouthampton.
15. Web site: Landscape Confection.
16. Web site: Landscape Confection – Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.
17. Web site: Landscape Confection – OCMA – Orange County Museum of Art.
18. Web site: New British Painting: Part 1.
19. Web site: Katie Pratt – New Contemporaries.
20. ed.Byetheway,B. (1999) New Contemporaries 99 Published New Contemporaries 1988 Ltd.
21. Web site: Back Issues / Turps Banana.
22. Book: Utopian Reality – Brill. 24 October 2013 . Brill . 9789004263222 .