Katie West Explained

Katie West is a Western Australian interdisciplinary artist. Her work often features dyed textiles and native plants, creating multi-sensory installations.

Early life

West grew up in on a farm on Noongar country, north of Perth, and is of Yindjibarndi descent.

Art practice

Her exhibitions often feature dyed textiles and native plants, sewn and woven.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] She exhibits multi-sensory installations.[8] She documents the processes of her work as a form of storytelling.[9] She often uses motifs such as baskets or digging sticks as critical commentary on how museum collections show "cultural objects and their makers as fixed in time".

Recognition and awards

West won the Falls Creek Resort Indigenous Art Award[10] and Dominik Mersch Gallery Award in 2017.[11]

She was chosen as a participant in the Kickstart program in 2015 and exhibited at the Next Wave Festival in 2016.[12]

In 2023, her work Fence lines & Digging sticks was selected as a finalist for the Ramsay Art Prize at the Art Gallery of South Australia.[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Katie West: warna (ground). 15 Dec 2018. Memo Review. 2020-03-07.
  2. Web site: Decolonist. May 2016. Next Wave Festival 2016. en. 2020-03-07.
  3. Web site: Katie West: Clearing. 2018-12-20. TarraWarra Museum of Art. en-US. 2020-03-07.
  4. Web site: Debutantes: Katie West. 2019-03-19. Art Collector Magazine. en-AU. 2020-03-07.
  5. Web site: Katie West: Wilayi bangarrii, wanyaarri (go for a walk, listen). Art Collector Magazine. en-AU. 2020-03-07.
  6. Web site: Katie West: Living well. Artlink Magazine. en. 2020-03-07.
  7. Web site: Katie West's seasonal Dyeing and Gentle Making. Sigglekow. Zara. 16 August 2019. Art Guide Australia. 7 March 2020.
  8. News: West. Katie. My art is a personal antidote for the effects of colonisation. 18 May 2016. The Guardian. 7 March 2020. The Guardian. The Guardian. Australian.
  9. Web site: Katie West. Dominik Mersch Gallery. Dominik Mersch Gallery. 7 March 2020.
  10. Web site: The inaugural ART 150 Fellowship winner – and a raft of new art prizes. Dalgarno. Paul. 2017-12-05. Precinct. University of Melbourne. en-AU. 2020-03-07.
  11. Web site: KATIE WEST - Winner of the 2018 DMG/VCA award. 24 March 2018. Issuu. Dominik Mersch Gallery. en. 2020-03-07.
  12. Web site: Katie West / Artists / Next Wave. nextwave.org.au. en. 2020-03-07.
  13. Web site: Katie West . Art Gallery of South Australia . 11 August 2023.

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