Katie West

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.[1]

Art practice

Her exhibitions often feature dyed textiles and native plants, sewn and woven.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] She exhibits multi-sensory installations.[9] She documents the processes of her work as a form of storytelling.[10] 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".[1]

Recognition and awards

West won the Falls Creek Resort Indigenous Art Award[11] and Dominik Mersch Gallery Award in 2017.[11][12]

She was chosen as a participant in the Kickstart program in 2015 and exhibited at the Next Wave Festival in 2016.[13]

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.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Katie West". Art Gallery of South Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Katie West: warna (ground)". Memo Review. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Decolonist". Next Wave Festival 2016. May 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Katie West: Clearing". TarraWarra Museum of Art. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Debutantes: Katie West". Art Collector Magazine. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Katie West: Wilayi bangarrii, wanyaarri (go for a walk, listen)". Art Collector Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Katie West: Living well". Artlink Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  8. ^ Sigglekow, Zara (16 August 2019). "Katie West's seasonal Dyeing and Gentle Making". Art Guide Australia. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  9. ^ West, Katie (18 May 2016). "My art is a personal antidote for the effects of colonisation". The Guardian. No. Australian. The Guardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Katie West". Dominik Mersch Gallery. Dominik Mersch Gallery. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  11. ^ a b Dalgarno, Paul (5 December 2017). "The inaugural ART 150 Fellowship winner – and a raft of new art prizes". Precinct. University of Melbourne. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  12. ^ 24 March 2018. "KATIE WEST - Winner of the 2018 DMG/VCA award". Issuu. Dominik Mersch Gallery. Retrieved 7 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "Katie West / Artists / Next Wave". nextwave.org.au. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
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