Artist Bio
Katie Elder
Born in London,UK 1986.
Lives and works in London
Exhibitions
2011
Into the Wild – The Long White Cloud Gallery, Hoxton – September
Connection Point London, curated by Edward Lucie Smith – June
SE1 Open Studios, London Bridge – June
2010
Wimbledon College of Art MA Degree Exhibition, London – September
Underground on Broadway, the Broadway Gallery, New York – July
Wimbledon College of Art MA Interim Show at the Nunnery, London – February
2009
PLUS 1, Truman Brewery, London – July
Open Studios at Euro Art, Tottenham – June
2008
Art in Woodstock, Oxford – November
Lloyd Gill Gallery, Bristol – November
Islington Art and Design Fair, London- October
Oxford Brookes Fine Art Degree Show, Truman Brewery, London – June
Oxford Brookes Fine Art Degree Show, Oxford – May
Curated Projects
CORE – Group Show of 30 people
Plus 1 – Group Show of 11 people
Talks
International Day of the Midwife – 5th May 2010
Presented the series of paintings entitled ‘To Give Birth is a Fearsome Thing’ to the midwife students at Anglia Ruskin University and debated their position in today’s society.
Publications
British Journal of Midwifery, March 2010, Vol. 18
Power of Birth: uncontrollable urges and the Transition to motherhood by Robb Knightly. The article had a focus on the series of paintings ‘To Give Birth is a Fearsome Thing’.
Awards and Positions
Free Range Ambassador
chosen to represent all the degree shows exhibiting at the Truman Brewery for Free Range 2009. This included giving interviews for articles and press documents.
Education
Master of Arts in Fine Art: Painting.
Wimbledon College of Art, University of the Arts, London 2009 – 2010
Bachelor of Arts Honours in Fine Art with Upper Second Class Honours.
Oxford Brookes University 2005 – 2008
Foundation in Fine Art with Merit.
Byam Shaw School of Art, University of the Arts, London 2004 -2005