Bio

 

"I am most drawn to the parts of the garden that are slightly overgrown and ramshackle, where the audacious unruly spirit of nature is left to ramble…

Flowers seem to be such a wonderful metaphor for the human spirit – the loud and gregarious say take me as I am, while the shady and quiet are just as happy going about their business. They are what they are and they don’t give a damn what anyone else thinks, yet they exist and thrive as a supportive community. We can learn a lot from them."

Katherine has a Master of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Art at Auckland Univeristy. She graduated from Kendall College of Art and Design in Michigan USA in 2014 with a a BFA in Painting (Honors) and minor in Interior Design.

Her interest in the flower began during her Masters research into the history of design.  For Katherine, painting the flower is celebrating and championing all that’s feminine – the beautiful, the emotive and our connection with the earth.

 

Selected Exhibitions

2025 Deep Roots, Tall Poppies - Sanderson Contemporary Art- solo exhibition

2025 Aotearoa Art Fair - Downtown Events Centre, Auckland

2025 National Contemporary Art Award - finalists exhibition - Te Whare Taonga o Waikato Museum

2024 Floral Rebellion - Sanderson Contemporary Art - solo exhibition

2023 Verdant - Sanderson Contemporary Art - solo exhibition 

2022 Aotearoa Art Fair - The Cloud, Auckland

2022 Rebels and Romantics - Sanderson Contemporary Art - solo show

2021 Summer Outlook - Sanderson Contemporary Art - group show

2021 Sydney Contemporary

2021 In The Garden - Sanderson Contemporary Art - solo exhibition

2021 Auckland Art Fair - The Cloud, Auckland

2020 Joy Ride - Sanderson Contemporary Art, Auckland - solo exhibition

2020 Finalist Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Awards, Waiheke Island

2020 Auckland Art Fair, The Cloud, Auckland 

2019 Summer Showcase - Sanderson Contemporary Art, group show

2019 Finalist NZ Painting & Printmaking Award, Waikato

2019 The Beauty of Courage - Allpress Studio, Auckland - solo exhibition

2018 Of This Earth - Allpress Studio, Auckland - solo exhibition

2017 Wallflower - Allpress Studio, Auckland - solo exhibition

2016 Elam Grad Show, Elam Studios, Auckland University

2015 Finalist Molly Morpeth Canaday Award, Whakatane

 

 

 

Katherine paints from her studio in Wanaka, New Zealand.