Kate Butler

Mixed Media

Associate Member

Kate Butler is a mosaic artist, living and working on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country. Kate works with a range of materials and is particularly drawn to rocks which she has been collecting for as long as she can remember.

Interested in the vitality of matter and unique dimensionality of mosaics where they are both surface and form, she uses repeated cuts to create textural complexity.

The temporary loss of sixty percent of her eyesight opened the door to working in a more experimental way and creating distinct, textural works. Unable to see the interstices, she experimented with laying each tesserae at different angles, relying more on touch and what her hands were thinking and feeling rather than what she could see.

Her work has been exhibited in Australia, USA and Italy, and featured in several international publications, including Mosaique: 80 Contemporary Artists by R. Malaval Antoine, (2021). She has been a finalist in the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize, Opere Dal Mondo - Ravenna Mosaico Biennale, and Mosaic Arts International.

 

 

Online Resources

Website: https://www.katebutlermosaics.com

Instagram: @kk_butler

 

COVER IMAGE: THIN BLUE LINE, 2022, PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF ANDREW SIKORSKI
FIRST TOP IMAGE: THE UNSETTLED HOLDS THE FUTURE, 2022, PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE ARTIST
SECOND TOP IMAGE: SOLASTALGIA, 2019, PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF ANDREW SIKORSKI