Born in 1966 in the UK, Kate Palmer studied at the Royal College
of Art in London for her Master's Degree and at St Martin's School
of Art for her BA (Hons) Degree. She has received a number of
awards including being made Artist in Residence (Fellow Commoner in
the Creative Arts) at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1999-2001
that led to her work being published in 'Recherches en Esthetique'
- 'La Recontre', Revue de C.E.R.E.A.P. N0.12 in 2006. Kate has
exhibited in Europe, Asia, and the United States, and her works are
located in public and private collections in the UK, Europe, and
North America. She currently lives and works in East London and is
a Senior Lecturer of Fine Art at City & Guilds of London Art
School.
In her work Kate makes an unusual but vivid connection between her
approach to painting and the act of snowboarding: 'snowboarding
feels
like slow rolling mercury, tight and contained but quick and
reactive,
sometimes the rhythm of my carved arcs is interrupted by
rocks, trees or
people, needing a sudden response, a
re-calculation'. Her recent works, which are the result of what
she describes as 'a counter-intuitive discipline, 'requiring
embodied
and cognitive skills, and a desire in the rider (and
painter) to leave
their comfort zone'. The results appear fresh
and impulsive but also
rigorously controlled, her combination of
delicate tracery & swift
brushwork carefully calibrated within
the picture plane.
website:www.katepalmerart.com; www.broadbentgallery.com