Katie Welsford
This is a Dreamland is an exhibition that consists of photographic prints, collage and mixed media. All of the works in the show explore Margate as a town where vibrancy, colour and inspiration is found everywhere. The work on show is a response to the sensory delights found in Margate’s vibrant arcades and seafront stores: the flashing lights, electric colours, fluffy, pink, candyfloss and florescent inflatables. The work on display seeks to celebrate living in a place that has electric blue skies and glistening golden sand, rather than a place of greyness and gloom. The works on show explore a love of a town where life, colour and atmosphere collide to make it a Dreamland for the senses.
Katie studied Fine Art Sculpture at the University of Brighton and graduated in 2000. From then on she has maintained her practice as a Fine Artist exhibiting her work throughout the UK and Europe in solo and group exhibitions.
In addition to her Fine Art practice, Katie is a lecturer in 3d Design at the UCA in Canterbury. She combines this with working as an artist/educator for organisations such as Creative Partnerships, Turner Contemporary, Kent Adult Education, Canterbury Christchurch University and primary/secondary schools within Kent. Katie is involved with art events within Kent having been the Director of Margate Rocks’ Art and Ecology Festival in 2007-2009.
Primarily, Katie is a practicing Artist working in a range of media. Katie works from her studio at The Pie Factory Studios in the Old Town of Margate. Her work is a combination of sculpture, fashion, jewellery and product design and her inspirations come from her relationship to objects, history, space and geography. Her creations are often made to be worn or used like pieces of jewellery or prosthetic limbs that aid, assist, adorn and embellish the female body.
Her art works have been exhibited in galleries throughout the UK, Europe and on her website www.katiewelsford.com. Her work is also held in private collections throughout the UK.
