© 2009 Katy Webster

   Katy Webster

Katy was born in North Yorkshire, and has lived in Wales for ten years. She gained a degree from Oxford University before taking up painting, and graduated from North Wales School of Art & Design, Glyndŵr University with a First Class Honours degree in Fine Art in 2009.

Artist Statement

My work is inspired by landscape and history. I am fascinated by human marks on the land, and how they are covered and revealed by processes such as weathering and archaeology. My painting process reflects this; many layers are added and removed, marks are hidden and rediscovered. The paintings develop intuitively, informed by memories of atmosphere, light and weather experienced in the landscape. Eventually, like the land, they become surfaces that contain time and memories; surfaces with their own history.

Selected Exhibitions and Awards

MOMA Wales, Machynlleth: Tabernacle Art Prize Exhibition, July - September 2010

Oriel Wrecsam: Wrexham Open, July - September 2010

St. David's Hall, Cardiff: Welsh Artist of the Year Exhibition, June - August 2010

Theatr Clwyd, Mold: North Wales Open, June - August 2010

Art Room, Parkgate: 'Christmas Collection', December 2009

Buckley Library & Museum: 'Traces', July 2009

Oriel Wrecsam: 'Fresh from Wrexham', June & July 2009

‘Inside Out’, Llanarmon D.C., May 2009

Front Room, Bristol, November 2008

The Foundry, Wrexham: ‘Remember’, August 2008

Oswestry Visitor and Exhibition Centre: Pru Barron Memorial Exhibition – Highly Commended, August 2008

Shortlisted for University of Glamorgan Art Purchase Prize 2008. Exhibition in Wales Millennium Centre, July 2008

Pandy Mill Gallery, Llangollen: Solo Exhibition, July 2008

Oswestry Visitor and Exhibition Centre: ‘Elemental’, March 2008