Katherine Wood

Coming Home To You

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b.1975 Johannesburg South Africa

The artwork of Katherine Wood can best be described as ‘abstract imaginings’ which stride the divide between traditional landscape and contemporary abstraction.

Katherine’s canvases are a battleground of manipulated and scraped textures that reflect a powerful energy with paint. The landscapes are abstracts of her imagination that are representative of no specific time frame, place or reality but rather a general energy or spirit of place and time. This allows one’s own imagination and interpretation to come into play.

Having studied Fine Art at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, Katherine then travelled and studied paint techniques in both Scotland and Australia in 1999 and 2000 and moved back to South Africa to open her own art gallery of various mixed emerging artists. In 2001, Katherine decided to sell her gallery and paint professionally.

In 2004, she and her husband moved to a tourist coastal town in South Africa called Knysna and opened her own signature gallery, Katherine Wood Fine Art.

In January 2013, Katherine, her husband and 2 small children moved to the Sunshine Coast of Australia and continues to paint professionally and supply her agents worldwide.

Her gallery in South Africa is still trading today, displaying her beautiful work.

Artist Statement

My art is not about reproducing reality; but capturing the energy that creates it.

Artist CV

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021 The Universe Within,traffic jam galleries, Sydney
2019 Surrender, traffic jam galleries, Sydney
2019 Captured Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
2018 Blessed, traffic jam galleries, Sydney
2017 In the Flow, Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
2017 ebb and flow, traffic jam galleries, Sydney
2016 Synergize, traffic jam galleries, Sydney
2016 Exhibitor ArtExpo, New York
2015 Bi-Artist Show, traffic jam galleries, Sydney
2014 The Food Series, traffic jam galleries, Sydney
2014 Exhale, traffic jam galleries, Sydney
2013 Into Blue, Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
2012 Breathe, Imbizo Gallery, Ballito, Natal, RSA
2011 Beneath The Surface, Imbizo Gallery, Ballito, Natal, RSA
2011 After The Storm, Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
2009 Scapes – Land, Sea, Sky, Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
2006 Above And Below, Changing Colours Gallery, RSA
2005 Moods, The Kurland Gallery, Plettenberg, RSA
2004 Life, Veo Art Gallery, Cape Town, RSA
2003 Energy, In Fine Art, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, RSA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 The Beach, traffic jam galleries, Sydney
2016 Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne
2016 Celebrating 30 Years, Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
2015 Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
2015 Travellings, The Dockside, Poole, Dorest, United Kingdom
2014 David Hart Galleries, Noosa
2010 Wildlands For Africa, The Old Cellar Gallery, Spier, Cape Town, RSA
2009 Stars, Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York
2009 Our Country, Our Land, Fine Art Portfolio, RSA
2008 Ludus, Exhibit at Beijing Olympics, Beijing
2008 NY NY, Gallerie Icosahedron, New York
2006 Within Borders, The Kurland Gallery, Plettenberg Bay, RSA
2005 Together, The Corner Gallery, Franschhoek, RSA
2004 Fertility, Alfred Mall Gallery, RSA
2002 Tastings, Klarity Fine Art, RSA
2001 Cape Town, Lifestyle On Kloof, RSA
2001 Now Art, Klarity Fine Art Gallery, RSA
2001 Summer Exhibition, Hout Bay Art Gallery, RSA

EDUCATION, HISTORY and TRAVELS
2013 Moved to Queensland, Australia to continue her professional art career
2010 Chosen by Judged Panel for inclusion in BEST OF WORLDWIDE OIL ARTISTS VOL 11, KENNEDY PUBLISHING USA – published Nov 2010
2008 New York’s Art Fair International Artist of the Month for November 2008
2008 Invited by New York Arts to exhibit at 2008 Beijing Olympics as part of a group exhibition
titled Ludus
2004 – 2012 Moved to Knysna in South Africa on the Garden Route and opened her own Signature Gallery with husband, Duncan who became her full time agent and business partner
2002 Sold Klarity Art Gallery and became a professional artist
2001 Art Curator: Walking the Street Curator of a two week multimedia art exhibition in Observatory, Cape Town, with over 100 artists
2000 – 2002 Klarity Art Gallery Katherine initiated and owned Klarity Fine Art Gallery in Observatory, Cape Town. Klarity was an Art House which displayed an eclectic range of artworks from sculptures, photography, ceramics, oil paintings, video installations and performance pieces
1999 Studied Graphic Design – The Computer Graphics School, Melbourne, Australia
1998-2000 Lived and studied in Scotland and Australia, studying and developing various art techniques
1997-1998 Diploma in Interior Decorating from Intec College, Cape Town
1993-1997: Degree in Bachelor of Fine Arts (Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa)

Affordable Art Fair Singapore 2024

Returning for its third consecutive year, traffic jam galleries is excited to announce our participation of the 2023 Singapore Affordable Art Fair. You can find us on level 3, stand 3D-12 from the 7th - 10th of November.

Sydney Affordable Art Fair

traffic jam galleries is excited to our participation in the 2024 Sydney Affordable Art Fair. You will find us on Stand 1 – A4 on Level 2, from the 13 – 16th of June. Please see listed artist catalogues for the fair.

Finding Freedom

Katherine creates tension through contrasting elements. Often breaking the calm, the dramatic is harnessed through the energy of turbulent, powerful skies that appear to at any point have the potential to explode and drench the land or sea below. The extent of nature’s hand is always at the fore encompassing everything. Humanity is often depicted as a tiny line or stroke of the brush, resembling a diminutive figure, not swallowed up but provided with the knowledge of its fragility against such power and force. “Giving over to the flow of painting has allowed me to experience that there is an energy that works through me to create the paintings I do. They are meditative objects that reflect simply being. In the bigger scheme of life, we are just a blip in existence. There is something bigger than ourselves that we cannot control. We are merely partaking in the ebb and flow of an ocean and to swim against it is futile. The sooner we give ourselves over to the idea that to let go and be in the unfolding the easier everything will become. This body of work “Finding Freedom” reflects on ideas of just simply being. Finding a calm freedom from the hostile world we live in.” – Katherine Wood

Stillness

Katherine Wood

I have wanted to create a body of work that resonates with being in stillness. I’ve been hibernating for the last while reflecting on my mindset. Taking time. Reprogramming. Through the practice of painting I have been practising stillness. These works are all abstract imaginings that are representative of no specific time frame, place or reality but rather a general energy or spirit.

Finding Stillness

Katherine Wood

This body of work titled ‘Finding Stillness’ provides the viewer with what feels like a safe haven, where a feeling of calmness and quiet pervades

Surrender - Katherine Wood

Katherine Wood

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Katherine Wood

MEETING WITH FREEDOM

Speaking Our Truth

Freedom In The Ocean

Untamed Hearts

In The Now

Chasing The Sound of Silence

Conquering The Mountains

Coming Home To You

Artist Statement

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Affordable Art Fair Singapore 2024

Sydney Affordable Art Fair

Finding Freedom

Stillness

Finding Stillness

Surrender - Katherine Wood

Katherine Wood

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