Kathryna was born in Malta in 1962, moved to England in 1976 and has been resident in Ireland since 1993.
Her foundation training in art was done at Thurrock Polytechnic in Essex. In 1984 she graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art from Coventry University.
Her current studio is situated in Glendree, Co.Clare.
Her work has been purchased and commissioned for several collections throughout England, Ireland and Malta including:
Bury St. Edmonds Library, Suffolk, England,
Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Co.Cork
Raheen Woods Hospital, Co.Clare
Revenue Offices, Ennis, Co.Clare
St Joseph’s School, Tulla, Co.Clare
Riverside Two, Sir John Rogerson Quay, Co.Dublin
Glasnevin Educate Together, National School, Glasnevin, Co.Dublin
Dooradoyle University Hospital ,Limerick
Artist Statement
Glass: A hard and brittle substance, typically transparent or translucent. It is made by fusing sand with soda and lime and cooling rapidly.
I use the flexible potential and properties of hot glass to explore the emotions that carry our inner world of visions, images and fairy tales.
Fairy tales have become a core part of the individual and collective mind. I am interested in the deep influence they have on cultural development and how they affect the context of our lives. These stories whether traditional, modern or spun from parents’ creativity become our personal myths and run beneath our living perceptions and expectations. I am moved and intrigued by the way the inner world of the stories we hold influences the outer life and endeavour to weave these worlds together.
I cast parts or all of the human body as the vehicle to make this magical interrelation of existence visible and tactile. It is an alchemist process of bringing what is ordinarily hidden out into the light, working with the individual’s underlying soul story which impacts their lives transmuting it into the mould. Glass is a fabulous medium for this work and expresses this dream world as a visual life-scape running through the final Artwork in Glass
