Katja Abbott
After studying graphic design and working as a freelance graphic designer, illustrator and editor for many years, in 2022 I completed a Visual Arts degree (cum laude) through UNISA. Using a variety of mediums including clay, textiles and mixed media, I explore animal forms and imaginary realms that emerge intuitively. The creatures serve as gateways to the instinctual phenomenal world, silent familiars or emissaries bridging the conscious and unconscious worlds.
I draw on imagery and forms from my internal dream-space. My art-making process is thus unpredictable, spontaneous, driven and often chaotic. Unbidden, animal forms appear and reappear and I am constantly challenged to be at ease with uncertainty and to trust in the non-rational intelligence of my hands.
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