Biography & CV | Kathryn Stevens

BIOGRAPHY & RESUME

Artist Biography

Kathryn Stevens works from her home studio in Barrow In Furness, Cumbria, UK. She studied for her Masters Degree from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) based in Preston. Some of her recent exhibitions include:

Royal Cambrian Academy of Art,

Penwith Gallery

Thrown Contemporary

The Lake Artists Society.

She received the Ophelia Gordon Bell Award in 2022 and was long listed for the Visual Arts Open International & UK Emerging Artist Prize in 2023 and the Aesthetica 2024 Art Prize.

Kathryn provides tailor made workshops for local schools, community groups and offers a kiln rental service.

Artist Statement

Kathryn makes sculptural forms influenced by technical drawings used in the ship and boat building industries. Her work provides a narrative of the place she was born; documenting her own heritage.

Stories create connection, a sense of belonging and help make sense of the world, becoming embedded in our memories. Formulating her own clay body and glaze recipes using local raw materials and industrial waste evidences the areas geological formation, helping to cement her work in the field of narrative ceramics.

Education

MA Ceramics, UCLAN Preston 2022

Current Roles

MUDFest Founder (South Cumbria Ceramics Festival)

Northern Potters Association Potters Camp Event Lead (from 2021)

Northern Potters Association Committee Member (from 2020)

Northern Potters Association NW Regional Coordinator (from 2019)

Ulverston Potters Collective Founding Member

Membership

Craft Potters Association - Associate Member

Cumbria Sculptors

Northern Potters Association