KATIE BARRON
My path to art came from working in the tattoo industry in Canada and decided to pursue tattooing as a career.
I started dedicating myself to creating new work end practicing my skills for at least 2 hours every day and what began as a career toward tattooing lead to a career in painting.
Once I began oil painting I never looked back.
Art for me is a way to share the gratitude for things in my life with other people. It's a way to explore interests and play with concepts while sharing the joy of that process.
My favourite art experience would have to be seeing Supersymmetry by Ryoji Ikeda at MONA. I went to MONA having no idea what was inside and that installation stopped me in my tracks. It was one of those beautiful moments you could live in forever.
Sawtooth Ari has supported my career since I moved to Launceston in 2022 and enabled me to reestablish my practice in a new place far away from home.
Having an exhibition with Sawtooth ARI served as a launchpad for further opportunities and connections with new people.
Biography
Katie Barron is a Tasmania based artist working primarily in oils. Her practice consists of creating oil paintings to explore concepts of play and its relation to appreciation and joy. Using photorealism to explore the smallest details of everyday objects and foods, Barron’s work captures the joy and playfulness within what is around us in our everyday lives.
In 2019 she received the Lamphouse Endowment for the Arts: Emerging Artist Bursary and was selected for the RISE Emerging Artist Program at artsPlace in Alberta, Canada. In 2020 she completed the RBC Emerging Visual Artist Program at Arts Commons in Alberta, Canada. Barron was selected for the 2023 RISE exhibition at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery celebrating ten of Tasmania’s most significant and collectible emerging artists. Barron has been selected as a finalist in numerous art prizes, including the York Botanic Art Prize, Western Australia, as well as winning first prize in the 2023 The Henry Jones Art Prize, Hobart.
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