Currently living and working on Kabi Kabi Country, South East Queensland, Australia.
B. 1993, London.
Education
2017
BA (Hons) Contemporary Art Practice, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, Scotland (2012-17)
2014-2015
Erasmus Exchange Programme, École européenne supérieure d'art de Bretagne (EESAB) Quimper, France
2011
HNQ Portfolio Preparation, Cardonald College, Glasgow, Scotland
Residencies
Muir is Tìr (Land and Sea), Sailing Residency with Sail Britain & An Lanntair, August 2018.
The Work Room - Tramway Visual Arts, ‘Moving Myth | A ‘gluasad uirsgeul’, Feburary 2019.
Lay of the Land, Port-Residency, Port, Donegal, Ireland, July 2019.
Cultural Documents, on-going project ‘The Well at the World’s End (a walk with Alexander Maris to Uamh Nam Marbh’) Isle of Mull, Scotland 2019.
Creative Spaces - Arts and Ecology Centre, Maroochy Botanical Gardens, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, 2020.
A Topography for Reflection, Floating Land, Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia, June-October 2021.
Exhibitions
2024
(May-June) about-place / about-face, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
(March) Artists for Palestine Fundraiser, The Blackbox Theatre, Nambour, Queensland, Australia.
2023
(September-October) Forage: symbiotic (trans) formations, Gallery Lane Cove, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
(July) Fon Uachdar / Beneath the Surface, Hulabhaig, Baile na Cille Church, Uig, Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
(June-July) Now!, Cooroy Butter Factory, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
(March) Femininity - from Archaic to Contemporary, Europe Gallery, Brasov, Romania.
(March 2022-2024) Paint the Town, Touring Exhibition, Flying Arts Alliance, Regional QLD, Australia.
2022
(January-March) 40 Under 40, Cooroy Butter Factory, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
(March-March 2023) Paint the Town, Touring Exhibition, Flying Arts Alliance, Regional QLD, Australia.
(August) Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize Exhibition, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney, Australia.
(Dates TBC) Black Mountain Poiesis, The Cooroora Institute, Cooroy, Queensland, Australia.
(September) Sleep Drawings - Katie Harris-MacLeod, The Tin Shed, Palmwoods, Sunshine Coast, Australia.
(October-December) Bodies to Stardust, Stardust to Bodies - Katie Harris-MacLeod, Land Street Gallery, Meanjin/Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
2021
(January-February) 40 Under 40, Cooroy Butter Factory, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
(March-April) Local Artists, Local Content Caloundra Regional Arts Exhibition, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
(May-June) Voyages, An Talla Solais, Ullapool, Scotland.
(July) Liminal States, The Old Lock-Up, Maroochydoore, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
(July-September) Du Rietz Art Awards, Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie, Queensland, Australia.
(October) ‘A Topography for Reflection’, Floating Land, Lake Weyba, Queensland, Australia.
(November–December) Magical Octopus Sequel, Knockvologan Studies, Fionnphort, Isle of Mull, Scotland.
2020
(August) Fàgail Hiort | Leaving St.Kilda, Oban and Morvern, Scotland.
(November) Open Studio - Artist in Residence, Arts and Ecology Centre, Buderim Botanical Gardens, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2019
(November–January 2020) Yellow, An Tobar, Isle of Mull, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
(September) CHARTS (Culture, Heritage & Arts, Argyll & the Isles) Showcase, Oban, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
(June) Oban Open Art Exhibition, Oban, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
2018
(October-November) Las/Ignite Festival, Year of Young People 2018, An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.
(August) Muir is Tìr (Land and Sea), YOYP 2018 Sponsored Artist with Sail Britain & An Lanntair.
(July–August) Lùl: Art, Course, Learning, Guidance. An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.
(June) Oban Open Art Exhibition, Oban, Scotland.
(January–Ongoing) Screen Machine: Futureproof 2017, Various Locations in Scotland http://www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/event/screen-machine-futureproof-2017
(February) Futureproof: Street Level Photoworks, Trongate 103, Glasgow, Scotland
2017
(April) Sneaky Peaks: DJCAD, Dundee, Scotland
(May) DJCAD Degree Show: DJCAD, Dundee, Scotland (Work selected for the DJCAD permanent archive collection)
(July-August) Lota Sigma: Par Tout Artiste, Rennes, Bretange, France
(October) Othering: Coburg House Art Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland
(November 2017 – February 2018) Futureproof: Street Level Photoworks, Trongate 103, Glasgow, Scotland
2016
Artist residency in Ahipara, New Zealand. During this time, I worked alongside the established New Zealand Artist, Jen Gay. This residency involved building Eco Houses, Farming/Animal Husbandry, Ceramics, Felting, Mosaic and learning how to cook in Organic and traditional methods.
2015
Cubed: Generator Projects, Dundee, Scotland http://generatorprojects.co.uk/cubed/
Members Show: Generator Projects, Dundee, Scotland
Bilan: EESAB, Quimper, Bretange, France
2014
OHS Creatives Exhibition: Oban, Scotland
2010
Young Brits at Art Competition (100 Finalists): London https://theartclassroom.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/top-100-young-brits-at-art-announced/
The Festival of The Sea: SAMS Scottish Marine Institute, Oban, Scotland
Professional Experience
2020 – 2021 | Project Manager, Art Projects with Integrity Queensland(APIQ).
2019 – 2020 | Artist with Cultural Documents - on-going project ‘The Well at the World’s End (a walk with Alexander Maris to Uamh Nam Marbh, Iona, Scotland).
2018 – 2021 | Director of Fiadhaich Ltd.
2017 – 2019 | An Lanntair, Education and Outreach Volunteer.
2017 | Lota Sigma, Par Tout Artiste, Workshop Coordinator/ Curator.
2017 | Eden Festival, Education and Outreach Volunteer.
2014 – 2016 | Generator Projects, Committee Member.