/ artist statement

Collage helps us to see what is familiar in new and dynamic ways. Through the act of taking something apart and recreating it, we can see it again with new eyes. 

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I love paper, actually I've always loved anything printed. I remember being kid in the library and sneakily smelling books (hoping no-one would catch me). I still do the sniff test (it tells you a lot about a publication) and get excited whenever I stumble across a beautiful book, zine or magazine. 

Then when you mix that with my design background - with a penchant for editorial design and photography, PLUS, add in a bit of dadaism and surrealism inspiration and you get my unique approach to collage.

In a world where things are becoming more and more artificial and digital, it is refreshing to see something made physically; it holds a texture and depth, that is very hard to recreate digitally. It also revels 'mistakes' and a roughness that is part of life but is seemingly being erased from popular and mainstream media.

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/ artist bio

Katy Williamson is an award-winning collage artist. Born in 1982, she is originally from New Zealand and is now based in the UK. 

She works primarily in analogue collage, but also moves these physical elements into digital and animated pieces. 

Her main subject is the human face. Repetition, fragments of time and a sense of movement are recurring themes in her work. 

She has exhibited in London, New York and

New Zealand.​