2024 has seen me inviting others – specifically women – to join me in my space. The response to my ‘Art Research Labs For Women: Oslo 2024’ has been astonishing. So beautiful. So inspiring. My labs for women will be continuing in 2025, in Oslo and elsewhere….
Read MoreJoya Air, Spain
Some of the ‘creatures’ I found hiding in the otherwise abandoned baron landscape of the Parque Natural Sierra María - Los Vélez, in Spain
Photo: Luberon region, France ©Kat
Self Led Pigment Safari's 2024
A large part of my practice involves researching the pigments from which I make my paint. I am currently working with the ancient pigments, gaining a deeper understanding of them from both a scientific and historical aspect, and how these relate to the female psyche. My thirst to absorb more knowledge has taken me on a ‘self-led pigment safari’, exploring the wild landscape and ochres of the Luberon region in the South of France (June 2024)
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Photo: dialogue drawing, ‘Art Research Lab With Kat For Women – Oslo’ 10.02.24 ©Kat
Inviting others into my space …
Reflecting on the last few days, my ‘Art Research Lab With Kat For Women – Oslo’, which form part of my own art practice and my current inquiry into feminine energy and the female psyche, and the art workshops I was invited to run for children by Sjøholmen Kunst og Kulturhus…
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© Kat Art Studios, Rjukan
Walking into 2024
Breaking cycles.
2023 was both an ending and a beginning. A transition. A cycle of disfunction going back generations now firmly broken. Acutely aware of what this has cost – demanded – and still requires - of me, and I find myself wondering if it is worth it. Seeing my - now adult – children thrive, and my answer is yes. Witnessing the shift in people who have joined my workshops, and my answer is yes. Noticing the way people respond to my art, and my answer is yes.
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‘Dancing With Mum’ - film by Rebecca Hagen. My painting, my daughter’s gaze. Ancient pigments 5.25m x 1.75m
'Art Lab With Kat' - For Women - 2024
In 2024 I will be running a series of research labs - ‘Art Lab With Kat For Women’ as part of my current art inquiry - an in-depth study of feminine energy, the female psyche & lost wisdoms….
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Reflecting on another conversation … galleries and exhibition spaces
Reflecting on another conversation …
This time the topic that came up is galleries and exhibition spaces. A topic that fascinates me (I am currently doing an evening course on the psychology of art & exhibitions) – though the conversation is one that stems from life – not the course.
It came to my attention that some artists have shunned a gallery that I personally love …
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ArtCHAT
Working with youth, displaced persons and community groups since 2015
ArtCHAT with Kat: Feb 2015 to Sept 2023
I received a message this week from one of my former art pupils / ArtCHAT participant that reads “In Italy. At an art exhibition, saw this and thought of you! You continue to inspire me so much!!” – which is so validating, though not for the reasons you may assume.
Read MoreSolo show 'The Missing Chapter...' Sjøholmen
Exhibition now open, running until the 20th of August 2023 at Sjøholmen Kunst og Kulturhus, Bærum (Oslo), Norway
A few photos from the openings, invited 08.06 / public 10.06
Reflecting on my upcoming solo show
Reflecting on my upcoming solo show – the result of a long solitary, introverted practice - I wish to also share a little about the other side of my art practice – the extroverted – and my use of art in connecting people …
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Film link
Artist Talk
Artist Talk: The Missing Chapter, Simply Kat: An Inquiry Into Self & Resilience
Directed and Produced by my beautiful daughter, Rebecca Hagen - Preparing for my next Solo exhibition, Sjøholmen Kunst og Kulturhus, Bærum (near Oslo), Norway. June 8th to August 20th, 2023.
Artak150 Gallery, Reyjavik, Iceland 02.02 - 04.02
“Visual notes” by Kat Hagen
A glimpse into my field work - work done during a 4 week residency in Iceland 01.01.-31.01.23. My recordings of ‘Keynotes’ from the soundscape have been juxtaposed with ‘sketches’ (photos) of the tactile, fixed yet fluid, ever changing dynamics of the landscape in the creation of my series of ‘Visual Notes’.
These notes will form the base of a large-scale painting/installation which I will start developing over the coming months.
For more information regarding the event in Reyjavik, click here