Katherine Simmonds is based in Byron Bay, NSW. She completed her undergraduate studies in fine art at UNSW Art and Design (Sydney) in 2002 and also attended the Slade School of Fine Art in London, UK. After extensive travels she settled in the Northern Rivers and established a local handmade jewellery brand ‘Made In Byron Bay’ while continuing her painting practice.
Katherine is influenced by her travels in India with a Zen meditation master, the climate crisis, and her emotional connection with nature. Through the mediums of oil painting and watercolours, she conveys a fluidity of existence and an emptiness of form. The subject of her paintings take a slight departure from true representation towards abstraction, as Katherine blends her inner emotional and spiritual world with the external natural world.
‘Body of the Void’ at the Lone Goat Gallery (Byron Bay) is her first solo exhibition. In 2024 she opened a small art gallery/studio in Bangalow NSW.
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Born 1981, Gadigal Country (Sydney)
Education
2000 - 2002 UNSW Art & Design (COFA), Bachelor of Fine Art
2003 The Slade School of Fine Art, London, Summer School Life Drawing
2005 UNSW Art & Design (COFA), MFA Painting/Drawing
2006 University of Newcastle, Bachelor of Architectural Design (1st year)
Solo Exhibitions
2023 ‘Body of the Void’ Lone Goat Gallery, Byron Bay
Group Exhibitions
2024 ‘Artist Books in the Front Room’ Station St Co-op Bangalow
2024 ‘Micro’ Gallery 3 Byron Bay
2023 C.A.S.E postcard show, Mullumbimby
2023 ‘The Sea’ Gallery 3, Byron Bay
2023 ‘Birds 3’ Gallery 3, Byron Bay
2023 ‘Take Stock Take Two’, DADAA, Fremantle, WA
2023 ‘Take Stock’ Gallery 3, Byron Bay
2018 The Border Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah
2004 Mori Gallery, Sydney
2002 COFA graduation show, COFA, Paddington
2001 Berkelouw Bookstore, Leichardt
2001 COFA gallery, Paddington
2000 Art Express Exhibition, COFA gallery, Paddington
Publications
The Echo, The Arts Feature, Body of the Void exhibition, 5/4/2023
Byron Bay Blog, Katherine Simmonds ‘Body of the Void at the Lone Goat Gallery’ 17/4/2023
Northerly, Byron Writers Festival magazine summer 2024, cover ‘Gathering’
BAM, semi-finalist 2023
Prizes
2023 Semi-finalist BAM art prize, Byron Bay
Residencies
2024 Container 11 at The Lumber Yard, Bangalow
