Image: Asami Ohkubo
Confrontations, collisions and disruptions act as co-conspirators in the visual language of London-based Australian artist Katie Eraser. Eraser's practice is an exploration of anxiety, obsession and the erotic. Her paintings often feature collaged elements of past works and studio detritus, collapsing the hierarchy of process and finished product.
EDUCATION
Turps Studio Programme, London – 2023-2025
Graduate Diploma of Contemporary Art, Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne – 2021
Masters in Therapeutic Arts Practice, The Miecat Institute – 2020
Bachelor of Design, Billy Blue College of Design – 2007
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
Ingram Art Prize – 2024
New Platform Art, London – 2024
PADA Art Residency, Lisbon – 2022
Nocefresca Art Residency, Sardinia – 2022
Finalist BBA Art Gallery Art Prize, Berlin – 2022
Finalist Women’s Abstract Art Biennial, Melbourne – 2020
Winner Fortyfive Downstairs Emerging Artist Award, Australia – 2018
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2024:
Twice Boiled – Specific Objects Projects, London
Slip Slap Slop – Safe House, London
Strangers in The Night – Somers Gallery, London
2023:
Recreational Grounds VII, London
2022:
Harmless Habits – A Flag Gallery, Amsterdam
PADA 035 – PADA Gallery, Lisbon
Futures Lost – Penny Contemporary, Tasmania
BBA Art Prize – Berlin, Germany
Pride Art Exhibition – M Contemporary, Sydney
Nocefresca – Sardinia, Italy
Between Painters – Backwoods Gallery, Melbourne
2021:
Fill in the unknown with fantasy – Studio Gallery, Melbourne
Can you really feel it – Michael Reid Northern Beaches, Sydney
2020:
The Imagined Attractions of Elsewhere – Michael Reid Northern Beaches, Sydney
Abstract in Nature – Art Images Gallery, Adelaide
2019:
Friends and Family – Daine Singer Gallery, Melbourne
Melbourne Gals – Art Images Gallery, Adelaide
2018:
Tough Luck – Tinnng Street Presents, Melbourne
If we could talk – Boom Gallery, Geelong
Snug Succour – Besser Space, Melbourne
2017:
Perfection isn’t beautiful, destruction is beautiful – Boom Gallery, Geelong
Spring Time 2.0 – RVCA Corner Gallery, Melbourne
CURATED PROJECTS
In 2024 Eraser and Jordan McKenzie launched ‘Specific Objects Projects (SOP),’ an innovative curating project platforming artists in temporary spaces. Their first SOP project, ‘Twice Boiled,’ opens in September 2024.
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