Katie Irani

Katie Irani
Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom

STATEMENT

My collage practice tends to be very process-led, and prioritizes pre-loved and found materials out of a concern to keep my work’s environmental footprint as small as possible. I often work in miniature–using artist trading cards or smaller–and love to explore how pared back a narrative can be in size and still convey the message I want to send. I am drawn to vintage books and magazines as source material, but often scour public domain archives for historic materials that are out of copyright; I love placing different media from different time periods and geographies in dialogue with one another through collage.

BIO

Dr. Katie Irani is a design historian and collage artist, based in the United Kingdom. She holds a PhD from the Royal College of Art and is resident artist at Liberation Art Gallery, Brighton. Her creative practice has often been rooted in mixed media, focusing on remnant and found-object led materials, and she has exhibited textile and collage work internationally. Outside of making, Katie has worked across the cultural and educational sectors; she was Associate Lecturer at the London College of Fashion and the Royal College of Art, has acted as researcher for the Design Museum, Serpentine Gallery and Yinka Shonibare Studio, and was a key member of the decolonial research collective OPEN. She now works in early years education, combining her doctorate research in decolonial thought with arts-focused curriculum development.

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