ABOUT
Propelled by a curiosity of the world we inhabit, my practice traverses both the materials which comprise our landscape and the materials that provoke the thinking and making responses of the artist. Through acts of attentiveness, I engage an intentional intermedia approach that enables an iterative mode of working at an intersection of various media. These include drawing, installation, fibre art, printmaking, creative writing, metal casting, and ceramics.
Imbued with intimacy and texture, these materials, when gathered together, can be used as imposition or invitation, can fuel the ego-centric, or bring together a community of like-minds. Offered as an invitation, my practice holds space for dialogue; to share ideas, shift perceptions, and reconsider human relationships with one another and our other-than-human-kin.
Dr Katie Hart Potapoff (she/her) is a Canadian artist-researcher based in Scotland. Propelled by her curiosity about the world we inhabit, Katie’s practice traverses both the materials that comprise our landscape and the materials that provoke the artist's thinking and making responses. Katie’s research considers the reflexive and attentive perspectives that emerge when elements of poetry, visual art, and scholarly writing are constellated with place-based responses.
Katie's Practice Research PhD, titled Materials of the Foreshore: Explicit Ambiguity as a Methodology for Place-Based Arts Research, was completed in 2024 from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD), University of Dundee, Scotland. She received her MFA with Merit from DJCAD, and her BFA from the University of British Columbia. To expand her understanding of inclusive ensemble practice and modes of collaboration, Katie has also completed a Graduate Diploma in Advancing Socially Just Schools & Communities and a Post-Bachelor's Certificate in Design Thinking for Innovation, both from the University of Calgary.
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She has exhibited artwork and presented research through various symposia, publications, residencies, and collaborative projects in the US, Canada, Ireland, Finland, and the UK. Katie’s research projects have been funded by the Henry Moore Foundation, Canada Council for the Arts, and Arts Society Fife.