Katrine Hildebrandt is captivated by geometry and symmetry, drawing on mathematical or scientific diagrams as a place to begin for her exact mixed-media compositions. “At the same time, I find beauty in imperfect, non-tangible, and fleeting moments,” she says. “I think my work blends the relationship between the controlled and wild.”
The Boston-based artist employs pure supplies like indigo dye, rattan, and pigmented materials. She additionally makes use of a wood-burning instrument that sears traces into the floor, referencing the duality of permanence and impermanence. The work is “symmetrical yet not perfect,” she says.
30 1/4 x 44 inches
Hildebrandt creates coloration from pure sources, and whereas the dyes are as lightfast as doable, she embraces the inevitable modifications because of time and the weather. “Nothing is permanent, nothing is perfect” she says, “life and the work is in constant flux.”
Starting every bit by loosely sketching compositions on paper, Hildebrandt intuitively selects the supplies based mostly on the colour or texture she’d like to realize. “I always leave room for play and interpretation throughout the entire process,” she says. With meticulous and methodical consideration to element, the artist begins within the middle of the paper and works outward to map the composition, utilizing repetition to create a way of visible rhythm and concord.
With the assistance of her studio assistant, artist Ciara Scales, Hildebrandt is working towards various initiatives, together with an exhibition with Uprise Artwork scheduled to open in June subsequent 12 months and SCOPE Artwork Honest in Miami this December with Soapbox Arts. For those who’re in New York, you may also discover her work offered by Uprise Artwork at Artwork on Paper this weekend.
Discover extra on the artist’s web site and Instagram.
