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Kas Williams LSDC

Mixed Media

About Kas
Kas Williams is a mixed media artist who creates sophisticated pieces for the contemporary art market. She works across multiple mediums, always with the same intention of using a visual vocabulary which crosses all materials. It’s a playful process of layering that has become synonymous with her work. She learned process, chemistry and the science of colour from the craft of printing and now uses a mix of materials and methods to innovate and create interesting collaborations. Kas graduated with a Masters Distinction from the University for the Creative Arts.
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Kas Williams is an artist with a profound love of colour. For her it has a lyrical energy and exuberance that is a key element in her work and combined with the layering of pattern and texture it has become synonymous with her art. Experimentation and play are important parts of her practice and she has a very loose approach to making. Painting is the foundation and she works intuitively with materials and mark making directly onto whatever surface she is using. Inspiration comes from an eclectic mix of sources including the natural world, contemporary architecture, tribal decoration and rituals which combine to create a visual vocabulary expressed in abstract form. Music and soundscapes are also subliminal feeds and are often reflected in gestures and marks.

Each piece of work grows organically as layers of colour pattern and texture combine with a three dimensional element to create floating fields that are anchored with pins to a laser cut frame. The combination of materials working together bring reflections, depth and texture to the finished piece.

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Education

2015 - 17

Master of Arts Distinction in Textiles - University for the Creative Arts

1981 - 84

Batchelor of Arts (Hons) Textiles - West Surrey College of Art & Design

1980

Foundation Year - Berkshire College of Art

Exhibitions

2024

  • Designer Craft - Bankside Gallery, London
  • Art in Bloom - Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester
  • Craft Continuum - Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester
  • Interwoven - South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell

2023

2021

  • Stories 01 - Kroll, The News Building, The Shard Quarter, London
  • Makers Art Collective - Oxmarket Gallery, Chichester

2020

2019

  • Elevate 02 - The Shard, London
  • Counter Balance - Trinity Art Gallery, London City Island
  • Discovery Sessions - Trinity Art Gallery, London City Island
  • Play! Design - Beijing Times Art Museum, China
  • New Horizons - Coast Gallery, Zhuhai, China
  • From ArtCan With Love - Fitzrovia Gallery, London
  • 44 ArtWorks - 44 Hallam Street, London

2018

2017

  • Eleven - Strand Gallery, London Design Festival
  • Candid Arts Gallery, Islington, London

2016

  • ArtSpace - Lakeside 1000, Havant
  • Le Poème -The Atelier, Southsea
  • Materiality & Process - Linear Gallery, UCA Farnham
  • AfterWARds - Newport, Isle of Wight

2015

  • Sussex Artists Award - Pallant House, Chichester
  • Solo showcase - Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
  • CAKE - Southampton City Art Gallery

2014

  • Vessels - Making Space, Havant
  • Contemporary Makers Fair - Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
  • Zodiac Gallery – Portsmouth
  • WWF +60 Earth Hour - Portsmouth
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