Joya: AiR / Kathryn Fullerton / CAN

“During my residency at Joya: AiR I enjoyed the opportunity to get to know the ecology of place through sensory walks, observation, research and creating with materials from the land. Three site-specific installations, using organic materials such as earth (clay), charcoal, Esparto grass, and pine branches/needles, emerged during the period of my stay. I also experimented with using my body in the landscape as a way of healing my own alienation from the natural world, finding connection through the materiality of making and relating more deeply with the spirit of place.

I appreciated the opportunity to talk one-on-one with artists by visiting them in their studios organically throughout the day and collaborating with other artists on projects. Coming together at the end of a day to sit by the fire and share a delicious meal was a highlight. Gratitude to Donna and Simon for tending to this place, and to the artists, with genuine kindness and care”..

BIO

Kathryn explores and responds to emergent questions arising from lived experience. Clay, with its earthy, tactile nature, invites her to follow quiet impulses through deep embodied listening. Works that emerge from this process are not fixed or predetermined; rather, they are shaped by intuition, reflection, and an ongoing dialogue between hands and earth, often yielding organic and surprising phenomena.

In 2009 Kathryn received her MA in Environmental Education and Communication and was a Governor General’s Gold Award nominee based on her arts based thesis. Her creativity flourished when she lived in Indonesia from 2017-2019 and started taking workshops at Gaya Ceramic Arts Centre. Clay became the medium that awakened memories from childhood and it is from this ground/earth where her land based art practice emerges alongside training in Embodied Imagination™️, which is a creative and therapeutic way of working with dreams.