kate steenhauer

I am a visual artist and filmmaker based in the northeast of Scotland. My practice explores the dynamic and interactive capacity of drawing in dialogue with other artforms, technology, and their relationship with its audience. This moves visual art as a traditionally static experience into a dynamic interactive artform that is temporal, transient, and transformational. I work collaboratively with dance, opera, music, sound, multi-voiced verbatim and Artificial Intelligence. These multi-disciplinary productions can be viewed through the mediums of theatre, film, (live) audio-visual installation and artwork; and offer a unique multifaceted experience. My focus on process as practice is towards transparency in the act of collaborative creation, and above all the focus of my work is in elevating the voices of real people, raising under-represented voices while also encouraging intimate dialogue on subject matter which is often not given space in contemporary conversation. In parallel I have a significant portfolio capturing contemporary life at some of Scotland’s most iconic industries using printmaking and oil painting techniques. I have had behind-the-scenes access at Speyside Cooperage, stood on helicopters at Aberdeen Heliport, captured life at Shipyards of Aberdeen, Knockando Woolmill and Thainstone Mart. This multi-award-winning body of work is exhibited between 2015 and 2020 across the UK, including a solo show Duff House in collaboration with Historic Environment Scotland & National Galleries of Scotland.