Katie Byrne
Fine art BA (hons)
Manchester School of Art MMU
Specialisms: Ceramics / Installation/Sculpture / Storytelling
Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
Katie Byrne
First Name: Katie
Last Name: Byrne
Specialisms: Ceramics / Installation/Sculpture / Storytelling
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My Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
University / College: Manchester School of Art MMU
Course / Program Title: Fine art BA (hons)
About
Katie Byrne is a sculptural artists with a fascination for relics of ancient history. Taking inspiration from prehistoric ceramic production, she forages for wild clays and natural glaze materials to utilise within her pieces. Rooted in a desire to escape the overwhelming negativity of modern day sociopolitical climates, her practice narrates an alternate route for humanity through a tale of archaeological fiction. Through the fabrication of her own ceramic "artefacts" she depicts a long-lost civilisation thriving in peaceful coexistence with the natural world, combining history and mythology to imbue a sense of wonder in her audience.
"Office of Emilia Munroe" & "The Padley Graves"
'"Office of Emilia Munroe" & "The Padley Graves"' is a two-part installation piece telling the story of archaeologist and conservator Emilia Munroe and her discovery that altered our understanding of history. This archaeological fiction is told through an analysis of the ceramic pieces found within the grave of a young woman; date testing of artefacts, remains and stratigraphic layers approximated the burials as almost 12,000 years old, dated between 9,800-9,600BCE. Faced with the discovery of the most advanced mesolithic artefacts she has ever seen from a period that predates known ceramic use in the UK by several thousand years, this archaeologist must use the fragments to piece together who this group of highly intelligent humans were, if they were human at all.
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