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Lady Kitt

Queer Crip Craft Power

installations // social art // research

colour photo, interior. 17th century building. a library with a wooden balcony running around the inside of the room around 10 feet from the floor. there are bookshelves on all walls below and above the balcony containing 1000s of beautiful old books. across around two thirds of the balcony and down onto the floor oozes a vast ribbon of bright pink paper. on the floor envelops by the swirling end of the paper is a larger bright orange bean bag where viewer can sit and experience the installation from the inside

image description: colour photo, interior. large 8 feet tall by 10 feet wide, wall hung shrine, built of garlands in orange, white, green and blue, made from reused plastic carrier bags. the shrine hangs on a white wall in a room with a grey concrete floor

Colour photograph, interior. A child on hands and knees crawls through a large tunnel made of purple paper. a shaft of light illuminates the image from an unseen hole in the top of the paper tunnel

image description: colour photo, interior. a pub wall with wooden panelling and red banquette seating . the wallis decorated with a shrine made from thick orange, red, white, silver and blue garlands which loops along and up and down the wall. roughly in the centre is a circular artwork also decorated with garlands and with a small bright pink and gold figure in the centre.

image description: colour photo, interior. a pub wall with wooden panelling and red banquette seating . the wallis decorated with a shrine made from thick orange, red, white, silver and blue garlands which loops along and up and down the wall. roughly in the centre is a circular artwork also decorated with garlands and with a small bright pink and gold figure in the centre.

Commissioned by Disconsortia, 2020, Recycled paper, fabric, paint and light installation, 70 by 120 squ ft

(small but) FIERCE magazine workshop .jpg

Justice Recitations

Justice Recitations

Collaboration with Dr Tina Sikka, DGA and kin collective, ACE funded, June-Nov, 2023

Home-rearing (enSHRINE)

Home-rearing (enSHRINE)

Residency & exhibition, The NewBridge Project, Newcastle in collaboration with Kitt's children April 2023

Craftspace, Birmingham

Craftspace, Birmingham

Digital exhibition& resources, Feb 2023

2023 Aesthetica Art Prize Longlist

2023 Aesthetica Art Prize Longlist

Exhibition, York Art Gallery, March 24th-June 4th, 2023

MOTHEROTHER

Project Launch, online & The Newbridge Project Newcastle, Jan 31st, 2023

Craftivist Recipe Archive

Craftivist Recipe Archive

Touring co-created exhibition 2023-24, Commissioned by East Durham Creates and Durham University

Empowering Sexual Futures

Empowering Sexual Futures

Symposium & Installation, VAMHN Art Award Winner, 2023

North East Culture Awards 2022

North East Culture Awards 2022

Winner, Best Newcomer of the Year (with "kin collective")

Durham University

Durham University

Aug 2022 Installation

"Meeting Point" Commission

"Meeting Point" Commission

Commission 2021-22 by "Arts & Heritage" for WCRO, UK

Framing Social Art In Collections

Framing Social Art In Collections

2021-22 ACE funded project researching socially engaged curatorial practice in collections

BALTIC Flag Commission

BALTIC Flag Commission

May-June 2021 Flag design by Lady Kitt commissioned by BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead

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