Kate Riley is one of the founding members of Tiliqua Tiliqua. She spent years working in a series of jobs, including graphic design, before her life changed with a BFA (Hons) in printmaking from the National Art School.
She particularly enjoys working with paper, exploring its properties and possibilities, and testing its limitations. A slow worker, she takes inspiration from the organic progression of her pieces as she works and reworks them.
Kate is an over-consumer of art, wine, food and fibre and a reluctant wearer of sensible shoes.
‘Starting Tiliqua Tiliqua initiated a shift in my artistic practice. I have allowed myself the freedom to play with the processes and media that fascinate me – rust, decay, fibre, meditative hand-stitching, natural dyes, random markings. My recent works are a response to many inspirations: landscapes seen from the air, the markings insects make under tree bark, the traces left in sand by birds and crabs. They are maps written by natural processes.’
