Only Time will Tell : Kate Studley

Kate Studley‘s artistic practice explores the perception of time within the cycles of growth and decay through research into natural materials. Using locally sourced materials such as pine resin, clay, hemp and water the artist creates site- specific installations that embrace the concept of ephemerality. The exhibition, which includes several projects from the last 5 years comprised of installations and sculptural works which react to their environment, thereby visualising time as a lived, non-linear process rather than a static chronology. They adjust and react to their surroundings, slowly decomposing and changing over the course of the exhibition. This invites viewers to experience the passage of time as a movement, dependant on individual perception.

Kate Studley born in Chester UK in 1995 is currently based in Aachen. After graduating with a degree in Fine Art from Loughborough University, UK and a Diploma in Bellas Artes from Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain she relocated to Aachen, interested by the cross border dialogue between the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. Having been raised on the English / Welsh border, location continues to contribute to her artistic research. In addition to solo and group shows within Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, shehas completed artist residencies in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and Portugal and hasbeen represented at fairs such as Art Düsseldorf. Studley’s work is largely project and research based having previously received support from funding bodies such as Mondrian Fonds and Regional Culture Programme NRW.