Kathryn Armitage
About
Kathryn Armitage (b. 1994, North Yorkshire, UK) is a figurative painter based in London. Working from photography & personal archives, her work explores the female experience; questioning traditional tropes of femininity and gender dynamics.
Although self-referencing, her large-scale, looming figures are enigmatic and ambiguous in nature, with the artist’s head always cropped out of frame. This is further emphasised by colourful, costume-like clothing Kathryn chooses to depict – as if the figure is a child playing dress up. Examining the act of looking itself, she places the viewer in unorthodox and, at times, emotionally compromising positions; floating voyeuristically above a figure or below a stomping foot.
Occupying the space between representation and abstraction, Kathryn utilises a vivid, over-saturated palette and a gestural application of paint. There’s a heavy immediacy & emotional quality to her mark-making, leaving a constant sense of motion across the canvas.
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