Catherine Wynne-Paton
I am a multi-disciplinary visual artist based in South Wales. My work draws on connection and exchange between the body, language, land and different forms of knowing and not knowing.
Moving between collaborative and solo practice, I work with a range of different art forms, such as paint, movement, live art and film, depending on the situation.
I explore questions - sometimes my own, sometimes from others - through my own dreamed-up, invented rituals, which invite in curiosity and openness, and respond to the different places and contexts I find myself in.
By doing so, my creative process attracts flow, connection and insight, exchanging and fertilising ideas exploring/ knowing-imagining language, plants and the world around me. I see my painting as a way to access innate knowledge I am not, on the surface, aware of.
I want people I work with to challenge me, champion me and to give me space. For those who experience my work, I want them to feel empowered, to know that they matter by feeling connected to a place, one another, and to have impact.
Lived Experience
I'm a British artist living and working in South Wales in the UK. I am creator of The Lost Library which has appeared at The National Eisteddfod of Wales, Fringe Arts Bath, Deptford X Fringe, The Wrexham Open and MainSpring Arts.
I studied Fine Art at Hereford College of Arts, received the Meadow Arts graduate prize, was the first Print Shed artist in residence, where I had her first solo show in 2015 and in the last three years have received Arts Council of Wales funding.
I sat on the Jury for the Hidden Gems grant scheme, delivered by Herefordshire’s a Great Place that brings together the arts, heritage, rural communities and the creative use of digital technology.
Helping Artists Keep Going
Axis is an artist-led charity supporting contemporary visual artists with resources, connection, and visibility.