Katy Beinart
My art practice combines elements of art and architecture, after having originally training as an architect. My work has been shown nationally and internationally in galleries and as part of public art commissions, residencies and festivals.
My artworks include installation, sculpture, photography, film, performance and public art. I often work on self-initiated long-term projects alongside shorter commissions and shows. I respond to the context of places, sites and situations, examining themes of heritage and history, memory, culture and identity.
Through remaking of objects and rituals, I am interested in revealing pasts, and re-writing narratives of place and identity. Archives, both real and invented, often feature in my work. I work with participatory (or socially engaged) methods to invite users of places to collaborate in the process of making artworks.
I collaborate regularly with my sister, artist Rebecca Beinart as part of our ongoing project Origination.
I am a board member of Ixia, the public art think-tank.
I have worked in arts education and community development since 1998, and I am currently a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Brighton as well as working as a freelance artist educator.
Commissions & Projects
2023: Re-enchanted for Walk the Chalk Festival, Sussex
2023: A Difficult Place, University of Brighton/AHRC funded film project (with John Edwards)
2021-22: Acts of Transfer (with Lizzie Lloyd)
2020: 2m Conversations film project, Phoenix Art Space (with John Edwards)
2019-20: Meadow Rise Braintree Public Art Commission
2017-18: The Ring, Public Art Commission, Canal & River Trust, Worcestershire
2016-18: Making Suburban Faith, University College London – resident artist for AHRC funded project
2015-16: Brixton Museum, London
2015: Imagined Geographies, National Trust, Biddulph Grange Garden (with Rebecca Beinart)
2014-15: Public Art Road Trip, Figure Ground
2013-14: Adaptation, Library of Birmingham (with Rebecca Beinart)
2012-13: Anchor & Magnet, London
2012: Committee for Lost Memories Cafe and Shop, Multistorey, West Bromwich
2011: Memory Cafe, University of the West of England
2011: Value of Small Things, Multistorey, West Bromwich
2010: A Guide to the Lost Legends of Southend on Sea, Artside, Coexist Arts, Southend
2009: Snap Bracknell, Bracknell Forest Council
2009-13: Figure Ground Projects, South East region
2008: Hide, Warneford Hospital Sculpture Commission, Oxford
2008: Origination, installation at Oxford University Botanic Gardens (part of Gift exhibition)
Exhibitions, Performances & Screenings
Solo & Duo exhibitions
2023: Wriggle Room: Open Studio, Towner Eastbourne (with Lydia Hunt)
2022: Front Room Film: Acts of Transfer, Brighton CCA (Katy Beinart and Lizzie Lloyd)
2021: Correspondences, Katy & Rebecca Beinart, Jewish Museum London
2021: Acts of Transfer, Katy Beinart and Lizzie Lloyd, Phoenix Art Space
2020: Correspondences, Five Years London (Katy & Rebecca Beinart)
2018: The Fabric of Faith, Gunnersbury Park Museum, London
2017: My life is but a weaving, St Thomas the Apostle/UCL, London
2013: Saltworks, Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon
2013: The Secret History of Plants (Katy & Rebecca Beinart), South London Botanical Institute
2012: Raconteur, joint exhibition with Bobby Lloyd, August Art, London
2011: Origination (Katy & Rebecca Beinart), 198 Contemporary Arts & Learning, London
2010: Origination (Katy & Rebecca Beinart), Artlink Gallery, Hull
2010: Origination (Katy & Rebecca Beinart), University of Stellenbosch Gallery, South Africa
2007: Parallel Worlds, OVADA, Oxford, UK
Group exhibitions
2023: Community Takeover: A Seat at the Table, Phoenix Art Space (with John Edwards)
2022: The Domestic Academics, Loughborough University and LU Arts
2021: The Domestic Academics, University of Brighton and Online
2021: Community Takeover: Stories, Phoenix Brighton (with John Edwards)
2020: 2 Metre Conversations, Brighton Photo Fringe (with John Edwards)
2019: Windrush Presence, SEAS, Brighton
2018: My life is but a weaving, at Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London
2017: Maps & Lives, Phoenix Brighton
2017: My life is but a weaving, Phoenix Brighton Open Studios, Brighton
2017: Screening of Lady in Red, Oxford International Women’s Festival
2016: Loves Lives and Loss,: Traces at Fenton House, National Trust, London
2016: Brixton Museum, Rebel Space Pavilion, Brixton Design Trail/London Design Festival
2015: Brixton Museum, Brixton Library/Lambeth Archives, London
2015: Brixton Conversations (screening), Ritzy Cinema, London
2015: Reimagining Rurality, University of Westminster, London
2014: Cities Methodologies, Slade Research Centre, UCL, London
2014: Navigations, Red Gallery, London
2014: Old Skool Breaks (with Rebecca Beinart), Primary, Nottingham
2013: Goute Sel, 3rd Ghetto Biennale, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
2013: Lambeth Treasures, Royal Festival Hall, London (curated by Building Exploratory)
2013: Cities Methodologies, UCL Slade Research Centre, London
2013: A Game of Dominoes, Art & Geography Conference, University of Lyon Lumiere, Lyon, France
2012: Interlocal, Contact, Manchester
2012: Stockwell Studios Open, London
2012: Traces, Designers Block HQ, London
2012: Love Letters, Goodenough Hall, London
2012: T.R.I.P.O.D. (performance) at Camden Arts Centre, London
2011: T.R.I.P.O.D. (performance) at Whitley Arts Festival, Reading
2011: T.R.I.P.O.D. (performance) at Slade PhD Conference and Cities Methodologies, UCL, London
2010: Offere (screening) Firestation arts, Windsor
2010: SALON 10 Group Show, Four Corners, London
2010: You're On My Mind (Online Performance), facebook/London/Berlin
2010: They Came From Nowhere (Performance), Go Islington Festival, London
2010: Though I Have Missed You So Very Much (performance), Hull Literature Festival
2010: Unbuilt, EasaHQ, Manchester
2010: Found Treasures (live event/installation), Barracks Lane Community Garden
2010: To Find Your Home Visit Ours, Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, South Africa
2009: Research Provocateur, Object Retrieval, University College London
2009: I'll Be Your Monkey (Performance), Palanga, Lithuania
2009: Paradise Lost (Performance), South-East Festival of Architecture/Oxford Open Doors
2009: Art Take-Out, Tsangs Kitchen, Oxford
2009: Labour of Love, Artworks Galleries, Newcastle
2008: Hairport (Performance), Beaconsfield Gallery, Late at the Tate, Tate Britain, London
2008: The Modern Factory, Figure Ground, G10, Reading
2008: The Ley Hunters Companion (screening), Reading Experimental Film Festival, Reading
2008: The Gift, OVADA, Oxford
Awards & Grants
2022: Ignite 3.1 funding for Cost of Living Film project
2020: Arts Council England project grant for Acts of Transfer Project
2018: University of Brighton research support funding for ‘Unmapping Social Practice’ project
2015: Arts Council England Grant and Heritage Lottery Fund grant for the Brixton Museum project
2014: Selected artist for the Artangel Open 100 2014
2014: Train & Engage bursary (UCL Public Engagement Unit)
2013: Artists International Development Fund, Arts Council England
2013: Architectural Research Fund grant from Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
2013: UCL Environment Institute Grant for The Brixton Exchange, Anchor & Magnet project
2012: Arts Council grant for Anchor & Magnet project
2012: Step Out (UCL Public Engagement Unit) grant for Anchor & Magnet project
2011: Beacon Bursary (UCL Public Engagement Unit) grant for Origination residency
2011: Arts Council grant for Origination residency and exhibition, 198 CAL
2009: Arts Council grant for Origination project and residency, Greatmore Studios, South Africa
2008: European Association for Jewish Culture grant for The Gift exhibition
2007: Art Plus Final Award - Best Early Career Artist, Arts Council England and SEEDA
Residencies
2022: Artist In Residence, Wriggle Room, Towner Eastbourne
2013: 3rd Ghetto Biennale, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
2013: Fabrica Braco de Prata, Lisbon, Portugal (Associated Project, Lisbon Architecture Triennal)
2012-3: Anchor and Magnet Residency, London
2012: August Art, London
2011: Origination Residency in Brixton Market, London
2010: Visiting Artist, Greatmore Studios, Cape Town and University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
2009: Transient Spaces: The Tourist Syndrome Summer Camp, Palanga, Lithuania
2008: Braziers International Artists Workshop, Braziers Park
Freelance Education & Consultation Work (selection)
2022: Artist In Residence, Wriggle Room, Towner Eastbourne
2018: Workshop for Gunnersbury Park Museum, London
2016-17: Widening Participation school workshops for the University of Brighton
2014: Social Heritage Record, Lambeth Council, London
2013: Evaluator for Louis Vuitton Young Arts Project, South London Gallery, London
2011: Creative Practitioner, Milton Hall Primary School, Essex
2010: Creative Routes, Artsdepot, London
2010: Focus Group Consultation, Science Museum, London
2008-10: Teaching Resource, Turner Contemporary/Stour Valley Arts/Canterbury Museums
2010: Creative Practitioner, Ropley Primary School, Hampshire
Artists Talks, Conference Papers, and Workshops
2023: Talk and workshop for MA Curating students, UCL
2023: Talk and discussion on social practice for IRAP students, Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen
2023: Structures of Community symposium, Brighton CCA (co-organised conference)
2022: Presentation at Connective Symposium, Fontys University, Tilburg, Netherlands
2022: Acts of Transfer talk with Lizzie Lloyd and Marianne Mulvey, Arnolfini Bristol
2022: Paper for Colonialism and Transgenerational Memory Workshop, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
2022: Acts of Transfer: Sharing Social Practice Workshop, Towner Eastbourne
2022: Really Sayin’ Somethin’: socially engaged and participatory research in art, design & architecture, Brighton CCA/University of Brighton (co-organised event)
2022: Acts of Transfer Book Launch, with Sophie Hope and Lizzie Lloyd, Brighton CCA
2021: Correspondences: In Conversation, Jewish Museum London
2021: Salted Earth, talk as part of programme for SILT, Brighton CCA
2021: Correspondences symposium, Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories, Uni. Of Brighton
2020: Unlikely Partners talk, University of Brighton
2020: Spotlight Artist Talk, Phoenix Art Space, Brighton
2019: Workshop for Social Practice Social, Primary, Nottingham
2019: Paper for Mapping Contemporary Art in the Heritage Experience conference
2019: Fringe artist commission for Axisweb Social Works Live? At MMU, Manchester
2019: Paper for Spatial Mutuality symposium, UCA Farnham
2019: Paper for Human and Non-human Migration, University of Brighton
2019: Artists Talk, Socially Engaged Art Salon, Brighton
2018: Presentation for MA Inclusive Arts, University of Brighton
2018: Paper for Salt: History, Heritage and Tourism conference, Arc-et-Senans, France
2017: Performance and talk, Figure Ground Book Launch, Primary Nottingham
2017: Paper for Textiles as Practice based Research Symposium, UCL
2017: Masterclass workshop for Edge conference, Slade/UCL
2017: Artists Talk, St Thomas the Apostle/UCL, London
2016: The Fabric of Faith, International Colloquium for Geohumanities, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2016: The Brixton Exchange 2, London (co-organised conference)
2015: Paper for Art, Aesthetics and Function symposium, British Museum (with Frank Cartledge)
2015: Paper for Reimagining Rurality, University of Westminster
2014: Paper for The Story of Memory conference, Roehampton University
2014: Paper for London Conference for Critical Thought, Goldsmiths, London
2014: AHRC Curating Community Workshop, Centre for Creative Collaboration/Goldsmiths, London
2013: Artists in Conversation event, Library of Birmingham, Birmingham
2013: Creative Time Summit discussion, for Create London, Space Studios, London
2013: All That Glitters: Arts and regeneration, UP Projects, London
2013: Learning from Neighbourhoods, co-organised event with Academy of Urbanism, London.
2013: Questions of Home, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
2013: Installation & paper, Re-Contested Sites/Sights, TRAIN research centre, UAL, London
2013: The Brixton Exchange, London (co-organised conference)
2012: Conference Paper for Migration, Memory and Place, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2012: Conference Paper for Practice Makes Perfect, Swansea Metropolitan University, Wales
2012: Lunchtime lecture, Bishopsgate Institute, London
2012: Conference Paper for Unofficial Histories, Bishopsgate Institute, London
2012: Installation, Contested Sites/Sights, TRAIN research centre, UAL (with Rebecca Beinart)
2011: UCL Public Engagement Unit Arts & Humanities Symposium, UCL, London
2011: Conference paper at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference
2011: Artists Talk for Photoforum, Create Festival, Four Corners, London
2011: Conference paper at The Archive and Jewish Migration, UCT, South Africa
2011: Creative Collaborations: Artists and the Public, Modern Art Oxford
2010: Artists Talk, Artlink, Hull
2010: Artists Talk, OVADA Gallery, Oxford
2008 & 09: Artist Educator presentation, 4th Plinth, London
Education
2022: HEA Fellowship, Advance HE
2010-2019: PhD by Design, The Bartlett, University College London
2005-2006: MA Development Practices (Distinction), Oxford Brookes University
2000-2004: Diploma in Architecture, Oxford Brookes University
1995-1998: BSc Architecture, The Bartlett, University College London
Employment
2019-present: Board Member, Ixia (public art think tank) - voluntary role
2012-ongoing: Senior Lecturer, Architecture, University of Brighton
2012: Visiting Lecturer, Interior Architecture, University of Hertfordshire
2011-2012: Visiting Lecturer, Architecture, University of Brighton
2008-10: Sessional Lecturer, University of West London (formerly Thames Valley University)
2004-present: Artist (self-employed)
Publications:
2022: ‘A Taste of Salt/Goute Sel: Artistic Collaboration at the Ghetto Biennale’, Katy Beinart & Mabelle Williams, Wasafiri, Volume 37, Issue 3, September 2022
2022: Acts of Transfer, Katy Beinart & Lizzie Lloyd, Social Art Publications.
2020: Don’t Look Back: The challenges of public art and meanings of authenticity in heritage contexts’ in Public Art Dialogue, Vol. 10 Issue 2, 2020, pp.161-183
2020: Salted Earth: 4 Journeys, Feast Journal, Online (February 2020)
2019: ‘Khlebosolny/Bread and Salt: a time-travelling journey to Eastern Europe (and back)’, Mobile Culture Studies 4: Artistic representations of Migration and mobility
2019: ‘The fabric of faith: a reflection on creative arts practice research’ by Claire Dwyer, Nazneen Ahmed, and Katy Beinart in Studying Diversity, Migration and Urban Multiculture Convivial Tools for Research and Practice, Ed. Mette Berg and Magdalena Nowicka (UCL Press, 2019)
2018: ‘My Life is but a weaving’: embroidering geographies of faith and place by Claire Dwyer, Nazneen Ahmed, and Katy Beinart in Cultural Geographies
2018: My Life is But a Weaving exhibition catalogue/book, Katy Beinart, Claire Dwyer and Nazneen Ahmed, 2018.
2018: ‘Salted earth: salt-making as a poetics of mobility and place.’ In Rurality Reimagined (Applied Research + Design, 2018)
2017: Figure Ground Public Art Road Trip book and website, funded by Arts Council England
2015: Lighting the Touchpaper: Public Art as situation or spectacle. Public Art Now, April 2015
2015: 'Origination: Journeying In The Footsteps Of Our Ancestors.' In Sacred Mobilities: Journeys of Belief and Belonging. Ed. Avril Maddrell, Alan Terry & Tim Gale (Ashgate, 2015)??
2014: Saltfish: A Conversation. With Sam Barton. Alter Magazine, Issue 1, 2014
2014: 'Reading between the lines: artistic approaches to the family archive’. The Archive and Jewish Migration, Special Issue of Jewish Culture and History (May 2014 online)
2014: 'Becoming and Disappearing: Between Art, Architecture and Research', Arts and Humanities in Higher Education (Dec 2013 online)
