I experiment with collagraph printmaking, paper making, casting and found objects to discover gestural and expressive forms. I am interested in materiality, surface qualities and sculptural processes. Touch and the tactile qualities of the processes of making have been important to communicate feeling. I explore how art making can express emotions, reflect states of mind and be a bridge between internal and external worlds.
The uncertainty of some of the processes has resulted in spontaneous changes of direction. I have used the pressure of the etching press to sculpt paper forms and for the collagraph prints. Many of the processes are physical: Searching and finding mostly recycled materials, ripping, shredding, and making the paper pulp, followed by periods of reflection, and thinking by making. I use found materials from the urban environment where I live and work, including the print studio. My work has become more abstract as
I am now focussing on the essence and the simplicity of materials to increase the intensity of form. I am interested in the expression of forces, tension, pressure, weight, gravity, absorption, resilience, fragility. The pieces are sculptural, unpredictable, and unique.
BIO
Kay Senior (b. 1958 Leeds) is a British artist working and living in London. Her work moves between drawing, printmaking, and sculpture to discover gestural and expressive forms. She explores how art making can express emotions, reflect states of mind and be a bridge between internal and external worlds. My background as a theatre designer, followed by my training and experience as an art therapist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist have informed my interest in communicating psychological elements in my work. Kay has recently completed an MA Printmaking at Camberwell College of Arts.
Kay has exhibited at Atkinson’s Gallery, Somerset, Jack House gallery, Portsmouth, and several London Galleries; Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Camberwell College of Art, Thames-side Studios Gallery, One Paved Court, Art Pavilion, Art Hub Studios Gallery, Woolwich Works, Morley College Gallery, and solo shows at White Box Gallery. Her work is held in national collections at the V&A, Scarborough Museum Deposition and in private collections. She has received a Printmakers Council Graduate Award.
Website: www.kaysenior.com
Contact: ksenior316gmail.com
Instagram: kaysenior_prints
