Katie West is a Yindjibarndi woman working significantly, as if her hand was stained with poetry, among textiles, installation and social practice. In the last two years she’s been curated into many of this country’s most prestigious surveys, including The National 4 and Ramsay Art Prize in 2023, and Primavera in 2022. Such recognition has afforded great momentum, taking her practice to the United States, where she is part of a travelling exhibition, soon showing at The Block Museum of Art in Chicago.
Indeed, Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology, curated by Sharmila Wood and produced by Independent Curators International, New York, is an exhibition about restorative interventions. Originally shown at the 2022 TarraWarra Biennale, West is participating with her work Clearing, 2019, an installation creating a social…
