Katie Harris-MacLeod is a multidisciplinary Scottish-Australian artist.
Working at the intersection of art, science and ecology MacLeod’s work is deeply connected to
nature, the psychogeography of place, Ecofeminist thought and the symbiotic exchanges experienced
throughout the life cycle. Nuances of folklore, multiple generational narratives, femininity, loss
and isolation are all present within her work. These provocations are recorded through a poetic
exchange between the artist, landscape, performance, and practice of the wild; allowing a deeper
understanding of her transitory belonging. MacLeod graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College
of Art and Design (DJCAD), Dundee, Scotland, in 2017 with a BA (Hons) in Contemporary Art
Practice. During her time at DJCAD, she was awarded a bursary for the Erasmus Exchange Programme
at École européenne supérieure d’art de Bretagne (EESAB) in Quimper, France. While on exchange,
her work was exhibited as part of the Bilan exhibition at EESAB, and she facilitated workshops in
local primary schools throughout the region.
Following her graduation, MacLeod was awarded a mentorship and residency placement on the Muir is
Tìr | Land and Sea sailing residency, funded by SAIL BRITAIN and AN LANNTAIR. As part of this
program, she and a group of artists sailed across the Minch, creating site-responsive works and
delivering artist talks to rural Hebridean communities.
MacLeod has lived and worked across the Hebrides of Scotland and the rural Highlands of Argyll, each
landscape and its people becoming a palimpsest of memory and time. She has exhibited extensively
throughout Europe and Australia and, has been awarded a wide variety of international study tours
and residencies across Scotland, Ireland, France, and most recently, the ecologically diverse
landscape of South East Queensland, Australia, where she is now based.
Forms of art: Conceptual Art, Site-Specific, Interdisciplinary, Narrative, Culture, Folklore, Human memory in terrain, Psychogeography, Collaboration, Ecofeminism, Inter-woven, Land-Art, Activism, Performance, Language
Country: Australia -
Country of origin: Scotland -
Email: katie.h-m@hotmail.com
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