“You must offer real, living, beautifully coloured flowers…real flowers springing from your own soul — not even cut flowers. You must offer the flowers of the art that is in you — the symbols of all that is noble, and beautiful, and inspiring. Flowers that will often change a colourless leaf into an established and thoughtful thing.“
— Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Seemliness
Kathryn Allan
a-n Member
Society of Scottish Artists
allan_kathryn@hotmail.com
b.1977
I studied at Glasgow School of Art, graduating in 2001 with a First Class BA (Hons) Design—Visual Communication degree. I use mixed media — oil, acrylic, emulsion, gloss and enamel, as well as collage, dyes, thread, fibre and metallic leaf — to create works in my own non-representational idiom and in two and three dimensions. Collaboration with other artists, and the opportunity it gives for discussion and communion through creativity, is a method of working that also interests me — friendship as a way of making art.
I welcome you getting in touch to suggest collaborations, exhibitions or other artistic projects. For a more ‘behind the scenes’ view of my artistic practice, please see my Instagram.
Education — Art & Design
BA (Hons) Design—Visual Communication (First Class), Glasgow School of Art 2001
Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (Distinction), Hull College 1997
Education — Other
MPhil Publishing Studies (Distinction), University of Stirling
PGCE, University of Hull
Awards & Grants
Historical & Critical Studies Prize (School of Design & Craft), Glasgow School of Art —
extended essay Beyond Surface
Arts & Humanities Research Council (grant)
McGowan Prize, University of Stirling
The Dickinson Prize in Education, University of Hull
Eridge Trust (grants enabling children‘s appreciation of visual art through gallery visits)
Writing for Publication
START & AD Magazine, National Society for Education in Art & Design
Designing, Design & Technology Association
a-n Magazine