Episode 18: Katriona Beales
A colour digital drawing where a red, purple, and blue hand extends from the bottom right-hand corner of the canvas and holds a semi-circle. There are horizontal bands with rounded edges and circles that float around the canvas.

Image Credit: Giulia Ratti

episode transcript

Katriona Beales is an internationally exhibited artist whose work responds to the social implications of new technologies, mental health and digital culture. Katriona’s interdisciplinary project ‘Are We All Addicts Now?’ supported by The Wellcome Trust and ACE, was shown at Furtherfield (2017). Recent work includes new commissions for: the V&A and Science Gallery London (both 2018); IMPAKT Netherlands and a participatory green-screen installation at Autograph (both 2020). Recent exhibitions include the group shows at Camberwell Space, London; Estacion Terrena, Bogota; ArsSpace, Seoul and the Ludwig Museum, Budapest; (all 2022). Katriona has an MA from Chelsea College of Arts supported by a Stanley Picker Bursary and an artist profile on Rhizome.org. In 2022 she undertook an experimental online residency with Anna Bunting-Branch, at the NHS' only Centre treating Gaming Disorders, supported by an ACE project grant. She is one of the 3 founding members of Artists' Union England.

SHOW NOTES

Katriona Beales TTWCA Interview Excerpt

Katriona Beales Website

Katriona Beales Instagram

Artists’ Union England

Katriona Beales, Are We All Addicts Now? , Furtherfield