Kate Sully – The Upside Down

Kate Sully is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice spans textiles, mixed-media, digital imagery, metal, wood and acrylic. Her work investigates colour, texture and form, underpinned by a curiosity to look beneath the surface of the world and examine it more deeply.

A long-standing interest in science has more recently evolved into creative collaborations with the University of Sheffield, using cutting-edge research to spark new ideas. In 2019, she was awarded a Develop Your Creative Practice grant by Arts Council England, enabling an eight-week residency at Fremantle Arts Centre in Western Australia. This experience radically shifted her process, allowing for spontaneous experimentation and a new abstract language.

Her latest body of work, The Upside Down, is her most ambitious to date. Drawing on reflections around dementia and altered perception, Kate creates recurring shapes and bold forms that spill beyond the canvas edge, forging connection across paintings and evoking conversations between characters. The compositions speak to balance, precarity and the need to find unexpected ways to relate to one another.

When: Ongoing until Sunday 5th October, weekdays 09:00 – 17:00, weekends 10:00 – 16:00

Where: Upstairs & Mosaic Galleries, D Mill 1st Floor

For more information: Contact ACDC on info@artscharitydeanclough.org or 01422 383500