katie
bishop
Q: How would you describe your artistic style in 5 words?
A: Tacky, Varied, An accumulation of all the spice girls 'gone wrong'
Q: Which topics does your art revolve around?
A: Female bodies relationship to technology and commercial spaces. Examining women role with in adverting and in 'content' held within the popular consciousness
Q: Where do you draw your inspirations from?
A: Charity shops, unloved tacky things, instagram and eBay erotic fetish section
Q: Are there any other upcoming artists you're loving right now?
A: paulino russo knitwear designer, creepyahyeah instagram
Q: Who would you love to collaborate with in the future?
A: Petra collins, nadia lee cohen
Q: Where do you see yourself in 2 years?
A: happy and independent
Q: What do you class as success in the art world and life in general?
A: Success in the art world doesn't exist, you have to fake it until you make it and be versatile. In the art world I feel like you have to be able to adapt to different creative roles. Overall for being being successful would be making a living out of a creative art related job, for me personally.
Q: How would you encourage those who aren't necessarily comfortable coming out of their comfort zone to do so?
A: What helped me was the art school girl stereotype, using that as an ambiguous reason/ license to do whatever the fuck I felt like doing. Playing up to this helped me find out what I am really interested in
Q: As a young creative, what motivates you to keep going?
A: Remembering how good is it, when you're really into what you're doing - being aware of how fun art can be.
Q: What advice would you give people trying to make it in the creative world?
A: Don't force it, keep head down and say yes to as many opportunities as possible - the idea of trying to 'make it' puts too much pressure on yourself, work hard on finding what your specifically interested in and go from there. Hunter gatherer those skills bby
