Bio
Kate Pointon was Born outside London, in the United Kingdom.
Pointon studied at Winchester School of Art.
From 2000 - 2020, the artist lived and worked in London.
The artist has exhibited in London, LA, Tokyo, and Ireland.
In 2025, Pointon is working on a new body of work at her new studio, outside London, United Kingdom.
It marked a significant departure in style from her previous work. 

Statement
Pointon’s practice explores the relationship between material states and the disconnect in looking at nature, and the human interpretation and understanding of nature, through a digital lens. The majority of Human interaction with nature and landscape is via our screens, and is a simulacra of nature, edited and lacking rawness and authenticity.

Visually, her landscapes function as a contemporary reinterpretation of 18th-century British landscape painting. Drawing heavily on the Romantic tradition of the "Sublime"—the feeling of awe and terror when faced with the overwhelming power of nature. However, these works are a meditation on industrialisation and climate change. employing the soft light and sweeping compositions of the British masters to mask a more harrowing reality: a landscape fundamentally altered by human appetite. By using a traditional aesthetic to depict human devastation, they create a "toxic pastoral." The viewer is invited into a scene that feels familiar and nostalgic, only to realise they are witnessing the environmental degradation required to sustain our modern connectivity.

Contact Details

www.katepointonart.org
katepointonart@outlook.com
Instagram @kate_pointon_art
Tel: 07581258455