Katie Stout: Olympia

Drawing inspiration from personal developments in her life—including the artist’s move from New York City to the countryside upstate, and the birth of her first daughter, Olympia—the works in the exhibition encompass bronze, glass, and ceramic pieces produced at an unprecedented scale, alongside a body of never-before-seen watercolours.

Stout is renowned for her singular aesthetic, often characterized by bold floral patterns and peopled with life-sized clay female figures holding lampshades above their heads. Her work as an artist and designer tows the line between the utilitarian and the abstract, and wryly investigates themes of form, function, and what is traditionally considered female.