About
b. 1986, HK.
A mixed-media artist and experimental ceramicist, Kathleen Shellrude lives and creates on Treaty 1 Territory (Winnipeg). Her artistic career began after a lengthy hospitalization in 2015 which prompted her to use art as a means of processing issues related to a personal history marked by disability, mental illness homelessness, and addiction.
Since completing a residency at Artbeat Studio (2017), Shellrude has presented work in 3 solo exhibitions and participated in many group shows. She has curated 3 exhibitions, including Life Support (2018) which honours her nephew who passed away from an overdose.
Her paintings feature dreamlike landscapes, magical creatures, and abstraction. She works in multimedia pottery by combining acrylics, resin, gold leaf, botanicals, bones, stones, prayers, and spellwork that connect her, and the viewer, to the divine.
One of the founders of Higgins Studios, she manages the accessible artist-run studio spaces made available to 20+ artists. She sits on the board of The Edge Urban Gallery and Art Centre and is a member of various arts organizations in Winnipeg.
Her artwork can be found online and in-person at Tara Davis Boutique, Radiance Gifts, and UpBeat Artworks.
Curriculum Vitae
Studio IMages
“I use art to celebrate my gratitude for the ordinary things that make life so very extraordinary – and to create environments that are more comforting than those we might find in “real life”. And to keep sane and sober, of course!”