Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 5th 5:30-7pm 

Artist Talk: Tuesday, April 2nd 5:30pm 

Exhibition Runs: March 5- April 13, 2024

Location: Illges Gallery located in the Columbus State University downtown campus.

(Columbus, GA) - Metalsmith and Georgia native, Kat Cole's upcoming solo show ARCHIVE: Kat Cole 2006- 2024 will feature over 40 pieces in jewelry and sculpture that display the breadth of the metalsmith's practice over the last 18 years.  

Statement:

I have often found inspiration through the observance and intimate awareness of the places I have lived. With each geographic change over the last 18 years I have become more attuned to the natural and man-made attributes that make a location unique.  Each move is an invitation to re-examine my influences and allow my work to shift. It is an opportunity to understand myself and my experiences in the context of a specific place.  I looked to the built environment for their formal qualities: materials, shapes, color and surface quality.  The collection of these qualities make each location unique and are reflected in the work.  

  In recent years, the landscape of my life shifted significantly with the arrival of my daughter in 2019.  What was once an eye for architecture and the world outside has become dominated by the domestic, intimate experience of raising a child.  As with every major shift or geographic move that has happened in my life previously- my perspective has changed and with it so has my studio practice.  My most recent work grows out of the experience of motherhood and the observance of young life taking form.