Representative work by Cathy Wilkes
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Cathy Wilkes

b. 1966, Belfast, Northern Ireland · Based in Glasgow, Scotland

  • Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
  • University of Ulster, Belfast
  • Sculpture
  • Installation
  • Found Ephemera
  • Painting

Cathy Wilkes represents the UK at the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019, creating delicate, deeply moving tableaux from found domestic ephemera: dried flowers, washed linens, chipped saucers, and papier-mâché mannequins. Her installations evoke grief, maternal labor, and spiritual quietude.

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