A Statement From The Artist

Kat Easto is a multi-disciplinary artist and set designer based in London. Her work explores abandoned, mundane and overlooked spaces, turning empty corners into ones of wonder, fear and surreal potential. Trained as a Production Designer for film and television, Kat uses these skills to depict quietly strange worlds in her paintings, digital work and the sets she creates. Her most recent project explores the quiet eerieness of The Whitgift Centre in Croydon, her local shopping centre growing up. Through photography, painting, moving image, writing and installation, she has transported the centre into other realities, from a surreal desert to a strange hotel. She is currently creating an immersive installation for her final year show in her MA Fine Art degree at Central St Martins, where audience members will be able to step into this world entirely. Through world-building and atmospheric detail, her work encourages us to dream.