Kari Cahill

Kari Cahill will be discussing her work, creative process and what inspires her. Kari will showcase some of her artworks and pieces she is working on. She characterises her paintings as site-responsive and experimental. Her work captures the essential aspects of colour, texture and emotions that I find rooted in landscapes. The imagery is not grounded in representation but rather a reimagining of the essence of a site. Visually, she creates bold, visceral works that stretch between two and three dimensions. She drip, scrape, bruise and blush colour onto surfaces. Topographic and mineralogical connotations are present in the aesthetic of her work.

Design POP is supported by Backwater Artists Group, Cork Printmakers and the Lavit Gallery through the Arts Council of Ireland's In The Open – Faoin Spéir award: A curated programme of multi-disciplinary, inclusive arts activities in community outdoor spaces running from July 2021-April 2022