Known for working primarily in ceramics, Katie Spragg explores the complex relationships between humans and the plant world. Rooted in the attentiveness of plant behaviour, her practice explores how growth, adaption and interdependence can offer alternative ways of understanding care, community and belonging.
Spragg considers herself a socially-engaged practitioner, collaborating with carers, families, children and people living with dementia. Through this approach, she aims to demonstrate how clay-making can be used as an act of storytelling – one that invites creative expression beyond words.
Her work is held in collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum and Garden Museum and has undertaken commissions for the British Ceramics Biennale and Sotheby’s. She has exhibited with Crafts Council (London and Miami), EMMA Museum (Finland), in addition to presenting solo exhibitions at Make Hauser & Wirth, Blackwell Arts and Crafts House, Ruup & Form and the Garden Museum. Katie holds an MA in Ceramics and Glass from the Royal College of Art, a BA (Hons) in 3D Materials Practice from the University of Brighton, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Higher Education from the Royal College of Art.