Show Notes
A special edition of ‘A Geography of Colour’ podcast with painter Katrina Blannin, talking about colour and painting with Ruth Philo, from the Sluice Expo 'World Buidling' in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland with LungA School, originally broadcast on Seyðisfjörður Community Radio, May 2025.
Katrina Blannin was born in London, UK where she currently lives and works. Since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1997 she has shown her work extensively in the UK and abroad, co-directed artist run project spaces, curated exhibitions and written about contemporary painting. In 2021 she completed a Painting by Practice PhD at the University of Worcester. She teaches as an Associate Lecturer at UAL Camberwell for BA Painting and Foundation Drawing/Conceptual Practice; UCA Canterbury and works both on the editorial board and the mentoring programme for Turps Banana, London, UK.
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