A Londoner by birth and inclination, the city provides for me a fresh daily helping of eclectic people to watch and wonder about.
I'm endlessly fascinated with the human form, especially meta-figures like ghosts or dolls or archetypes. Sometimes I think my work stems from a collectors' sensibility - particularly those Victorian do-gooders who pinned butterflies or measured skulls. Each piece of work is an independent specimen, a set of examples of a particular type.
Presence, oddity, beauty and humour are important elements in all my work, as is colour and aesthetics. Weird things in jars, classification, crypts, fashion, botany and medieval European painting are just some of the things that inspire me.

catlinharrison at london.com

Education
BA(hons) Fine Art, (Combined Media) Chelsea College of Art & Design, 1997
BTEC Foundation Art & Design Cambridge Regional College, 1994

Selected exhibitions:
'Manipulations', 24/3/-9/5/1998 Crescent Arts, Scarborough.
'Housebound', 6/5-6/6/1998 Contact Gallery, Norwich.
'Inspirit', 29/5-5/7/1998 Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Maidstone.
‘Through the Lens’ 8/6/-20/7/2008 Royal West of England Academy, Bristol,
 ‘Sample’,17/7-12/8/2008, the Printspace, London
‘Fine Art & Fashion’, 18/5/ - 5/7/2009,Paper Dress, London
Autumn Harvest Show, 13-14/10/2009 Royal Horticultural Halls, London
Nature's Best Photography, November to May 2010, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington DC

Awards:
Contemporary Print Award, RWA 2008
Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards 2009
Honorable Mention PX3 Prix De La Photographie, Paris 2009
Silver-Gilt medal, RHS Show, 2009
Creative Digital Award, Windland Smith Rice International, 2009

Award of Merit, Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, Four Seasons Contest 2010