Kylie Walsh

Kylie Walsh is an emerging fibre artist, who moved from Sydney to be  based in Canberra. She is interested in the dynamic quality of yarn and how she can transform the tactile, pliable medium into a taut bold form, to achieve a graphic/ painterly effect. Through the development of a wrapping technique, a kind of hybrid-weave, Kylie creates yarn paintings and sculptural objects, that are dominated by bright colours and geometric patterns.

Kylie is excited by shapes, perception and colour and likes to play with these themes in her work. She tends to create in series: whilst her pieces can be enjoyed individually, it is in the collective assembly of her work where infinite possibilities for arrangement, tessellations and pattern play emerge.

Kylie explains, “My recent work, Connected Series, has been designed as companion pieces, the colours and patterns echo each other. They would look great displayed together, however I also love the idea of gifting one half to someone you are connected to, as a symbol of love or friendship”.

As well as pursuing her art practice, Kylie is passionate about supporting local makers. She holds a Graduate Diploma in Arts Management from University of Technology, Sydney and has been been working professionally over the last nine years in arts administration and craft
retail, working with some of the best makers in Sydney’s (and now Canberra’s) handmade community. Under her curatorial practice We Heart The Arts she has also curated pop up events including exhibitions, markets and crafternoons.