Today we've got a doozy on the printerview front. British-born, Sydney-based artist and printer Kate Banazi kindly answered a few of our print-centric questions. Kate is quite the inspiration, she has collaborated with the likes of Aussie fashion dynamo Dion Lee, translate her unique print style and design aesthetic to illustration jobs and also has a brilliant online store where you can nab some of her fantastic work. Have a look if you please...
When did you start printing?
I very first tried screenprinting in the textiles department at the art college I want to, but for some reason it didn't really grab me at the time. A few years later my friend, Kate Gibb, asked me to assist her and I loved everything about it. Every day I go to print I remember very happy times with her so for me it's not just about the career that its become but also a hark back to a very special time in my life. She taught me so much and without her, I wouldn't be in the place I am now.
Where do you make your work? Home studio? Shared print space?
I have a beautiful studio in a massive warehouse space in Rosebery, Sydney which is part of the furniture store, Koskela. I share my space with the textile designer Joanna Fowles and the illustrator James Gulliver Hancock.
Who would you love to collaborate with?
For me, ideal collaboration are the ones where it is really a visible conversation between two different disciplines. There are a few potential collaborators that I'd love to work with, but really I love the surprise of an idea coming to fruition after an unexpected meeting or introduction, no pressure just a mutual admiration of each others work and discipline..."Let's do something together!"
Where are some of your favorite spaces in Sydney for contemporary art or design?
Sydney has a thriving arts culture with the larger public galleries through to private an artist run spaces. The range is so diverse that it would be hard to pick a favorite. I do love taking a day off work in the week, a walk through the Botanical Gardens to the Art Gallery of New South Wales and spending the day filling a sketchbook with flora and fauna, people watching and inspirational art.
