About me
My name is Katie Hallam (she/her). I live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand as Tangata Tiriti.
My creative practice investigates patterns and relationships in environmental and social contexts. I work experimentally, using material and form as tools to translate observation into perceptual and spatial language. The work invites viewers to notice, move through, and re-read elements of their surroundings in subtly altered ways.
I am drawn to colour, nature’s patterning, obsolete structures, signage and waymarking, folklore, mythical creatures, black ink, layered surfaces, and the influence of sound and music.
Community connection is central to my values as an artist, and I am interested in how creativity can create points of connection between people and place. My work has been described as both dark and philosophical, as well as light, and as having a strong sense of place.
I live in rural North Canterbury, on the central eastern side of Te Wai Pounamu (the South Island), with my family, dogs, chickens, and plants. I was born in the East Midlands of England and spent a decade living in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Projects
ARTEFACT
Oxford Gallery toi o Waimakariri
August - September 2025
The In-Between
Stoddart Cottage, Diamond Harbour
1 January 2025
https://www.katiehallam.com/the-inbetween-at-stoddart-cottage-has-now-closed/
Little Landmarks
Chamber Gallery Rangiora
12 August - 11 September 2023
Virtual exhibition: https://photos.app.goo.gl/QC7ouc98xyxDs8ch9
Mail Box
The Arthole @ Darkroom, St Asaph St, Christchurch
November 2023
https://www.katiehallam.com/back-catalogue-mail-box/
Go Small 2023
Framing House, Shed 3, 394 Grey StreetHamilton EastNew Zealand
https://www.framinghouse.co.nz/exhibitions-go-small-2023
Pop-Up Studio Artist Residency
Oxford Gallery Toi o Waimakariri
October - November 2023
Oxford Papermakers: Waiaraki Eyre River Project
Oxford Gallery
Oxford, North Canterbury
November 2021
https://oxfordgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/
Work published in Fuego, The World Congress of Poets Literary Journal
September 2023
https://www.worldcongressofpoets.com/fuego/?q=1700970631784
MISINFORMONSTERS
Catalogue / Pennylane Records, Christchurch
November 2020
Shared Lines: Pūtahitanga
2020
http://sharedlinesputahitanga.co.nz/
Guest artist at Open House, Arts in Oxford Gallery
2020
https://oxfordgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/
Contributing artist for ShoPOP Until Works End, Audrey Baldwin and Khye Hitchcock
2018
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/winning-designs-to-make-central-city-shops-pop