Katie-May is an interdisciplinary innovator who has a background in costume and has recently graduated from MA Material Futures at Central Saint Martins. Here she explored boundaries between science, craft, tech and our relationship to our ever changing world and the problems that it hands us.
Using visual language to humour and intrigue, Katie-May opens up dialogues around themes and issues that can be hard to communicate to the public . These pieces hope to bridge gaps between disciplines, inform, and encourage collaboration.
Working in production, Katie-May has been integral to seeing projects through from design, to delivery and installation, working in the UK, Europe and China.
Currently Katie-May is is living and working in London, on personal and collaborative projects. Please get in touch for any work enquiries.
Projects
Work history
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Sourcing and BuyingMETIS Arts
- London, United KingdomFreelance
• Sustainable fabric sourcing – We Know Not What We May Be, METIS arts, Dir. Zoe Svendsen. Barbican, Sept 2018
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Costume DesignerLuna Rossa Productions
- London, United KingdomFull Time
• Costume design and coordination for shows across 5 international cruise ships. Responsibility for costumes and budgets throughout production from design, sourcing, alterations and fitting.
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Skills
- Ideation
- Plastic Working
- Problem Solving
- Prototyping
- Research Insight
- Project Management
- Costume
- Innovation
- Sustainable Materials
- Material Design
Education
MA Material FuturesCentral Saint Martins (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom
• Distinction Level MA in Material Futures. Interdisciplinary course, working at the intersection of science, craft and technology. My Graduating project, ‘Foreign Garbage’ was shortlisted for the Mullenlowe Nova Award, Maison/0 Green Trail, exhibited with Ventura Projects at Millan Design week 2018 and featured on Dezeen.
• Project management of international exhibition at Milan Design week including fundraising, delivery and installation.
BA(Hons) Costume for PerformanceLondon College of Fashion, UAL
- London, United Kingdom
1st Class BA (hons) Costume for Performance.
My graduating project, The Parasite Project, depicting the life cycle of the Malaria parasite was made in collaboration with parasitologists at Glasgow University, project featured on STV, ‘Image of the Week’ on the Wellcome Trust blog and in Biological Sciences Review.
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Awards
Mullenlowe NOVA Award 2018MullenLowe Group UK
Shortlisted for the Mullenlowe NOVA Award 2018, with project Foreign Garbage.