Catherina von Isenburg
London, U.K
Catherina spent her formative years in parts of Africa and Asia. From early childhood she has had a love of keeping sketchbooks which has often become part of the journey towards a piece of work. She takes inspiration from the natural world as well as fairytales and folklore.
Having done a BA Hons at Winchester, Catherina later went on to complete an MA in Children’s book illustration at the Anglia Ruskin in Cambridge where she embraced the creation of her own stories and characters. She continues to explore various story ideas and settings whilst using different medium in which to interpret them. More recently Catherina has been exploring the art of automata and enjoyed adding a mechanical moving element to some of her pieces. She loves discovering new possibilities and is excited to think that one’s artistic practice is constantly evolving because of these, that there are always more ideas and stories to originate or uncover.
Photographs: by the artist