Katie Sandoval Meade is an artist and educator based in the UK. She is an active a member of Backlit Studios, an internationally renowned artist led studio and gallery space in Nottingham.

Born in Mexico City and relocating to the UK as a child,  Katie's work is inspired by the colourful and dramatic landscapes  from of her early life in Mexico City and her travels to tropical, desert and urban locations.  Katie seeks to interpret the feelings associated with dramatic and everyday experiences connected with particular places and landscapes. From living through earthquakes in Mexico City, to animal encounters in jungles and the ocean,  Katie is looking to delve into those adventures through paint. Sights, sounds and smells are explored alongside moments of calm and beauty found in unexpected places. In addition to an obsession with the landscape, Katie is fascinated by the patterns created by human activity such as travel and architecture.  Katie's background in textile design along with her Mexican heritage and work in fashion, has given her a love of decorative work, design and pattern and she enjoys researching artisanal crafts people around the world such as basket weavers in Ghana and Mexican hand painted and carved animals such as the 'Alebrije' made in Oaxaca, Mexico. 

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Katie has over a decade of teaching experience in UK schools and enjoys enriching the lives of others through creativity.  Her passion for education goes hand in hand with her interest in technology and the future and its impact on our lives - and her latest work juxtaposes the natural with the man-made spectacle of robotic 'beings' that are on the verge becoming day to day features of our lives. 
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Katie studied Textile Design at Loughbourough College of Art, Design: Strategy & Innovation at Brunel Univeristy and PGCE Art & Design at Cambridge Univeristy. She has had a varied career spanning fields including fashion, design & innovation consultancy in London.
 
Katie enjoys teaching in a range of settings incuding schools, universities and community groups with a focus on well being and enjoyment through creativity. She has delivered virtual art courses to students at The University of Nottingham, Homerton College Cambridge, and Loughborough University. She also provides educational consultancy services to creative collectives wishing to expand their educational offer.  
 
Katie enjoys mentoring she is currently a mentor to undergraduate students at Brunel University. She has also run theraputic art sessions for those suffering with long term health conditions through local authority intiatives.

 

Katie produces bespoke art comissions and workshops for private clients.
 
Exhibitions

• Remote Landscapes 202

• Sharebears, Backlit Gallery, 2021​

• Open Studios, Backlit Gallery, 2023

• Members Show, Backlit Gallery, 2024

• Open Studios, Backlit Gallery, 2024

• Keyworth Conservation Area  - George Martyn's barn Open Day, 2024

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Educational Projects & Workshops

• Nottingham Trent University Fine Art BA -  workshop and lecture
  Creativity Collaboratives & Arts Council  - school workshops

• Nottingham University Art Soc - on-line art classes

• Loughborough University Arts Programme - in person workshops

• Urban Sketching Society, Loughborough University - on-line workshop

• Backlit Gallery Public Programme - in person workshops

• National Association of Activity Providers (NAPA) - on-line workshop

• Abundance Project, Keyworth, Nottingham - in person workshop

• Art Core, Derby - in person workshops

• Nottingham City Council & ChalleNGe Nottingham - on-line streamed event

• Combination, on-line comic art teaching - on-line workshops

• Inhibit Immersive with University of Nottingham VIP studio (Virtual and Immersive Production Studio)