Raised in Ireland and professionally shaped in Australia, my background spans a Dublin graphic design degree, and later photography studies in Melbourne, both of which continue to inform the format and visual language of my work. These disciplines taught me to pay close attention to structure, definition, and precision, and helped me appreciate how deliberate decisions can have more impact than decoration for its own sake. Over the past few years, I’ve shifted my focus to the visual arts, where those foundations have evolved into a style of painting centred on lettering, shapes, and symbols arranged in abstract configurations. My work generally carries messages – sometimes personal, sometimes social or political, and often responding to whatever feels important in the world around me.

Precision has always been essential to how I work. I’m drawn to clean, decisive lines and tightly controlled compositions that sit firmly within the realm of hard-edge abstraction. There’s a satisfaction in bringing order to a design, in creating forms that feel balanced and exact. At the same time, I’m fascinated by the energy of chaotic patterns and the tension that arises when controlled structure meets unruly colour and rhythm.

I have recently been officially diagnosed with ADHD, news that brought both clarity and relief. It helped me understand why I’ve always felt pulled toward two seemingly opposite impulses – the need for order, and the attraction to visual complexity. That duality has run throughout my work since I began painting. The discipline of graphic design, the observational eye of photography, and the restless curiosity of an ADHD mind all bring something to the balance I’m continually exploring on canvas.

My practice sits at the intersection of precision and intricacy, where meaning comes not just from the symbols themselves, but from the systems, patterns, and contradictions that hold them together.

If you would like to get in touch, please feel free to contact me via the ‘Contact’ page, or you can email me at ahoy@katelambe.com

Slán :)