Katie Roberts
Born in Melbourne in 1973, Katie Roberts grew up in Melbourne and London where at aged four she had a vision that she was going to be an artist. Katie has lived in Fairfield for 25 years, where she works from her home studio and teaches art to adults locally
She studied fine art at what is now Melbourne Polytechnic from 1991-1995. In 1996 Katie was accepted into BA Fine Art at RMIT, eventually moving from Painting to Drawing, under Godwin Bradbeer and James Taylor. She received first class Honors when graduating in 1999 and undertook an Honours year in 2000.
Katie's artwork addresses the relationship between human's and the natural environment and are both technically skilful and experimental. Her works are held in private collections in Australia and overseas and is especially favoured by locals.