Katie Kaur is a British-Indian artist based in London.
Her work is drawn to the sensation of being underwater - a liminal space where light murmurs overhead and time slows into liquid silence.
Untethered from the physical world, Kaur’s works depict ghost-like figures suspended within fluid landscapes, caught between feeling and dream.
Kaur seeks a visual language that moves like water - gradually layering diluted washes of pigment onto the canvas until forms begin to dissolve into one another. Fragments of hand-stitched canvas create protruding ruptures in time and space - moments briefly held together - whilst raw fabric embodies shifting light, pooling from above.
The five rivers of the Panjab emerge as a metaphorical presence in the paintings - a presence that gives and takes, heals and divides, flows and endures. They become a way of thinking through human experience, as well as a quiet questioning of the artist's own place.
For Kaur, painting is approached as a place to question. She continues to ask what it means to be submerged - still and weightless, yet reaching to stay afloat.
Katie Kaur received a BA in Art and Design from the University of Leeds in 2022 and an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art in 2025, where she was awarded the Deputy Vice Chancellor’s UK Scholarship. Kaur has exhibited widely across the UK, with recent highlights including Painting - A Changed Environment at Messums West (2026), Art For Your Oceans at Sotheby’s (2025) and Vital Void at Tiderip (2025). Kaur was shortlisted for the 2026 ACS Studio Prize and is a recipient of the 2026 Huaicun Zhang Award.