Artist Statement

I work with found and timeworn objects — architectural fragments, wooden forms, mechanical parts, things that have lived a life before reaching my hands. I'm drawn to their surface qualities: the patina of worn wood, the weight of cast metal, the irregularity of hand-cut edges. In each piece I'm looking for the tension that emerges when a few carefully chosen elements are placed in relation to one another.

My compositions tend toward the spare. I'm interested in negative space, in silhouette, in the contrast between a plain structural form and a single ornate anomaly. The work isn't about narrative or nostalgia — it's about the formal relationships between objects, and what happens when something discarded is given a new context.

I've been making assemblage work for three years, based in Westminster, Vermont. I am a juried member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen and exhibit throughout New England.

Bio

Kathy Kemp is an assemblage artist based in Westminster, Vermont. Working with found and timeworn materials, she creates compositions that explore balance, tension, and the shifting relationship between structure and form. She is a juried member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen and exhibits throughout New England, including at Gallery Twist in Lexington, Massachusetts and the CT+6 Juried Exhibition at the West Hartford Art League.