ABOUT
~ CREATING IMMERSIVE EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES ----- event production and making sculpture, decor, flyers and other artworks
~ DOCUMENTING MUSIC, ART, PERFORMANCE + CIRCUS EVENTS AND EXPLORATIONS ----- through photography and videography
~ CRAFTING JEWELLERY ----- with copper and enamel
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ALSO COLLABORATING ON:
•EXHIBITION AND EVENT BUILDS
•LIVE EVENT PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT
•CREATIVE PROJECT PRODUCTION: Building Concepts, Designing Projects and Programmes, Curation, Artist Liason, Marketing, Community Engagement, Books and Publications, Day to day running of creative projects and spaces, Social Media, Project Reports and Evaluation
•DESIGNING WORKSHOPS AND ACTIVITIES
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based in Cornwall, UK
contact for enquiries: khplatts@icloud(dot)com
EDUCATION
(2023) Permaculture Design Certificate, Permaculture Association
(2018-21) BA (Hons) Fine Art and Writing (First), University of the West of England
(2016-17) Foundation in Art and Design (Distinction), Truro College
(2016) TEFL Course (Distinction), The Teaching English as a Foreign Language Academy
(2014-16) A-Levels in English Literature (A), Photography (A), History of Art (B), Truro College
TRAINING
(2025) Artsworkers course with Citrus Arts, Pontypridd, Wales. (Introduction to rigging for aerial circus and sculpture / Fire drawing / Willow lanterns and outdoor lighting with The Lantern Company, Liverpool / Site electrics and power / Event management etc.)
(2024) PASMA Towers for Users
(2024) MIG Welding and Fabrication skills 10 week one day per week course, Truro College
(2023) IPAF 3A and 3B Operator Training Licence (To operate Mobile Elevating Work Platforms such as Cherry Pickers and Scissor Lifts
(2023) Silversmithing 10 week evening course, Cornwall College
AWARDS, GRANTS AND COMMISSIONS
(2024) Business Enterprise Funding for Creative Business, The Kings Trust
(2023) The Great Turning, commissioned by Harbour House Gallery, Kingsbridge
(2022) Artist Studio Residency, Grant and Mentorship with CAMP / Back Lane West (as Leifang Collective)
(2021) The Rebecca Smith Memorial Award
(2021) Spike Island Recent Graduate Bursary
(2021) UWE Futures Award
(2017) Truro College Prize
(2014) Most Innovative Product and second place overall at the Cornish Innovation Awards
RESIDENCIES
(2022) Artist Studio Residency, Grant and Mentorship with CAMP / Back Lane West (as Leifang Collective)
(2020) Warping Symbols Finding Meaning Residency with Daniella Del Carmen
TALKS AND WORKSHOPS
(2024) Arts career workshops on establishing creative careers in rural areas for How Can I Stay? Gathering event hosted by Visual Arts South West and Flamm
(2024) Assisting facilitation of willow lantern workshops and parade with City of Lights X SALT Projects at Great Estate Festival
(2023) Collaborative large scale map making workshop with sixth form students, Harbour House Gallery, Kingsbridge, Devon
(2023) Helping Businesses Build Creative Careers, Old Bakery Studios, Truro, Cornwall [Guest Speaker]
(2022) A Talk From Our Artists In Residence, Back Lane West, Redruth [as Leifang Collective]
(2022) Jewellery making workshop series for students at Bodmin College, including enamelling and beaded jewellery
(2021) People and Places, Kei Langley’s Curator-In-Residence Project at CAMP [Guest Speaker]
(2021) Art Writing as Creative Practice, UWE Spike Island Studios, University of the West of England, Bristol [Guest Speaker]
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
(2025) Artworkers event with Citrus Arts at the Hetty Pit, an old coal mine site
(2023) The Great Turning: Tidal Signal, Tidal Cycles, Harbour House Arts and Yoga, Kingsbridge, Devon [solo commission]
(2022) Unmade [the space between], Centrespace Gallery, Bristol (as Leifang Collective). Curated by Hat Fidkin and Jocelyn Brett
(2022) Remnants, Cloudshelter digital exhibition curated by Bryan Ridpath (as Leifang Collective)
(2022) How Long, Vacancy Atlas, Plymouth. Curated by CAMP.
(2022) Featured on Mark Leckey's series on NTS Radio, as part of Mark Leckey's Music and Video Lab (as Leifang Collective)
(2022) Golowi, Back Lane West, Redruth, Cornwall. Artwork, curation and event production by myself and Phoebe Bray (as Leifang Collective)
(2022) CAMP's 1 Minute Film Festival, Maketank, Exeter (as Leifang Collective)
(2022) Cornish Maids, Jupiter Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall. (Independent work and Leifang Collective). Curated by Fran Rowse.
(2022) Music and Video Lab Showcase, CAST Cornwall, Helston (as Leifang Collective)
(2022) The Back of Beyond, Polygon Platform, Online. Curated by Tilly Craig and Molly Erin McCarthy
(2022) Mark Leckey's Music and Video Lab, Auction House, Redruth, Cornwall (as Leifang Collective)
(2022) Alumni Showcase, Free Range, Brick Lane, London
(2021) BARTO, Buenos Aires, Argentina
(2021) Keskorra, Porthmeor Studios, St Ives, Cornwall
(2021) In Your Hands as part of Forced Collaboration, Newlyn Gallery & The Exchange, Newlyn, Cornwall
(2021) UWE Graduate Showcase: Moving Image, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
(2021) Spike FM: Spike Island Open Studios, Online
(2021) UWE Graduate Exhibition, Spike Island, Bristol and Graduate Showcase, Online
(2020) Make Do and Mend: Reimagined, Virtual Exhibition
(2019) Gathering Speed 1, The Old England, Bristol
(2019) Spike Open Studios, Spike Island, Bristol
(2019) Home: BBB Art Collective, BS6 6AF, Bristol
(2019) Electronic Ecosystem, St Paul’s Crypt, Bristol
(2018) Trust Absolute Unconditional, St Paul’s Crypt, Bristol
(2017) Page Turner, Lemon Quay Piazza, Truro
PUBLICATION
(2022) Frontpage/Backpage/Centrefold, Selected work by Devon and Cornwall artists (as Leifang Collective)
(2022) My Eyes are Lotus Flowers, Poetry Picnic Productions, Issue 1
(2021) That Chopping Sound, Issue 6
(2020) Earth Bodies Collective, Issue 1