b. Wellington, New Zealand

Katie Breckon works through expanded drawing and embodied listening, tracing how harmony and fracture shape cultural, ecological, and psychological experiences of place. In remote landscapes, she turns to historical processes, natural materials and site-specific gestures, asking what belonging might mean in places marked by movement, settlement, and displacement. She lives between her homeland, Aotearoa New Zealand, and north-west Australia.

Breckon holds a BFA from the Quay School of the Arts, Whanganui (2004), and a PGDip from the Victorian College of the Arts (2005). She subsequently relocated to remote north-west Australia, supporting Aboriginal arts, museum and heritage projects; this work culminated in the co-curation and opening of the Mowanjum Museum (2021).

Her methods span incised drawing and historic practices including charring and material havesting. In 2024 she undertook the Irish Museum of Modern Art and Fremantle Arts Centre exchange (11-week residency, Dublin). Forthcoming residencies include the Dunedin School of Art and Fremantle Arts Centre (both 2026).