MUNTHE ART MONDAY:
SYLVIE KETTLE

Please introduce yourself and tell us about what you do.

Through life, I’ve been gifted with a very rich internal and external experience. From this, I’ve developed a symbolic vocabulary that seems to be a bottomless spring within, a kind of archetypal language. The combination of these two things allows me to express myself across multiple artistic mediums, including painting, writing, and jewellery making.

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Can you name some other female (artist) that inspires you and explain why they do so?

Agnes Martin. I often revisit her poetry as insight to the mind behind her artistic genius. She is poetic, philosophical, mystical and somehow with all that still incredibly direct.

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What has been the most challenging aspect of being a woman in the arts?

I often took advice from male friends and business owners that would inspire me but it never really quite fit; it took me a while to understand that the way I operate and express my career is fundamentally different. It has been a beautiful gift to trust the way of my own instinct.

Could you explain more about how being a woman has affected your career?

The way I relate to the world is inherently feminine, I’m very sensitive to my surroundings and will find resonance inside my body with things that inspire me. I paint from that position of internal resonance.

What would you like people to notice in your artwork?

Themselves.