Kirstie Rea

About the work

I leave the house, exploring places beyond the suburban. Place soaks deep under my skin and wraps around me. Being there. 

I record being there with camera, a sheet of glass, and my body.

The surface of the glass offering a reflection of what is behind me, where I have been, laid over the way forward that is seen through the glass. The two views stitched together.

Reveal. Each moment of pause reveals new details, a wonder of place, moment, light, and presence.

Back home memory and being there cling to me.

Image credit: David Paterson

About the artist

As an independent visual artist based in Kamberri/Canberra Kirstie’s works in glass explore her love of and care for places outside city limits, beyond the urban fringe. 

At the core of this investigation lies a desire to seek an understanding of our often-tenuous connections to place. Walking in these places, seeking solitude and distance, Kirstie draws on her photography and writing to inform her making. Alongside this inquiry is Kirstie’s in-depth knowledge of her primary material glass, and the processes she employs to create her work.

Kirstie balances her arts practice between her studio, mentoring and teaching workshops nationally and internationally.