Katie Holten is fascinated by language, knowledge systems and the relationship between humans and nature.
She sees her work as a form of environmental activism and feminist protest. Since the 1990s, Holten has explored the limits of Western notions of the concepts of ’nature‘ and ‚environment‘, and the blurring boundaries between man-made structures and organic systems in the Anthropocene, in drawings, sculptures, printed matter and public art. This thematic engagement with the Anthropocene is done impressively quietly in delicate drawings and sculptures of branches and plants, and – as an expression of her resistance – in portraits and Rorschach-like drawings of activists and their quotes. Katie Holten’s commitment to her subjects finds its clearest expression in the intersection of social activism and art production, which manifests itself in public art actions such as the Tree Museum, the Resistance Project or her Walks.