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Kate

Steenhauer

I am a multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and engineer working at the intersection of visual art, performance, technology, and artificial intelligence. Born in the Netherlands, I hold an MSc in Civil Engineering from Delft University of Technology and a PhD in Coastal Engineering and Computational Fluid Dynamics from the University of Aberdeen. My practice moves visual art beyond static forms into dynamic, interactive, and transformational experiences. Central to my work is collaborative storytelling: integrating evolving visual art with music to create temporal works developed through community-engaged productions exploring oral history, policy, gender politics, technology, and activism. In parallel, I have a significant printmaking and oil painting portfolio documenting contemporary life within Scotland’s iconic industries. Gaining rare behind-the-scenes access at the Speyside Cooperage, Aberdeen Heliport, shipyards, Knockando Woolmill, and Thainstone Mart, I created a multi-award-winning body of work exhibited widely in Uk and beyond.

Disciplines: Moving Image

Materials: Etching

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Previous Experience

Multi-award-winning collaborations include performances directed by Aberdeen Performing Arts, Tricky Hat, and National Theatre of Scotland, audio-visual installations, and multi-media solo & group exhibitions (e.g. Scottish AI Alliance). Numerous Creative Informatics, Creative Edinburgh, Creative Scotland, and Aberdeen City Council awards, as well as the Royal Scottish Academy Latimer Award and the Meffan Gallery and Museum Award. I have undertaken commissions and residencies with Corra Foundation, NHS Grampian, Stellar Quines & Bijli Productions, Surge, and SPECTRA. Shortlisted for 2025 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize and provide multi-media experiences at Edinburgh Futures Institute, Macrobert Arts Centre, University of Stirling, the European Chatbot AI Summit, the Orkney Science Festival. Solo shows at Duff House with Historic Environment Scotland & National Galleries of Scotland (2019–20), the Meffan Gallery (2018), Scuola di Grafica, Venice (2016), Eion Stewart Fine Art Gallery (2017), Compass Gallery (2020). roup exhibitions at The Mall Galleries, Bankside Gallery, RSA, SSA, VAS,RGI.

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