Fae Kilburn Staffordshire, United Kingdom
I print on different surfaces including papers, fabrics and wood, often creating artworks to be physically engaged with by the public. I’ve had commissions, fellowships and residences which have helped develop my practice.
I’m a socially engaged artist and arts facilitator, specialising in printmaking, my art is both research and process driven: incorporating text, narrative, and imagery, interwoven in a multidisciplinary visual language. My work is inspired by history, identity and disability. At times it is autobiographical, and often includes the lived experiences of other disabled people. Becoming an ongoing collaboration between their narrative and my artistry. Creating disability awareness is an important part of my practice, which often manifests in tactile pieces designed to be handled.
I have exhibited regularly in the UK, and thanks to grants from Arts Council England worked internationally as artist in residence in Canada, this led to further residencies and exhibitions.
Artwork
Breaking Down Barriers , Tactile print, 2022
Captivated, Printmaking, 2021
Beyond the Curve, Printmaking installation, 2021, NULL
Projects and exhibitions
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Commission12/06/2025 — ongoing This is a tactile piece commissioned by Birmingham Hippodrome working in connection with their Access and Inclusion advocates. The colour palette was chosen by the staff and advocates. Yellow being their access colour, and for many it represents positivity, the blue symbolises the Hippodromes colours as a theatre and the words were a selection... [Read more] |
Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham | Details |
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Care Create Conserve20/02/2025 — ongoing Creating six large Cyanotypes for The Royal Wolverhampton Hospital Trust inspired by their medical archive and the lived experience of deaf, disabled and Neurodivergent patients and staff, these are on display in hospitals across the midlands. |
Wolverhampton NHS Trusts, Wolverhampton | Details |
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By Your Side12/02/2025 — ongoing Working on a different ward and hospital site for a month at a time. One of these wards was NICU, where I talked to parents about their experiences. The families said they would like to see artwork on the walls that they could relate to and may make other families feel not so alone. |
NICU, Birmingham Womens Hospital, Birmingham | Details |
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Fellowship04/02/2025 — 04/09/2025 Creating prints in response to Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery’s Fine Art archive particularly their collection of prints. Looking for artists who had disabilities and researching how this positively influenced their practice. |
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham | Details |
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Start the Press14/02/2024 — 24/04/2024 I was one of 8 artists selected to create art live in the Ikon gallery, each of us having four days. Our Work was then exhibited in the gallery alongside work from the Jerwood Collection. My etchings were inspired by Edwards Lear’s exhibition ‘Moment to Moment’ exploring our experiences of stigma epilepsy 100 years apart and our passion... [Read more] |
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham | Details |
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Seats Of Change20/09/2023 — ongoing This is one of 20 chairs I created for my Seats of Change chair trail. In venues from schools, shops, museums, churches, universities, hospitals to charities. |
In different venues across Peterborough City, Peterborough | Details |
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Reasonable Adjustment07/09/2023 — 20/12/2023 This was a commission and part of my residency with Peterborough Presents. The exhibition was the result of running accessible mono print and Gelli print workshops for those of all ages who identify as Deaf, Disabled and / or Neurdivergent (DDN). I incorporated their narrative into my work and exhibited their artwork alongside mine. |
Queensgate shopping centre individual unit, Peterborough | Details |
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Worlds Within22/06/2023 — ongoing A commission from the NHS Trust to create 6 bespoke silkscreen prints for the Genetics unit in consultation with patients and staff. The finished artworks are abstract interpretations of human cells when looked at under a microscope. Microscopic images have always reminded me of beautiful landscapes and vibrant patterns. It was important my... [Read more] |
Genetics Unit Birmingham Women & Childrens Hospital, Birmingham | Details |
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Tate Late31/03/2023 Artist Talk at Tate Modern a celebration of female artist who use tactility in their practice. I spoke alongside artist Bianca Raffaella and Zoe Partington about our work and showcased our art on Digital Screens. |
Tate Modern, London | Details |
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Transient Moments13/01/2023 — 08/04/2023 ‘Transient Moments’ , a body of work created through seed funding from Attenborough Arts Centre and displayed as a solo exhibition at Level Arts. Using printmaking to create a visual documentation of my transition from partial-sight to blindness as an artist and challenge others’ understanding of sight-loss. The landscapes document the... [Read more] |
Level Arts, Derby | Details |
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Layers of Vision19/11/2022 — 20/12/2022 A group exhibition and a commission from Kings college London & Shape Arts. I created a large tactile silkscreen wall vinyl of a blind female, with tactile quotes from other blind and partially sighted artists exploring the barriers they face accessing the art world but also how positively sight loss influences their practice |
Kings College, London | Details |
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Perspectives12/03/2022 — 15/04/2022 A commission by DASH and Creative Black Country resulting in a solo exhibition. A body of work using silkscreen printmaking, incorporating the narrative of other disabled people exploring the experiences and barriers faced by individuals who identify as D/deaf, disabled, or Neurodiverse and explores what they feel needs to change for an... [Read more] |
The Asylum, Wolverhampton | Details |
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Windows Of The Soul15/10/2021 — 24/10/2021 The opening of Windows of the Soul was @bloomsburyfestival, which happens in venues across Bloomsbury. I had the pleasure of taking part & exhibiting my work at the Lumen Church. The exhibition aims to convey the lived experience of those living with sight loss. Thanks to @attenboroughac for funding the development of my work & to Moorfields... [Read more] |
Bloomsbury Festival, London | Details |