Kate Burling (b.1998, Reading) lives and works in South East London. Her iridescent finger-paintings examine a corporeal experience of exponential change. Marking the inside and outside of the skin as initial zones of softness and hardness respectively, Burling observes a gradual obscuring of boundaries as the sponge-like body ages and absorbs. Her paintings are amalgamations of rolling mass with repeated motifs, scattered like confetti. They are places of rumination, where the artist attempts to catch elusive ideas and map them in soft, organic space. Since completing her BA in Fine Art at Camberwell College in 2022, Burling has presented two solo shows with Nosbaum Reding (Brussels) and Ronchini Gallery (London), as well as taking part in a number of group exhibitions at Christie’s, Guts Gallery, Soup Gallery and Milan Art Fair, and residencies at Goodeye Projects, Pictorum Gallery (both London) and Fondazione Sandro Moretti (Umbria). 

Since November 2024, Kate Burling has been a participant at the Conditions Studio Programme in Croydon. She is currently working towards a breadth of projects within the programme and externally, including a solo show with Solito Gallery, Naples in October 2025.