Kathleen Elliott
About the Artist
Kathleen Elliott is an interdisciplinary textile and community artist with Mi’kmaq and settler heritage. She studied Visual Arts and Art History at Memorial University, Grenfell Campus. In 2024, she completed her Master of Arts at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Through the use of non-mechanized processes, Elliott investigates the histories and lived experiences of rural women. Handmade textile work grounds her practice in material traditions that reflect labour, care, and endurance. Elliott’s artistic practice pulls traditional domestic craft through contemporary materials, giving histories of quiet strength a public space.
After pursuing a nomadic life that carried her from Canada’s west coast to cycling through Europe, Elliott returned home to Elmastukwek (Bay of Islands), Newfoundland and Labrador, where she is now based.
