Kate Hawkins is an artist based in London. She is also Creative Director of CommonRoom, an artists’ interiors company that she founded in 2014 after completing her PhD. Trained in Fine Art, Kate has turned her hand to many things in recent years. This website collates her various creative interests in one place.

Kate’s philosophy is shaped by her faith in creativity and how through making and doing we can all find agency. She would like her paintings and drawings to do something as opposed to just say it. As with the ideas of accessibility that underpin the business, her fine art practice also comes from a desire to explore connection. She is interested in what happens at the seams between different disciplines. She often deals with hybrids and combinations of mediums and materials which interact and sometimes overlap. Her subject matter is varied but seeks to address the big and small questions of humanity in an open-hearted and accessible way.