Katie Paterson
Installation view, Katie Paterson, There is another sky, James Cohan, 52 Walker St, New York, NY, January 10 - February 22, 2025.
Installation view, Katie Paterson, There is another sky, James Cohan, 52 Walker St, New York, NY, January 10 - February 22, 2025.
Installation view, Katie Paterson, There is another sky, James Cohan, 52 Walker St, New York, NY, January 10 - February 22, 2025.
Installation view, Katie Paterson, There is another sky, James Cohan, 52 Walker St, New York, NY, January 10 - February 22, 2025.
Installation view, Katie Paterson, There is another sky, James Cohan, 52 Walker St, New York, NY, January 10 - February 22, 2025.
Installation view, Katie Paterson, There is another sky, James Cohan, 52 Walker St, New York, NY, January 10 - February 22, 2025.
Installation view, Katie Paterson, There is another sky, James Cohan, 52 Walker St, New York, NY, January 10 - February 22, 2025.
KATIE PATERSON
Crest of 1000 waves, 2024
Ocean water on debossed paper
37 1/2 x 37 1/2 in
95.3 x 95.3 cm
JCG17882
KATIE PATERSON
Timepieces (Solar System), 2014
Nine adapted clocks
17 11/16 x 17 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.
45 x 45 x 9.5 cm
Installation dimensions variable
JCG7275.6
KATIE PATERSON and ZELLER & MOYE
Circe, 2024
Glass made with sands from deserts across the Earth
6 x 127 1/2 in
15.25 x 324 cm
JCG17884
KATIE PATERSON
Wilderness, 2024
Urushi lacquer painting made with the ashes of 10,000 trees
17 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 1/2 in
45 x 45 x 1.2 cm
JCG17880
KATIE PATERSON
Spectre, 2024
Glass made with sands from deserts across the Earth
21 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 1 in.
54.6 x 36.8 x 2.5 cm
JCG17883
KATIE PATERSON
To Burn, Forest, Fire, 2021
Two bespoke incense sticks scented as the first and last forest
ZNI1585
KATIE PATERSON
Evergreen, 2022
351 extinct plants embroidered on linen
90 x 57 1/2 in
228.6 x 146.1 cm
Series of 10 plus 2 AP
JCG13436
KATIE PATERSON
Waterdrop (A map of the universe encoded into a waterdrop, then released into a powerful waterfall), 2022
Silver gelatin print
39 1/2 x 54 in.
100.3 x 137.2 cm
JCG15023
KATIE PATERSON
Silva, 2024
Kiln dried wood branches gilded with the ashes of 10,000 trees
27 1/8 x 14 3/8 x 6 in.
69 x 36.4 x 15.3 cm
JCG18306
KATIE PATERSON
O VIII, 2024
Mixed media using pigment ground from the remains of prehistoric seas
20 1/8 x 20 1/8 in
51 x 51 cm
Series of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs (#4/6)
(JCG17893)
KATIE PATERSON
O VII, 2024
Mixed media using pigment made from the ingredients of stars
20 1/8 x 20 1/8 in
51 x 51 cm
Series of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs (#4/6)
(JCG17892)
KATIE PATERSON
O VI, 2023
Mixed media using material from before the sun existed
20 1/8 x 20 1/8 in.
51 x 51 cm
Series of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs (#4/6)
(JCG17157)
KATIE PATERSON
O V, 2023
Mixed media using salts collected from evaporated oceans
20 1/8 x 20 1/8 in
51 x 51 cm
Series of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs (#4/6)
(JCG15954)
KATIE PATERSON
O IX, 2024
Mixed media using pigment drawn from the Earth’s strata, from core to surface
20 1/8 x 20 1/8 in
51 x 51 cm
Series of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs (#4/6)
(JCG17894)
KATIE PATERSON
O IX, 2024
Mixed media using pigment drawn from the Earth’s strata, from core to surface
20 1/8 x 20 1/8 in
51 x 51 cm
Series of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs (#4/6)
(JCG17894)
KATIE PATERSON
O IV, 2023
Mixed media using pigment ground from the fossilised remains of life over billions of years
20 1/8 x 20 1/8 in
51 x 51 cm
Series of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs (#4/6)
(JCG15958)
KATIE PATERSON
O III, 2023
Mixed media using sands from deserts across the earth
20 1/8 x 20 1/8 in
51 x 51 cm
Series of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs (#5/6)
(JCG15957)
KATIE PATERSON
O III, 2023
Mixed media using sands from deserts across the earth
20 1/8 x 20 1/8 in
51 x 51 cm
Series of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs (#5/6)
(JCG15957)
KATIE PATERSON
O I, 2023
Mixed media using pigment ground from the fossilized forms of the first cellular life on earth
20 1/8 x 20 1/8 in
51 x 51 cm
Series of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs (#4/6)
(JCG15956)
KATIE PATERSON
O II, 2023
Mixed media using pigment made from the ashes of 10,000 tree species
20 1/8 x 20 1/8 in
51 x 51 cm
Series of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs (#5/6)
(JCG15955)
KATIE PATERSON
Ideas (A paint set containing the first colours on earth), 2021
Micro waterjet-cut sterling silver
4 1/4 x 12 x 1/4 in
10.8 x 30.5 x 0.6 cm
JCG13685
KATIE PATERSON
Ideas (The timeline of the universe set on shuffle play), 2024
Micro waterjet-cut sterling silver
4 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 1/8 in.
10.6 x 23.3 x 0.3 cm
Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof (#1/3)
(JCG17896)
KATIE PATERSON
Ideas (A live feed from a wandering planet), 2024
Micro waterjet-cut sterling silver
4 3/8 x 8 3/4 x 1/8 in.
11 x 22.2 x 0.3 cm
Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof (#1/3)
(JCG17897)
KATIE PATERSON
Ideas (A torch simulating light from the furthest star), 2024
Micro waterjet-cut sterling silver
4 1/4 x 10 7/8 x 1/8 in.
10.6 x 27.6 x 0.3 cm
Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof (#1/3)
(JCG17901)
KATIE PATERSON
Ideas (Hourglasses filled with the ruins of lost cities), 2021
Micro waterjet-cut sterling silver
4 x 9 x 1/4 in
10.2 x 22.9 x 0.6 cm
JCG13681
KATIE PATERSON
Ideas (A temple built with rocks from the dark side of the moon), 2024
Micro waterjet-cut sterling silver
4 1/4 x 12 3/4 x 1/8 in.
10.8 x 32.4 x 0.3 cm
Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof (#3/3)
(JCG17899)
KATIE PATERSON
The Moment, 2022
Hand-blown glass with pre-solar material to measure 15 minutes
12 1/4 x 3 x 3 in
31 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm
Edition of 10 plus 5 artist's proofs
JCG17888
KATIE PATERSON
O III, 2023
Mixed media using sands from deserts across the earth
20 1/8 x 20 1/8 in
51 x 51 cm
JCG15957
KATIE PATERSON
O II, 2023
Mixed media using pigment made from the ashes of over 10,000 unique tree species
20 1/8 x 20 1/8 in
51 x 51 cm
JCG15955
James Cohan is pleased to present There is another sky, a new exhibition by the Scottish artist Katie Paterson, on view from January 10 through February 22, 2025, at the gallery’s 52 Walker Street location. This is Paterson’s third solo exhibition with James Cohan and marks her first major presentation in New York in nearly a decade. The gallery will host an opening reception with the artist on Friday, January 10 from 6-8 PM, and a conversation between Paterson and Josiah McElheny, moderated by Cassie Packard, on Saturday, January 11 at 3 PM.
Katie Paterson is renowned for her multi-disciplinary, conceptually-driven artwork that explores themes of nature, ecology, geology, and deep time. Through collaborations with scientists and researchers worldwide, her ambitious projects delve into humanity’s place on Earth within the vast framework of geological time and transformation. Employing advanced technologies and specialized knowledge, Paterson creates intimate, poetic, and thought-provoking works that challenge our perceptions of the world. Blending a Romantic sensibility with a rigorous, research-based approach and minimalist aesthetics, her art bridges the gap between the viewer and the farthest reaches of time.
Paterson frequently works serially, starting with a single, seemingly impossible Idea—represented in this exhibition and throughout her body of work as short, haiku-like sentences crafted in sterling silver. These sentences pose questions about deep time and the boundaries between reality and imagination. The works, which may or may not materialize, take form in the minds of those who engage with them, becoming an expression of the idea itself. Often, these initial concepts expand into a range of interlinked inquiries, both material and philosophical.
This exhibition brings together a body of new interconnected works that mark a significant expansion of Paterson’s studio practice. The artist has created paintings, sculptures, and works on paper with materials that embody the physicality of our world and its origins. Delicately marbled watercolors are made with water drawn from ancient ice cores. Minimalist geometric forms are painted with pigment ground from fossilized forms of the first life on this planet. Glass is fired with sands gathered from all the deserts on Earth. Black lacquer is infused with the ashes from over 10,000 unique species of trees. An hourglass is filled with stardust. An exquisitely hand-stitched embroidery brings extinct flowers back to life. Incense infuses the galleries with the scent of the first and last forests. The resulting objects distill vast, seemingly impossible distances into elegant forms, bringing our attention to an immense and tangible reality that lies beyond the limits of ordinary perception.
This exhibition will be punctuated by several intimate stagings of Paterson’s incense project, To Burn, Forest, Fire. The gallery will host an inaugural burning during the opening reception, and burnings every weekend through the run of the exhibition.
