Biography Archives - Katherine Oktober Matthews

Interview with Juno Magazine

November 13, 2024
Biography

“Motherhood in art is often otherised – somebody else speaking to a perception of motherhood – and because of that, it’s often about expectations rather than experience.”—Katherine Oktober Matthews (Juno Magazine, issue #90, 2024)

Interview with MaMagazine (Spanish language)

December 30, 2023
Biography

"Art may not be as important as food or rent-money at some points in our lives, but if the only people making art are the people who can afford to spend time and money on it, we will have a very limited and warped view of the world."—Katherine Oktober Matthews (MaMagazine, 2023)

Interview on the Wise Fool Podcast

March 16, 2022
Biography

“People really love it when you make the same compromises that they do, because it justifies them.” —Katherine Oktober Matthews (The Wise Fool Podcast, 2022)

Between Realities: A Lecture at the Fachhochschule Dortmund

January 20, 2017
Biography

I gave a lecture at the Fochhochschule Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts at a symposium called Between Realities. In it, I discuss and detail some of the artists published in my role as Chief Editor of GUP…

Interview with Katherine Oktober Matthews on Life Framer (Open Call)

June 25, 2016
Biography, Insights

“In the end, I think we’re all looking for ways to mainline existence, to achieve a more direct way of tapping into ourselves, other people and our environments. That desire is replete with risks, but let’s not kid ourselves, life is a bloodsport.”
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (Life Framer, 2016)

Interview with Katherine Oktober Matthews in XOXO Magazine

August 27, 2015
Biography, Insights

"When something interests me, I follow it for a while to see where it leads."
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (XOXO The Mag, 2015)

Interview with Katherine Oktober Matthews on Life Framer (Urban Life)

November 8, 2014
Biography, Insights

“And I’ve been frustrated sometimes for want of a role model that simply isn’t there, but a big part of coming-of-age as an artist is realizing that very terrifying thing: you cannot follow anybody else anymore.”
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (Life Framer, 2014)

Interview with Katherine Oktober Matthews on TEDxAmsterdam

September 6, 2014
Biography, Creations

“It’s good to have critics, because they force you to work harder and make your case.”
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (TEDxAmsterdam)

Interview for Toy Tokyo

July 27, 2014
Biography, Insights

"Sometimes my friends tell me stories of things that I know never happened – but how can you prove whose memory is correct? Photographs don’t prove anything because they’re not facts, they’re narratives."
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (Toy Tokyo, 2014)

Interview with Firestarters (Dutch language)

September 13, 2013
Biography, Insights

Firestarters has posted a short interview with me, about the upcoming portfolio review GUP has organized, and the media that photography is presented in. (in Dutch only) Steeds meer fotografen exposeren hun werk online. Een gedwongen keuze of omarming…