drawings on site — Katie Belcher

artist and curator

e: katie (at) katiebelcher.art
ig: @with.draw.ing

Working directly onsite (often on the wall) allows me to draw on a monumental scale. These exist now only in documentation.

bread for all, and roses too, 2026

bread for all, and roses too, 2026

found steel table base, plywood, mason jars, flour adulterated with chalk, pulverised roses with soft pastel
each of two drawings 183x122cm; table base 173x111x71cm; other dimensions variable

installation view for Levers & Counterweights at SFU School for the Contemporary Arts 611 Alexander Studios
(photo by Rachel Topham Photography)

bread for all, and roses too, 2026

bread for all, and roses too, 2026

found steel table base, plywood, mason jars, flour adulterated with chalk, pulverised roses with soft pastel
each of two drawings 183x122cm; table base 173x111x71cm; other dimensions variable

installation view for Levers & Counterweights at SFU School for the Contemporary Arts 611 Alexander Studios
(photo by Rachel Topham Photography)

bread for all, and roses too, 2026

bread for all, and roses too, 2026

Movement study

drawn on site at the Audain Gallery at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts , 2026
powdered charcoal on wall
approximately 1890 running cm

Image: Michael Love

Movement study, detail

Movement study, detail

drawn on site at the Audain Gallery at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts , 2026
powdered charcoal on wall
approximately 1890 running cm

Image: Michael Love

Movement study, detail

Movement study, detail

drawn on site at the Audain Gallery at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts , 2026
powdered charcoal on wall
approximately 1890 running cm

Image: Michael Love

Movement study, detail

Movement study, detail

drawn on site at the Audain Gallery at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts , 2026
powdered charcoal on wall
approximately 1890 running cm

Image: Michael Love

Movement study, detail

Movement study, detail

drawn on site at the Audain Gallery at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts , 2026
powdered charcoal on wall
approximately 1890 running cm

Image: Michael Love

Movement study, detail

Movement study, detail

drawn on site at the Audain Gallery at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts , 2026
powdered charcoal on wall
approximately 1890 running cm

Image: Michael Love

Movement study, detail

Movement study, detail

drawn on site at the Audain Gallery at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts , 2026
powdered charcoal on wall
approximately 1890 running cm

Image: Michael Love

Movement study, detail

Movement study, detail

drawn on site at the Audain Gallery at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts , 2026
powdered charcoal on wall
approximately 1890 running cm

Image: Michael Love

Movement study

drawn on site at the Audain Gallery at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts , 2026
powdered charcoal on wall
approximately 1890 running cm

Image: Michael Love

Movement study

Movement study, detail

Movement study, detail

Movement study, detail

Movement study, detail

Movement study, detail

Movement study, detail

Movement study, detail

Movement study

gesture study

drawn on site at 611 Alexander, 2026
powdered charcoal, willow charcoal, and eraser on wall
approximately 875 running cm

gesture study

to go to | to seek

to go to | to seek

15 February to 20 March 2018
Arbutus Gallery
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Surrey, BC)
each of two opposing walls is 550 running cm

to go to | to seek

to go to | to seek

15 February to 20 March 2018
Arbutus Gallery
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Surrey, BC)
each of two opposing walls is 550 running cm

to go to | to seek (detail)

to go to | to seek (detail)

15 February to 20 March 2018
Arbutus Gallery
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Surrey, BC)
each of two opposing walls is 550 running cm

to go to | to seek

to go to | to seek

to go to | to seek (detail)

the quiver of wings / the warmth of a nest (process)

the quiver of wings / the warmth of a nest (process)

2017
graphite, willow charcoal, and eraser on wall
drawn on site at Studio 21 (Halifax, NS)
244 cm diameter

the quiver of wings / the warmth of a nest

the quiver of wings / the warmth of a nest

2017
graphite, willow charcoal, and eraser on wall
drawn on site at Studio 21 (Halifax, NS)
244 cm diameter

the quiver of wings / the warmth of a nest (detail)

the quiver of wings / the warmth of a nest (detail)

2017
graphite, willow charcoal, and eraser on wall
drawn on site at Studio 21 (Halifax, NS)
244 cm diameter

the quiver of wings / the warmth of a nest (process)

the quiver of wings / the warmth of a nest

the quiver of wings / the warmth of a nest (detail)

En faisant

2015
charcoal, graphite, and eraser on wall
drawn onsite at HERMES gallery (Halifax, NS)
366 cm

En faisant (detail)

En faisant (detail)

2015
charcoal, graphite, and eraser on wall
drawn onsite at HERMES gallery (Halifax, NS)
366 cm

En faisant

2015
charcoal, graphite, and eraser on wall
drawn onsite at HERMES gallery (Halifax, NS)
366 cm

En faisant

En faisant (detail)

En faisant

In time’s furrows

In time’s furrows

2013
charcoal, graphite, and eraser on wall
drawn onsite at Queen Street Studios (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
11 running metres

In time’s furrows (detail)

In time’s furrows (detail)

2013
charcoal, graphite, and eraser on wall
drawn onsite at Queen Street Studios (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
11 running metres

In time’s furrows (detail)

In time’s furrows (detail)

2013
charcoal, graphite, and eraser on wall
drawn onsite at Queen Street Studios (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
11 running metres

In time’s furrows

In time’s furrows (detail)