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Artist statement

Kate Yesberg is an abstract painter based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, New Zealand.

“As a painter, I’m looking to speak as directly as I can to the human spirit.” 

Yesberg's paintings comprise elaborate compositions of colour and strong geometric form, and are often large-scale. She names each series for its intrinsic energy; a mood, feeling, or experience that she is exploring and trying to capture in her work.

“The ideas come into my imagination. Usually colours, combinations of colour, or simple shapes or compositions. But mostly I feel them, I feel the energy I want them to carry.”

The paintings are built up layer by layer from a black canvas as an act of devotional labour that is performed by hand, without tape. The effect is striking geometric patterns which from afar suggest hard-lines and manicured structures, though up close reveal the hand that rendered them and its human imperfection.

Recent work

For my full portfolio, available work and sales, please visit {Suite} Gallery.

Abstract geometric artwork with colorful patterns, including a large yellow triangle with circles at its base, and a background of a checkered blue, yellow, and red design with petal-like pink and red shapes.
Geometric abstract painting with multicolored shapes, circles, squares, and intersecting diagonal stripes in blue, white, yellow, green, pink, red, gray, and black.
Abstract geometric artwork with symmetric patterns, blue and white shapes, pink leaf-like forms, a yellow background, and red, green, and black accents.
Abstract geometric artwork with concentric circles, triangles, and dots in red, green, blue, yellow, black, and white, enclosed in a wooden frame.
Geometric abstract painting with concentric circles, triangles, and bold color blocks in red, gray, green, black, white, blue, and yellow.
Colorful geometric abstract artwork with concentric circles, triangles, and petal-like shapes in colors including red, gray, purple, yellow, black, white, blue, and green.
Colorful geometric abstract artwork with concentric circles, triangles, and various shapes in red, yellow, blue, black, white, green, purple, and brown.
Geometric abstract artwork with concentric circles, triangles, and diamond shapes in bright colors including red, blue, yellow, purple, black, and white, arranged in a symmetric pattern.
Abstract geometric artwork with circles, triangles, and squares in bright colors including red, yellow, black, white, purple, green, and blue on a black and white background.
Abstract geometric painting with two red circles containing yellow and black starburst patterns, a blue and white triangle, and colorful border patterns.
A geometric abstract art piece with colorful shapes including circles, triangles, and diamonds in shades of pink, red, blue, yellow, black, white, and brown.
A colorful abstract artwork with geometric patterns and shapes, featuring a large yellow circle at the bottom with a stylized flower design, surrounded by patterns in blue, black, tan, pink, and red.
An abstract geometric painting with circles, triangles, and rectangles in red, yellow, black, white, blue, pink, green, and beige colors.
Colorful geometric abstract artwork featuring a symmetrical pattern of triangles, circles, and stripes in black, white, red, green, pink, and blue, arranged in a grid-like design.
Colorful geometric abstract art with a central circular pattern of pink, green, and blue shapes, surrounded by yellow, striped blue, black, white, and gray sections, and a red and gray angular pattern in the corners.
Kate wearing a white shirt and black overalls stands with her back to the camera, painting a colourful abstract painting in her studio. Photo by Nick George
Kate in her art studio, seen from the side working on a painting with a paint brush. Photo by Nick George
Kate painting in her studio, with an abstract painting seen from the side in the foreground. Photo by Nick George