Tree Series IV

An upholstered art work composed of laser cut wood, silk velvet and crochet made by internally displaced women in Syria with whom Daudy has been working now for some ten years. These works play with the idea of an identity composed through objects.

The founders of Makani have spent the last decade working with Syrian and Palestinian refugee women, including running humanitarian, theatre and arts therapy projects and organisations, making BAFTA-winning documentaries about the refugee exodus to Europe, and building up a business empowering women through selling their artisanal fashion and homeware.

Daudy believes in the function of art not just as a means of expression and inviting people to think about things, but also here as a literally useful way to join women through her work to earn a living and provide for their families.

Kate has been signed up by the gallerist Lea Bischofberger in Switzerland. Bischofberger is one of the pre-eminent art dealers working today. Working together with her father Bruno Bischofberger, she has regularly shown Julian Schnabel, David Salle, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Miquel Barceló, George Condo, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, Dokoupil, Peter Halley, Mike Bidlo, Jean Tinguely, and Andy Warhol. They have published a number of books on these and other artists and contributed to the realisation of museum exhibitions of these artists’ work worldwide. Working together with Lyndsey Ingram in London, Lea will represent Kate Daudy worldwide.

Makani

Am I My Brother’s Keeper? at Saint Paul’s Cathedral