Kate Shaw

Date
26 July 2011

Kate Shaw’s process directly mimics the natural occurrences she’s trying to depict: poured acrylic flows across her canvases like lava; ink falls like a landslide; medium is the onrushing white of an avalanche. The resulting landscapes are dream-like and sometimes chaotic; made to question, the artist says, “our inherent connection to the natural world and continual distancing from it.”

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Alex Moshakis

Alex originally joined It’s Nice That as a designer but moved into editorial and oversaw the It’s Nice That magazine from Issue Six (July 2011) to Issue Eight (March 2012) before moving on that summer.

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