Kate Just

[5] Just creates elaborate large-scale knitted sculptures and pictures, as well as works in resin, clay, collage and photo-based media.

She reinterpreted diverse mythical and historical representations of women including Greek myths of Daphne and Persephone, and the pink fountain from Heironymous Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights in knitting to reflect personal and subjective experiences.

[6] From 2015-2017, Just created The Feminist Fan series, over forty hand knitted replicas of famous portraits of queer and feminist artists from around the globe including Sarah Lucas, Pussy Riot, Guerrilla Girls, Cindy Sherman, Lynda Benglis, Juliana Huxtable, Mithu Sen, Tracey Moffatt, Yoko Ono, Hannah Wilke, and others.

As a collection, Feminist Fan forms an intimate family portrait of feminism and of my own influences, in which threads of connection between artists across time periods and cultures emerge.

The project draws attention to the continued erasure of female artists from the canon of art history, but also speaks to ongoing issues of gender inequality faced by women around the world including unequal pay, undervalued domestic and care labour and continued threats of violence and sexual assault.

During the exhibition at the MCA, Just held knitting circles and conversations about feminism in front of the work with members of the public, who joined her with their own craft projects or hand stitching.

Internationally, her work has been exhibited in galleries in New York, Finland, China, Austria, Tokyo (Japan), New Delhi (India), New Zealand and in the US.

[15] Paradise, a life-sized knitted installation depicting a woman in a T-shirt and denim cut-off jeans, referencing the abduction of Persephone, is in the collection of the Ararat Gallery TAMA.