Cat Needs is a sculptor and installation artist based in South London and a graduate of Fine Art: Painting at Camberwell College of Arts.
Her work follows introspective narratives whilst broaching universally interconnective experiences. Currently, her practice continues to revisit cycles of grief, within her personal life, as an abstract notion and a constant state. She uses predominantly found materials to carnalise and create order within her grief, discussing the non-linear and everlasting trajectory after loss. She references Eternalism and the philosophy of time, often creating works which hold dual meanings such as her EMDR pendulum series.
Alongside this, her recent concertina series humours societal conditions, referencing the commodification of space in London. Her own space restrictions led to creating IKEA style ‘flat pack’ sculptures which centre utility over grandeur. In this, she ridicules late-stage capitalism and its effects on artists whilst embodying a strive to continue making in all conditions. The collapsible structures often act as love letters or shrines to transient or no longer existent spaces, marking pressure points, perforations and concentrations of energy on them like an ancient, used map.
Cat has exhibited consistently across the UK for the past 4 years, including at Bargehouse OXO tower, Southwark Park Galleries, The Handbag Factory, and The Old Waiting Room.
Growing Sideways Projects:
Cat has been interested in queer space for the past few years, specifically using queer theory to digest the interaction between queerness and art, and using art as a tool to generate queer space.
This has led towards ‘Growing Sideways Projects’ - a FLINTA arts organisation founded in 2025 which she co-runs with artist Jesse Buergel. Named after queer theorist Kathryn Bond Stockton’s concept, Growing Sideways Projects creates oppertunities for upcoming FLINTA artists to exhibit work, fascilitate workshops and events, whilst connecting with the wider community.
Her work follows introspective narratives whilst broaching universally interconnective experiences. Currently, her practice continues to revisit cycles of grief, within her personal life, as an abstract notion and a constant state. She uses predominantly found materials to carnalise and create order within her grief, discussing the non-linear and everlasting trajectory after loss. She references Eternalism and the philosophy of time, often creating works which hold dual meanings such as her EMDR pendulum series.
Alongside this, her recent concertina series humours societal conditions, referencing the commodification of space in London. Her own space restrictions led to creating IKEA style ‘flat pack’ sculptures which centre utility over grandeur. In this, she ridicules late-stage capitalism and its effects on artists whilst embodying a strive to continue making in all conditions. The collapsible structures often act as love letters or shrines to transient or no longer existent spaces, marking pressure points, perforations and concentrations of energy on them like an ancient, used map.
Cat has exhibited consistently across the UK for the past 4 years, including at Bargehouse OXO tower, Southwark Park Galleries, The Handbag Factory, and The Old Waiting Room.
Growing Sideways Projects:
Cat has been interested in queer space for the past few years, specifically using queer theory to digest the interaction between queerness and art, and using art as a tool to generate queer space.
This has led towards ‘Growing Sideways Projects’ - a FLINTA arts organisation founded in 2025 which she co-runs with artist Jesse Buergel. Named after queer theorist Kathryn Bond Stockton’s concept, Growing Sideways Projects creates oppertunities for upcoming FLINTA artists to exhibit work, fascilitate workshops and events, whilst connecting with the wider community.