How to Knit a Nebula

Mura Ma Art Space. Marple. Stockport

26th January - 10th February 2024

In How to knit a nebula Jacob articulates through painting her attempts to trace the voids, space, and places of loss and memory.  A nebular, a giant cloud of cosmic dust and gas, is the former site of a star, but also its birthplace; a fitting description of the metaphysical time and space Jacob is reaching for in her painting. 

Jacob uses a material process to knit together fragments of being, imagining the effects of time and motion inside and outside the body. It’s a world of broken, hazy lines and shapes that rise and fall allowing us to exist in both the intimate and infinite realm.

Mura Ma is an independent, artist-run gallery in Marple, Stockport.   The gallery and art space opened in January 2023 and this will be the 10 exhibition held in the space. 

For further information and a catalogue of works visit EXHIBITION - murama.co.uk

Press and reviews for How to Knit a Nebula

“ The first solo exhibition by Sheffield-based artist Kate Jacob opens at Mura Ma, in Stockport, this Friday, 26 January. Step in the gallery and discover How to Knit a Nebula... The contrasting pastels, neons and greys merge together in lines and patterns to bring abstract ideas to life. The stunning exhibition will be on until 10 February 2024.”

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"Her drawings sit somewhere between delicate and ethereal, and purposeful and gestural yet all of her creative output reveals an interest in texture. She experiments with the application of paint to create surface and depth to explore themes of memory and loss through visual traces.”

Maja Lorkowska, Exhibitions Editor. https://www.creativetourist.com/event/how-to-knit-a-nebula/

"Where others might seek to impose their vision on the viewer, Jacob’s works are an invitation to discern for yourself. Looking into the night sky without a map, they chart new constellations."

Desmond Bullen at https://www.northernsoul.me.uk/nebula-mura-ma-marple/

***THE ARTIST EXPLORING GRIEF, LOSS AND RECOVERY IN STOCKPORT EXHIBITION***

https://ilovemanchester.com/kate-jacob-grief-art-stockport-show-mura-ma

(All photos are copyright the artist unless otherwise indicated.)