ARTISTS STATEMENT

Kirsty O'Conner is a self-taught artist, activist and parent living in Edinburgh. She believes in creativity as an agent of radical change, both inner and outer. She studies Process Oriented Psychology in relation to the creative process and is artist-in-residence on a unique mental health project at a hospital in southern England. She works mainly in pastels and charcoal, exploring altered states, symptoms, sexuality and other levels of reality. She also creates books and publications.