Echoes of Nature

German-born Katrin Terton is a mixed-media artist based on Bribie Island. Both the natural environment and her background in art therapy inform her creative work. Katrin’s work reflects sensitivity to the rhythms of nature and transformative processes, often incorporating natural fibres, found objects, and reclaimed materials to explore the intersection of the natural and man-made.

Katrin’s work has been exhibited in various solo and group shows throughout nationally and internationally. She is also known for her multisensory inclusive exhibition Beyond Sight which challenged traditional visually dominant experiences by prioritising accessibility for individuals of all abilities. Katrin studied visual art in the US and Germany and holds a BA in Art Therapy and a MCouns with a focus on Expressive Therapies. Her therapeutic perspective enriches and deepens her artistic exploration. Katrin’s work maintains the rawness of her materials, often evoking layered meanings and hidden narratives that invite contemplation.

Echoes of Nature is an immersive and contemplative journey through a decade of work by Katrin Terton. Katrin’s art practice is grounded in the mindful gathering of natural and salvaged materials which she weaves, binds, and assembles into evocative sculptural forms. Her work retains the rawness of these materials, preserving their memory and allowing their histories to speak. Rooted in the qualities and cadences of the natural world, Katrin’s work demonstrates how nature “echoes” through material, memory, and gesture - and how the artist responds with presence, intuition, and care - dialoguing with the materials rather than forcing them into a form.

Echoes of Nature integrates some of the works of the 2019-2020 exhibition Beyond Sight which focused on multisensory inclusivity - featuring smell, sound, tactile exploration and interactive participation. It challenged the dominance of sight by inviting audiences to engage meaningfully via other senses, thus inviting sighted audience members into the world of individuals with low or no vision. Look out for signs indicating which works can be touched.

Working in multiples and series is often central to her process - each iteration revealing new relationships between form, structure, and meaning. Through repetition, variation, and the slow evolution of materials, Katrin deepens her inquiry into ecological themes, material memory, creative metaphors, and the language of form.

Bringing together sculptural works, multisensory installations, and subtle gestures made from organic and reclaimed materials, the exhibition becomes a space of refuge, reflection and inquiry. Here, the boundaries between the human and the ecological may blur - revealing a fragile, enduring conversation between what is found, what is made, what is remembered and what may be becoming. These aspects may resonate or “echo” with what we sense around and within ourselves.

Echoes of Nature invites audiences to slow down, observe, touch (where appropriate and indicated by signage), listen, and feel. It offers a gentle, yet powerful reminder that art - like nature - unfolds in cycles, gestures, and quiet moments of connection and becoming. Through this deeply material and multisensory body of work, Katrin Terton encourages us to reconsider how we engage with the world around us and within ourselves: with attentiveness, humility, and care.

Three workshops have been developed by the artist to accompany this exhibition which have been generously supported by the City of Moreton Bay through the Regional Arts Development Fund.