ABOUT
Katheryn Trenshaw
The Artist & Teacher
Katheryn Trenshaw, the founder and creative director of the Passionate Presence Center for Creative Expression, is an American-born UK-based international artist, author, celebrant, speaker, film-maker and facilitator who has been offering workshops and consulting for more than 40 years.
She has been a professional artist for over 45 years and holds two BA Hons in French & Psychology, as well as a host of postgraduate study in academics, arts, movement, and trauma-informed somatics.
As a teacher, facilitator and consultant, Katheryn has a rare gift for encouraging expressive risk-taking within a safe setting. Her contagious passion for life and her ability to encourage celebration and making the everyday sacred are hallmarks of her work.
“I love dancing with paradox. From this viewpoint I can see how we connect and are joined by our commonalities. My work is about giving expression to authentic human experience – of change and transformation, relationships to people and nature and responding to the numinous ancient wisdom that seeks our attention.”
The Artist
“The media in which I work are magical ones: the unpredictable qualities of raku-fired ceramics and wet-washed watercolours that often seem to have a life and message of their own to blend with mine. The silent, solitary and contemplative time that precedes the execution of my work is a process of ‘remembering’ and honouring the primeval connections for which I become a translator.
It is attentiveness to the simple sacred moments of living that evolves into the sensuous forms, vivid colours and contemporary connection with ancient energies that comprise my work. In this way my life is my work, and my work is my life.”
Katheryn Trenshaw is a fine artist of international repute. For more than 40 years her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the US and Europe. Concentrating largely on watercolour painting, print-making and ceramic sculpture, she has received critical acclaim both as a painter and a sculptor.
Being involved in the creative arts since she discovered her opposable thumb, Katheryn redefines art as a way of living and inspires people to recreate their own lives as works of art, tapping into it as a vehicle for the soul's expression.
The Teacher
The Educator, Inspiratrice and Evocateur of Presence and Possibility
Katheryn is an international artist, speaker, author, and radical well-being facilitator who has offered, for over 45 years, training and facilitation in movement, art and personal development particularly focused on awakening as embodied consciousness.
She conducts educational events, workshops, multimedia projects and undertakes consulting for individuals, groups and organisations in the United States, Europe, Asia and around the world.
Her touring exhibition, Breaking the Silence, depicting the traumatic effects of sexual abuse and the subsequent struggle towards healing through 100 raku masks, had a dramatic impact on both the media and the public in the early nineties. The resulting publicity catapulted Katheryn onto the international lecture and workshop circuit.
All of Katheryn's work is deeply rooted in nearly four decades of somatic movement and embodied consciousness.
Major Projects
In Your Own Skin
A multimedia community art project including a book, documentary, and exhibition. Connecting us all by revealing hidden truths from around the world through photographic portraits.
Learn MoreBreaking the Silence
A 10-year touring project offering healing through illustrated talks, mask-making workshops, and a forthcoming book about transformation through art.
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