Cat Scott MRSS

Cat Scott MRSS is an international contemporary artist who creates experimental contemporary fluid sculptures, using ephemeral wave phenomena as materials (light/sound/liquids/gases).

Her work explores the wonder of primordial natural fluid systems (bubble dynamics), mixed with personal experiences (womanhood, neurodiversity and identity), and tours to diverse exhibition/event spaces (galleries/biennials/sculpture parks/light festivals/public spaces) - ensuring everyone can experience it, particularly those who do not visit or have access to art galleries.

To create new work, she starts with a question, such as ‘what does it sound and feel like to be inside of a bubble? Which led her to create her kinetic fluid sculpture, Inner Horizons in 2019, during the Creators in Lab: Art and Science Residency (3 months) and Group Exhibition alongside artists from Korea, the UK, the USA and Japan, where she was mentored by established artist, Yunchul Kim (Seoul, Korea). Recent questions include, ‘who am I?’, 'how are fluids and neurodivergence connected?' and 'what role do water fountains play in public life today, and how can contemporary sculpture reshape our engagement with these spaces?'

As a woman working across technical male-dominated disciplines, Cat aims to eliminate barriers and to use contemporary sculpture as a universal language, to spread equality across sectors and society.

Through her ambitious and innovative works, she pushes the boundaries of what sculpture has traditionally been made of and by who, today and in the future, by using ephemeral, fluid materials, technology, and as much as possible, regenerative materials, to create sensory sculptures that can be exhibited and toured to any space, ensuring an inclusive, accessible approach to sculpture-making and engagement.

Since 2014, Cat has secured 13+ commissions and £60,000+ in funding from institutions, public authorities and organisations, regionally, nationally and internationally - including but not limited to: BD is LiT, Light Night Leeds, Light Up The North, Arts Council England, the Cultural Institute (University of Leeds), Yorkshire Sculpture Park, a-n Artists' Information Company, Bradford 2025 (UK City of Culture), Changwon Sculpture Biennale (Korea), Asia Culture Center (Korea), Yorkshire Sculpture International, the British Council, the Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics, and the University of Leeds.