Catherine Morton-Abuah
About
Catherine Morton-Abuah is a Visual Artist, Creative Facilitator and DJ based in North-West London. Catherine has an established illustration background, with her commissioned work ranging from Editorial to Events, working with clients such as gal-dem magazine, Time Out London, STUDIOCANAL, Crack Magazine.
Catherine sets out to create eye-catching and vibrant visuals, with her creative practice spanning across digital illustration, painting, sound, and guided by her observations of the world, the human condition and representation of her community.
Catherine aims to make the Arts accessible and reflective of our culturally abundant society through providing interactive and engaging arts opportunities in her local community and initiatives supporting young people from under-represented backgrounds. She utilises her multi-disciplinary process of making to deliver art workshops from jewellery-making to arts for beginners, with her work experience including local charities North Camden Zone, WAC Arts and cultural institutions, Somerset House.
Music has always informed her visual arts practice, by way of lyrics and music videos. As CAFFY, Catherine delivers high energy DJ sets, lighting up dancefloors at Fabuloso in the Park, Colour Factory and building expansive mixes for Oroko Radio and Voices Radio, that boast multi-genre offerings, from her Ghanaian Heritage to electronic sounds across the global African diaspora.
Catherine Morton-Abuah is a Visual Artist, Creative Facilitator and DJ based in North-West London. Catherine has an established illustration background, with her commissioned work ranging from Editorial to Events, working with clients such as gal-dem magazine, Time Out London, STUDIOCANAL, Crack Magazine.
Catherine sets out to create eye-catching and vibrant visuals, with her creative practice spanning across digital illustration, painting, sound, and guided by her observations of the world, the human condition and representation of her community.
Catherine aims to make the Arts accessible and reflective of our culturally abundant society through providing interactive and engaging arts opportunities in her local community and initiatives supporting young people from under-represented backgrounds. She utilises her multi-disciplinary process of making to deliver art workshops from jewellery-making to arts for beginners, with her work experience including local charities North Camden Zone, WAC Arts and cultural institutions, Somerset House.
Music has always informed her visual arts practice, by way of lyrics and music videos. As CAFFY, Catherine delivers high energy DJ sets, lighting up dancefloors at Fabuloso in the Park, Colour Factory and building expansive mixes for Oroko Radio and Voices Radio, that boast multi-genre offerings, from her Ghanaian Heritage to electronic sounds across the global African diaspora.
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Time Out Black Girl Fest cover (2018)
Catherine was commissioned by Time Out and Black Girl Festival to create a cover for their Time Out takeover. She depicted the founders (Nicole Crentsil and Paula Akpan) against a cohort of black women and femmes, each of whom represented the ethos and offerings of the festival. |
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Self Care Sunday (2018)
This is a digital illustrative print. This piece depicts a group of back girls enjoying each others company, surrounded by music, literature and food. Self-Care Sunday explores the concept of finding time to re-charge from the grind of everyday life and finding community. Catherine drew inspiration from her Ghanaian heritage, black sisterhood and black female artists. |
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Ivy (2020)
This artwork was commissioned by Exist Loudly, a youth organisation established in 2020 to support Black LGBTQ+ youth from London. The artwork was sent as a postcard to young people to stay connected during the pandemic. Ivy depicts two friends to lovers, sprawled out on a bed in relaxation washed in hues of warm pinks and oranges. This pieces is named after a Frank Ocean song of the same name. Catherine wanted the image to exude the same dreamlike energy of the song. |
Artistic vision:
I see myself in you is an arts-educational project in collaboration with the students of Harris Girls Academy, exploring the question:
"How does the world we live in shape our (shared) identity?
This project came as a direct response to young people's growing social media usage, and its creation of a homogenous youth culture. I see myself in you is a call to re-centering our humanity, providing students with a deeper understanding of their individual identities and how they interconnect with one another.
Personal interests, in-person interactions, cultural engagement and artistic experimentation will act as the basis for curiosity and critical thinking. Catherine will deliver a creative curriculum focusing on three strands, Culture, Connection and Heritage at the projects in-person space, IRL Club. Students will be encouraged to create in a cross-disciplinary fashion using both visual and sonic methods of making (crafts, painting, sound scaping), engage with a global catalogue of media, (music, cultural history, film and visual art) and gain knowledge on the rich cultural heritage of the school's local community, discovering stories of migration, resilience and community.
Creative outcomes will contribute to a student-led youth archive.
I see myself in you is an arts-educational project in collaboration with the students of Harris Girls Academy, exploring the question:
"How does the world we live in shape our (shared) identity?
This project came as a direct response to young people's growing social media usage, and its creation of a homogenous youth culture. I see myself in you is a call to re-centering our humanity, providing students with a deeper understanding of their individual identities and how they interconnect with one another.
Personal interests, in-person interactions, cultural engagement and artistic experimentation will act as the basis for curiosity and critical thinking. Catherine will deliver a creative curriculum focusing on three strands, Culture, Connection and Heritage at the projects in-person space, IRL Club. Students will be encouraged to create in a cross-disciplinary fashion using both visual and sonic methods of making (crafts, painting, sound scaping), engage with a global catalogue of media, (music, cultural history, film and visual art) and gain knowledge on the rich cultural heritage of the school's local community, discovering stories of migration, resilience and community.
Creative outcomes will contribute to a student-led youth archive.
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Current project:
IRL at The Centre for Creative Explorations (CCE) |
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