Kit George is a Leeds based artist. Their art connects identity, queerness, history, nature and spirituality.
Kit applied for university in Leeds as a result of feeling a lack of connection with others whilst growing up in rural Cumbria, and searching for a way to transition from the gender assigned to them at birth.
This move allowed them to meet Leeds’ wonderful queer/trans/non- binary community and come out as transgender themselves. On the flip side, their move to the city left them feeling isolated from the grounding and healing experience of spending time in nature.
Kit’s late mother was a Morris dancer and folk singer in her spare time. Their father played the melodeon and accordian alongside Kit’s mother in their troop Belfagin.
This new work signifies Kit’s reconnection with their roots in rural Cumbria, and explores the overlaps of Scottish, Northumbrian and Cumbrian folklore with queerness and otherness. Over time, their appreciation has grown for the folk culture, history and natural beauty they were surrounded by during their childhood.
“Nature has always held and accepted me, even when I thought what I needed was the urban landscape, and social life. This sense of belonging is never cliquey or performative.”
As part of LORE, Kit made and photographed three characters. Once these characters were created, it became clear to Kit that they could all be seen as symbols of death, rebirth and cycles.
