'From Art to Zoology: A Story of Evolution'

Katrina van Grouw


Region:
South East
Notice Period:
Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
Type:
Professional
Fee:
Paid: £120, plus 35p/m travel expenses from HP19.
Category:
Nature
Updated:
14th May 2023

In ‘From Art to Zoology: A Story of Evolution’ Katrina van Grouw discusses evolution and adaptations in birds, but also her personal evolution from artist to scientist. Informative, inspirational, and often very funny, she talks in particular about her 25-year journey to create her magnum opus The Unfeathered Bird and her more recent publication, Unnatural Selection. These large-scale, beautiful books each include around 400 anatomical illustrations from complete skeletons prepared and reconstructed at home. Join Katrina as she explains her aims and inspirations, shares her insights about bird biology, and relates how her home was turned upside down as more and more specimens joined the queue.

This is a lavishly illustrated Powerpoint presentation with time for questions and book signing after the talk.

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About Katrina van Grouw

Katrina van Grouw, author and illustrator of the top-selling books The Unfeathered Bird and Unnatural Selection, has had a colourful career navigating that no-man’s land between art and science. She holds degrees in fine art and natural history illustration, is a former curator of birds at the Natural History Museum, and a current PhD student in palaeobiology at the University of Cambridge.

Katrina has presented talks at a variety of venues across Europe and America including the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Linnaean Society of London; American Museum of Natural History, the British Birdwatching Fair, the Natural History Museum, and the Smithsonian.


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