--- title: Katrien Heere description: "Photographic storyteller, inviting people to wander and wonder, experiencing awe and connection.." url: "https://www.artsume.com/a/katrien-heere" type: artist createdAt: 2026-04-09 updatedAt: 2026-05-21 disciplines: - Photography location: "Kommetjie, WC, South Africa" birthYear: 1966 --- # Katrien Heere *Photographic storyteller, inviting people to wander and wonder, experiencing awe and connection.. | Photography | Based in Kommetjie, WC, South Africa* ## Artist Statement I go out and can’t help noticing beauty in everything that surrounds us and experience awe. Some document their daily observations, thoughts or feelings by writing them down in a diary. I create a visual diary through photographing with my iPhone what catches my eye, triggers my imagination or touches my heart. The sense of awe I experience by finding extraordinary beauty in the smallest or seemingly mundane things, brings me joy and peace and makes me feel deeply connected with nature and humanity. Looking at the state of the world today, the way we treat nature, the divide between people and the anxiety that it brings, we can all use more awe and calm in our minds and bodies. Confusius said, ‘Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it’. To be able to see the beauty that surrounds us, we need to learn to look. And we need to be open to changing our perceptions of what beauty is. It is not just perfect things that are beautiful. By sharing my images, I hope to evoke a new way of seeing that creates joy and stimulates people to be curious, to be amazed, and to allow themselves to be touched and moved by the unexpected beauty one can find in obvious and unobvious places. Our worldview is defined by our relationship with the natural world. Having placed ourselves above and outside nature, we have lost our connection to it. It is my naïve hope that if we all start noticing the beauty and experience the awe around us, we will realize that we are nature and that we need a bigger sense of urgency to protect our planet and lessen the current divide between us, its custodians. ## Biography I am Katrien Heere, a Cape Town-based photographer who captures seemingly mundane scenes in a way that creates a feeling of awe and wonder for life on Earth. Our worldview is defined by our relationship with the natural world. Having placed ourselves above it, we have lost our connection to it. I hope to evoke a new way of seeing that makes people feel that we are part of nature and that creates a powerful urge to reconnect and protect it. In 2025 I had my first solo exhibition. ## Curriculum Vitae ### Solo Exhibitions - **2025** - "INVITATION TO WONDER," 11 on Windsor studio Cape Town (Curated by Katrien Heere, Sharon Rushton & Emma Rowett) ### Group Exhibitions - **2026** - "OFF THE WALL," Allerderman Studio Kommetjie ### Professional Experience - **2025 - 2025** - Trainer, Capella House Pre-And-Primary School, Fish Hoek - **2025 - 2025** - Coach, Private KH MindSparks Coaching, Kommetjie ## Portfolio ### Sunset conversation (2026) *Photography* *297x420mm* Sunset reflected on the beach --- ### Sunset reflections (2026) *Photography* *297x420mm* Sunset reflected on the sand --- ### Whispers in the sand (2026) *Photography* *297x420mm* Kelp on Kommetjie beach --- ### A storm is brewing (2026) *Photography* *200x200mm* --- ### Message in a bottle (2026) *Photography* *297x420mm* Plastic washes up on our beaches on a daily basis. When do we get the message that the plastic pollution is killing our ocean life? --- ### The wrong greens (2026) *Photography* *297x420mm* Plastic washes ashore on a daily basis. When do we stop polluting our oceans? --- ### Plastic pollution (2026) *Photography* *297x420mm* A constant stream of plastic washes ashore. When do we stop polluting our oceans. --- ### Waste shadow (2026) *Photography* *297x420mm* Each day plastic washes up on our beaches. When do we stop polluting our oceans. --- ### Kelp bliss (2026) *Photography* *297x420mm* Long exposure --- ### Rising (2026) *Photography* *297x420mm* Rising moon over Kommetjie Beach --- ### Natural Patterns (2026) *Photography* *297x420mm* Kommetjie Beach --- ### Stuck (2026) *Photography* *297x420mm* Kommetjie Beach gems --- ### Natural Patterns (2026) *Photography* *297x420mm* Underwater patterns Scarborough Beach --- ### Beach patterns (2026) *Photography* *297x420mm* Kommetjie Beach looking towards Chaomans Peak --- ### Pantone colour 2026; the antidote (2026) *Photography* *29,7 by 42mm* The Pantone Color of the Year 2026 is a shade of white, described as a "whisper of calm" in a noisy world, but is that we actually want. Don't we rather want a nice warm hug right now as reflected in the beautiful vibrant colours of the kelp on Kommetjie Beach. --- ### Sudwest 1/DTC2508C (2026) *Photography* *420 x 594mm* Part of Kalk Bay harbour fishing boats reflections --- ### Peacock Feathers (2025) *Photography* *29,7 by 42mm* Noordhoek Common Reflections --- ### Star Of The Sea 1/KB1 (2025) *Photography* *29,7 by 42mm* Part of Kalk Bay Harbour Fishing Boat Reflections --- ### Drifting (2025) *Photography* *594 x 841mm* Butterfly floating in swimming pool --- ### Arctic Terns over Noordhoek Beach (2025) *Photography* *29,7 by 42mm* --- ### Stormy weather (2025) *Photography on cloth* *1300 x 1000mm* Merger of 2 long exposure images (Long Beach), printed on 'summer' hemp --- ### One Day (2025) *Photography* *29,7 by 42mm* Simon's Harbour Reflections --- ### Train 115 (2025) *Photography* *420 x 594mm* St. James tidal pool refelctions --- ### Underwater Contour Lines (2025) *Photography* *594 x 841mm* Scarborough Beach Scenes --- ### Ang Jerry 2 (2025) *Photography* *29,7 by 42mm* Part of Kalk Bay harbour fishing boats reflections series --- ### Time Bandit (2025) *Photography* *29,7 by 42mm* Part of Kalk Bay harbour fishing boats reflections series --- ### St. Anna KB4/1 (2025) *Photography* *400 x 400mm* Part of Kalk Bay harbour reflections series --- ### Brass Bell Bling (2025) *Photography* *594 x 841mm* A1 printed on Hahnemühle True Fiber Matt 200gsm --- ### INVITATION TO WONDER (2025) *Photography* Overview solo exhibition 1-9 November 2025 at the 11 on Windsor Studio in Kalk Bay. --- ### Tired (2024) *Photography* *29,7 by 42mm*