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From coastal engineering to creative canvases: Aberdeen-based artist merges science and art

University Aberdeen Communications Team

 27th Aug 2025

A University of Aberdeen engineer turned artist will showcase work drawing on life in north-east Scotland – and combining her passion for both disciplines – at the Aberdeen Art Fair.

Kate Steenhauer, who gained a PhD in Coastal Engineering in 2010 and worked as a research fellow in the School of Engineering, will share her inspiration and creations at Aberdeen Music Hall from Friday August 29 to Sunday August 31.

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Artist Interview

2022, Kate Steenhauer

Interview on my creative practice by the Elphinstone Institute at Aberdeen University.

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Tatties & Typhoid Ham

Press & Journal, 7th July 2022 by Neil Drysdale

People of a certain age in Aberdeen have never forgotten the great typhoid epidemic which locked down the city in 1964.

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Performative Drawing

Journal Drawing, research, Theory and Practice

2022, Kate Steenhauer

The dynamic and interactive capacity of drawing in dialogue with other artform , technology and their relationship with its audience. (DRTP 7.1, pp. 17–37)

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Painting Music

Journal Drawing, research, Theory and Practice

2020 Starkey A., Steenhauer, K., and Caven, J.

Painting Music: Using Artificial Intelligence to create music from live painted drawings. (DRTP 5 (2) pp. 209-224)

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BBC Radio Scotland

Janice Forsyth Show, 2015

An interview on the industrial portfolio The shipyards of Aberdeen

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Press & Journal

2017 article – Artist Kate rolls out barrels for her Scotch whisky industry show

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Press & Journal

2017 article – Artist distils essence of Speyside in drawings

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Evening Express

2015 article – Museum buys work of artist inspired by industry of region

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