Katie Pumphrey
EXTRA,  FEATURES,  September 2025

The art of endurance

Does swimming imitate art for Katie Pumphrey, or vice versa? Rowan Clarke finds out

Her recent trip to England to swim the English Channel and visit London’s Royal Academy tells us a lot about Katie Pumphrey. Not just that she’s an endurance swimmer and visual artist, but that these two threads of her life are entwined.

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