Hi! I’m Katie.
I am an artist born and raised in Rochester, NY with a few stops along the way. I have always been fascinated by the complexities of objects and have found that the tiniest of details are the ones that stick with me. I own only tiny paint brushes and hope that I always keep my 20/20 vision because my work would be tough to do without either one.
Using heterogeneous groupings of items that have washed ashore, I have created a series of still-life paintings that dive deep into the history and mystery of these lost and found objects. I often create a narrative in my head about the journey these objects have taken to my hands and create my composition based on my impression and interpretation of that story. I collect these objects while at the shore and have a large stash from a tumultuous winter living seaside during Hurricane Sandy and Winter Storm Nemo. These storms washed in very interesting finds to our local beach and a flooded first floor of the house we were renting in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Now that I am in Rochester and far from the ocean, I have enlisted people who send me bits and pieces of pottery, sea glass, and other washed up treasures like the doll heads and skeleton keys that are featured in my work. I have recurring themes throughout my work of memories, children, history, erosion and aging, and narratives using doll heads as portraiture.
I received my MFA from Boston University in 2010 and my B.A. in Art Education from Mercyhurst University in 2006. I have been teaching art k-12 in the public schools for 18 years and am currently a middle school art teacher in the Pittsford Central School District. I have two kids, Blake (8) and Lydia (6).
LINKS
2022 | School Arts Magazine | Symbolic Clay Envelopes
2021 | Care | Online Virtual Gallery
2020 | People Magazine (Article about Getty Challenge)
2020 | Floated Magazine, Katherine Brown
2019 | The Jealous Curator, Katherine Brown
EXHIBITIONS
2024 April | Ordinary Objects | Group Show | Fuego Coffee Roasters | Rochester, NY
2024 Feb-Apr | Path of Totality Juried Show | Main Street Arts Gallery | Clifton Springs, NY
2023 Dec-Feb | 33rd Annual Members Exhibition | Rochester Contemporary Art Center | Rochester, NY
2023 Nov-Dec | Small Works 2023 National Juried Show | Main Street Arts Gallery | Clifton Springs, NY
2023 Apr-Aug | 68th Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition | Memorial Art Gallery | Rochester, NY
2023 Dec-Feb | 32nd Annual Members Exhibition | Rochester Contemporary Art Center | Rochester, NY
2022 Nov-Dec | Small Works 2022 National Juried Show | Main Street Arts Gallery | Cifton Springs, NY
2022 Apr-May | Portals and Portholes National Juried Show | Main Street Arts Gallery | Clifton Springs, NY
2021 Dec-Jan | 31st Annual Members Exhibition | Rochester Contemporary Art Center | Rochester, NY | Wow Award Recipient
2021 Nov-Dec | Small Works 2021 National Juried Show | Main Street Arts Gallery | Clifton Springs, NY
2021 June | Care International Juried Exhibition| Online and Print | Online Virtual Gallery
2021 June | 6x6x2021 | Rochester Contemporary Art Center | Rochester, NY
2021 May-June | Adrift National Juried Show | Main Street Arts Gallery | Clifton Springs, NY
2021 Apr-May | Featured Artist | Hector Wine Company Tasting Room | Hector, NY
2021 Apr-May | Pittsford Faculty Art Show | 1570 Gallery at Valley Manor | Rochester, NY
2021 March | NYSATA Art Challenge “Little Me” | First Place | Link to Gallery
2021 Mar-May | Last Year on Earth Juried Exhibition | Rochester Contemporary Art Center |Rochester, NY
2020 Dec-Jan | 30th Annual Members Exhibition | Rochester Contemporary Art Center | Rochester, NY
2020 Nov-Dec | Small Works 2020 National Juried Show | Main Street Arts Gallery | Clifton Springs, NY
2020 June-Aug | BiblioSpectaculum National Juried Exhibition | Main Street Arts | Clifton Springs, NY
2020 Jun-July | 6x6x2020 | Rochester Contemporary Art Center | Rochester, NY
2020 Apr-May | Central Adirondack Art Show | View | Old Forge, NY
2020 Mar-Apr | Lakeside Statewide Juried Art Exhibition | Oswego, NY
2020 Jan-Feb | NYSATA Region 2 Members Show | Pittsford, NY
2019 Dec-Jan | 29th Annual Members Exhibition | Rochester Contemporary Art Center | Rochester, NY | Main Street Arts Award Recipient
2019 Nov-Jan | Small Works 2019 National Juried Show | Main Street Arts Gallery | Clifton Springs, NY
2019 June-Sept | 66th Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition | Memorial Art Gallery | Rochester, NY
2019 May | 6x6x2019 | Rochester Contemporary Art Center | Rochester, NY
2018 November | Pittsford Faculty Show | Pittsford, NY
2017 April | Pittsford Faculty Show | Pittsford, NY
2013 February | Duxbury Art Association, Winter Juried Show | Honorable Mention Drawing & Pastel | Duxbury, MA
2006 May | Senior Thesis Exhibit | Cummings Gallery, Mercyhurst College | Erie, PA
EDUCATION
2010 | MFA Studio Teaching | Boston University | Boston, MA
2006 | B.A. Art Education | Mercyhurst University | Erie, PA