Does anyone enjoy writing bios?
I started this website in 2014. It’s wild to think how many versions it’s taken over the years.
At one point, it held all the weird stuff I made in college. I’ve considered unarchiving those early galleries—it still surprises me how many people have no idea how strange my early work really was. A crown made of metal, pearls, and castings of my fingers. A pig’s heart I molded into a locket. A full sensory labyrinth built from muslin walls, where viewers passed through three rooms. In the first, black-and-white videos looped on a wall of analog TVs—my Southern grandmother among them—wearing a white plague doctor mask. The second room featured a friend walking into frame, undressing, and leaving—same mask. Audience members exited by walking over her clothes. Lavender in the air. Hidden speakers humming. Weird, but it worked.
Then there was the photography: young and ambitious. Skilled but unassuming. Maybe too measured for her age. Like the clutter in a mailbox after a long trip—how my brain felt any time I wondered: Could that be me?
I moved to Brooklyn right after graduating in 2015. And in all that time, I couldn’t bring myself to say I was an artist. Eventually, I climbed the ladder where corporate America and creativity intersect (ahem, creative direction). As the shoots and productions got bigger, I lost sight of my own creative heartbeat. Maybe if I’d seen the warning signs earlier, I’d have turned back—but it played out how it needed to.
What I’m trying to say is:
I didn’t call myself an artist until I stopped making art.
To look at a tree and see light pouring through it—and pause, thinking, I really want to photograph that. That small moment. That reminder: none of this is mundane.
My name is Katie.
(Not Kat.)
I split my time between Charleston and New York City.
I’m currently working on two bodies of work:
– A series of film photographs documenting Americana landscapes
– An immersive installation titled In the Void
Both will be completed by the end of 2025.
Thanks for reading.
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