BIO
Kathryn is an interdisciplinary artist from Kansas City who works in a variety of media exploring the construction of self through the body. As a child of adoption, the void in Kathryn’s biological heritage forced upon her the need to reference her environment to inform her sense of self. Through this framework, Kathryn grapples with changes beyond her control. Shifts in her body and culture inspire her to create work that disorients viewers as she engages in conversation about the semiotics of the human body and how societal constructs regulate individuality and self value.
Kathryn holds a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute while pursuing her MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been published in Core.Zine and she has most recently exhibited at Plug Gallery, Weinberger Fine Art, The Bunker Center For The Arts, Vulpes Bastille, Dragon Crab Turtle, and Purple Window Gallery in Chicago.
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ARTIST STATEMENT
“I have no Value, only that which the world decides for me.”
As an adopted woman, my work addresses how this life event affects my sense of self value and the myriad of emotions that accompany this deeply personal loss. I am drawn to explore through various materials, modes of making and the body, the source of self value. I question notions of authenticity and birthright within biological frameworks as a source of value against acumen for participating in transactional environments through gender performance in a community that rewards youth. And in spite of these signifiers, I confront my anger and loss in being left through acts of reclamation in an attempt to self determine my worth.