I am interested in the way pictures form over time, how shadows change shape as leaves blow in the wind, and how we account for the experiential phenomena of such events. I gather source material through extended studies of specific places and chance encounters with forms of dynamic light filtration, such as the alpenglow effect or light and shadows cast upon a sidewalk. From the initial experience of viewing filtered light, I rely on a process of direct tracing and memory to construct artworks. My family’s legacy of quilting informs my interest in material as a messenger for meaning. I draw from the traditions of psychogeography, the Support/Surface movement, alternative photography, plein air painting, and textile craft.
I calculate the balance between a translation of a fleeting experience and the materiality of the artwork. The physical qualities of material convey atmospheric tone through the color, degree of transparency, and relationship between the painting liquids and the texture of the surface’s fibers. I disregard distinctions between painting, drawing, and photography by using a brush to make marks with light sensitive materials and formally emphasize the space around the lines and shapes. The fabric is both a surface and a veil; both sides are painted. I explore intimacy by playing with the tension between the inside and outside, and blurring the line between two and three dimensionality. The artworks serve as poetic reminders that paying attention to the space around us is rewarding and critical for understanding our natural reality.
Contact
katiemwestmoreland@gmail.com
instagram @lightshapeshadowform
Biography
Born in Bryan, TX
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
I calculate the balance between a translation of a fleeting experience and the materiality of the artwork. The physical qualities of material convey atmospheric tone through the color, degree of transparency, and relationship between the painting liquids and the texture of the surface’s fibers. I disregard distinctions between painting, drawing, and photography by using a brush to make marks with light sensitive materials and formally emphasize the space around the lines and shapes. The fabric is both a surface and a veil; both sides are painted. I explore intimacy by playing with the tension between the inside and outside, and blurring the line between two and three dimensionality. The artworks serve as poetic reminders that paying attention to the space around us is rewarding and critical for understanding our natural reality.
Contact
katiemwestmoreland@gmail.com
instagram @lightshapeshadowform
Biography
Born in Bryan, TX
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2018-19 NYC Crit Club
2012 University of Texas, BFA Studio Art
2012 University of Texas, BFA Studio Art
2012 Columbia University, Advanced Summer Painting Intensive
Residencies, Fellowships, and Awards
2019 Sky Island, Self-Imposed Collaborative Residency with Elizabeth Williams, Alpine, TX
2019 Art OMI Teaching Artists Retreat, Ghent, NY
2018 Imagine Arts Visiting Artist Fellowship, University of Rio Grande and Portsmouth High School, OH
2017 Gateway to the Wilderness Residency, Otto's Abode, Wanakena, NY
2015 Can Serrat Artist Residency, El Bruc, Barcelona, Spain
2012 College of Fine Arts Professional Development Travel Grant
2019 Art OMI Teaching Artists Retreat, Ghent, NY
2018 Imagine Arts Visiting Artist Fellowship, University of Rio Grande and Portsmouth High School, OH
2017 Gateway to the Wilderness Residency, Otto's Abode, Wanakena, NY
2015 Can Serrat Artist Residency, El Bruc, Barcelona, Spain
2012 College of Fine Arts Professional Development Travel Grant
2012 Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society
2009 The Astin Charitable Trusts Yearly Stipend
2009 The Astin Charitable Trusts Yearly Stipend
2009 Brazos Bluebonnet Quilt Guild Scholarship
2009 Brazos Valley Art League Scholarship
Public Art
2019 *in progress* Community Commission Mural, NYC Department of Transportation, Bronx, NY
2018 Frosted Flora, Portsmouth High School, Portsmouth, OH
2018 Oak Echo, Red Hook Interim Flood Projection Mural Project, NYC Mayor's Office, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Sift/Reflect, Permanent installation, Gowanus Dredgers Club, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Razzle Dazzle Landscape, Mural on the rooftop of an art studio, Bronx, NY
2017 Forest to Beach, BLVD Mural Project, In Good Company Hospitality Group, Rockaway Beach, Queens, NY
Solo and Two Artist Exhibitions
2018 Light is Shape, Shadow is Form, Esther Allen Greer Museum, University of Rio Grande, OH
2018 All I Can Remember is the Smell of This and the Hollow Sound of the Humidity, Wave Hill Sunroom Project Space, Bronx, NY
2018 Many Layered Moments, with Michelle Zassenhaus, Gowanus Dredgers Club, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Visiting Landscapes, Otto's Abode, Wanakena, NY
2012 Katie M. Westmoreland, Flood Gallery, The University of Texas at Austin
2009 Katie M. Westmoreland, Art 979, Bryan, TX
Group Exhibitions
2019 Two Silences Leaning Together, In/Passing, New York, NY
2019 Flash in the Pan, LoBo Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2019 Under the Magnifying Glass, Gallery Cubed, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Twist and Twine, Paradice Palase, Long Island City, NY
2019 In the Spirit, 68 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Art Gym, 840 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Landscape Real and Imagined, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Earth Day, 313 Butler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Image as Object, Sotheby's Institute of Art, New York, NY
2017 Formerly Past Tense, Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX
2017 Gowanus Open Studios Exhibition, 313 Butler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Small Works, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Rover 2017, Starr Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 The Flower Show, Splendora Gardens, Cleveland, TX
2017 Spectacular Skies, Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Dowell, MD
2016 Material as Medium, The Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2013 Senior Exhibition, The Visual Arts Center, The University of Texas at Austin
2012 Books Beyond Borders, East Side Studio Tour, Austin, TX
2012 Untitled, Black Lagoon Gallery, Austin, TX
2012 Painting Intensive Exhibition, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, NY
2012 Books Beyond Borders, East Side Studio Tour, Austin, TX
2012 Untitled, Black Lagoon Gallery, Austin, TX
2012 Painting Intensive Exhibition, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, NY
2011 Supper Club, Revolving Door Gallery, Austin, TX
2011 The Austin Series Part Two, Gallery Black Lagoon, Austin, TX
2011 June Showcase, Palm Door Gallery, Austin, TX
2011 The Austin Series Part Two, Gallery Black Lagoon, Austin, TX
2011 June Showcase, Palm Door Gallery, Austin, TX
Bibliography
2015 The State of Art - Installation & Site Specific #2, Bare Hill Publishing
2015 Trek, Kind Aesthetic Quarterly, Spring
Teaching and Talks
2019 2D Art Classes, Winter Workshop, Art OMI, Ghent, NY
2018 Cyanotype Shadow Painting, Saturday Children’s Workshop, Art OMI, Ghent, NY
2018 Visiting Artist Talk and Alternative Cyanotype Demonstration, Miguel Aragon’s Printmaking Class, College of Staten Island, NY
2018 Navigating the Artworld After Undergrad Artist Talk, University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Ohio
2018 Visiting Artist, Portsmouth High School, Portsmouth, OH
2009-13 Private Art Lesson Instructor, Bryan and Austin, TX
2010 Jewelry Summer Camp, The Boys and Girls Club, Austin, TX
Teaching and Talks
2019 2D Art Classes, Winter Workshop, Art OMI, Ghent, NY
2018 Cyanotype Shadow Painting, Saturday Children’s Workshop, Art OMI, Ghent, NY
2018 Visiting Artist Talk and Alternative Cyanotype Demonstration, Miguel Aragon’s Printmaking Class, College of Staten Island, NY
2018 Navigating the Artworld After Undergrad Artist Talk, University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Ohio
2018 Visiting Artist, Portsmouth High School, Portsmouth, OH
2009-13 Private Art Lesson Instructor, Bryan and Austin, TX
2010 Jewelry Summer Camp, The Boys and Girls Club, Austin, TX