| Katie Martineau-Caron has exhibited nationally at the Arvada Center for the Arts, the Lakewood Cultural Center, Gallery Sovereign, the South Shore Art Center, and the New Art Center. She recently won Best of Show for her work in the Interior Spaces exhibit at the Lakewood Cultural Center, later purchased for Lakewood's permanent collection.
Katie's sculpture is inspired by the minute, mysterious world of microorganisms. Seen up close, seed pods, diatoms, grains of pollen, and viruses form patterns of intriguing complexity and offer surprising glimpses into the strange, often unseen, world around us. Visual patters found in nature - uncanny groupings and eruptions - inform the terrible beauty of our own world on both a large and micrscopic scale.
In her recent work, Katie explores the various patterns of cells: enclosed cavities which store and protect the vital materials of life. The texture and color of her sculptures reflect this life process, the exterior often depicting a struggle to survive: cracked, weathered, and exposed to the harsh elements of existence; while the interior, often concealed, is soft, smooth, and protected.
Katie graduated summa cum laude from Boston University with a BS in education and interdisciplinary arts. As a certified educator, she has taught ceramics, visual art and theater in the greater Boston and Denver areas.
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| Ladybird (detail), 8 in. x 14 in. x 6 in., porcelain and stoneware. |
Ladybird, 8 in. x 14 in. x 6 in., porcelain and stoneware. |
Pod Metamorphosis, 10 in. x 11 in. x 12 in., porcelain and stoneware. |
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| Vacant Hatching, 8 in. x 15 in. x 9 in., stoneware. |
Pod Metamorphosis II, 18 in. x 17 in. x 18 in., porcelain and stoneware. |
Habitation II, 5 in. x 5 in. x 5 in., earthenware. |
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