Katharine Gould

As a young child color was like food for me, bowls of fruits, bolts of fabric, bouquets of flowers nurtured me more than my lunch box. I drew faces on my worksheets and while friends had lemonade stands, I sold my hand painted clamshells. My training as an artist began at age 17 when I spent 5 years in studio and academic classes, receiving a combined BFA in SCULPTURE and PAINTING from the UNIVERSITY of CHICAGO and the ART INSTITUTE of CHICAGO. Shortly after, I earned an MFA from the University of Chicago and proceeded to teach art history in their extension program and sculpture at the University’s Midway studios.

I began my professional career as a sculptor molding and welding steel, which led to carving wood, exploring the contrast of organic forms with stainless steel, creating monumental pieces using railroad ties and 10-foot welded steel bars. Exhibitions followed in Chicago at the ZOLA LIEBERMAN gallery, MIDWAY STUDIO Gallery and an INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION in Vermont. I was awarded a sculptor’s studio at the prestigious CITÉ INTERNATIONAL DES ARTS in Paris. Moving my family to Paris was a seminal event in my life and the focus of my work shifted.

I proceeded to carve anthropomorphic forms from aged oak beams, which I ...

BFA in SCULPTURE and PAINTING from the UNIVERSITY of CHICAGO

ART INSTITUTE of CHICAGO

MFA from the UNIVERSITY of CHICAGO

GALLERY 612 : (upcoming) Los Angeles, CA│ May 2024

TAG GALLERY : Los Angeles, CA│ February - March 2024

SUPERFINE ART FAIR : Los Angeles, CA│ October 2023

IRIS (Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Service) : Los Angeles, CA│April - September, 2023

AMSTERDAM WHITNEY GALLERY : Chelsea New York│September, 2019 - March, 2020

THE D GALLERY : Palm Desert, CA│April - July, 2019

LANNING GALLERY : Sedona, AZ│September, 2018 - February, 2019

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH - SILENT AUCTION Donation : Los Angeles, CA│November, 2018

BARTLETT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER : Moline, IL│September, 2018 - February, 2019