Katie Pfeiffer
Narberth, United States
About Katie Pfeiffer
1964 Chicago, Illinois USAI started making art at the age of 21. I was admitted on the spot to the San Francisco Art Institute upon showing the Dean of Admissions my portfolio of Thurberesque Drawings with funny captions. I draw inspiration from my flea market finds ( vintage & rare ephemera), my huge unusual vintage, children's book collection, neo burlesque shows I attend( I draw the dancers as they are performing, imagery from Buddhism & voodoo religions and my exploration into personal relationships. I live outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA .
Although I have a distinctive style, I have explored many mediums- collage, painting, drawing, print making & fabric design. Some of my work is pretty and decorative but I also create ugly & raw paintings. These self therapy paintings are meant to be ugly and humourous so that I can purge myself of emotional and mental pain and laugh at my problems. Kitsch, fashion, phtography, film, Children's art, German expressionism, Matisse, Dufy, Nolde, Redon as well as unknown outsider & folk+ art brut artists are have contributed to my style.
As of February 2013, I have published my first children's ebook LULU LOOKS FOR LOVE which is available on www.amazon.com
www.katiepfeiffer.com
Education:
1986- 1989- San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California USA B.F.A. Painting1996 Fabric Workshop & Museum- Apprenticeship Fabric DesignPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania USA2002-present various class at Mainline Art Center, Haverford, Pennsylvania USAEXHIBITIONS October- November 2006 Pop Shop Gallery, Sugar Coated Halloween Show, Cleveland, Ohio, USAOctober 2006- Mermaid painting- donated Planned Parenthood, St. Davids, Pennsylvania, USA - permanent DisplaySeptember 2006- artist commissioned 2 rocking chairs for Lankenau Hospital. Mermaid & Angel Rocking chair. Article and photos featured in Mainline Times, September 2006. Only artist mentioned by name.February 2006 Private Commission for the new music room at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; 2 collaged paintings with vintage & rare ephemera,
Events:
Into The Woods, Art Show South Street, Philadelphia October 2009
June- August 2008- TO A GOOD HOME- Animal Art Show- Group Art Show at Twenty Two Gallery, Philadelphia,PAJune 1st- June 22, 2007Admore Initiave 56 E. Lancaster Ave,Ardmore,Pennsylvania USAFirst Fridays In connection with Mainline Art Center
Exhibitions:
Sept. 2014 DREAMS & MEMORIES, Signal Art Centre, Wicklow, Ireland
