Katy Schmader

Working in paper, Ms. Schmader creates meticulous, abstract landscape collages, which explore the connection between the tactile traces of a physical environment, an art-historic tradition of landscape aesthetics, and the potential for cultivating a new system of eco-semiotics.

Each collage is comprised of paper that has been dyed with natural, earthly elements, stripped and torn, boiled, burned, waxed, crumpled — and then flattened. The resulting strips are then pressed together to create an intimate landscape. Inspired by ancient wood blocking techniques, the collages are carefully crafted to create the ‘block’ from which an edition of prints is created. Substituting the press for the scanner, the piece is manipulated and enlarged, creating a new relationship between block and print - one that when exhibited together allows for comparative examination.

She currently lives and works in Austin, TX.

2013 - BFA with a Focus in Photography from the University of Texas at San Antonio

UPCOMING
The Other Art Fair, Dallas, September 19-22

2019
Box 13 Exhibition, Houston, TX, May 25 - July 20
The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, March 28-31

2018
The Other Art Fair, Chicago, September 28-30
Texas Vignette Art Fair, Dallas, TX. Curated by: Erin Murphy, Jessie Moncrief, and Dee Lara, April 8-10
Indianapolis Art Center, Piecemeal, Indianapolis, February 7-April 7

2017
Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Solo Show[Down], Juror : Jennifer Casler Price, Fort Worth TX, July