Katie Aronat

Katie Aronat is a Chattanooga-based abstract artist working in acrylic and wood relief. She holds a BFA in Design | Media Arts from UCLA, and her career has spanned graphic design, motion design, and creative project management, including work with Google.

Her practice blends digital fluency with hands-on craftsmanship. Each piece begins in a digital playground of freestyle forms, layers, and color, refined through an iterative process driven by balance and hierarchy. Digital concepts then take physical form through the precise cutting, painting, and layering of wood into relief, built up layer by layer through an almost puzzle-like assembly.

As a color maximalist, she embraces bold palettes that infuse energy into dimensional compositions, inviting viewers to explore the interplay between form, color, and space.

UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)
BFA in Design | Media Arts, 2010–2014

Macro, Micro, AVA, May–June 2026, Chattanooga, TN
Glimmer & Shine, Wavelength Space, March–April 2026, Chattanooga, TN
MARVEL, Kai Lin, December 2025–January 2026, Atlanta, GA
Where Color Wanders, AVA, September–October 2025, Chattanooga, TN
OBJECTS, Kai Lin, July–August 2025, Atlanta, GA
AVA Annual Member Salon Show, July–August 2025, Chattanooga, TN
The Velvet Lounge, Society of Work, June 2025, Chattanooga, TN
PXP Contemporary, Spring Collection, April–June 2025
Arts Alive Festival Gallery Exhibition, May 2025, Florence, AL
Clearstory Arts Re-Emerging Show, January 2025, Chattanooga, TN
The Big Tiny Show, November 2024, Knoxville, TN
AVA Annual Member Salon Show, November 2024, Chattanooga, TN
The Velvet Lounge, Society of Work, October 2024, Chattanooga, TN
Festival of Fine Arts and Crafts, Creative Arts Guild, September 2024, Dalton, GA
Clearstory Arts Metamorphosis Show, September 2024, Chattanooga, TN
Summer Bloom Women's Group Show, Good Look Gallery, August 2024, Chattanooga, TN
AVA's Annual Juried Member Exhibition, August–September 2024, Chattanooga, TN (Juror's Choice Award)
Chattlanta Group Show, Good Look Gallery, June 2024, Chattanooga, TN
Artfields, April–May 2024, Lakeside, SC
Clearstory Arts, Green Show, April...