Katie Mccann

​Katie McCann is a self-taught English artist currently living and working in Berkeley, California. Her work has been shown in the USA and in Europe in group and solo exhibitions.

Her work can be seen in the 2019 book 'Collage by Women - 50 Essential Contemporary Artists” published in 2019 by Promopress Editions.

"With just a pair of scissors, I create intricate, hand cut collages which reflect my Victorian obsession with faeries, flora and fauna. From my large collection of books, prints and pages that are antique, forgotten and foxed with age, I cut out images, categorize them and then eventually piece them together like a complex paper jigsaw puzzle. My collages are places where beauty is strange, creatures are curious and a sense of wonder prevails.

The female face is central to much of my artwork and often acts as a reflection of the natural and sometimes magical world. She can be surrounded by birds, fish and butterflies or submerged in a dense wallpaper pattern which either represents her prison or her liberation.

I have recently found that my collages are becoming more orderly and methodical - neatly arranged, strange objects fill the page like rows of paper microscope slides or specimens in a tiny cabinet of curiosity....

Selected Group Shows:
de Young Open, San Francisco 2023
About Face, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek 2023
Found Not Lost, Downtown Artworks, San Rafael 2022
Home & Away, AMce Creative Arts Gallery, Seattle 2021
3rd International Collage Art Exhibition, RetroAvangarda, Warsaw, 2020
Over and Under, Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA 2020
Monster Mash-Up, Glass-Rice Gallery, San Francisco, 2019
World of Frida, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, 2018
Fierce & Frail, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, 2018
Gatherings, Ice House Gallery, Petaluma 2017
With Liberty & Justice For Some, BAC, Berkeley 2017
10x10x10xTieton, Mighty Tieton Warehouse, Tieton 2017
She Loves Art, Honeypot, Los Angeles 2017
Marvelous - International Collage Show,Sebastapol 2016
Paper Creatures, Jaffa Museum, Israel 2016
Fish Tales (2 woman show), Art Beat Gallery 2015
Cutting Class, Limited Ink Studios, Los Angeles 2015
Wonder, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley 2015
Botanica: All Things Plant Life, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek 2015
Small Worlds, Rhythmix Cultural Works, Alameda 2015
Converge, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley 2015
StrikeAway Show, Paxton Gate, San Francisco 2015
Collage Alchemy, Nielsen Arts, Berkeley 2015
Paper Cuts, Redux Gallery, Alameda 2015
510 All Stars, Nielsen Arts, Berke...