Katie M Knoeringer

Katie Knoeringer is a lecturer in 2-D Foundations. She holds an MFA in painting from Louisiana State University and a BFA and BS in Art Education from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania.

Knoeringer has attended several artist residences most notably Jentel in Banner, Wyoming, Brush Creek in Saratoga, Wyoming and Artspace in Raleigh, North Carolina. She has exhibited nationally including in Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Little Rock. Her work has been featured on the cover of Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST) and in the book 500 Paper Objects.

She previously taught at Moore College of Art & Design and Drexel University both located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as well as at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.

Her work examines place through the physical experience of the immediate environment. She makes observational drawings that she translates into painted paper collages. The act of translation allows for intuitive color choices and a level of abstraction. She draws in her sketchbook every day.

Education

B.F.A in Studio Art, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
B.S. in Art Education, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing, Louisiana State University

Research Interests

My painted paper collages celebrate visual moments in my immediate environment. They suggest a lived-in truth depicted through intimate home spaces.

Drawing plays a huge role in my studio practice. I always draw from life in my sketchbook. Pencil to paper is immediate and honest and endlessly fascinating, representing different facets of a subject based on moment-to-moment changes: as someone moves, light shifts, combinations of objects transform a space. My collages are based on my drawings. I seek to imbue my collages with the same immediacy and energy encapsulated within the drawings.