Katie Knoeringer | School of Art Visiting Artist Lecture Series

Katie Knoeringer makes painted paper collages based on observational drawings. She is interested in capturing the truth of the moment and her interaction with the space occupied by the figure.

Rather than having people pose for her, Knoeringer prefers to watch them engaged in an activity and constructs collages directly from her drawings. In the absence of the subject, color and specificity become dictated by the needs of each composition according to space and contrast. Negative and positive shapes are equivalent powers. Knoeringer builds them up simultaneously, allowing the image to grow organically and meander towards its eventual outer bounds.

Knoeringer is originally from New Jersey.  She now lives and works in Kentucky and teaches drawing at Murray State University.