Katelyn Ledford

"In my studio practice, I consider this role of digital technologies and images in shaping the curated portrait of women at large and individually. I use shapes, symbols, and images sourced from online to create de-constructed portraits through various speeds and methods of painting, such as meticulous oil painting, spray paint, and collaged materials. Juxtaposition of materials and surface quality disrupt the images and cause the viewer to question the sense of space and comfortability in viewing images, especially ones of people. Ultimately, I seek a mode of painting that can slow down the viewer and make them consider our image-saturated, online-obsessed, contemporary reality within the framework of portraiture."

Katelyn Ledford is an artist living and working in Jersey City, New Jersey, but born and bred in the American South. She received her MFA in Painting at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2019. She has been featured in exhibitions internationally with solo exhibitions at M+B in Los Angeles in 2023, Long Story Short Gallery in New York City in 2022, Aishonanzuka in Hong Kong in 2021, and DUVE Berlin in Germany in 2021. Select group exhibitions include those at Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY; Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL; Unit London, London, UK; WOAW Gallery, Wan Chai, HK; and Plan X Art Gallery, Milan, IT.