Biography
"Contemporary life is lived partially within digital technologies; thus, we consume masses of images, including ones of people, with no consideration for their context or personhood due to the destruction of image hierarchy."

"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.

Select Artworks
  • Katelyn Ledford, Necklace, Paint, and Gum, 2024
    Necklace, Paint, and Gum, 2024 Sold
  • Katelyn Ledford, Smother, 2024
    Smother, 2024 Sold
  • Katelyn Ledford, Tenuous, 2024
    Tenuous, 2024
  • Katelyn Ledford, Topsy Turvy, 2024
    Topsy Turvy, 2024 Sold
  • Katelyn Ledford, Veil of Artist Going Up in Flames, 2024
    Veil of Artist Going Up in Flames, 2024
  • Katelyn Ledford, Fleeting, 2023
    Fleeting, 2023
  • Katelyn Ledford, Replicate, Repeat, 2023
    Replicate, Repeat, 2023
  • Katelyn Ledford, Subjective Objective, 2023
    Subjective Objective, 2023
  • Katelyn Ledford, Holy Cannoli, 2021
    Holy Cannoli, 2021 Sold
  • Katelyn Ledford, Mirror Mirror, 2020
    Mirror Mirror, 2020 Sold
  • Katelyn Ledford, Compare/Despair, 2019
    Compare/Despair, 2019 Sold
  • Katelyn Ledford, Ugly Crier, 2019
    Ugly Crier, 2019 Sold
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