Katherine Kisa

The Id and the Ego, 2020

Mixed media on wood

10" x 10" x 2"

Value: $750.00

Shipping: $25.00

This is a recycled wood, paper and acrylic paint mixed media assemblage on a wood panel.The two figures occurred accidentally when I cut a black and white abstract in half and flipped one piece over.

Artist bio:

Katherine Kisa is a multidisciplinary artist born in Nairobi, Kenya. She attended the University of Toronto where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Genetics and Physical Anthropology and continued with graduate studies in Biology at Emory University. During her years as a science student Katherine began her career in art, developing a unique style which embraces both her artistic and scientific passions. Currently, the self-taught artist resides in New York where she works as a full time artist.

This series of paintings represents the evolution of my two dimensional abstract paintings into three dimensions. In addition to layering thick paint and making adjustments as I progress, I've added three dimensional recycled wood elements, letters, numbers and metal pieces. The foundations of the pieces remain strong colors and textures juxtaposed against stark white backgrounds that make the colors pop. I liberally use layering, inscribing, and carving, letting the paintings develop, sometimes without a definitive plan, and allowing for my mind, hands and the paint to flow together often leading to beautifully unexpected results.

Katherine's work has been exhibited across the country in group and solo shows including The High Museum of Atlanta's Points of Entry : Conflicts, Acculturation, and Identity (1997), The International Monetary Fund Group Exhibit in Washington, DC (2002), Art Off the Main in New York (2006), The National Black Fine Art Show in New York (2007), Art DC at the Washington DC Convention Center (2010), Solo Show at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (2013), The Artist Project Art Fair in Chicago (2014), Dissilience:An All Women Group Show in Brooklyn, New York (2016), The Bombay Sapphire Group Exhibit at Rush Arts Gallery, New York (2017), and the Function of Freedom Group Exhibit at The Auburn Avenue Research Library in Atlanta, Georgia (2019). Her work is part of the permanent collections at The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Washington, DC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Boeing, Arlington, Virginia, Department of Homeland Security, Arlington, Virginia, Howard University, Washington, DC, and the The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia.