Statement
Artist’s Statement
I lean into my Appalachian roots and formal training as a painter to make tactile objects that employ beading, weaving, and sewing techniques and utilize the saturated color of atypical materials to build “eccentric abstractions” that convey a sense of momentum, direction, and presence. My artistic practice takes place in public spaces through site-specific installations and in my studio where I create sculptures, weavings, and paintings. In this work, my exploration of beauty, pleasure and harmony in each composition is analogous to seeking grace, satisfaction and balance in one’s life.
Biography
Katherine Daniels' beaded sculptures, weavings, and site-specific installations have been exhibited nationally and internationally, including throughout New York City, at the Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, NJ and in "To Weave Dreams", at Miniartextil, Le Bellfroi Art Center in Montrouge, France. Her awards include a 2023 Artist Empowerment Award presented by Evercore and CUE Art Foundation, Puffin Foundation Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in painting, the Clare Weiss Emerging Artist Award for Public Art, two Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Manhattan Creative Communities Grants, and selection as a participant in the Bronx Museum's “Artist in the Marketplace”. She has also received studio grants from the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation. PS 122, the Henry Street Settlement, and ChaShaMa. Daniels earned a B.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design and a M.F.A. from Northern Vermont State College in Vermont. Born in Idar Oberstien Germany, she was raised in Huntington, West Virginia and currently lives and works in New York City.
