Katie McCann

Katie McCann
Berkeley, California, USA

STATEMENT

I create intricate, hand-cut collages which reflect my Victorian obsession with faeries, flora and fauna. From my extensive collection of books, prints, and pages that are antique, forgotten and foxed with age I cut out images, categorize them, and then eventually piece them together like a complex paper jigsaw puzzle. My collages are places where beauty is strange, creatures are curious and a sense of wonder prevails. At times they can be like tiny cabinets of curiosity reflecting the variety of the natural world and its peculiar beauty or they can become a wallpaper pattern, lush and dense, with hidden meanings and metaphors.

Recently I have been using cardboard in my work. Saving boxes from the recycling and finding their inner beauty has inspired me to look beyond traditional collage materials and experiment with different shapes and textures.

BIO

Katie McCann is an English collage artist living in Berkeley, California. Her collages have been exhibited in the USA and in Europe. She is one of 50 featured female collage artists in the new book, Collage By Women (Promopress Editions, 2019). As well as designing book and album covers, her collages can also be seen on a utility box in the City of Berkeley for the city’s public art project. Katie has shown her award-winning collages in many solo and group shows including most recently the De Young Open 2023 at the De Young Museum in San Francisco.

ARTIST CONTACT

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