making the broken and discarded beautiful again
About
Katie was born in Southern Indiana in the mid-1980s, and has lived in Queens, New York since 2011. Her artwork and writing are focused around one main question: “What can I do with what I already have?” Pulling inspiration from American Folk Art, environmental initiatives, the Labor Movement, blue-collar pop culture, and feminist literature, Katie’s work has been called “revelatory,” “wild and evocative,” and “lineage-healing in its power.”
Collage
Lucy and her flowers - collage on paper. 2025 18"x22" (framed)
nothing to do with you, baby - collage on paper. 2025 15.5"x17.5" (framed)
scraps of gold - collage on paper in shadowbox. 2026 (framed)
Frida with Dots - collage on paper with lace and vintage trimming, in shadowbox. 2026 (framed)
tiny meaningless things - collage on paper with dried flowers and vintage lace, in shadowbox. 2026 (framed)
a living testament - collage on paper with oil pastel. 2025
at a turning point - collage on paper with oil pastels. 2025
greatest strength - collage on paper with oil pastel. 2025
prehistoric ocean dreams - collage on paper. 2025
see what others can't - collage on paper with oil pastel. 2025
we can overcome anything - collage on paper with oil pastel. 2025
scraps of ocean - collage on paper. 2025
sunrise dancer - collage on paper.2025
the end is only a beginning - collage on paper. 2025
antiquity - collage on paper. 2026
some of my chickens are bossy - collage on paper. 2026
collateral damage - collage on paper. 2026
clawfoot drifting - collage on paper. 2026
dive in, water's fine - collage on paper. 2026
Persephone Series - Assemblage
Persephone Series No. 1: Plight/ed. 2020 12"x24"
![Persephone Series No. 2: Grounded.
2020 10"x18.5" [unavailable]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/643048b557597016a510fbee/4f006887-67d4-4cbd-b6f5-93d9074c7dce/IMG_0492.jpeg)
Persephone Series No. 2: Grounded. 2020 10"x18.5" [unavailable]
Persephone Series No. 3: Omniscient. 2021 12"x36"
Persephone Series No. 4: Sacred. 2023/2025 15"x32"
![Persephone Series No. 5: Offering.
2023 10"x18" [unavailable]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/643048b557597016a510fbee/e64dca41-117f-48dc-a5c1-202870a91277/Persephone+5+Offering.jpeg)
Persephone Series No. 5: Offering. 2023 10"x18" [unavailable]
![Persephone Series No. 7: Fragility.
2023 16"x20 [SOLD]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/643048b557597016a510fbee/be3e725c-1bde-41c9-8ed8-92a4c276eb89/B94B1065-9AA3-4822-BB4E-D088A174D2C2.jpeg)
Persephone Series No. 7: Fragility. 2023 16"x20 [SOLD]
![Persephone Series No. 8: Regeneration.
2023 16"x20" [SOLD]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/643048b557597016a510fbee/fe2a6883-64c8-4022-93a1-8949e41d958a/IMG_9559.jpeg)
Persephone Series No. 8: Regeneration. 2023 16"x20" [SOLD]
Persephone Series No. 9: Offcast. 2023 16"x20"
Persephone Series No. 10: Desiccate. 2024 9"x12"
Persephone Series No. 11: Ovum. 2024 9"x12"
![Persephone Series No. 12: Shard/Shed.
2024 9"x12" [SOLD]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/643048b557597016a510fbee/5c0a3bbc-7712-4402-ae70-e800917b4c06/IMG_0488.jpeg)
Persephone Series No. 12: Shard/Shed. 2024 9"x12" [SOLD]
Persephone Series No. 13: Ephemeral. 2024 9"x12"
![Persephone Series No. 14: Emergent.
2024 16"20" [SOLD]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/643048b557597016a510fbee/2ecd1ff0-f06f-4641-aae8-6e5033c57fba/IMG_0494.jpeg)
Persephone Series No. 14: Emergent. 2024 16"20" [SOLD]
Persephone Series No. 15: Erosion. 2024 16"x20"
![Persephone Series No. 16: Delicacies.
2024 21"x21" [SOLD]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/643048b557597016a510fbee/8f662441-d602-4579-9adf-896e9ebc229a/IMG_0490.jpeg)
Persephone Series No. 16: Delicacies. 2024 21"x21" [SOLD]
Persephone Series No. 17: Protection. 2024 10"x20"
Persephone Series No 18: Bound. 2024 15.5"x19"
Persephone Series No. 19: Dreaming. 2024 17"x39
![Persephone Series No. 20: Filigree.
2024 10"16" [SOLD]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/643048b557597016a510fbee/dfcd0e9f-41ce-4442-bf4a-c82aa225893a/Persephone+20+Filigree.jpeg)
Persephone Series No. 20: Filigree. 2024 10"16" [SOLD]
Persephone Series No. 21: Parenthetical. 2024 16"x10
Persephone Series No. 22: Domestic. 2025 15.25"x15.25"
Assemblage
FieldBreak. 2025. 30"x48
What's the Cure? 2025 8"x10"
In the Wings. 2025 12"x12"
Intermission. 2025 12"x12"
Junk Drawer 1 (red). 2025 9.5"x11"
Junk Drawer 2 (pink). 2025 9.5"x13.5"
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Using repurposed, vintage, found, and foraged materials, Frank's goal is to create something beautiful, interesting, and thought provoking from the leftovers and shards. Inspiration comes from surrealism and dada, as well as abstract expressionism, folk art, and fiber art. Their work evokes mythology and mysticism, and speaks to the many ways we collage a new way of being in a messy, grief-filled world. How do we piece together the shards, and meet life with joy and determination? How do we move together into a new world?
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Largely influenced by their Midwestern upbringing and large extended family, the ideals of the labor movement, motherhood, and philosophies of hope and joyful creative living, Frank’s writings consider the various and mutable forms we take throughout our lives. Who are we? Where—and who—did we come from? How does this influence our understanding of ourselves and the world around us?
Find her on Substack at These Stories Are True.
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