Katelyn Kopenhaver (b.1992) is an interdisciplinary artist and troublemaker. Originally from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, she received her BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in 2016 and resides in Miami, FL. She was awarded the 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Work for her harrowing body of work, “Predators and Prey,” and is a 2024 Miami Individual Artists Grant recipient. Select group exhibitions include “Women Now” AHA Fine Art, New York, New York (2024) and “Young Fresh Different” Zilberman, Miami, Florida (2024). Kopenhaver has been published nationally and internationally in media outlets that include: New York Magazine, New York Times, Netflix, and The Brooklyn Rail. She has been a recurring guest lecturer at the School of Visual Arts since 2019 and is a current Keyholder Resident at IS Projects in Little River.
Kopenhaver attempts to reveal and communicate the contradictions, denial, and fragmentation within the self and culture. She weaves the overlooked realities that hover just below our day-to-day consciousness, the occurrences we knowingly disavow or are conditioned to suppress. Watchful of advertising, media, and the place where truth and lies circulate, she utilizes print-based media and her body to deliver commentary that raises questions and challenges our perception of reality and that of ourselves. A cerebral stir mixed with a collaborative vulnerability and brutal honesty is the vantage point she invites you to. Her projects are multidisciplinary but often take the form of printmaking, video, performance, photography, and public engagement with text as a core element.
