Katelyn Kopenhaver (b. 1992) is a Miami-based interdisciplinary artist working across public intervention, performance, text, and lens-based practices. She received her BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in 2016 and is currently a studio resident at Bakehouse Art Complex.

Kopenhaver is a recipient of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship (2021) and the Miami Individual Artists Grant (2024). Her work has been featured in The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, and Der Greif Issue 18,, curated by Hank Willis Thomas. Recent and current exhibitions include WORD at Stanek Gallery (Miami), Every Woman Biennial 2026 at Pen + Brush (New York), and F*ck Art at the Museum of Sex (Miami). She will be an artist-in-residence at SOMA in Mexico City later this year.

Kopenhaver’s work examines the mechanisms through which power circulates and behavior is shaped, with a particular interest in trust, perception, and the gap between what is presented and what is withheld. Working with familiar materials and forms—including QR codes, advertising language, institutional formats, photography, and her own body—she creates situations that destabilize what initially appears recognizable or authoritative. Her performances and interventions often shift viewers from passive observers into active participants, asking them to consider their own position within the systems being examined.