Born 1978 in Manchester, Connecticut; lives in Littleton and works in Denver, Colorado
Katie Caron is presently Head of Ceramics and 3D Design at Arapahoe Community College. Caron graduated from Boston University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science in English Education and minor in Theater Arts. After graduation, she decided to pursue her art fulltime and moved to Colorado. In 2007, Caron was accepted to the graduate program at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan and graduated with a MFA in Ceramics. In 2011, Caron created Apoptosis in collaboration with Martha Russo for the Denver Art Museum’s exhibition Overthrown: Clay Without Limits. She has completed numerous site-specific installations for Project Miami, Santa Fe Art Institute, University of Michigan, University of Northern Colorado, Redline Art Space and Republic Plaza in Denver. She was reviewed for Drosscapes, an immersive environment, in Sculpture Magazine’s June 2013 issue and is profiled in Boulder Magazine in January 2017 issue for her body of work Autonomic Healing exhibited at Naropa University. Caron recently collaborated with the renowned Santa Fe art collective Meow Wolf, and is represented by William Havu Gallery. Katie Caron resides in Littleton, CO with her family.
Artist Statement
I am fascinated by escapism: how and why our senses transport us to imaginary worlds, how electronic media change the way we feel the present moment and how it can mediate our lives. Through integrated media and installation objects, I immerse viewers in the experience of an illusion—what’s real and what’s fabrication?
These new worlds become psychological spaces, where unconscious reactions shape emotion, where certain sounds, lighting and objects may provoke fear or incite wonder. These worlds often address environmental points of crisis, and the materials used reference the environments they conversely impact.
In my work I raise questions of contemporary society: how technology and consumption affects our daily lives, impacting our environment, mediating our experiences, and alienating our instincts. By personifying inanimate forms with agency and creating fictional spaces, I hope to surprise my viewers with their own internal worlds and see their community through a new lens.
