Katy Bradshaw David is a contemporary multi-disciplinary artist who lives and works in Austin, Texas. She is proud to be an Austin native.
Abstracted, non-representational forms create personal meaning for the viewer through Katy’s use of color and organic line. She is interested in tessellations, the similarities between microscopic and macroscopic forms, and the organic flowing forms created through fluid dynamics. The artist explains, “I am fascinated by the beauty of some scientific or geological images, and I often turn to scientific, medical or geological studies for inspiration.”
Katy is inspired by the unusual color combinations and wobbly blobby lines of Eduardo Bachs movie posters and 1970’s mass-market textiles. While she strives for perfection in what she creates, she knows that it is the visible hand of the artist that makes a work come to life.
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Solo Exhibitions:
2021 Synergy and Synthesis, CamibaArt Gallery, Austin, TX
2019 Resident Artist Year End Show, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
2016 Hyperbola Hyperbole, CamibaArt Gallery, Austin, TX
Exhibition Record:
2019 Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
2009-2021 East Austin Studio Tour
2020 Insight: 2020, Group Show, CamibaArt Gallery, Austin, TX
2019 ArtusCo Pop-Up (as Seabrook Studio), Pump Project, Austin, TX
2019 Cherrywood Art Fair, Chula League, Austin, TX
2019 Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
2019 Resident Artist Year End Show, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
2019 Spring Fling, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
2018 Year End Review, CamibaArt Gallery, Austin, TX
2017 Blue Genie Art Bazaar, Austin, TX
2018 Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
2018 ACC/WEST Student Art Show, Austin Community College, Austin, TX
2017 Blue Genie Art Bazaar, Austin, TX
2017 Year End Review Group Show, CamibaArt Gallery, Austin, TX
2017 Student Group Show, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
2016 Naissance Group Show, Gallery 701, Long Center, Austin, TX
2016 Material Matters, CamibaArt Gallery, Austin, TX
2015 The People’s Gallery, City Hall, Austin, TX
2014 AusTEN Group Show, CamibaArt Gallery, Austin, TX
2014 Art in the Airport, Austin Bergstrom International Airport, Austin, TX
2014 Monochrome Student Group Show, Austin Community College, Austin, TX
Residencies:
2019 Dougherty Arts Center Resident Artist, Austin, TX
Lectures/Talks:
2022 “Nerikomi: Tesselations in Color” Greater Austin Clay Artists
2020 “Slipcast Alterations, Additions and Carving”. Greater Austin Clay Artists
2012 The History of Pysanky and Current Derivations (Ukrainian Easter Eggs)
Texas Folklore Society, Austin Chapter
Print Media:
“Artist of the Month,” Jerome Kubala, Neighbors of Tarrytown, January 2021
“Artist of the Month,” Jerome Kubala, Neighbors of the Northwest Hills, January 2021
• “East Austin Studio Tour,” Wayne Allen Brenner, Austin Chronicle, November 14, 2016
• “11/11 East Stops,” Wayne Allen Brenner, Austin Chronicle, November 11, 2015
• “Take 5 New Stops,” Wayne Allen Brenner, Austin Chronicle, November 15, 2014
• “Delicate Art on the Shell of an Egg,” Marques Harper and Amy Gabriel, Austin-American Statesman, April 1, 2010
• Glossy Home, “Shell Game,” Austin-American Statesman, April 2010
“Learn to Dye Eggs That Are to Dye For,”
Marques Harper, Austin-American Statesman, April 2, 2009
Radio/Television:
• KEYE TV, Interview, “Easter Egg Dye-O-Rama”, April 14, 2014
• KLRU. Interview, “Collective: Explore the Arts in Austin”, November 2012
• KEYE TV, Interview, “Ukrainian Easter Eggs” April 22, 2011
Online Periodicals:
“Meet Katy Bradshaw David” Voyage Austin, November 17, 2021
“Artists in the East Austin Studio Tour”, Danielle Drews, Orange Magazine, November 17, 2016
“Navigating E.A.S.T.: What to See, Who to Know and Where to Go”, Adrienne Breaux, CultureMap Austin, November 6, 2012
“10 Awesomely Decorated Easter Eggs” Delish.com, Sara Schwarz, April 19, 2011