Biography

Colombian-American artist Kat Geng-Caraballo sews and hand-paints expressive, often furrow-browed, figures. Each soft sculpture acts as the playful protagonist in her fabric posters, videos, and public engagements. Her interest in identity formation, its capacity to shift, and its relationship to known and unknown ancestors is rooted in her experience as a transnational adoptee and human.

After earning a B.A. in Art History from Bard College, she began her objects training in art conservation at The Williamstown Art Conservation Center at the Clark Art Institute in Massachusetts. In addition to solo shows at NIAD Art Center (CA), Counterpulse (SF) and Royal Nonesuch Gallery (CA), Geng’s art practice has been supported by grants, fellowships and residencies including The Bronx Museum AIM (NYC), BRIC Arts Media (NYC), Anderson Ranch Arts Center (CO), The Foundation House (CT), Vermont Studio Center (VT), and New York Foundation for the Arts, among others.

She is currently working out of her Brooklyn studio.