Katie Stout

Place: Portland

Born: 1989

Biography:

Katie Stout is an American artist and designer born on January 18, 1989, in Portland, Maine. She is known for her work that combines traditional craft techniques, the legacy of female-dominated decorative arts, and contemporary and conceptual art. Her work has been described as 'naive pop.' Stout grew up in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey and graduated from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) with a degree in furniture design in 2012. After graduating, Bjarne Melgaard commissioned her to create the furniture for his installation in the 2014 Whitney Biennial. In 2015, Stout won the inaugural season of Ellen's Design Challenge. She has exhibited at prominent art and design galleries including Jeffrey Deitch, Tina Kim, Friedman Benda, Venus Over Manhattan, Nina Johnson, and R & Company, and institutions such as the Dallas Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, and the Swiss Institute.