Katie Stout | |
Birth Date: | 18 January 1989 |
Birth Place: | Portland, Maine, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Rhode Island School of Design |
Known For: | Lighting, Sculpture |
Partner: | Jeff Kinkle |
Katie Stout (born January 18, 1989) is an American artist and designer based in New York City. Stout creates 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."[1] [2]
Stout grew up in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey[3] and graduated from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) with a degree in furniture design in 2012.[4] After graduating, Bjarne Melgaard commissioned her to create the furniture for his installation in the 2014 Whitney Biennial.[5] In 2015, Stout won the inaugural season of Ellen's Design Challenge.[6] 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.[7]