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About
Tidbits:
*Illustrated for: The Grammy Awards, Hallmark Inc, Ode Magazine, CitySlang Records and Out Magazine, as well as many others.
*Exhibits include: Worcester Art Museum, Kelleher Gallery UK, Society of Illustrators,Mae West Fest and Ohio History Museum.
*Designer for Constellation Magazine
*Provided art for various off,off Broadway theater productions.
*Likes candy and cigars
Fancier Version:
Katelan Foisy is an illustrator, writer and pin-up model based out of NYC.
As a teenager Katelan and her cousin took road trips with no destinations. They wound up at truck stops, coffee shops, graveyards and the occasional prison. Through these trips she learned the art of collage. picking up whatever scraps she could find and pasting them into journals. Her first job was an in-house project for Hallmark Inc.
Now, Katelan makes a living pasting and painting for clients such as The Grammy Awards, Out magazine, The Progressive and many others. Her collaged portraits and ruminative mixed-media paintings have graced the pages of Scholastic Books and the walls of Young & Rubicam. Ensemble Studio Theater even had her work grace their stage. Katelan's art can currently be seen at The Ohio History Museum. During the Summer and Fall of 2008 she will be showing in NYC, Philadelphia, and the UK. She also designs and illustrates for Constellation Magazine.
Katelan still takes trips with no destinations and throws the fragments in her journals. In her spare time she reads tarot, practices reiki and poses for pictures.
Artist Statement:
As a teenager my cousin and I took road trips with no destinations. We wound up at truck stops, coffee shops, graveyards, and the occasional prison. During these trips I learned the art of collage, picking up whatever scraps I could find, and pasting them into my journals.
When I moved to NY I became intrigued with the Beat poets and the erotic literature of Anais Nin. These rich scripts and gritty streets provided me with the palate and textures that would become my art. But beneath the grit there was something pure. I adored wandering the blocks, ducking into churches to get one brief glance at the art painted across ceilings and in windows. This gave me somewhat of a virgin/whore complex. Later Dali and Kahlo became my artists of choice, and as I integrated into the city I became addicted to the street art displayed across the buildings.
The streets continue to provide me with visual stimulation and as time progresses so does my work. I’m interested in the layers beneath the city, the underground worlds, the pulse, and the beat. I still take trips with no destinations, picking up pieces of memorabilia and pasting them into my art.
And I’m still pretty sure somewhere along the journey there’s that pesky complex waiting latently in the underlying layers.
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