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About Katie

Baltimore City

Katie Pumphrey is an American contemporary artist, living and working in Baltimore, MD. Pumphrey has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has participated in artist residencies at the Studios of Key West, Vermont Studio Center, Gallery Four, and the Creative Alliance in Baltimore. Pumphrey is also a long distance, open water swimmer — she has swam the English Channel 2x (2015, 2022), around the island of Manhattan in 2017, and the Catalina… more

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Merry-go-round

Merry-go-round explores the familiar and constant teeter-totter between control and chaos. We feel steady, level-headed, comfortable — and then something shifts, and we scramble to grab the wheel. The floor keeps spinning. We blink through blurriness, fight the dizziness, and move to find our footing. Again, the meter resets. We ping-pong between these moments, time and time again. It’s a dance we know the moves to, a game of repetition we constantly play. Again and again, we ease the tension and harness the commotion. Over and over and over again, we get on and off the carousel.

Like Funfetti and Ice Cream

66x74in, acrylic on canvas, 2019
Like Layer Cake #1-2

18x24in each, acrylic on canvas, 2019
Oh, Hi There #1

12x12in, acrylic on canvas, 2019
Oh, Hi There #2

12x12in, acrylic on canvas, 2019
Merry-go-round

Site specific installation, acrylic on paper, 2019 This site specific installation was the first iteration of an evolving installation during a month long exhibition.
Merry-go-round Again

site-specific installation, acrylic on paper, 2019 This site specific installation was the second iteration of an evolving installation during a month long exhibition.
Merry-go-round Again, and Again

site-specific installation, acrylic on paper and wood panel, 2019 This site specific installation was the third and final iteration of an evolving installation during a month long exhibition.
Confection #1-2

22x22in each, acrylic on canvas, 2019
The Floor is Lava

48x48in, acrylic on canvas, 2019
Whale Hello #1

6x6in each, acrylic on canvas, 2019

Five More Minutes: Part II

Five More Minutes, explores the anxiety, excitement, panic, and even monotony that comes from just five more minutes. Calm shifts to chaos and seconds fly by. Time drags on and you push further into the unknown. Five more minutes. Stay here for just five more minutes. You have five more minutes. You still have five more minutes. Wait, just five more minutes. In five more minutes. Please, just five more minutes. Only five more minutes. Five more minutes.

Five More Minutes was a two-part exhibition, hosted in conjunction with Susan Calloway Fine Arts in Washington, DC and the Athenaeum in Alexandria, VA. Part I was on view at Susan Calloway Fine Arts, June 2 - July 21, 2018. Part II was on view at the Athenaeum, June 7 - July 22, 2018.

Double Dutch

70"x96", acrylic on canvas, 2018
Temper Tantrum

20"x96", acrylic on canvas, 2018
Hard Stop

24"x36", acrylic on canvas, 2018
Squeeze Me #1-2

18"x24" each, acrylic on canvas, 2018
Tug-o-war

42"x72"x34", acrylic on wood, 2018
Hide and Seek

44"x60", acrylic on canvas, 2018
Wrestle to the Ground

Wrestle to the Ground, 84"x72", acrylic on canvas, 2018
Press Me #1-2

18"x24" each, acrylic on canvas, 2018
Humdrum

66"x72", acrylic on canvas, 2018
Waver and Warble (3xfast)

48"x42", acrylic on canvas, 2018

Five More Minutes

Temper Tantrum

20"x96", acrylic on canvas, 2018
Double Dutch

142"x96", acrylic on canvas, 2018
Hot Heat

66"x66", acrylic on canvas, 2018
Hopscotch

84"x72", acrylic on canvas, 2018
Like Pulling Teeth

96"x70", acrylic on canvas, 2018
Stone Soup

62"x72", acrylic on canvas, 2018
Waver and Warble (3xfast)

48"x42", acrylic on canvas, 2018
Humdrum

66"x72", acrylic on canvas, 2018
Tug-o-war

42"x72"x34", acrylic on wood, 2018
Wrestle to the Ground

Wrestle to the Ground, 84"x72", acrylic on canvas, 2018

Punch-drunk

This series of collages explores the playful tension betweeen movement, color, and form. Hard edges stop momentum, colors vibrate, and shapes dance. Up is down and down is up, and without context, the ground spins. Punch-drunk.

Punch-drunk #1-9

10"x10" each, acrylic + paper on board, 2018
Punch-drunk #1

10"x10", acrylic + paper on board, 2018
Punch-drunk #2

10"x10", acrylic + paper on board, 2018
Punch-drunk #3

10"x10", acrylic + paper on board, 2018
Punch-drunk #4

10"x10", acrylic + paper on board, 2018
Punch-drunk #5

10"x10", acrylic + paper on board, 2018
Punch-drunk #6

10"x10", acrylic + paper on board, 2018
Punch-drunk #7

10"x10", acrylic + paper on board, 2018
Punch-drunk #8

10"x10", acrylic + paper on board, 2018
Punch-drunk #9

10"x10", acrylic + paper on board, 2018

Rearranging Rooms

Rearranging Rooms explores the repeated process of settling into a space or moment, making it your own, and finding comfort — only to have the situation change. You lose control, the lights go out, a wave comes — the moment forces the meter to reset, and yet again, you have to start from the beginning. You find yourself in a dark room or an overwhelming space, and you scramble to find your footing and move forward. These moments shift over and over again. You rearrange the room, ease the tension, and harness the chaos.

Rearranging Rooms was on view at Project 1628 in Baltimore, MD. Nov 12, 2017 - Jan 4, 2018.