From intermedia@uiowa.edu
Katie Grace McGowan
MFA 2010
Currently lives and works in Detroit, Michigan.
Katie Grace McGowan explores empathy and affect through a variety of media. In addition to her individual practice, which is often essayistic in nature, she is a co-founding member of an amorphous education collective called FREE @RT Sch001.
Some recent endeavors include performing for 30 days in artist Daniel Knorr’s piece for the 2010 Liverpool Biennial, guest lecturing at The University of Split and Vanderbilt University, building a spaceship with kids in Iowa, and working on a collaborative program at The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, Croatia--where primary school students were introduced to the chance operations of Merce Cunningham and John Cage.
Of late, Katie’s work has appeared at Galerija KORTIL (Rijeka, Croatia), GALERIE8 (London, UK, as F@S) and in Invisible Culture. After a long-term artist residency with Croatian performance collective, Prostor Plus, Katie she is now employed as Curator of Education at The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
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