Katie Bell is an artist born in Rockford, Illinois living and working in New York City. She recieved her BA from Knox College in Illinois and her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design.

She has had solo shows at venues such as Okay Mountain Gallery in Austin, Texas, Backspace in Peoria, Illinois, Lipscomb University in Nashville, Mixed Greens in New York, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Penn State, Drew Univeristy, Locust Projects in Miami among others.

Her group shows include Circuit 12 in Dallas, LVL3 in Chicago, Launch F18 in NYC, the Soho House in New York, Spring Break Art Show, Transmitter, Brooklyn, Rockford University, the Royal College of Art and many others.

Katie has received a NYFA Fellowship a Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Space and she has taught as a visiting critic at North Texas, RISD, Denison Univeristy, Knox College, and many other schools.

Her work has been covered in Art F City, Two Coats of Paint, Paper Magazine, Art News, Artinfo, Vulture, Maake Magazine and many other publications.

Brian stopped by Katie’s East Village studio and they spoke about her days growing up as a twin, endless renovations, art school, getting your foot in the door and dancing to bachata.