Katherine Hofmann (b. 2000) attended the Rhode Island School of Design, earning a BFA in Painting in 2023. She works as a mixed media watercolorist and explores sculptural mediums such as kiln-cast glass and ceramics, viewing her sculptural work as extensions of her paintings.

By capturing sensory experiences through processes like vitrification, fossilization, and erosion, she approaches her work, mindful of the subtle energy that surrounds her as she sloshes through the Everglades. Using noble materials like walnut ink, coffee stain, and the sinuous shadows and shapes found in nature, Katherine’s art, like vines and mangroves, entangles the organic with the Anthropocene, encapsulating, gracefully, the human era within her creations.

In this way her work reflects an almost reverent connection to nature, deeply rooted in the materiality she chooses. She merges glass, ceramics, and painting as witness to her perception beyond her vision while exploring deeper, tactile dimensions of the human senses that resemble William Blake’s cracks and chinks through which the soul seeps.

A fresh new artist, her spirit speaks with the depth of an old soul, layering memories that resonate with the earth itself. Katherine touches the soil lightly, leaving barely an imprint, creating waves of resonance with her work. Subtle tones inspired by nature—soft blues, earthy browns, and olive greens—are carefully assembled and awash with a quiet elegance.

Her work embodies the natural world’s beauty while reflecting the fragile interplay between humanity and nature, where we can no longer adhere to the paradigm of man vs. nature, a mindset of a bygone era of colonization of the wild and free.