Photo courtesy of Buy Some Damn Art

Swarm’s Katy Horan is the featured artist this week over at Buy Some Damn Art, a site  dedicated to affordable art run by Art Hound’s Kate Singleton.

Katy needs YOUR vote to win the ART TAKES MIAMI PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD. Just follow the link below to her entry and click “VOTE FOR ME” at the top of the page … Deadline is tomorrow! (Wednesday 9/28/11)


http://kkhoran.see.me/atm2011

We’re pleased to welcome Austin-based artist Katy Horan to our gallery roster! Check out current images on her artist page, here.

Katy’s work examines female roles and representation found throughout history, art and mythology. She pulls from a variety of sources, using mixed references and visual fragments to build new variations of familiar figures. Research plays a large role in Katy’s work. She derives visual reference and ideas from film, literature, the Internet and countless other sources. She then filters and combines fragments of imagery and information absorbed from this research through an intuitive process. This allows her to explore subject matter and interests that range from Victorian spinsterhood to Renaissance portraiture to the archetypal witch figure.

Form, detail and gesture are also important aspects of Katy’s work. Solitary figures allow more focus on their interior structure and detail, which she intends to hold as much interest as the character itself. Historical costume has long interested her, and she uses these inner details to reference varied eras of dress and decoration. Similarly, she uses her character’s postures and gesture to explore those found in art history and illustration. While external research informs each piece’s narrative and concept, emphasis on form, detail and gesture inform its execution.