Katherine Sepulveda

Late to the Party 2020 Oil, acrylic, and flashe paint on canvas 72" x 48"
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Large-scale, multicolored abstract painting + Enlarge
kathie 2020 Oil, acrylic, and flashe paint on canvas 60" x 60"
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Large-scale, multicolored abstract painting + Enlarge
kathie detail 01 2020 Oil, acrylic, and flashe paint on canvas 60" x 60"
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Large-scale, multicolored abstract painting + Enlarge
kathie detail 02 2020 Oil, acrylic, and flashe paint on canvas 60" x 60"
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Come Hell or High Water 2020 Oil, acrylic, and flashe paint on canvas 60" x 60"
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Large-scale, multicolored abstract painting + Enlarge
Ghost Ride 2020 Oil, acrylic, and flashe paint on canvas 60" x 36"
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Large-scale, multicolored abstract painting + Enlarge
Ghost Ride detail 01 2020 Oil, acrylic, and flashe paint on canvas 60" x 36"
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Large-scale, multicolored abstract painting + Enlarge
Ghost Ride detail 02 2020 Oil, acrylic, and flashe paint on canvas 60" x 36"
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Large-scale, multicolored abstract painting + Enlarge
The Second (and Third) Coming of Christ 2020 Oil, acrylic, and flashe paint on canvas 28” x 24” Each
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Large-scale, multicolored abstract painting + Enlarge
The Second (and Third) Coming of Christ detail 01 2020 Oil, acrylic, and flashe paint on canvas 28” x 24” Each
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Large-scale, multicolored abstract painting + Enlarge
The Second (and Third) Coming of Christ detail 02 2020 Oil, acrylic, and flashe paint on canvas 28” x 24” Each
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Altar video 2021 Video of piece made of oil, acrylic, and flashe paint on found furniture, family photographs, cardboard, and fabric
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Altar 2021 Oil, acrylic, and flashe paint on found furniture, family photographs, cardboard, and fabric 96" x 180" x 60"
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Statement

In an era marked by collective mourning on both a global and personal scale, my work aims to facilitate the grieving process. Through painting, I examine the past in a potentially futile attempt to understand the ever-evolving present. My work is informed by family archives such as old photographs and catholic devotional imagery heavily altered to create fictional narratives. By utilizing bold colors and shapes, I am able to simultaneously highlight and abstract the content of each family artifact. Abstract memories are translated onto a larger scale and reinterpreted in a contemporary context. Each large-scale composition represents a pocket universe featuring biblical references, cultural motifs, organic shapes, and apocalyptic imagery. In isolation, I cope with grief by simultaneously celebrating and mourning the loss of cultural systems and interpersonal relationships that have shaped my identity, worldview, and self-perception. 

Painting (BFA) Students