About the artist: Catie Poneck is a born and raised San Antonian. Catie feels that to have grown up in such a historic and colorful city has deeply impacted her work. Her childhood home, a slightly dilapidated hundred-year-old house, filled to the brim with color, books, words, and animals of all kinds, instilled in her the idea that one can never have too much life or love. And so it is no shock at all that Catie decided she wanted to embrace the world by filling it–with words and art and ... view more »
About the artist: Catie Poneck is a born and raised San Antonian. Catie feels that to have grown up in such a historic and colorful city has deeply impacted her work. Her childhood home, a slightly dilapidated hundred-year-old house, filled to the brim with color, books, words, and animals of all kinds, instilled in her the idea that one can never have too much life or love. And so it is no shock at all that Catie decided she wanted to embrace the world by filling it–with words and art and political thoughts, with food and plants and paper mache objects, with questions and speculations–and always with passion–especially passion.
Catie studied Fine Art at Pratt Institute in NYC, where she was able to hone a creative practice that combined her scholarship of history with her love of writing and design, pursuing every medium at her disposal. Through Pratt, Catie was able to study at the Lorenzo De Medici Institute in Florence, Italy. It was in Italy that she found her love of vessels, Greek krators and utilitarian objects and their ability to be beautiful as well as useful. In 2023 Catie graduated with distinction with her BFA in Painting from Pratt Institute, as well a Double Minor in Art History and Creative Writing. Upon graduation, Catie was selected to exhibit work from her Thesis Show entitled, “To the Brim,” as part of an exhibit of student work at the Admissions Gallery running from May 2023 to May 2024.
Catie is currently researching historically “miss-named” women as part of an ongoing project which she hopes one day to publish. She is also researching the history of “craft” and its Medieval and Renaissance definition and trying to figure out how that applies to her artistic practice today–she’s still not quite sure, but feels it is more accurate to call herself a craftsperson than an artist. Catie is overjoyed to have the opportunity to show her work in her hometown and at such a gallery as Mercury Project. This show is a sort of homecoming, and she is very happy to have you be a part of it.
Exhibition runs May 3 through May 26, 2024.
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