Katrina Keane (b. Harare, Zimbabwe) is an artist based in Baltimore, Maryland. Working in ink and cut paper, she translates structures of care and dependency into abstract form. Her ongoing series Seams of Attachment (2023–present) examines how caregiving labor is materially shaped by inadequate infrastructure, where policy, intimacy, and material touch intersect.
Drawing on minimalist and process-based abstraction, Keane makes restrained gestures such as seams, voids, and gradients that reveal pressure, support, and the systems that sustain us. Her background in painting and graphic design (2012–2023) informs her approach to formal precision and spatial economy.
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EDUCATION
MFA Graphic Design
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
BFA Drawing and Environmental Design
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
CURRENT
2023–present Seams of Attachment
An ongoing body of work exploring caregiving, form, and abstraction
EXHIBITIONS
2015 MFA Thesis Exhibition,
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2013 Fleeting Moments,
Hillyer Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)
2012 BFA Thesis Exhibition,
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD