Bio:

Katherine Sepúlveda is a multidisciplinary Colombian – American artist based in Queens, New York. Through scenes depicting the rich visual culture of femme, Latine identity, her work explores themes of heritage, religion, queer hyperfemininity, and generational cycles. Latine maximalist aesthetics are tightly woven together to create “pocket universes,” typically made from acrylic and found material. Her portfolio examines the manner in which the consumption patterns of impoverished individuals of color are subject to scrutiny. Immersive installations both literally and figuratively take up space, queering the principles of art and elevating styles arbitrarily deemed “low-brow”. Compositions featuring biblical themes, apocalyptic imagery, cosmological concepts, and depictions of personal narratives, simultaneously allude to and dismiss references to trauma, isolation, and loss. Through satirical depictions of archangels, Franciscan friars, and the Holy Ghost, her paintings deconstruct and reclaim symbols of oppression.

Her work cycles through recurring motifs, interrogating the lasting legacies of colonialism and presenting hyperfemininity as a form of radical gender expression. Her work is informed by family archives, catholic devotional imagery, and life within New York City and its suburbs. Sepúlveda has participated in a number of group exhibitions throughout New York City, New England, and Baltimore. She has been an artist in residence at Kino Saito, Wave Hill’s Sunroom Project Space, and the Vermont Studio Center. In 2024, her solo exhibition at Wave Hill, Halloween House, was featured in Hyperallergic’s list of “15 Art Shows to See in New York City.” In 2025, she had a solo exhibition at Ruby / Dakota called Culona Politics. Sepúlveda received her BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2021.