Katie Taft

Katie Taft is a Denver-based artist, photographer, and teacher. Raised in Boulder, Colorado, she left the state for college, eventually earning her BFA at Marylhurst University in Oregon where she studied photography. She returned to Colorado in 2004. In 2011 she was invited to curate Flash Gallery's Feminine Influence show, which included 28 mostly Colorado based artists, each of which named women artists who influenced them. In 2012 Taft began curating the Action Figures artist discussion series.

Imaginary Friends In the Imaginary Friends series, Taft sculpts hybrid creatures and gives them personality traits such as favorite colors, thoughts, or word associations. The resulting sculpture often merge animals and people. She then photographs her creations in the world. The figures display a range of strong emotions such as anguish, grief, and foreboding.

Exhibitions

Solo May 2009 – True Love, Sliding Door Gallery, Denver, Colorado December 2007 – Friendzilla, PlatteForum, Denver, Colorado July 2006 – Friends of Mine, Cruz Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico November 2005 – Imaginary Friends V, Genuine Imitation – Portland, Oregon October 2004 – Mes Petits Amis, Capsule @ Pod – Denver, Colorado August 2004 – Best Friends, Ironton Gallery – Denver, Colorado January 2004 – Imaginary Friends III, The Assembly Annex – Denver, Colorado October 2002 – Three Dimensions, The Blue Gallery – Gearheart, Oregon

Group February 2011 – Ceramic Soliloquies, Abecedarian Gallery – Denver, Colorado May 2010 -Becoming Visible: a Heads of Hydra show, Hinterland – Denver, Colorado March 2010 – 2nd Degree of Separation, RedLine – Denver, Colorado December 2009 – Delirium, illiterate gallery – Denver, Colorado March 2009 – Word Works, Abecedarian Gallery – Denver, Colorado January 2009 – Everybody Loves a Train Wreck, Art Students League – Denver, Colorado August 2008 – Interweavings, Abecedarian Gallery – Denver, Colorado June 2008 – Molten, Space Gallery – Denver, Colorado April 2008 – The Simple Truth, Rule Gallery – Denver, Colorado December 2006 – Wee – guest artist, Flash Gallery – Lakewood, Colorado October 2006 – Random Formulas, Capsule Gallery – Denver, Colorado April 2006 – The Food Show, Sliding Door Callery – Denver, CO July 2005 – Photography +, Western Center for the Arts – Grand Junction, CO May 2005 – Buff Puff, Cruz Gallery – Santa Fe, New Mexico April 2005 – Process, Pacific Switchboard – Portland, Oregon January 2005 – Hot Trip, Gallery Sink – Denver, Colorado January 2005 – Debut, Flash Gallery – Lakewood, Colorado August 2005 – Best of Gallery Sovereign, Gallery Sovereign – Boulder, Colorado July 2004 – Plush, Capsule – Denver, Colorado July 2004 – ZipCo, Emmanuel Gallery, Auraria Campus – Denver, Colorado June 2004 – Repeat Offenders, Singer Gallery @ the Mizel Center for the Arts and Culture – Denver, Colorado January 2004 – Strange Affinities, Siegfried Gallery, Ohio University – Athens, Ohio November 2003 – Potluck, The Assembly – Denver, Colorado July 2003 – New Kids on the Block, The Assembly – Denver, Colorado May 2003 – Gallery Sovereign – Boulder, Colorado June 2001 – The Art Gym – Portland, Oregon July 2000 – Red ’76 Show, Martial Arts Gallery, Portland, Oregon