
Katia Franz-Garrison
About

Katia Franz-Garrison
Born in Colorado Springs, CO
Lives & works in Bellingham, WA
While I've taken classes in studio painting,
graphic design, and ceramics, many of
my skills have been discovered and refined
through practice. I believe art lives within
each person and is nourished best through
creative play.
Much of my work reflects my introspective
process related to the environments and
events in my life. As I've opened into an
acute sense of emotion, metacognition,
and the mysterious world of my deeper
psyche, my art has taken on a surreal/
expressionist visual style.
I admire and look up to many artists including:
Frida Kahlo, Leonora Carrington,
Alphonse Mucha, Van Gogh and of course -
my dear friend, teacher, and guardian angel
Charles H. Rockey (1932 - 2019)
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Education
2017 - Present
Western Washington University
2013 - 2017 Pine Creek High School
Grants & Awards
2016 - 2nd Place Chuck Baird Memorial Deaf Art Competition
2016 - 1st Place in Self-Portrait Category, Live Art Competition
2016 - Honorable Mention Scholastics Art & Writing Competition
2017 - Denver Wolf Memorial Award, Live Art Competition
Exhibitions & Festivals
2016 - Denver Art Museum, Scholastics Selected Works Show
2018 - Bellingham Art Walk, October-November Show
Publications
2019 - Illustrated Gratitude Journal, Self-Published