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Artist Bio
Kathleen Studebaker is a multi-media sculptor focusing on wood, metal, cast plastic, and a variety of other materials. She is a fabricator and all-around tinkerer and has developed her broad knowledge base of material processes through work in many different shops (from all-glass furniture and elaborate corporate trophies to traditional woodworking and academia). She has a great love of detailed fabrication and problem-solving and makes every element of each of her works by hand (no CNC machines, lasers, etc). Her work often references the far-flung future, or perhaps alternate realities, and is inspired by astronomy, narrative fantasy, and the intersection of digital technology with mechanical function. She earned her MFA in sculpture from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL in 2013, and is currently working as a studio artist based in Philadelphia, PA.