Katie Oplaender
London, United Kingdom
Katie Opländer is an artist, printmaker and designer based in London. Born in Germany, Katie moved to the UK in 2010 in pursuit of an international art education. She has since graduated with a BA in Graphic Design from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and is currently a student undertaking an MA in Print at the Royal College of Art.
Within her work she deconstructs and reconstructs impressions from her environment. Playgrounds take central stage in her influences as well as the sculptural quality of natural objects such as stones. The balance between shapes, colours and space is something Katie likes to experiment with in a playful manner.
As an artist she often works with printmaking. Print allows her to work in a controlled process that sometimes produces “errors” through it’s hand-made nature. As a designer Katie enjoys the freedom and easy access of working digitally. She strives to work in a way where she’s bridging the gap between art and design, where both her practices flow and feed into each other.
