Currently based in Charleston, SC, Katelyn Chapman creates work that explores episodes of working-class life in America’s rural South through the lens of her own family and friends in the Midlands of South Carolina. She indexes her upbringing in this place by referencing backroad dispositions often in conjunction with symbols of faith and Christian iconography.

By painting these accounts, Chapman celebrates, honors, and shows reverence towards the customs and traditions of the rural working-class South.

Chapman’s work will be on view in two Solo Exhibitions this Fall. Including her debut museum solo-show, Praying With Two Dirty Hands, at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC from August 13-September 24, and Love You, Mean It, during the month of November at Southside Gallery in Oxford, MS.

If purchasing an original painting is not in your budget right now, Signed Limited Edition Prints like the one below are a great option! Prints start at $135.

After 5 years teaching in higher education, Chapman left the world of academia to pursue art full time in 2024, but still teaches occasional workshops on drawing, painting, and grant writing for artists!

Featured Workshop Opportunity:

Want to escape to the mountains and make art for a week?? Come join me for Art on the Blue Ridge hosted by Mayland Community College at Wildacres Retreat in Little Switzerland, NC! There are 8 different classes offered during the Fall Session including the Portrait Drawing Workshop I’ll be teaching. Click here for more info.