Colombian-American artist Kat Geng-Caraballo sews and hand-paints expressive, often furrow-browed, figures and situates them in her paint stroked assemblages. Each soft sculpture acts as the playful protagonist in her mixed-media compositions, videos, and public engagements. Their faces offer emotional transparency and act as witness to encoded narratives told in familial-dyed pillowcases and scribble infused fabrics.

Her interest in identity formation, its capacity to shift, and its relationship to known and unknown ancestors is rooted in her experience as a as a member of the Colombian diaspora. Through the tenderness her soft forms offer and the stories each object imbues, Geng-Caraballo sits with the full spectrum of emotions as a source of contemplation and catharsis.

After earning a B.A. in Art History from Bard College, she began her objects training in art conservation at The Williamstown Art Conservation Center at the Clark Art Institute in Massachusetts. In addition to solo shows at NIAD Art Center (CA), Counterpulse (SF) and Royal Nonesuch Gallery (CA), Geng’s art practice has been supported by grants, fellowships and residencies including The Bronx Museum AIM (NYC), BRIC Arts Media (NYC), Anderson Ranch Arts Center (CO), The Foundation House (CT), Vermont Studio Center (VT), and New York Foundation for the Arts, among others.

She is currently working out of her Brooklyn studio.