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Katrina Andry (born 1981) is an American visual artist based in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was identified in the January/February 2012 issue of Art in Print as one of the top 50 printmakers.
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Early life and education
Katrina Andry was born in New Orleans. She studied Printmaking at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and received her MFA in 2010.
Career
Andry's work explores the negative effects stereotypes have on people of color. She is known for her large-scale, full-color woodblock prints. Her works feature white subjects in blackface, depicting negative cliches and caricatures of black culture. Through these depictions, Andry explores how stereotypes are perpetuated to benefit a majority while disenfranchising other groups of people.
Recognition
Andry was identified in the Jan./Feb. 2012 issue of Art in Print as one of the top 50 printmakers. She is currently represented by the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in New Orleans. Andry has been awarded residencies from the Joan Mitchell Center of New Orleans, Anchor Graphics in Chicago, and the Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California.