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Caitlin Cartwright

Caitlin Cartwright is a Detroit-based painter whose vibrant narrative works combine painting, drawing, and collage to explore the stories that connect people across cultures and experience. Many years spent living and working with grassroots community work in locales such as Madagascar, Namibia, India, as well as multiple places within the US, influence both the emotional and geographical scope of her pieces. Caitlin earned her BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art, and an MA in sustainable international development from SIT, and completed a six-month residency at the Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft in Columbia, NC. She uses art as a storytelling tool for economic empowerment, peace building, and healing and wellness. She has been profiled in Think TV’s Emmy winning The Art Show and her work has been featured in such publications as New American Painters, Create Magazine, and Friend of the Artist. Caitlin’s pieces and community projects have been collected and exhibited internationally and within the United States. She is represented by Brandt Roberts Gallery.

Locality is important to me, and I rely heavily on what’s around me for content and inspiration. I have spent most of my life living in varied communities in both the U.S. and the global south, which has helped build my visual vocabulary. My collaged materials are sourced from locally made papers, dollar store finds, and teen magazines.I work in a narrative format, focusing on snapshot moments that depict an intimate take on larger movements. From there, I build a story with the goal of tapping into commonalities that connect us and showing corners of life that aren’t often represented. I tell these stories through the lens of stylization and a touch of surrealism.

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