Katie Millitzer

Katie Millitzer is a visual artist living and working in Tower Grove East, St. Louis. Her studio practice explores ideas of collection, inclusion, and othering, and her artwork features handheld dog figurines.

Millitzer received a BFA in ceramics from Webster University. She obtained her MFA in visual art from WashU in 2012, and founded the Millitzer Studio and Gallery in 2013. Katie exhibits her work locally and nationally and continues to direct the Millitzer Studio and Gallery in St. Louis.

My studio practice explores ideas of collection, inclusivity, and othering, and my current work features small ceramic dogs. I use text in much of my work, and my small dog figurines have their bodies bent into letters, spelling out phrases in weirdly cute lettering. I construct board game-sized wall hanging sculptures that become actual art playsets, including small ceramic dogs that can be removed from the original works. Sets of dogs can be joined and split, pieces lost and found. Each dog is its own small artwork, but also belongs to an original set or group. I use branding phrases such as “Collect Us All” and “Them/Us” in the work, inviting viewers into a potential transaction or situation involving personal choice and division.

Location

St. Louis, Missouri

ARTIST

Katie Millitzer

MATERIALS

Sculpture, painting