Katherine Liepe-Levinson trained at the International Center for Photography (ICP) in New York City. Her award-winning work has been featured on journal, magazine, and book covers. Over the last decade, Katherine’s fine art photography has been on view at the Alex Ferrone Gallery, Art Market Hamptons with Michael Joseph, ArtBlend; The Other Art Fair Brooklyn Expo Center with the Saatchi Art Gallery; the annual juried show, “Endangered Miami” during Art Miami/Art Basel Week; East End Arts (Best in Show twice and other awards); as well as at the Remsenberg Academy, the Southampton Cultural Center, East Hampton Guild Hall, the Richard Demato Gallery, the Rosalie Dimon Gallery, Southampton Town Hall, and the White Room Gallery. This year 2022, Katherine continues to exhibit regularly at the Alex Ferrone Gallery. She is honored to have participated in the “Women on Water” exhibition (2019) and to have won First Place in the national juried show “Water” (2018) also at the Alex Ferrone Gallery.
In addition to photography, Katherine worked as a professional dancer and actor on and off Broadway. She performed in Tino Sehgal’s, “This Situation 2007-8 New York” at the Marian Goodman Gallery, which became her inspiration for turning to the visual arts full time.
Artist Statement
Katherine’s on-going Earth/Water Series explores bodies of water from local ponds and waterways to rivers and oceans. Her studies are testaments to the preciousness of our natural resources. The vibrant colors and patterns in her almost abstract works are produced through available light, fast shutter speeds, reflections, and shifting wind patterns on the water. Her images are single exposures with minimal manipulations. The process of waiting for the right winds and natural light, and then shooting repeatedly in the same locations, can take weeks, even months, to capture a single image. Many of her works are available up to 48 by 72 inches and can be made larger with the use of multiple panels. These images are printed on archival fine art papers as well as directly onto acrylic glass and metal to emphasize the subject of her focus—water. Each work is individually printed, so that it has its own unique aspects in limited editions of 10.