Katrina Andry

Katrina Andry (b. 1981, New Orleans, LA) lives and works in New Orleans, Louisiana. Andry works primarily in woodblock printmaking. She is drawn to the meditative qualities of carving and inking wood, as well as the historical use of printmaking as a means of quickly disseminating information to the masses. She also enjoys the collaborative aspect of printmaking that occurs between the creator and the medium. 

Andry continues to hone her mastery of reduction woodblock printmaking, the oldest form of printmaking. In this labor-intensive process, Andry develops and shapes her figures and grounds one cut at a time into the wood, a process that is intolerant of errant marks. Between each color, the print surface on the woodblock is cut, reducing the surface and preserving the previous colors while creating a new layer of color. It's the uncut surface that carries the ink. Contextually, the work confronts the perception of racial and gender stereotypes and the resulting impact on communities.

Katrina Andry received an MFA in Printmaking from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA in 2010; widely recognized as a master of woodcut printmaking, Andry was named one of the top 50 printmakers in the September 2012 issue of Art in Print magazine. Andry's work was included in the Prospect 5 New Orleans Triennial and has been exhibited at the Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta, GA; Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY; Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LS; Wingate Art Museum at Hendrix College, Conway, AR; Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA; The Halsey Institute, Charleston, SC; Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL. Andry is currently a Teaching Fellow in the MFA Graduate Seminar at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. She is a 2021 NPN Fellow and a 2023 Soul of Nations Foundation Fellow, an award that includes a residency in Florence, Italy.