Catherine Khamnouane (b. 1996, Dallas)
is a Baltimore-based interdisciplinary artist and educator. She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) where she returned as faculty.
She is currently pursuing an MFA in Studio Art at Towson University.
My father was born in a country that no longer exists.
Like my family’s immigration story, human nature is a microcosm.
Whether it be the Gulf Stream or a trail of ants,
natural systems remind us that we are bound not only to nature but to our nature.
War, conflict, and aggression may be intrinsic aspects of humanity,
but so are adaptation and the capacity for hope.
Through sculptures and time-based installations,
I contend with my family’s past, my country’s present turmoil,
and our planet’s uncertain future.
Like my family’s immigration story, human nature is a microcosm.
Whether it be the Gulf Stream or a trail of ants,
natural systems remind us that we are bound not only to nature but to our nature.
War, conflict, and aggression may be intrinsic aspects of humanity,
but so are adaptation and the capacity for hope.
Through sculptures and time-based installations,
I contend with my family’s past, my country’s present turmoil,
and our planet’s uncertain future.
EDUCATION
2028 Master of Fine Arts Candidate, Towson University
2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art
EXHIBITIONS
2026(Forthcoming) Shape of Growth, Hamilton Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2025
What’s Left Behind, Gallery 410, Baltimore, MD
2024
If Birds Could Fly, Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Salt of the Earth, Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, MD (co-curator)
2022
Hot Rock Collective Exhibition, Cotyledon Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2020
Refusing Refusal, NoMü NoMü, Baltimore, MD (remote)
F.E.A.S.T. 2020: A More Than Human World, visArts (remote)
NAM KHAO TOD, Waller Gallery (remote)
Sunday Supper Club: Family Style, Waller Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2019
Taproot, Waller Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2018
Scout's Honor, Baltimore, MD (solo exhibition)
What Does The Future Smell Like, Baltimore, MD (co-curator)
2017
Ex-change, Bronze Gallery, Baltimore, MD
The Face of Things, Willem De Kooning Basement Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
Idyll/Ideal, Jane Fonda Gallery, Baltimore, MD
AWARDS
2026
Madelyn Smoak Scholarship — Penland School of Crafts
GSA Research and Travel Grant (Towson University)
2025
Penland Workshop Scholarship (Towson University)
GSA Research and Travel Grant (Towson University)
2018
Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize
2015
Maggie and Jules DeBaeke Scholarship
2014
Creative Vision Award