Kate Gordon

Kate Gordon is an Associate Professor of Visual Arts at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, specializing in multidisciplinary works that interrogate the boundaries between reality and imagination through drawings, paintings, collages, and video installations.

Education:

• B.F.A. from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
• M.F.A. from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

Her research investigates perceptual illusions through layered visual constructions where the picture plane transforms into three-dimensional installations, often incorporating video elements and pop-up book mechanics. Drawing from irrational dream imagery unconstrained by naturalistic conventions, her practice reveals the inherent strangeness of existence through meticulously crafted visual paradoxes that challenge viewers' sensory certainty.

Recent exhibitions (2024-2025) demonstrate consistent thematic engagement with perception, reality fragmentation, and dream logic across drawing, collage, and installation media. Geographic diversity in venues—from Paris to Scotland to New Orleans—highlights her national and international recognition while maintaining core conceptual focus on how layered visual events construct subjective reality.

Awards:

• Kolaj Institute Artist Residency

No formal advising relationships or grant funding details are documented in available sources, though her curated exhibitions demonstrate institutional support for her artistic practice. Her work continues to evolve through experimental material combinations that push the boundaries of traditional visual arts disciplines.

No dedicated laboratories or collaborative teams are referenced in current documentation, though her public installations and residency projects suggest episodic collaborative engagements within specific exhibition contexts.