Katie Mongoven/秋莲 is a Chinese American fiber artist from Washington, DC, based in Detroit, Michigan. Using thread, hair, beads, and found ceramics, she examines the themes of identity, ornamentalism, and bodily autonomy as they interact within the Asian American diaspora, viewed through the lens of an orphan and adoptee from China’s one-child-policy era.
Mongoven received a BFA from the University of Michigan and an MFA in Fiber from Cranbrook Academy of Art, along with the Surface Design Association’s Outstanding Student Award. She was a Roman J. Witt Visiting Artist at the University of Michigan, a Windgate University Fellow at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, and the Barstow Artist-in-Residence at Central Michigan University. Other residencies she attended include the California Institute of the Arts and the University of Michigan, with a forthcoming residency at Stove Works. Solo and group exhibitions include the University of Michigan, Playground Detroit, and Riffe Gallery and ROY G BIV Gallery in Ohio.
To learn more about Katie Mongoven, visit katiemongoven.com.
Katie’s residency is generously sponsored in part by Scott & Judy Nyquist and Jerome Schultz.
