KAT CHAPMAN

Kat Chapman is a multidisciplinary painter based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Their work explores a shared human impulse toward connection, using visual storytelling rooted in folklore, the natural world, and historical painting traditions.

Working across predominantly gouache and oil, Kat often uses plant and animal life as stand-ins for human experience, building symbolic, slightly surreal narratives that balance humor with sincerity. Their practice engages themes of queer identity and gender, as well as personal mythmaking, translating lived experience into universal, visual stories.

In response to a world that can feel bleak, Kat creates visual myths that celebrate beauty, curiosity, and connection.