Katy Stone (born 1969) is an American visual artist recognized for her installation-based artworks evoking organic forms, patterns, and natural phenomena.
Stone's wall-mounted or suspended sculptural constructions, often composed of layers of painted transparent film, paper, or metal, have been exhibited in museums, galleries, and public collections worldwide.
[1] Installations by Stone have been commissioned for the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, MI; Microsoft, Redmond, WA; Facebook, Seattle, WA; Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA; Ascent at Roebling's Bridge Covington, KY; the Federal Courthouse, Jackson Mississippi; Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St Louis, MO; Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY; Twin Parks, Taichung, Taiwan; and other public institutions and collections.
"[7] In a 2015 interview with Kimberly Chun for the San Francisco Chronicle, Stone identifies "mysticism, nature, and the power and energy that's under all processes and forms of life" as motivating forces in her work.
"[11] To achieve this desired effect in her installation artworks, Stone frequently paints on archival transparent Dura-Lar film which she pins to the wall or suspends from the ceiling.
Schuster describes Stone's process and motivations, "Working primarily in aluminum, Dura-Lar, and dichroic plastic, the artist combines the visual language of organic forms found in nature — seascapes, cloud formations, and celestial bodies — with these industrial materials to create a signature multidimensional hybrid of sculpture and painting.
[15] In 2006 Stone designed a sculptural installation forming "gentle colored rains, spattering down and around her cascades of transparent sheets" which was exhibited at the Patricia Faure Gallery in Los Angeles alongside paintings by Llyn Foulkes.
"[4] "The work suggests a ray of light, a striking formal addition to the space, and a metaphor for the trajectory and reach of education," said Stone.