Katie Parker

Katie Parker is an associate professor and assistant director in the School of Art. In 2008, she co-founded Future Retrieval, mining archives and museums to digitally collect and make objects that re-examine the history of decorative arts. Their process addresses the conceptualization, discovery, and acquisition of form, to make content-loaded sculptures that reference design and are held together by craft. They incorporate an interdisciplinary approach to their work, striving to make influential historic objects relevant to today. Future Retrieval has received Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowships (NY/DC), Iaspis Art Grants (Sweden), Lloyd Library Research Fellowships (OH), and residencies at Dresdner Porzellan (Germany).