About The Artist

Katy Bishop is a contemporary gestural abstract painter based in California. She is represented by TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, and MEGA ART Gallery in Rome, as well as on Artsy.com and SaatchiArt.com
Katy’s early art education at the Art Institute of Chicago on a high school scholarship began her pathway to use the arts to enhance other's lives and her own.
After college graduation, she became part of creative teams, producing national TV commercials and independent films for many years. She found these years to be quite rewarding creatively and received. Her gestural abstract artwork is characterized by bold, expressive strokes and a vibrant use of color. some major TV commercial awards.
Katy had been working with acrylics and encaustics when a friend introduced her to alcohol inks. Katy found her expressive medium.
In 2021, Katy finally began showing her artworks publicly. Since then, The Los Angeles Art Association, the California Art League, National and Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art, American Women Artists and International Association of Art – USA include her as a member.
In 2022, her work was honored with 43 juried on-line gallery exhibitions. She also had 5 in-person gallery exhibitions in Southern California, all in her first 2 public years.
In 2023 so far, Katy had a successful solo exhibition, VIVID INK, at TAG Gallery, Los Angeles. Her alcohol ink reverse painting on plexiglass, TERRA FIRMA VII, is part of the USA Exhibition at The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, in June 2023. HOPE is one of the featured artworks at the 2023 Completely Color Virtual Exhibition at the Inter-Society Color Conference at Rochester Institute of Technology June 11-15, 2023.
Katy's artworks are in private collections in New York, Pennsylvania, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Pasadena and Beverly Hills.