Kati Gegenheimer

Painter Kati Gegenheimer doesn’t shy away from the heartfelt or “cringe.” In fact, “that’s exactly where I often hope to land,” she says, “making work that is about love and care, and using energy to sustain those things, even when it seems out of fashion.” Gegenheimer, who studied painting and printmaking at Yale, initially wanted to be a journalist, but her fascination with bright hues and various visual media led her to art instead. “My impulse to record feels really close to what I do now in painting, just a different form,” she says.