Katie Parker
Katie Parker is an associate professor and assistant director in the School of Art. In 2008, she co-founded Future Retrieval, an artist collective that re-examines and disrupts the history of decorative arts through the excavation and empirical study of digital archives and museum collections. Taking objects held in institutional collections as its starting point, Future Retrieval investigates global patterns of transmission and dislocation across cultures and times, both with respect to an object’s iconography, materiality, and utility, and concerning its eventual path to the archive or museum collection. They have exhibited both nationally and internationally and received prestigious awards and residencies such as the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship and IASPIS Artist Residency.
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THE GARDEN FLOOR
hand cut paper | 83" x 44" | 2024
IVY
stoneware | 22” H x 12” W x 7.5” D | 2023
HIGH RISE FARAGGO
hand woven rug, porcelain, aluminum, wood, circa 1715-20 Console Table (collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum) | 10’ x 9 x 5’ Collections Shag Rug, 2020, wool, 10’ x 5’ | After Kandler, Yellow Tureen, 2020, porcelain, 14.5” x 16” x 10” | 2021
Future Retrieval
Founded in 2008, Guy Michael Davis and Katie Parker have been collaborating under the name Future Retrieval, mining archives and museums to digitally collect and make objects that re-examine the history of decorative arts. Davis and Parker currently reside in Scottsdale, Arizona where Parker is an Associate Professor in the School of Art at Arizona State University. Their most recent solo exhibitions include Crystal-Walled Seas at Denny Gallery in 2022 and Close Parallel at the Cincinnati Art Museum in 2021. Future Retrieval’s work is held in numerous collections such as Arizona State University Ceramics Research Center (AZ), Cincinnati Art Museum (OH), 21C Museum/Hotel (NC), Society of Dresden Porcelain Art (Germany), and Jingdezhen International Studio (China). They have exhibited both nationally and internationally and received prestigious awards and residencies such as the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (NY and DC), IASPIS (Sweden), and Bemis Center Arts Residency (NE). Their work has been reviewed and featured in Hyperallergic, Artforum, Vogue, Sculpture Magazine, AEQAI, and the Los Angeles Times. Davis and Parker both received their MFA from The Ohio State University and BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute.