Bio

Clarissa R Katz received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting from Michigan State University. Katz is a figurative painter who uses color, pattern, and the expressive language of paint to present the human form, both physically and psychologically. Her work has been exhibited numerous times in national juried exhibitions, including the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition in Brooklyn, New York; Gallery 263 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Union Street Gallery in Chicago Heights, Illinois; and First Street Gallery in New York City. In 2015, Katz had a solo exhibition entitled Sensation in the Sheetz and McLanahan Galleries on the campus of Penn State Altoona. She is an Associate Professor of Art at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio.