Kaitlin is a Chicago-based painter, animator, and illustrator. Her work is inspired by medieval marginalia, Gothic art and architecture, ghost stories and superstition with an irreverent sense of humor.

She also works as a graphic designer, illustrator and video editor for clients including the National Film Festival for Talented Youth, Nashville Film Festival, the Chicago International Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, Spencers, and Hot Topic.

Art Exhibitions and Screenings

  • TEN by TEN, Jackson Junge Gallery, November 2024

  • Surreal Salon, Jackson Junge Gallery, October 2024

  • Bokeh featured artist, June 2024

  • TEN by TEN, Jackson Junge Gallery, November 2023

  • Wonderpets 5, Leanna Lin’s Wonderland, August 2023

  • Pop Up, Neighborly, October 2022

  • Halloween Group Show, Happy Gallery, October 2022

  • Featured Artist of the Month, Chicago Athletic Association, October 2022

  • Wonderpets 4, Leanna Lin’s Wonderland, June 2022

  • Pop Up, Madewell, May 2022

  • Wonderpets 3, Leanna Lin’s Wonderland, June 2021

  • Still Relevant, Happy Gallery, 2020

  • Wonderpets 2, Leanna Lin’s Wonderland, June 2020

  • Handmade Ornaments, iam8bit Gallery, December 2019

  • Destroy Your Art, Inside Town, August 2019

  • The Red Show, Happy Gallery, July 2019

  • CHANNELS, The Nightingale, August 2018

  • Sideshow Gallery Flora/Fauna Show, Sideshow Gallery, April 2018

  • Wretched Nobel’s “Between Worlds- Spirits, Psychics, Vortex” The Nightingale, October 2016

  • RIPE LEEKS “lucid dreams” FilmFront, April 2016

Publications

Film Festival Selections

  • Moviate Film Festival 2020

  • Boston Underground Film Festival 2016, 2018

  • Chicago Underground Film Festival 2017, 2018, 2020

  • San Diego Underground Film Festival 2016, 2017, 2018

  • Winnipeg Underground Film Festival 2016, 2018

  • Onion City Film and Video Festival 2016

  • South Texas Underground Film Festival 2015, 2020