Katie Pumphrey | Artist Talk + Swim Stories
Wednesday, January 22 :: 4:30-6:30pm
@ Alex Cooper
Baltimore-based Auctioneer Alex Cooper’s quarterly art exhibition series is currently on view with an exhibition featuring the work of Katie Pumphrey. On Wednesday, January 22, from 4:30-6:30, Pumphrey will give an artist talk entitled “Artist Talk with Swim Stories.”
Guests will be able to view Pumphrey’s Emerge Exhibition and hear the presentation while enjoying light refreshments. The Artist Talk coincides with the preview of the January Gallery Auctions providing attendees the opportunity to tour the auction house as well.
Katie Pumphrey famously completed the first swim from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and is preparing for her third swim of the English Channel.
“Katie’s work is informed by her career as a marathon swimmer. Hearing her talk about her work and her swimming is a rare treat,” said Kathleen Hamill, Director of Art at Alex Cooper. “We look forward to bringing her work and her stories to our customers.”
The Emerge Series aims to bring awareness to Alex Cooper clientelle about the vibrant art community that is Baltimore. Emerge will expand the art buying experience for Alex Cooper customers by providing them with multiple options for creating or adding to their art collecitons.
The Emerge Series with Katie Pumphrey runs until January 31, 2025. All works will be available for immediate purchase on Alex Cooper’s Buy Now Portal. (www.buynow.alexcooper.com)
ABOUT ALEX COOPER (www.alexcooper.com)
Alex Cooper, headquarterd in Towson, MD, is proudly celebrating 100 years of business. It is one of the largest auctioneers in Maryland and Washington, DC. The company has more than 50 employees and specializes in the sale of arts and antqiues, jewelry, silver, furniture and decorative arts, as well as the sale of residential, commercial and industrial real estate. The showroom also features a “Gallery of Rugs” offering one of the region’s most expansive rug collection.
ABOUT KATIE PUMPHREY (www.katiepumphrey.com)
Katie Pumphrey (b.1987) is an American interdisciplinary artist and ultramarathon open water swimmer. Pulling from her experiences in the water, her paintings, sculptures, and installations use abstraction and imagery to investigate our anxieties, fears, and how our imagination plays tricks on us. Incorporating a bit of humor, Pumphrey explores these tensions and the connectedness between human instincts and play. She has a Bachelors of Fine Art in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her works have been exhibited in galleries across the United States, including solo exhibitions in Baltimore, Washington, DC, and Key West.
On June 25th, 2024, Katie Pumphrey became the first person to complete the Bay to Baltimore swim, a 24 mile swim from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Other notable swims include the English Channel (2015, 2022), around the island of Manhattan (2017), and the Catalina Channel (2018, 2024)— those three swims make up the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. Pumphrey was the 194th person (73rd woman) in the world to achieve that honor. Her work is deeply connected to this aspect of her life. Pumphrey lives and works in Baltimore, MD.