Katherine Cox Knapp is a contemporary figurative painter living and working in Chicago, Il. Growing up in a hilly, tree-lined neighborhood during the slow death of the steel mill era in Pittsburgh, Knapp was heavily influenced by change, loss, and contrasting emotional landscapes. As an isolated child of disinterested parents, she witnessed all this beauty and decay from a voyeuristic distance. She was filled with love and longing for multiple worlds while never feeling she was a part of any of them. This created an exquisite feeling of nostalgia, not for the past, but for what's happening right in front of you, that informs her work today. As an artist, she depicts the scenes and landscapes she sees around her, offering the viewer a chance to feel their own connection with worlds on the canvas, just out of their reach.

Her work has been published in the catalogue, Collective Narratives: Artists, Influences & Inspiration From Across the City by The Bridgeport Artist Community in Chicago, 2025. 

​She has exhibited in numerous Chicago venues including the Chicago Cultural Center, the Bridgeport Art Center, the Epiphany Center for the Arts, Zhou B Art Center, The Evanston Art Center, The Other Art Fair, and the West Loop Contemporary Fine Art Expo.