about the artist

Caitlin Connolly is an artist and writer. Since graduating in 2009 from the University of Utah with a BFA in Painting and Drawing she has passionately pursued and cultivated her creative path. Driven by a curiosity of femininity, her work explores the deficit of the divine feminine and paradoxical themes of duality.

Connolly currently lives and works in Provo, Utah, USA. with her husband and twin sons.

Connolly currently lives and works in Provo, Utah, USA. with her husband and twin sons.

Connolly was featured on an episode of ARTful where she talks about the invisibility of women and the hopeful future and visibility of art making.

Watch the full episode here.

TED x BYU

Connolly gave a TEDx talk from her studio in February, 2021 where she illustrates the beauty of Darkness and shows how Light and Dark co-exist. Watch the entire video here and see additional artwork here.

Connolly is currently working on a project called “collaborating with chaos” in which she collaborates with her twin sons chaotic drawings and the chaos in the world around her. The project began February 2020 and with more than 200 drawings to date, she hopes to finish this project Spring of 2022 and compile the findings of these drawings into a book. See selected pieces of the collaborative artworks here.

Amy Rau Photography.