Katie Leonard
(née Williams) is an artist and designer living in Chicago. She is the Senior Production Designer at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. She specializes in print design, exhibition graphic design, and multi-material applications to bring identity work to life.Her studio practice interrogates memory and archive as a process through which intimate selfhood and the nuances of grief might be better understood.
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EDUCATION
MFA in Studio: Visual Communication Design
︎︎︎ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2022
Post Baccalaureate/PMFA in Studio: Visual Communication Design
︎︎︎ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2020
BA in Studio Art (Painting and Drawing)
︎︎︎ Carleton College, 2018
MFA in Studio: Visual Communication Design
︎︎︎ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2022
Post Baccalaureate/PMFA in Studio: Visual Communication Design
︎︎︎ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2020
BA in Studio Art (Painting and Drawing)
︎︎︎ Carleton College, 2018
AWARDS
Type Directors Club TDC71 (MCA Creative Studio)
︎︎︎ Print or Digital / Brand Identity System, 2025
365: AIGA Year in Design (MCA Creative Studio)
︎︎︎ Environmental / Experiential Design, 2023
365: AIGA Year in Design (MCA Creative Studio)
︎︎︎ Promotional Design and Advertising, 2023
Type Directors Club TDC71 (MCA Creative Studio)
︎︎︎ Print or Digital / Brand Identity System, 2025
365: AIGA Year in Design (MCA Creative Studio)
︎︎︎ Environmental / Experiential Design, 2023
365: AIGA Year in Design (MCA Creative Studio)
︎︎︎ Promotional Design and Advertising, 2023