K.S. (Kathy) Ernst (born 1946) is an American poet and artist best known for her work in

visual poetry Literary theorists have identified visual poetry as a development of concrete poetry but with the characteristics of intermedia in which non-representational language and visual elements predominate. Differentiation from concrete poetry As the li ...

and three-dimensional object poems. While she has created over 500 physical works, she works extensively in digital art as well. Although born in

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, she has spent most of her life in

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, where her current studio is. Collections of Ernst's work can be found at several institutions including the

Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...

rare books and manuscripts library, the

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library, the Sackner Archive of Visual and Concrete Poetry, as well as the

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Collaborations

Ernst has created works with a variety of writers and artists including C. Mehrl Bennett,

John M. Bennett John M. Bennett (born 1942, in Chicago) is an American experimental text, sound, and visual poet. Personal life Bennett was born in 1942 in Chicago. After World War II he spent three years of his childhood living in Japan, where his fathe ...

, David Cole, Scott Helmes,

Bob Grumman Bob Grumman (February 2, 1941 – April 2, 2015) was an American mathematical poet and critic of what he called "otherstream" poetry. He was a columnist for ''Factsheet Five'' from 1987 to 1992, and wrote a regular column for ''Small Press Re ...

, Amy Hufnagel,

Richard Kostelanetz Richard Cory Kostelanetz (born May 14, 1940) is an American artist, author, and critic. Birth and Education Kostelanetz was born to Boris Kostelanetz and Ethel Cory and is the nephew of the conductor Andre Kostelanetz. He has a B.A. (1962) from ...

, Carlos Luis, Sheila E. Murphy, Michael Peters, Marilyn R. Rosenberg, and Karl Young. In addition to this, she has also worked with the Be Blank Consort, creating the CD ''Sound Mess'' and performing at

Fluxus Fluxus was an international, interdisciplinary community of artists, composers, designers and poets during the 1960s and 1970s who engaged in experimental art performances which emphasized the artistic process over the finished product. Fluxus ...

events.

Recent books

* ''Underscore'' (with Sheila E. Murphy), Luna Bisonte Prods, 2018. () * ''2 Juries + 2 Storeys = 4 Stories Toujours: Xexoxial 55'' (with Sheila E. Murphy), Xexoxial Editions, 2013. () * ''The Last Vispo Anthology: Visual Poetry 1998-2008'' (various contributors), Crag Hill and Nico Vassilakis, Editors, Fantagraphic Books, 2012. () * ''This Is Visual Poetry'', Chapbookpublisher, 2010. * ''Drop Caps'', Xexoxial Editions, 2008. () * ''SEQUENCING'', Xexoxial Editions, 2008. () * ''Permutoria'' (with Sheila E. Murphy), Luna Bisonte Prods, 2008. ()

Recent exhibitions

* New Jersey Women Artists Now: Contemporary Visions, George Segal Gallery,

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, 2014. * Flux-job,

Minnesota Center for Book Arts Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) is the largest and most comprehensive independent nonprofit book arts center in the United States. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, MCBA is a nationally recognized leader in the celebration and preservation of ...

, 2014. * Fluxbox,

School of the Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is a private art school associated with the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to an art students' cooperative founded in 1866, which grew into the museum and ...

, Chicago, IL 2014. * 40 Years of Women Artists at Douglass Library, Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series 40th Anniversary Virtual Exhibition, New Brunswick, NJ, 2012. * Collage/Assemblage Centennial 1912-2012, The Ontological Museum, Pagosa Springs, CO, 2012. * Object Poetry, Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR, 2011. * The Avant Writing Symposium,

, Columbus, OH, 2010.

Presentations and performances

* Wordscapes: Text as Image in Contemporary Art,

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, Gallery 263, 2010. This exhibition examines the conceptual, functional, and pictorial interrelationships of text and image in contemporary graphic art from 1960 to the present. Drawn primarily from the MIA's permanent collection, this selection of works features original prints, drawings, multiples, and a small number of paintings by artists such as

Jasper Johns Jasper Johns (born May 15, 1930) is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker whose work is associated with abstract expressionism, Neo-Dada, and pop art. He is well known for his depictions of the American flag and other US-related top ...

Bruce Nauman Bruce Nauman (born December 6, 1941) is an American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance. Nauman lives near Galisteo, New Mexico. Life and work ...

Ed Ruscha Edward Joseph Ruscha IV (, ''roo-SHAY''; born December 16, 1937) is an American artist associated with the pop art movement. He has worked in the media of painting, printmaking, drawing, photography and film. He is also noted for creating severa ...

Roy Lichtenstein Roy Fox Lichtenstein (; October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American pop artist. During the 1960s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist among others, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. Hi ...

Emmett Williams Emmett Williams (4 April 1925 – 14 February 2007) was an American poet and visual artist. He was married to British visual artist Ann Noël. Williams was born in Greenville, South Carolina, grew up in Virginia, and lived in Europe from 1 ...

Robert Indiana Robert Indiana (born Robert Clark; September 13, 1928 – May 19, 2018) was an American artist associated with the pop art movement. His iconic image LOVE was first created in 1964 in the form of a card which he sent to several friends and acq ...

Cy Twombly Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr. (; April 25, 1928July 5, 2011) was an American Painting, painter, Sculpture, sculptor and photographer. He belonged to the generation of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. Twombly is said to have influenced you ...

John Baldessari John Anthony Baldessari (June 17, 1931 – January 2, 2020) was an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. He lived and worked in Santa Monica and Venice, California. Initially a painter, ...

Robert Rauschenberg Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008) was an American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the Pop art movement. Rauschenberg is well known for his Combines (1954–1964), a group of artwor ...

May Stevens May Stevens (June 9, 1924 – December 9, 2019) was an American feminist artist, political activist, educator, and writer. Early life and education May Stevens was born in Boston to working-class parents, Alice Dick Stevens and Ralph Stanley ...

Lesley Dill Lesley Dill (born 1950) is an American contemporary artist. Her work, using a wide variety of media including sculpture, print, performance art, music, and others, explores the power of language and the mystical nature of the psyche. Dill curre ...

Glenn Ligon Glenn Ligon (born 1960, pronounced Lie-gōne) is an American conceptual artist whose work explores race, language, desire, sexuality, and identity.Meyer, Richard. "Glenn Ligon", in George E. Haggerty and Bonnie Zimmerman (eds), ''Gay Histories a ...

, Tom Phillips,

Suzanne McClelland Suzanne McClelland is a New York-based artist best known for abstract work based in language, speech, and sound. Early life and education McClelland studied with photographer Joanne Leonard and painter Gerome Kamrowski at the University o ...

, and Fred Wilson. * The Music of Words, The Poetry of Sounds,

SUNY Albany The State University of New York at Albany, commonly referred to as the University at Albany, UAlbany or SUNY Albany, is a public research university with campuses in Albany, Rensselaer, and Guilderland, New York. Founded in 1844, it is one ...

Art Museum, performance Be Blank Consort and exhibition, 2009.

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