Katie · great-granddaughter of Joe and Ruby
At a glance
- Name: Katherine “Katie” Sharmer
- Father: Joseph Sharmer IV
- Sisters: Rosie and Christa
- Work: graphic designer
- Education: BFA in Graphic Design, Kansas City Art Institute
- Her website: katherinesharmer.com
Life story
Katie, Katherine in her professional life, is a graphic designer. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design at the Kansas City Art Institute, where she held the Institute’s Merit Scholarship and won the Tibor Kalman Award in 2021.
Her work spans marketing design, publication design and brand identity. While still a student she was design editor for the Kansas City Art Institute and for Sprung Formal, a literary magazine, and she has since been a graphic designer for the Charlotte Street Foundation and several companies, project manager for The Spaces Between, and a freelance designer since 2020. She also works in animation, video, photography and 3D prototyping.
You can see her portfolio at katherinesharmer.com.
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Family
- Father: Joseph Sharmer IV
- Grandfather: Joseph Sharmer III
- Great-grandparents: Joseph Sharmer II and Ruby E. Wilson Sharmer
- Sisters: Rosie and Christa
