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= Katie van Scherpenberg = Katie van Scherpenberg (Mildrid Catharina van Scherpenberg ) was born in 1940 in São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil. She is a painter, draftsman, engraver, sculptor, and teacher.

Early Life
As a child, Scherpenberg lived in England. Her family immigrated to Brazil in 1946 and in 1953, settled down on an island (Island of Santana) about 400 kms from the mouth of the River Amazon in the Northern state of Amapá. She lived there until 1973, when she came to Rio de Janeiro, where she lives and works today.

Education
Scherpenberg initiated her studies in painting in Rio de Janeiro with Caterina Baratelli in 1957. She began architecture studies in Rio de Janeiro. After taking her entrance exams, she attended sculpture lessons at the Art Academy, University of Munich in Germany under the supervision of George Brenninger (1961 to 1963). At the Schule der Sehens in Salzburg, Austria, she learned watercolor during the summer of 1963 with Oscar Kokoschka. On returning to Rio de Janeiro, she studied engraving at the Museum of Modern Art. While in Germany, she received a scholarship from the German government and third prize in sculpture (1962).

Work
Since the 1980s, Scherpenberg's work has consisted of abstract painting using unconventional materials and pigments, like iron oxide. Her series Icarus Falling (1980/1981) consists of a sequence of five white screens set with a small white cylindrical relief built by superimposing a piece of fabric on the support. In each frame, there is a horizontal black bar in different positions in relation to the relief. In later works such as Red River (1983) and Caveat (1984), she performed chromatic experiments with paints designed to be completely displayed in red environments. These works have been described as similar to works by Hélio Oiticica and Cildo Meireles.

Teaching Career
Besides her work in painting, Scherpenberg has developed a career as a teacher, giving lessons, workshops, and lectures throughout Brazil at faculties, cultural centers, and art schools. A founding member of the Brazilian Association for Professional Artists (the ABAPP) in 1976, she was part of its directory until 1983. In 1978, she went on to found the Experimental Art Nucleus (Núcleo Experimental de Arte – NEART) in the city of Petrópolis together with poet, composer and artist Geny Marcondes. She gave lessons there until 1984.

Since the late 1980s, Scherpenberg has dedicated her time to teaching and the development of her work as an artist-painter, teaching at institutions like Universidade Santa Ursula in Rio de Janeiro, the School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage in Rio de Janeiro (1983-2002), and working as an artist-in-residence at the University of Texas at Austin in the United States.