Katelyn Patton (she/her) is a visual artist working in Chicago who was born and raised in the Midwest. Her practice focuses on the urban ecology and biodiversity of plants in the city and beyond, how materials and color are naturally derived from them, and how this hyper-localized knowledge can be used to connect multiple overlapping histories, stories, and meanings. She has taught workshops on natural local color with the Field Museum, Forest Preserves of Cook Co. and the Chicago Public Library. She has been the Maker-In-Residence at the Harold Washington Library, and received DCASE awards in 2020 and 2025. She received her MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago where she was awarded the UIC Sustainability Fund to establish the UIC Art Garden, a space for cross-disciplinary explorations with plants and alternative materials.