Katherine Oktober Matthews

MILK Art Journal: 
Works by Artist-Mothers about Motherhood

Publication date: September 2023

Photobooks
MILK, a three volume art journal and a deep dive into the artwork and lives of forty-eight Artist-Mothers. Katherine Oktober Matthews, known for her support of women artists, challenges the status quo and the cliches surrounding motherhood. 

MILK contains photography, artworks, interviews, and poetry from 48 artists representing 16 different countries and cultures:

Volume I. Chores & Transcendence
Volume II. Body & Belonging
Volume III. Purpose & Ambivalence

Press release + images




About MILK:

Edited by Katherine Oktober Matthews
Published by House of Oktober

Vol. I: ISBN ‎9789493075023
Paperback, 132 pages, 140 x 216 mm, 85 artworks
April 2023

Vol. II: ISBN ‎9789493075122
Paperback, 132 pages, 140 x 216 mm, 106 artworks
June 2023

Vol. III: ISBN 9789493075078
Paperback, 132 pages, 140 x 216 mm, 99 artworks
September 2023

Press:

MaMagazine, Vol. 7, Dec 2023
JUNO magazine, Issue 90, Summer 2024



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