Enrico the Cat

Born 1964 in Queens, New York. Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

A Pratt Institute graduate, Travis Louie transitioned from a freelance illustrator to full-time artist since 2003.

Blossoming from the tiny drawings and scribbles in his journals, Travis Louie’s paintings refer to Victorian and Edwardian photographic portraiture. Influenced by German Expressionist cinema, film noir, Gothic literature, 1950s Sci-Fi, and the Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft, Louie’s work is inhabited by human oddities, mythical beings, and otherworldly characters who appear to have had their formal portraits taken to mark their existence. The underlying thread that connects all these characters is the unusual circumstances that shape who they were and how they lived. Some of their origins are a complete mystery while others are hinted at.