Face Off
By Caitlyn Grabenstein aka Cult Class
Published Issue 129, September 2024
Caitlyn Grabenstein, a.k.a. Cult Class, is a collage artist, sketch artist, and designer out of Connecticut. She started doing art at a very young age and has pursued it in different forms throughout her life. While working in the music industry and running her own charitable business, BANDADE, she began creating websites, ultimately hosting more than 50 charitable shows with over 60 different artists including Imagine Dragons, Jason Isbell, Maren Morris, Ingrid Michaelson, the Goo Goo Dolls, Alabama Shakes, Florence Welch and more. During this time, Caitlyn started collaging out of necessity to create concert posters. She fell in love with the process and began collaging regularly. She also has personally worked on over 150 freelance art, design, website, and social media projects. These projects have included clients like Netflix, Adobe Creative Cloud, Warner Bros., Unilever, Porsche, Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and more. Her own art has been featured by Goop, WIRED Magazine, Thrillist, Vogue, Poosh, Bored Panda, and more. Caitlyn She founded CLG Design Co. in 2019 as a way to offer comprehensive art and design direction, as well as, marketing services for businesses and individuals. Her work can be found in buildings around Philadelphia. Caitlyn’s pieces have been commissioned by individuals, musicians, businesses, and real estate companies from Chile to Germany to Los Angeles. Check out more of her art on Instagram and on her site.
Check out Caitlyn’s last Birdy install, The dead, living, the inspo art to Joel Tagert’s short story, Hunger Unto Him, or head to our Explore section to see more of her work.