Art Direction & Design
Caitlyn Grabenstein is a renowned collage artist known for her signature blend of photorealism and surreal, sci-fi-inspired digital art. With over 690,000 followers on Instagram and 85,000 on Facebook, her work has captivated a global audience and become instantly recognizable across social media.
Her art has been commissioned by major brands including Netflix, Adobe, Porsche, Sony Music, Unilever, and more, and has been featured by Vogue, Goop, Poosh, Warner Brothers, WIRED Magazine, Thrillist, Glamour, and more. Caitlyn’s innovative visual style—where retro nostalgia meets cosmic imagination—has earned her acclaim in both commercial and fine-art spaces.
In 2025, Caitlyn published her debut sci-fi thriller One Red Arrow, Part I, which reached the Top 100 Conspiracy Thrillers on Amazon and hit #1 in Superhero Fantasy (Kindle Free Store).
Beyond her personal artwork and writing, Caitlyn is also a professional designer and digital marketer based in the Hartford, Connecticut area. In 2019, she founded CLG Design Co., a creative studio offering art direction, design, branding, and marketing services. Since then, she has completed 150+ freelance projects.
Earlier in her career, Caitlyn worked as a certified SharePoint designer and website developer for a government contractor with over $40 million in revenue, where she led a full-scale website redesign, SEO overhaul, and analytics implementation. Prior to that, she worked at Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) on Nashville’s Music Row, eventually rising to Senior Business Affairs Coordinator in the Legal Department.
Caitlyn’s entrepreneurial journey began in 2013 when she founded BANDADE, a charitable music initiative that worked with artists such as The Goo Goo Dolls, Imagine Dragons, Jason Isbell, Maren Morris, Ingrid Michaelson, Alabama Shakes, and Florence Welch. The project hosted more than 50 charity shows with 60+ artists, raising thousands of dollars for cancer research.
Caitlyn holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. She now divides her time between creating surreal fine art and writing. When she isn’t working, she is spending time with her husband, son, and animals on their small Connecticut farm.
