Photo by Kris Sanford

EDUCATION

2017      University of South Florida: Master of Fine Arts, Painting

2012      Western Kentucky University: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting;                
              Bachelor of Arts; Graphic Design; Minor, Art History. 

 

RELEVANT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Adidas & Bustello, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee FL | March 2021

Slip Ons, Bricks Gallery, Tampa, FL | 2017

Muddled Berries, Bricks Gallery, Tampa, FL | 2017

Glued on Sunsets, Corridor Gallery, Western Kentucky University, 

Bowling Green KY | August 2016

Lush Blush Crush, William Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa FL | 2016

Road Closed to Thru Traffic, Spencer’s, Bowling Green KY | 2014

Sometimes it’s Better to Travel, Art Matters,
Bowling Green KY | 2013

Disinformation (Works on Paper), Cube Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY | 2012

Architexture, Cube Gallery, WKU, Bowling Green KY | 2012

RELEVANT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

MASKED, juried international exhibition, juror and museum director Leejin Kim,
Cica Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea  |  January 2023

Small Works Show, jurors Liv Inglese and Joe Sikora
Chicago Fine Art Salon, Chicago, IL  |  December 2022

Black & White, juried exhibition, juror Elana Rubinfeld
Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL. | December 2022

Distant/Memory, virtual juried group exhibition, juror Haylee Barsky
New York, NY  |  September 2022

Compositions, hybrid juried group exhibition, jurors The Holy Art Collective 
The Holy Gallery, London, UK  |  September 2022

Faculty Exhibition, Gardiner Gallery, Stillwater, OK  |  August 2022

Art Walk Central, University Gallery, juror Anne Gochenour
Mt. Pleasant MI | Summer 2021

Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, Mt. Pleasant MI | September. 2020

Rapscallion, Quaid, Tampa FL | May 2019

The Art In The Everyday Community Quilt Project, UHM Library, University of Hawaii– Maui College, Kahului HI | May 2019

America’s Majestic Street Cats, Quaid, Tampa FL | February 2019

Small Works National Juried Exhibition, Mena Art Gallery,
Mena AK | 2017

Little Triggers, juror Duke Riley, Tempus Projects,
Tampa, FL | 2017

Skyway Regional, curator Joanna Robotham, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa FL | 2017

Summer Salon, juror Ben Fain, Portspace Gallery,
St. Petersburg, FL | 2017

Every Disaster Made Us Wish for More, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa FL | 2017

41st Annual Juried Exhibition, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery,
Tampa, FL | 2017

4 x 4 Silent Auction Fundraiser, Tempus Projects,
Tampa, FL | 2017

Whoever’s Here, William Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa FL | 2016

Bowling Green’s Second Saturdays Arts Festival, Bowling Green KY | 2014

My Old Kentucky Home, Art Matters, Bowling Green KY | 2013

Freedom in Creation, Art Matters, Bowling Green KY | 2012

Green Bench, Ivan Wilson Center for the Arts Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY | 2012

Juried Student Exhibition, Ivan Wilson Center for the Arts Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green KY  | 2012

Emerging Artists, juried exhibition, juror Billy Hertz; Billy Hertz  Gallery, Louisville KY  | 2012

Play in the Streets, juried exhibition, jurors Dustin Davis and Judy DeHart Davis; Frostburg Museum  Gallery Inc.,
Frostburg MD | 2012

US Bank Celebration of the Arts Juried Exhibition, Kentucky Museum Gallery, Bowling Green KY | 2012

Juried Student Exhibition, Ivan Wilson Center for the Arts Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green KY | 2012

Community of Artists, juried exhibition, Center for Research and Development, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green KY | 2011

History to Practice, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green KY | 2011

The Grid, Tim Faulkner Gallery, Louisville KY  | 2011

Play in the Streets, juried exhibition, juror Randall Ronds; Frostburg Museum Gallery Inc., Frostburg MD | 2011

The Process of Product, Twist Gallery, Nashville TN | 2010

COLLECTIONS

Late Summer at Packwood//Lavender Syrup, 10’ x 6’ two-part installation. private collection, Tampa, FL

The Air Was Heavy on Our Throats, 60” x 42” acrylic, glass rhinestone, on paper mounted on artist panel,
private collection, CT

Sweetened Your Waffles, Muddled Your Berries, 36” x 30” acrylic, oil, pastel on canvas and paper mounted on artist panel, private collection, Brooklyn, NY

Head Between My Lungs, 70” x 42” acrylic, oil, pastel on paper mounted on panel, Collection of Carolyn M. Wilson, Tampa, FL 

AWARDS

1st Place Juror’s Award Black and White Exhibition, Juror Elana Rubinfeld  |  December 2022

New York Foundation for the Arts Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant,
Cycle 10 | February 2022

Las Damas De Artes Award, 41st Annual Juried
Exhibition | 2017

Frame by Frame Award, 40th Annual Juried
Exhibition | 2016

Carolyn M. Wilson Fellowship | 2014-2015

Hesta Petty Munns Memorial Scholarship | 2012

Allegany Area Arts Alliance Award, Play in the Streets exhibition | 2012

Hesta Petty Munns Memorial Scholarship | 2011

Bond Home Center Award, Play in the Streets exhibition | 2011

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

North of the Internet Interview with Brandon Geurts 

https://northoftheinternet.com/kate-kinder/

WEDU segment highlighting Skyway Regional, interview, air date October 8, 2017 8:00 pm

Studio Visit Magazine Volume 38; The Open Studio Press

US Bank Celebration of the Arts Exhibit WKU News;

www.wkunews.wordpress.com

Ahmetovic, Amira “A is for Artist: Student Raised on Art” WKU’s Herald; ww.wkuherald.com

COMMUNITY & SERVICE

Student Tech Fee Committee Member

Scholarship Committee Member

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma  |  2022

Muralist commissioned by Morgyn Yearout

Prime Place, Stillwater, Oklahoma | 2022

Art Instructor for Summer Arts Camp

Prairie Arts Community Art Center | June-July 2022

Panelist for Countering Unconscious Bias & Gender Identity as Action in the Arts virutal forum, 621 Gallery, |  March 2021
Artist Lecture, 621 Gallery  |  March 2021
FATE Membership | 2021-present

BFA Committee Chair, Central Michigan University | 2019-2021

Barstow Resident Search Committee, Central Michigan University |   2021

Artist Lecture, Central Michigan University | 2019

College Art Association Membership | 2017-present
Designer & Coordinator for Every Disaster Made Us Wish for More publication  |  201

INK Miami Art Fair representative at Miami Basel, exhibition installation | 2016

Seminar participant with visiting artist Franklin Evans | 2016

Founder and co-curator of Proxambient, kinetic visual arts community, eastern U.S. | 2016-present

Visiting Artist Lecture, Western Kentucky University | 2016

Freedom In Creation (non-profit), volunteer teacher and resident artist/graphic designer | 2013
Curator’s Assistant to Billy Hertz, Billy Hertz  Gallery, 

Louisville KY  | 2012