KATHY SNOW STRATTON
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PRESENT
Contemporary Abstract Painter
Born: Waterville, Maine
Lives: Buffalo, Minnesota
EDUCATION
2005 MFA in Studio Painting, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD; Mentor: Timothy App
1974-1978 BS Art Education, University of Maine, Orono, ME; Mentors: Barbara Cushing, Michael Lewis
HONORS AND AWARDS
2024 MNSF 113th Fine Arts Juried Exhibition Invitation to Jury, Juror of the Oil/Acrylic/Mixed Media Painting Class 1 for the 2024 MNSF 113th Fine Arts Juried Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, Falcon Heights; MN; Fine Arts Superintendent of Minnesota State Fair: Jim Clark, Visual Arts Manager, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2023 Sponser Award: Minnesota Art Center Award, Arts North International 28, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN; Visual Arts Manager: Jim Clark, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2022 Juror's Special Merit Award, 27th Annual Extremely Minnesota, Robbin Gallery, Robbinsdale, MN; Juror: Amy Sands, Dept. Chair of Fine Arts, Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN
2015 Artist Residency, Hewnoaks Artist Colony, Kezar Lake, Lovell, ME; Jurors: George Kinghorn, Director and Curator at the Zillman Art Museum, Bangor, ME; Dozier Bell, Maine based Artist and Painter and Megan Grumbling, Writer
2008 Semi-Finalist Fourth Annual Bethesda Painting Awards, Bethesda, MD; Jurors: Timothy App, Professor of Painting, MICA, Baltimore, MD; Dr. Anne Collins Goodyear, Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC; Reni Gower, Professor of Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2006 Gallery Selection Invitational Finalist, Alpan International 2006, Alpan Gallery, Huntington, Long Island, NY; Juror: Donald Kuspit, American Author, Art Critic and Poet
2005 Juror’s Award, 12th Annual Juried Show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA; Juror: Howard Yezerski of Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
2005 Final Nine of New England Artists, Bromfield Solo 05, Bromfield Art Gallery, SOWA Art District, Boston, MA; Juror: Cheryl Brutvan, Beal Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2003-2005 Fellowship MFA in Painting, MICA, Baltimore, MD
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 New Work, October 4, 2023 - October 29, 2023; One Division Art Gallery, Buffalo, MN; Director and Curator of Exhibitions: Christopher James Hoffman, One Division Art Gallery, Buffalo, MN
2007 Interstices, Invitational Visiting Artist Solo Exhibition, Gallery I, Bromfield Art Gallery, SOWA Art District, Boston, MA
2005 MFA in Studio Art Thesis Exhibition, Rosenberg Gallery, Brown Center, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2001 Spirit and Space, Solo Exhibition, Leapin Lizard Art Gallery, Bar Harbor, ME
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Artful Present, Group Show, November 23, 2024- January 2025; Veronique Wantz Gallery, North Loop, Minneapolis, MN; Gallery Director: Margot Rosenstein, Veronique Wantz Gallery, North Loop, Minneapolis, MN
2024 MNSF 113th Fine Arts Juried Exhibition, August 22, 2024-September 2, 2024; Minnesota State Fair, Falcon Heights, MN; Fine Arts Superintendent of Minnesota State Fair: Jim Clark, Visual Arts Manager, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2024 Unexpected Ends, May 16, 2024-June 15, 2024; Redepenning Gallery with Sculptor Dennis Kalow, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN; Visual Arts Manager: Jim Clark, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2024 64th Arrowhead Regional Biennial, November 22, 2023 -February 3, 2024; Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN; Juror: Aya Kawaguchi; Exhibitions Director and Curator: Amy Varsek, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
2023 Abstract Essence of Nature, November 2, 2023-January 21, 2024; Reedy Gallery, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, MN; Curator: Wendy N. DePaolis, Curator of Art and Sculpture, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, MN
2023 Muse 12 x 12 Exhibition, September 22-October 21, 2023; Studio 21, Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, MN; Artistic Director: Ruth Pszwaro, Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, MN
2023 Abstract, The Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN. Curators: Ellen Richman and Exhibits Director: Robert Bowman, The Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
2023 Arts North International 28 , Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN; Visual Arts Manager: Jim Clark, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2022 27th Annual Extremely Minnesota Art Exhibition, Robbin Gallery, Robbinsdale, MN; Director: Jeanne Johnson, Robbinsdale, MN; Juror: Amy Sands, Dept. Chair of Fine Arts, Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN
2018 Color Field: A Group Show, Artspan Homepage, Artspan the Art Marketplace Online, www.artspan.com
2015 Cosmos: Imagining the Universe, A National Juried Exhibition, Mezzanine Gallery, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Art Center, In Association with the Smithsonian Institution, Dowell, MD; Curator of Exhibitions: Melissa Langley: Juror: Dr. Andrew Johnston, Geographer, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
2015 Snow Day: Group Show, Artisan Homepage, Artspan the Art Marketplace
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2014 Group Show: Gallery II, Seraphin Gallery, A Contemporary Philadelphia Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Curator: Anthony Seraphin, Director Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Color: National Juried Art Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn Waterfront Coalition Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Juror: Lauren Hinkson, Asst. Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC, NY
2014 Group Show: Gallery II, Seraphin Gallery, A Contemporary Philadelphia Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Curator: Anthony Seraphin, Director Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Transformations: From One Thing to Another, McLean Project for the Arts, Emerson Gallery, McLean, VA; Juror: Jack Rasmussen, Director and Curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen, Washington, DC
2008 CMCA 2008 Biennial Juried Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine; Jurors: Carole Anne Meehan, Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Scott Peterman, Photographer; Andrea Pollan, Founder and Director, Curator’s Office, Washington, DC
2008 Lotta Art, Invitational Benefit, School 33, Baltimore, MD
2008 9th Annual SU National Exhibition, Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA; Juror: Stephen Haller, Stephen Haller Gallery, NYC, NY
2008 Constructing Form, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA; Curators: Vaughn Garland, Allison Andrews and Brad Birchett, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2008 Personal Geometry, McLean Project for the Arts, Emerson Gallery, McLean, VA; Curator: Nancy Sausser, MPA Exhibitions Director, McLean, VA
2007 Strictly Painting 6: Color Field Revisited, Biennial, McLean Project for the Arts, Emerson Gallery, McLean, VA; Juror: Kristen Hileman, Assistant Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
2006 2006 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA; Juror: Cheryl Brutvan, Beal Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2005 12th Annual Juried Show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA; Juror: Howard Yezerski of Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
2005 Prodigal Summer, G-Spot Gallery, Curator: Cara Ober, Baltimore, MD
2004 MFA Group Show, Rosenberg Gallery, Brown Center, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2003 MFA Group Show, Pinkard Gallery, Bunting Center, MICA, Baltimore, MD2002 Group Show, Vincent’s Ear Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
2002 Art in the Heart, Artist Educator Exhibition, Bangor Library, Bangor, ME
1999 Delaplaine Annual Juried Exhibition; Juror: Kristin Hileman, Assistant Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; The Delaplaine, Frederick, MD
1980 The Waterworks, Philadelphia, PA
1978 The Rittenhouse Art Annual, Philadelphia, PA
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Kathy Snow Stratton Artist Talk at Hopkins Center for the Arts, www.youtube.com
2007 Art New England, Contemporary Art and Culture, February / March, Brighton, MA
2006 MAINE Alumni Magazine, University of Maine Alumni Association, Orono, ME
2005 Bangor Daily News, Teacher’s Art to be Shown at Boston Gallery; Wendy Fontaine, Writer; Erin Fredrichs, Photographer, Bangor, ME
2005 Essay, Summer MFA Class of 2005, Kristin Hileman, Assistant Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
2005 Juxtapositions, May- June 2005, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 The Weekly, Judy Harrison, Bangor, ME
2001 Ellsworth American, Lauren Gifford, Artist Maine Native, Ellsworth, MN
WORK EXPERIENCE
2008- 2016 Adjunct Professor of Art in Drawing, Painting and Printmaking at John Tyler Community College, Chester, VA
2006- 2016 Secondary Visual Arts Artist Educator, Center for the Arts, Chesterfield County Public Schools, Chester, VA
2001-2005 Ellsworth School District, Ellsworth, ME
1994-2001 Frederick County Public Schools, Frederick, MD
1992-1993 Fairfax County Public Schools, Springfield, VA
1987-1989 Fairfax County Public Schools, Springfield, VA
1978-1982 North Penn School District, Lansdale, PA