Kate (b. 2001) is currently based in Chicago ( Land of Council of the Three Fires)
they work primarily through weaving, ceramics, and baking
these are all forms of map-making and storytelling to her.
In 2023 she received her Bachelors in Fine Arts with an Emphasis in Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has shown in exhibitions throughout Chicago (IL) and Saugatuck (MI) and was a resident at Ox-Bow School of Art and Artist’s Residency. She is currently selling her work at Tusk Chicago and is showing work at Yes Project Space in Chicago.
Photo taken by Sydney Cook
EDUCATION
2023 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emphasis in Fiber and Material Studies
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Barely Here, Yes Project Space | Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2023 Pinch Me I Must be Dreaming, Oxbow Betsy Gallery, Saugatuck MI
2023 La Charette Plate, Lutz Gallery, Saugatuck MI
2023 SAIC Undergraduate Exhibition, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
2022 MIDNIGHT THINGS, The Martin, Chicago, IL
2022 Grand Rising, SAIC Wellness Center, Chicago, IL
2022 LeRoy Neiman Center 10th Year Anniversary Exhibition, INCUBATOR, Chicago IL
2020 SAIC ArtBash, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES
2023 Longform, Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
WORKSHOPS
2023 Basket Weaving, Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck MI
Wheel Throwing Demo, Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck MI
Basket Weaving Demo, NATURECON, Chicago Parks Disctrict, Chicago, IL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023 Gallery Assistant, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
2021 - 2023 Director of Marketing and Communications, SITE Galleries, Chicago, IL
2021- 2022 Social Media Manager, Nicolas Africano Studios, Normal IL
2022 Internship Program, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 IMPACT Performance Festival Stage Assistant, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
2021 Embodied Histories: Reconstructing the Present Curator, SITE Galleries, Chicago, IL
2019 Studio Assitant, Nicolas Africano Studios, Normal, IL
AWARDS AND HONORS
2023 Student Leadership Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2022 Student Leadership Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2020-23 SAIC Honors Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2021 George Liebert Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2020 Uretz Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2020 Merit Scholarship, Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck MI
2019 UC Santa Cruz Undergraduate Dean's Award
COLLECTIONS
2022 Fiber and Materials Studies Display Case, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
2021 Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection and Archives, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL