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B. Lynbrook, NY, U.S.A.
www.kate-gordon.com
kathryncgordon@gmail.com
@kategordon_studio
www.kate-gordon.com
kathryncgordon@gmail.com
@kategordon_studio
An intense engagement with impossible spaces and simultaneous conflicting worlds has forced me into unknown territory where the picture plane is at moments an installation inlaid with video and burgeoning on becoming a pop-up book. I consider myself a visual storyteller steeped in the language of painting. However, my stories are neither rational nor linear, their beginnings are unpacked from dreams; giving me a glimmer of the creature that culture has created.
Inventing imagery without an observable source involves countless iterations, each one compressing the one before it. For this reason, collage is the most powerful and agile tool at my disposal. Carving up oil paintings, poking holes into painted skies and dissecting watercolor drawings for the sole purpose of stitching the everyday and absurd together. This duplication, fragmentation and instability directly relates to the precarious political and social environment that society inhabits today; forced to navigate the world through a lens mediated by technology and overwhelmed by a surplus of information with no hierarchical structure.
Inventing imagery without an observable source involves countless iterations, each one compressing the one before it. For this reason, collage is the most powerful and agile tool at my disposal. Carving up oil paintings, poking holes into painted skies and dissecting watercolor drawings for the sole purpose of stitching the everyday and absurd together. This duplication, fragmentation and instability directly relates to the precarious political and social environment that society inhabits today; forced to navigate the world through a lens mediated by technology and overwhelmed by a surplus of information with no hierarchical structure.
Education
2017 M.F.A. Studio Art, Concentration in Painting, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2011 B.F.A. Painting, Minor in Art History, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Study Abroad, Pratt in Venice, Universita Internazional dell'Arte, Venice, Italy
Experience
2018-present Sabbatical Coverage Lecturer, Drawing and Painting, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
2017-present Lecturer, Foundations and Portfolio Development, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2016- 17 Instructor, Fundamentals of Drawing, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
2015-17 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Art & Art History,UNCG, Greensboro, NC
2012-15 Assistant Director of Admissions, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
2012 Gilding Apprentice, Julius Lowy Anitque Frame and Restoration Co., New York, NY
2011 Artist Assistant to John Stoney and Graham Caldwell, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Conservation Assistant, Staton Street Shul, New York, NY
2008-10 Conservation Intern: Islamic Galleries, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Exhibitions (selected)
2019 (upcoming) The Carrack, solo exhibition, Durham, NC
2019 (upcoming) Inside Out, Five Points Gallery, Group Exhibition, Torrington, CT
2019 Art on Paper 2019, Group Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
2019 Impossible Spaces, Public Video Art Installation, Block2, Raleigh, NC
2018 Evedrops, Solo Exhibition, 68 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Winter Salon Show, Group Exhibition, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Get Out Where, Solo Exhibition, Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, NC
2017 Thesis Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
2016 Messenger Project, Group Exhibition, Salt Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2016 Drawing Marathon, Group Exhibtion, UNCG Art Truck, Greensboro, NC
2015 Not at the Beach, Group Exhibition, Sharp Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Shifting States, Solo Exhibition, Kitchen Gallery, New London, CT
2014 Come Home, Group Exhibition, Bern Seiderman Gallery, Lynbrook, NY
2014 The Garden, Group Exhibition, Chauncey Stillman Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
2013 All Paintings Great and Small, Group Exhibition, Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
2012 Introspective, Group Exhibtion, Myrtle Hall, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Parlor, BFA Thesis Show, Pratt Institute East Hall, Brooklyn, NY
Lectures
2018 Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2017 Weatherspoon Museum of Art, Greensboro, NC
Awards
2017 Semi Finalist Fulbright US Student Program
2017 UNCG Research Travel Grant
2016 UNCG Research Grant Department of Art
2015 Holderness Fellowship
2015 UNCG Graduate Teaching Assistantship
2011 Pratt Institute Full Circle Award (Highest Honors)
2017 M.F.A. Studio Art, Concentration in Painting, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2011 B.F.A. Painting, Minor in Art History, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Study Abroad, Pratt in Venice, Universita Internazional dell'Arte, Venice, Italy
Experience
2018-present Sabbatical Coverage Lecturer, Drawing and Painting, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
2017-present Lecturer, Foundations and Portfolio Development, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2016- 17 Instructor, Fundamentals of Drawing, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
2015-17 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Art & Art History,UNCG, Greensboro, NC
2012-15 Assistant Director of Admissions, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
2012 Gilding Apprentice, Julius Lowy Anitque Frame and Restoration Co., New York, NY
2011 Artist Assistant to John Stoney and Graham Caldwell, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Conservation Assistant, Staton Street Shul, New York, NY
2008-10 Conservation Intern: Islamic Galleries, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Exhibitions (selected)
2019 (upcoming) The Carrack, solo exhibition, Durham, NC
2019 (upcoming) Inside Out, Five Points Gallery, Group Exhibition, Torrington, CT
2019 Art on Paper 2019, Group Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
2019 Impossible Spaces, Public Video Art Installation, Block2, Raleigh, NC
2018 Evedrops, Solo Exhibition, 68 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Winter Salon Show, Group Exhibition, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Get Out Where, Solo Exhibition, Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, NC
2017 Thesis Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
2016 Messenger Project, Group Exhibition, Salt Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2016 Drawing Marathon, Group Exhibtion, UNCG Art Truck, Greensboro, NC
2015 Not at the Beach, Group Exhibition, Sharp Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Shifting States, Solo Exhibition, Kitchen Gallery, New London, CT
2014 Come Home, Group Exhibition, Bern Seiderman Gallery, Lynbrook, NY
2014 The Garden, Group Exhibition, Chauncey Stillman Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
2013 All Paintings Great and Small, Group Exhibition, Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
2012 Introspective, Group Exhibtion, Myrtle Hall, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Parlor, BFA Thesis Show, Pratt Institute East Hall, Brooklyn, NY
Lectures
2018 Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2017 Weatherspoon Museum of Art, Greensboro, NC
Awards
2017 Semi Finalist Fulbright US Student Program
2017 UNCG Research Travel Grant
2016 UNCG Research Grant Department of Art
2015 Holderness Fellowship
2015 UNCG Graduate Teaching Assistantship
2011 Pratt Institute Full Circle Award (Highest Honors)