Bio
B. Lynbrook, NY, U.S.A.
www.kate-gordon.com
kathryncgordon@gmail.com
@kategordon_studio
www.kate-gordon.com
kathryncgordon@gmail.com
@kategordon_studio
In a world where reality is a layered event, Kate Gordon’s drawings seek to build illusions that challenge our perception of what is real and what is imagined. For Gordon, the painted picture plane is a three-dimensional installation inlaid with video and, at moments, burgeoning on becoming a pop-up book. The ranging material facts of her work are in keeping with the notion that the dream imagery she mines is itself not rational and does not prescribe purely to naturalistic sensibilities. Her vision is a translation of the utter strangeness of the world.
Kate Gordon earned an M.F.A. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a B.F.A. from Pratt Institute. She currently holds the position of Assistant Professor of Figure Drawing & Foundations at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.. Gordon has shown her paintings, collages and videos nationally; recent exhibitions include curation into the Weatherspoon Art Museum’s Art on Paper exhibition, an invitation to create a public video installation at Block 2—a visual platform for new media artists in Raleigh, NC, and a solo exhibition at The Carrack, an artist run project space, in Durham, NC. Past exhibitions include a solo show at 68 Jay Street in Brooklyn, NY and a group exhibition at Five Points Gallery in Connecticut.
Kate Gordon earned an M.F.A. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a B.F.A. from Pratt Institute. She currently holds the position of Assistant Professor of Figure Drawing & Foundations at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.. Gordon has shown her paintings, collages and videos nationally; recent exhibitions include curation into the Weatherspoon Art Museum’s Art on Paper exhibition, an invitation to create a public video installation at Block 2—a visual platform for new media artists in Raleigh, NC, and a solo exhibition at The Carrack, an artist run project space, in Durham, NC. Past exhibitions include a solo show at 68 Jay Street in Brooklyn, NY and a group exhibition at Five Points Gallery in Connecticut.
KATE GORDON
EDUCATION
2017 MFA, Studio Art, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Greensboro, NC
2011 BFA, Painting, Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY
2009 Semester Abroad, Pratt Institute. Venice, Italy
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2019- present Assistant Professor Figure Drawing and Foundations, Department of Visual Arts, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 2018-2019 Sabbatical Coverage Lecturer, Department of Visual Arts, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Greensboro, NC
2017- present Visiting Lecturer, PreCollege Program, Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY
2015-2017 Instructor, Department of Visual Arts, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Greensboro, NC
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2012=2015 Assistant Director of Admissions, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. Old Lyme, CT
2011-2012 Gilding Apprentice, Lowy Frame and Restoration Company. New York, NY
2008-2010 Conservation Intern, Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY
WORKSHOPS, RESIDENCIES, LECTURES
2021 (upcoming) Mineral House Virtual Residency
Visiting Artist Lecture, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Surviving Art School, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
Visiting Artist Lecture, Winthrop University. Rock Hill, SC
2019 Gallery Talk, Hilliard Art Museum. Lafayette, LA
2019 Art on Paper Gallery Talk, Weatherspoon Art Museum. Greensboro, NC
GRANTS
2020 Friends of the Humanities
2019 Elemore Morgan, Jr. Visual Arts Endowment Fund
2019 Friends of the Humanities 2017 UNCG Research Travel Grant
2019 UNCG Summer Research Fellowship 2015 Holderness Fellowship
AWARDS
2015-2017 Graduate Assistantship Scholarship, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Greensboro, NC
2011 Full Circle Award, Summa Cum Laude, Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY
2007-2011 Presidential Merit Scholarship, Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY
EXHIBITIONS
2021 Solo Exhibition, Mind the Gap, EBRPL River Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Slammed, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
2020 Seasonal Repression, Field Projects, New York, NY (curated by Jacob Rhodes)
Solo Exhibition, Alligator Naps, Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette,
LA (curated by Ben Hickey)
2019 Introductions, Fletcher Hall Gallery, Lafayette, LA
Into the Condensed and Not Yet Known, Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA (curated by Chris Bennett)
Solo Exhibition, Juggling Chainsaws, The Carrack, Durham, NC
Inside Out, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT (curated by Karl Goulet)
Art on Paper 2019 (National Call), Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC (curated by Elaine Gustafson)
Solo Exhibition, Impossible Spaces, Public Video Art Installation, Raleigh, NC (curated by Stacy Bloom-Rexrode)
2018 Solo Exhibition, Evedrops, 68 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY Winter Salon, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Solo Exhibition, Get Out Where, Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, NC MFA Thesis Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
2016 Not at the Beach, Sharp Studio, Brooklyn, NY Messenger Project, Salt Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2015 Shifting States, The Kitchen Gallery, New London, CT
2014 Oh, The Places You Will Go, Bern Seiderman Gallery, Lynbrook, NY
The Garden, Chauncey Stillman Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
2013 All Paintings Great and Small, Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT 2011 Parlor, Pratt Institute East Hall Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 “Kate Gordon”Country Roads Magazine, May 2021
2020 “Coming Soon”Viewfinder:Hilliard Art Museum, Fall 2020, Pg.4-5
2019 “Meet the New Faces”2019 Annual Report College of the Arts: Pg.3-4
EDUCATION
2017 MFA, Studio Art, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Greensboro, NC
2011 BFA, Painting, Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY
2009 Semester Abroad, Pratt Institute. Venice, Italy
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2019- present Assistant Professor Figure Drawing and Foundations, Department of Visual Arts, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 2018-2019 Sabbatical Coverage Lecturer, Department of Visual Arts, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Greensboro, NC
2017- present Visiting Lecturer, PreCollege Program, Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY
2015-2017 Instructor, Department of Visual Arts, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Greensboro, NC
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2012=2015 Assistant Director of Admissions, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. Old Lyme, CT
2011-2012 Gilding Apprentice, Lowy Frame and Restoration Company. New York, NY
2008-2010 Conservation Intern, Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY
WORKSHOPS, RESIDENCIES, LECTURES
2021 (upcoming) Mineral House Virtual Residency
Visiting Artist Lecture, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Surviving Art School, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
Visiting Artist Lecture, Winthrop University. Rock Hill, SC
2019 Gallery Talk, Hilliard Art Museum. Lafayette, LA
2019 Art on Paper Gallery Talk, Weatherspoon Art Museum. Greensboro, NC
GRANTS
2020 Friends of the Humanities
2019 Elemore Morgan, Jr. Visual Arts Endowment Fund
2019 Friends of the Humanities 2017 UNCG Research Travel Grant
2019 UNCG Summer Research Fellowship 2015 Holderness Fellowship
AWARDS
2015-2017 Graduate Assistantship Scholarship, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Greensboro, NC
2011 Full Circle Award, Summa Cum Laude, Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY
2007-2011 Presidential Merit Scholarship, Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY
EXHIBITIONS
2021 Solo Exhibition, Mind the Gap, EBRPL River Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Slammed, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
2020 Seasonal Repression, Field Projects, New York, NY (curated by Jacob Rhodes)
Solo Exhibition, Alligator Naps, Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette,
LA (curated by Ben Hickey)
2019 Introductions, Fletcher Hall Gallery, Lafayette, LA
Into the Condensed and Not Yet Known, Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA (curated by Chris Bennett)
Solo Exhibition, Juggling Chainsaws, The Carrack, Durham, NC
Inside Out, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT (curated by Karl Goulet)
Art on Paper 2019 (National Call), Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC (curated by Elaine Gustafson)
Solo Exhibition, Impossible Spaces, Public Video Art Installation, Raleigh, NC (curated by Stacy Bloom-Rexrode)
2018 Solo Exhibition, Evedrops, 68 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY Winter Salon, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Solo Exhibition, Get Out Where, Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, NC MFA Thesis Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
2016 Not at the Beach, Sharp Studio, Brooklyn, NY Messenger Project, Salt Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2015 Shifting States, The Kitchen Gallery, New London, CT
2014 Oh, The Places You Will Go, Bern Seiderman Gallery, Lynbrook, NY
The Garden, Chauncey Stillman Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
2013 All Paintings Great and Small, Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT 2011 Parlor, Pratt Institute East Hall Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 “Kate Gordon”Country Roads Magazine, May 2021
2020 “Coming Soon”Viewfinder:Hilliard Art Museum, Fall 2020, Pg.4-5
2019 “Meet the New Faces”2019 Annual Report College of the Arts: Pg.3-4