KATHY SNOW STRATTON
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Contemporary Abstract Painter
Born: Waterville, Maine
Lives: Buffalo, Minnesota
EDUCATION
2005 MFA in Studio Painting, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD; Mentor/Painter: Timothy App
1974-1978 BS Art Education, University of Maine, Orono, ME; Mentors/Painters: Barbara Cushing, Michael Lewis
HONORS AND AWARDS
2025 Juror’s Painting Merit Award, Artistry’s 49th Annual Member’s Art Exhibition, October 24- November 30, 2025; Inez Greenberg Gallery, Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, MN; Jurors: Nancy Lamberger, Painter; Andrea Bubula, Gallery Director, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
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 Sponsor 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 / DUAL / BIENNIAL EXHIBITIONS
2024 Unexpected Ends, May 16- 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
2023 New Work, Solo Exhibition, October 4 - October 29, 2023; One Division Art Gallery, Buffalo, MN; Director and Curator of Exhibitions: Christopher James Hoffman, One Division Art Gallery, Buffalo, MN
2008 CMCA 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
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
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
2025 Artful Present, November 12- January 31, 2026; Veronique Wantz Gallery, North Loop, Minneapolis, MN; Gallery Director: Margot Rosenstein, Veronique Wantz Gallery, North Loop, Minneapolis, MN
2025 Artistry’s 49th Annual Member’s Art Exhibition, October 24- November 30, 2025; Inez Greenberg Gallery, Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, MN; Jurors: Nancy Lamberger, Painter; Andrea Bubula, Gallery Director, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2025 AJ Maison Designer Showroom, International Market Square, Minneapolis, MN; Curator and Owner: Brenda Westphal
2025 2025 Member’ Juried Exhibition, September 12 -October 18, 2025; Charles D. Redepenning Gallery, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN; Artist Jurors: Michael Schmidt, Michelle Westmark Wingard and Deb Zeller
2025 Annual Spring & Summer Group Show, May 10- August 23, 2025; Veronique Wantz Gallery, North Loop, Minneapolis, MN; Gallery Director: Margot Rosenstein, Veronique Wantz Gallery, North Loop, Minneapolis, MN
2025 Arts North International 30, January 11- February 22, 2025; Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN: Jurors: Alex Blaisdell, Gallery Director, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN; Tom Maakestad, Painter, St. Croix, MN; Kylie Linh Hoang, Assistant Curator, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
2024 Artful Present, Group Show, November 23, 2024- January 2025; Veronique Wantz Gallery, North Loop, Minneapolis, MN; Gallery Director: Margot Rosenstein, Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2024 MNSF 113th Fine Arts Juried Exhibition, August 22 -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 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 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
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, MD
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