Katherine Sullivan

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Born: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Lives: Brooklyn, NY

Education
2001 MFA, Boston University, Boston, MA

1998 Post-Baccalaureate, Pennsylvania Acadeny of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1997 BFA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI


Solo Exhibitions
2011 (scheduled) American Aegis, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 (scheduled) Seascapes, Museo de la Ciudad, Queretaro, Mexcio
2010 (scheduled) The Docile Body, Hope College, Holland, MI
2008 Body Electric Remix, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2007 The Snake Pit: A Metamorphoses of Form, Saugatuck Center for the Arts,
Saugatuck, MI
2006 Past Perfect: Recent Work by Katherine Sullivan (catalog), Handwerker Gallery,
Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
2006 Caldarium, Gebben Gray Gallery, Fennville, MI
2006 Body Electric, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI
2004 Katherine Sullivan/Israel Davis (two person exhibit), DePree Art Gallery, Hope
College, Holland, MI
2001 Seascapes, Open Court Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
1997 Katherine Sullivan: New Works, Michigan Guild Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI


Group Exhibitions
2010 Young Painters Competition, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, juror: Raphaela Platow
2009 Imagining the Universe, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2008 Electoral Collage, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon
2008 Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
2008 Interpretations of the Figure, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana
2008 Social Discourse, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, Michigan
2007 Metro 25, City Without Walls, Crawford St. Gallery, Newark, New Jersey
2007 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York , New York
2007 Reconnecting, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2007 The Body Sublime, Parkland Art Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois
2007 The Nude, juror: Vincent Desidereo, Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky
2006 Anonymous Drawings, Bluetenweiss Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2006 Cooper Union Summer Residency Exhibition, Cooper Union, New York, New York
2005 Contemporary Realism, Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago
Heights, Illinois
2005 Interpretations of the Figure, University of Indianapolis, Indiana
2003 Representative Work, Inaugural Show, Atlantic Works Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts


Bibliography
2008 Emergence, University of Michigan School of Art and Design Newsletter
2008 Reflector, University of Indianapolis newspaper
2007 Holland Sentinel: Focus on Faces
2007 The News Gazette, Champaign, Illinois
2006 Michigan State University newspaper, The State News: Nature, bodies …exhibits
2005 University of Indianapolis online review: Interpretations of the Figure
2005 Northwest Herald: Rainbow of Artists congregate for Real People 2005
2005 Holland Sentinel: Artist painting portraits of US casualties for Arlington exhibit
2004 Hope College student newspaper The Anchor: New Art Faculty Exhibit Shines




Grants/Awards
2010 Third Place, Young Painters Competition, Miami University
2009 Artist Residency, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada
2009 Artist Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2009 Artist Residency, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2008 Artist Residency, Painting, Pouch Cove Foundation, Newfoundland, Canada
2007 Artist Residency, Painting, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2006 Artist Residency, Painting, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2006 Artist Residency, Painting and Drawing, Cooper Union, New York, NY
2004-2009 Faculty Development Grant, Hope College, Holland, MI
2000 Richard Ryan Sr. Memorial Prize, Boston University, Boston, MA
1997 Painting and Drawing Program, New York Studio School, New York, NY
1996 Artist Residency, Painting and Drawing, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY



Projects
COLLABORATIONS (selected)
2009 (ongoing) Forms Project: Collaboration with poet Christopher Rizzo;
www.necessetics.com/sousrature.html
2009 American Ballet Theatre invitation for premiere performance at MET Opera House
2007 Garden of Earthly Delights:Collaboration with choreographer Steven Iannacone,
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
2006-2007 Violet: Collaboration with InSync Director/Choreographer Ray Tadio.
Performances in Nagoya, Japan, Holland, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2007 Strange Figurations: interactive exhibit incorporating photography, paintings,
installations and choreography of STERKA: artist’s collaborative of Steven
Iannacone, Erik Alberg, Katherine Sullivan, Holland Area Arts Council Holland,
Michigan
2006 Carmina Burana, Dance 32: Collaboration with Hope College choreographer Steven
Iannacone, Holland, Michigan
2005 Unet and The Three Graces: Collaboration with Aerial Dance Theatre and Director/
Choreographer Steven Iannacone, Holland, Michigan

UNIVERSITY TEACHING
2003-2009 Associate Professor, Hope College, Holland, Michigan
2000-2001 Instructor, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
1999-2001 Teaching Assistant, Boston University
1997-1998 Teaching Assistant, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

VISITING ARTIST/INVITATIONAL LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
2008 School of Visual Arts Annual Conference, New York, NY
2008 University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana
2008 Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2007, 2006 Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Saugatuck, Michigan
2006 Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois
2006 Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York
2006 Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2005 Holland Friends of the Arts, Holland, Michigan
2005 Hope College, Freshman Seminar: Art and Controversy
2003-2009Hope College, Encounter with the Arts Survey Course




Publications
2009 Sous Rature, online literary magazine: www.necessetics.com/sousrature.html