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KATHERINE McKAY
EDUCATION:
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l987 | M.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland |
| l984 | B.F.A. summa cum laude, University of Tennessee |
| l967 | B.A. magna cum laude, philosophy, University of Houston |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: |
| 2011 | "California Roaming," Prudential of California, Livermore |
| 2010 | "California Roaming," Marvin Gardens Realty, Kensington |
| 2007 | "California Outdoors," Windemere Realty, Livermore |
| 2006 | "California Scenes and Plants," Mill Valley City Hall |
| 2005 | "California Scenes and Plants," 1870 Gallery, Belmont |
| 2001 | "California Landscapes," Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts |
| 2001 | "California Landscapes," Hayward City Hall
| 1999 | "Desert Landscapes," Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove |
| 1996 | "Desert Landscapes," 29 Palms, CA Community Gallery
| 1995 | "California Landscapes," Palo Alto Medical Clinic |
| 1993 | "Desert Drawings," Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, San Francisco
| 1992 | "Desert Drawings," 595 Market Street, SF |
| 1991 | Handmade paper exhibit, Commonwealth Club, SF |
| 1991 | "Drawings from Joshua Tree," Golden Gate Nat. Park, Cliff House, SF |
| 1987 | "Images of the Floating World," M.F.A. exhibit, CCAC, Oakland |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED): |
| 2009 | "Gone Fishin'," Expressions Gallery, Berkeley |
| 2008 | "Pistils and Petals," Women's Cancer Resource Center, Oakland |
| 2007 | "Vibrant Watercolors" (with my students), SPCA, Dublin |
| 2007 | "Multiple Choice," Sebastopol Center for the Arts |
| 2007, 2006, 2004 | Instructors' Exhibits, Richmond Art Center |
| 2006 | "Fronds, Spines and Petals" (3-person), San Pablo Art Gallery |
| 2005 | "Luminance," Giorgi Gallery, Berkeley |
| 2005 | "Aquarela," Alameda Art Center |
| 2004, 2003, 2002 | Instructors' Exhibits, Mendocino Art Center |
| 2003 | CCAC Alumni Exhibit, Grey Whale Inn, Ft. Bragg |
| 2003 | Instructors' Exhibit, UC Extension, San Francisco |
| 2002 | "The Art of Saving Oaks," Bay Model, Sausalito |
| 2002 | "American Landscape," Santa Cruz Art League |
| 2002 | 10th Annual Exhibit, Colored Pencil Society of America, Ft. Worth, Texas |
| 2002 | Rental exhibit, Pillsbury Winthrop, San Francisco |
| 2001 | "Artist as Athlete," Sun Gallery, Hayward |
| 2000 | "Maestra," Sun Gallery, Hayward |
| 1999 | 6th Annual Exhibit, Colored Pencil Society of America, Seattle |
| 1999 | "A Sense of Place," Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA |
| 1998 | CCAC Alumni exhibit, LeBoeuf Lamb Green & MacRae, San Francisco |
| 1998 | 5th Annual Exhibit, Colored Pencil Society of America, Alexandria, VA |
| 1997 | "Southwest Color 97," Poway Center for Performing Arts, San Diego
| 1997 | Traveling Hanga Print Exhibition, Pacific Northwest art associations, Japanese Cultural Center, SF |
| 1997 | "Beyond Boundaries" (printmaking), Richmond Art Center |
| 1996 | "66th Annual Statewide Exhibit," Santa Cruz Art League
| 1996 | "Artworks 96," Sun Gallery, Hayward |
| 1995 | "Sun and Moon," San Francisco State University |
| 1995 | "Openings," Sebastopol Center for the Arts
| 1994-5 | Mandala exhibits: Grace Cathedral, SF; Palo Alto Medical Clinic
| 1993 | 1st Annual Exhibit, Colored Pencil Society, Birmingham, MI |
| 1993 | "Desert Drawings," McKesson Bldg. Gallery, SF (two-person) |
| 1991 | "Figural Fantasy," Atrium Gallery, Lurie Company, SF (two-person) |
| 1991 | Handmade paper exhibit, The Commonwealth Club, SF |
| 1990 | "Body Parts," College of San Mateo, San Mateo |
| l990 | "Diverse Contemporary Landscapes," One Market Plaza, SF |
| l990 | Santa Barbara National Fine Arts Invitational
AWARDS: |
| 2002 | Colored Pencil Society of Ohio Award of Excellence |
| 1996 | Honorable Mention, "Artworks 96," Sun Gallery, Hayward |
| 1996 | First prize, pencil, 10th Southwest Festival, Indio
| 1992 | First prize, First Colored Pencil Symposium, San Diego |
| l990 | First prize, drawing division, Santa Barbara National Invitational Exhibit |
| l984 | Dulin Gallery Purchase Award, Knoxville |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: |
| 2007-2008 | Livermore Adult Education Program: pastel drawing |
| 2006-present | Las Positas Community Education Program, Livermore: watercolor, color drawing (pastel, colored pencil), monoprinting, mixed media, matting and framing, artists' business |
| 2006 | Palo Alto Art Center: printmaking for teens and preteens |
| 2005-2009 | Adjunct instructor, Las Positas Community College, Livermore: watercolor, basic drawing, color drawing |
| 2004 | Adjunct instructor, College of the Redwoods, Ft. Bragg: Japanese printmaking |
| 2004-2006 | UC Santa Cruz Extension Program: Japanese printmaking
| 2003 | Sonoma Community Center: Japanese printmaking |
| 2002-present | Richmond Art Center: mixed-media painting, Japanese printmaking, pastel, colored pencil, artists' business |
| 2000-2001 | Arts in Corrections Program, northern California: watercolor, colored pencil |
| 1998-present | Pacific Art League, Palo Alto: Japanese printmaking, colored-pencil, pastel, matting and framing |
| 1998-2004 | Mendocino Art Center: Japanese printmaking, colored-pencil |
| 1997-2004 | Pt. Reyes Seminars: Japanese printmaking, colored-pencil, outdoor drawing |
| 1991-2002 | UC Berkeley Extension Program: Japanese printmaking, papermaking, colored-pencil, outdoor landscape workshop
| 1990-1998 | Workshops in Japanese printmaking and colored-pencil drawing, Palo Alto Cultural Center, American School of Japanese Art, Santa Rosa, UC Santa Cruz Extension |
PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES, CURATOR EXPERIENCE |
| 2002 | Demonstration of Japanese Printmaking, Mills College, Oakland |
| 1999 | "Modern Japanese Prints," slide lecture, Mills College, Oakland |
| 1998 | Demonstration of Japanese printmaking, Asian Art Museum, SF
| 1998 | "Modern Japanese Prints," slide lecture, Asian Art Museum, SF |
| 1998 | Display of sample prints, tools for J. printmaking, Asian Art Museum |
| 1997 | "Modern Japanese Prints," slide lecture, Japanese Cultural Center, SF |
| 1994 | "Modern Japanese Prints," slide lectures, American School of Japanese Arts, Marin County; The Japan Society, SF |
| 1993 | "Art and the Desert," slide lectures, Kyoto Foreign Women Artists, Kyoto; Tanpopo no Ie, Nara, Japan |
| 1992 | "Art and the Desert," slide lecture, The Brain Center, Oakland |
| 1991, 1992 | "Hands-on Papermaking," The Commonwealth Club, SF |
| l990-9l | "Modern Japanese Prints," slide lectures, The Japan Society, UC Santa Cruz Art Department, Carmel Oriental Art Society |
| l987 | Curator, "The Contemporary Japanese Woodblock Print," Prieto Gallery, Mills College, Oakland |
BIBLIOGRAPHY: |
| 1993-1999 | Inclusion in The Best of Colored Pencil 1, 2, 3, 5, yearly anthologies of American colored-pencil artists, Rockport Publishers |
| 1997 | Inclusion in Creative Inspirations, anthology of artwork, Rockport
COLLECTIONS: |
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Alameda County Medical Center |
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Dillingham & Murphy, San Francisco |
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Pillsbury Winthrop, San Francisco |
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PaineWebber, Palo Alto |
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Dublin Gallery, Knoxville TN |
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Various private collections nationwide |
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