EDUCATION

MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
BFA, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

EXHIBITIONS

2008

Los Altos Hills Government Center, Los Altos Hills, California,    “Second Nature-Katherine K. Allen", Solo Exhibition

Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio,
    "Material Matters: Quiltmaking in the 21st Century"

2007

Kelly Arts Center, Okaloosa-Walton College, Niceville, FL,
    "Tactile Traces"

Fitton Center for the Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH,
    "Fabric & Glass", Invitational Exhibition

Polk Community College, Winter Haven, FL,
    "Tactile Traces"

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
   “Fiberart International 2007”, Juried Exhibition

Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona,
    “New works/New Artist", Invitational

Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska,
    “Tactile Traces”, Touring 3-Artist Exhibition

Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, Lancaster, Ohio,
    “Pieced Together”, Invitational Exhibition

2006

From Lausanne to Beijing, 4th International Fiber Art Biennial, Beijing China
   Juried Exhibition

Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, Massachusetts,
   “Art Quilts at the Whistler III”, Juried Exhibition

Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, North Carolina,
    “Textile Constructions”, Invitational

The Nature Conservancy, Hobe Sound, Florida,
    “Bound by Water”, Invitational

Carnegie Center, New Albany Indiana,
    “Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie”, Juried Exhibition

“Fine Focus ‘06”, Traveling Juried Exhibition

2005

Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, Florida
   "Gestures Captured: Stitched Monoprints" - solo exhibition

Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, Ohio
   "Quilt National, The Best in Contemporary Quilts"
     International, biennial juried exhibition

Fine Arts Center, St. Charles, Illinois
  "Keiko and Friends: Art Quilts"

2004

Lake Wales Arts Center, Lake Wales, Florida
   "Nature Takes Its Course" - invitational, 3-person show

Yellow Chair Art Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
   "Katherine Allen & Dianne Nance" - invitational exhibition

Broadway Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
  "South Florida Soho Exhibition" - juried exhibition

The Nature Conservancy, Jupiter Island, Florida
  "Species At Risk" - invitational exhibition

Deland Museum of Art, Deland, Florida
  "Florida Biennial" - juried exhibition

2003

Artists Haven Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida -
invitational exhibition

Aullwood Audubon Center, Dayton, Ohio
  "Birds, Flight and the Wrights" - juried exhibition


Deland Museum of Art, Deland, Florida
  "Florida Craftsmen’s 50th Anniversary Exhibition" - juried traveling exhibition

2002

Colonial Bank, Miami, Florida
  "Beyond the Surface" - Invitational Exhibition

Aventura Government Center, Aventura, Florida
  "Contemporary Artists of Florida" - juried exhibition

Biscayne National Park, Miami, Florida
  "10th Anniversary Hurricane Andrew" - invitational exhibition

Historical Museum of South Florida, Miami, Florida
  "Hurricane Andrew, 10 Years Later" - invitational

Palais Rastede, Oldenburg, Germany - juried exhibition

Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, Massachusetts
  "Art Quilts at the Whistler" - international juried exhibition

Musem of Art, Columbus, Ohio
  "The Quilted Surface" - international juried exhibition

2001

Polk Community College, Winter Haven, Florida
  "Cloth Work" - invitational exhibition

Fiber Art Studio I, Oakland Park, Florida
  "Hurricane Supplication Day Show" - invitational

The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio
  "Quilt National" - biennial, international juried exhibition

Fiber Art Studio I, Oakland Park, Florida - solo exhibition

2000

Lynn Univesity, Boca Raton, Florida
  "Open Studio/ Three Working Artists" - invitational

Florida Atlantic University, Davie, Florida
  "What Women Do" - invitational

1990 - 1992

Storefront for Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida - invitational exhibition

Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
  "Hortt" - juried exhibition

Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
  "Summer Show"


 

COMMISSIONS

State of Florida Percentage for Art in Public Places,
   Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

All Saints Episcopal Church, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

PUBLICATIONS

Fiberarts International 2007

Art Quilts-A Celebration

50th Anniversary-Florida Craftsmen

The Best of Contemporary Quilts, Quilt National ‘05

Textilkunst International

The Best of Contemporary Quilts, Quilt National ‘01

AFFILIATIONS

Professional Artist Member-Studio Art Quilt Associates
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Friends of Fiber Art International
Florida Craftsman
Surface Design Association

COLLECTIONS

University Hospitals Health System, Cleveland, Ohio
Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Oklahoma Dance Alliance, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
San Jose Quilt Museum, San Jose, California
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
Anja Pundt, Germany
Selma & Marty Feldstein, Boca Raton, Florida
All Saints Episcopal Church, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Florida Atlantic Univesity, Boca Raton, Florida

PROFESSIONAL

Participant: The Artist As Entrepreneur Institute

1995-6 DOCENT, Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art,
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Guest Speaker, University of Miami, Miami, Florida

Guest Speaker, Women's Institute for Creativity,
Miami, Florida

Instructor, Posnack Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

1990 Guest Curator, Broward Art Guild,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

1989 President, Studio Council, Cranbrook Academy of Art,
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Artist's Assistant, Richard Nonas, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Prepatorial Assistant, “Yoko Ono, The Bronze Age,”
Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Prepatorial Assistant, “Ursula Von Rydingsvard, Recent Works,” Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

1988 Assistant Curator, “Jan Schoonhoven, Retrospective,” Green Street Gallery, New York City

Artist's Assistant, Dre Devens, Tampa, Florida

Registrar & Assistant Curator of Exhibitions, St. Petersburg Historical Society Museu, St. Petersburg, Florida

1981-1987 Freelance Graphic Designer

 

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