Kate Harkins
Portrait of a Friend mixed media on canvas 30” x 40” 2013
Plaid Over Hillman City mixed media on canvas 30” x 40” 2013
Purple Mountain Landscape mixed media on canvas 36” 40” 2013
Bass And Contralto Call for Soprano mixed media on canvas 48” sq, 20 2010
Artist Statement
My work is about the paint itself, and the play that happens when I create time and space for the unraveling of the logical, every day side of myself. These paintings are a record of my experiments with paint, in those unraveled moments. Immersed in color and experimentation, I enjoy juxtaposing different things, and everything is fair game –fabric, the seemingly wrong color and the wayward line.
ARTIST REPRESENTATION
Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA 98118
CORE Gallery, Seattle WA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Rainier Chamber of Commerce, Seattle WA
2010 Blackbird Café Bainbridge Island, WA
2007 Freemont Classic, Seattle, WA 2006 Columbia City Cinema, Seattle, WA
2004 Café Verite, Seattle, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005-2014 Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 Anne Focke Gallery, Seattle City Hall, Seattle WA
2011 Mercer Island Event Center, Mercer Isl. WA
2008 Robert Daniel Gallery, Tacoma WA
2007 Living Loft Gallery, Seattle WA
RELATED
2008-2010
Artist in Residence, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle Washington
Fine Art Coursework:
1981 Boston Museum School, Boston MA
1984 Philadelphia College of Art
1998 Marin County Community College
2000-2004 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
President 2010-2013 Executive committee, Columbia City Gallery