2008

Permanent Public Art Commission:  Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City MO

Permanent Public Art Commission:  UCLA Hospital, Santa Monica CA : Large Scale Digital Photographs

Artist Residency: PlatteForum, Denver CO

Finalist:  San Diego Airport Expansion, San Diego CA : Elevator Enclosures

Finalist:  City of Houston / Houston Arts Alliance : Fire Station #8 : Tower Windows

2007

Permanent Public Commission: Grand Oaks Project, Pasadena CA : 50 Ft. H Glass Window Facade : AC Architecture, Los Angeles CA

Finalist: Metropolitan Transit Authority, Houston TX  : Light Rail Station Projects

2001-05

Permanent Public Art Commission: Bush Intercontinental Airport, City of Houston: Project Managers; Parsons Brinkerhoff Construction Services, Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County;   Project: FIS Terminal,  62 ft. L x 9 ft. H Handmade Interior Wall         Title: ‘Air Drops’

2002-03

Permanent Public Art Commission, Donovan Park, Town of Vail CO,  Project: Elements for Terrace and Entry

1997

‘The Big Show’, Second Place Award, Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston TX    

Permanent Public Art Commission: City of Houston Hike & Bikeway

1995

Special Opportunity Grant, Texas Accountants/Lawyers for the Arts, Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County                         

1992

Visual Arts Alliance Annual Exhibition, First Place Award

1990

2008

        'Watershed' , Plus  + Gallery, Denver CO

        'Fringe Element : My Piece of the Sky' , PLATTEforum, Denver CO

2007

       'Hallucinating, with Vigor', Rudolph Projects, Houston TX

2006

        ‘Delirious’,  Plus + Gallery, Denver CO

2005

        ‘Everything’, Museum of the Southwest, Midland TX

2004

        ‘Recent Work’, Rudolph Projects, Houston TX

2003

        ‘Bright and Shiny: Recent Work’, Rudolph Projects, Houston TX

2002

        ‘Inhale’, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe NM

2000

        ‘Recent Works’, Rudolph Projects, New York NY

        ‘Inhale’, Diverseworks, Houston TX

2007

'Pushing the Envelope: A Drawing Show', Williams Tower Gallery, Houston TX

'Hot Pursuit: Eight Artists from Southwestern Colorado', Adams State College, Alamosa CO

‘Similar Differences: Kate Petley and Sheila Klein’: Art League Houston, Houston TX

2005

‘Selections from New American Painting #54’, + Gallery, Denver CO

2004

Rocky Mountain Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins CO      

‘Surfaces’, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Ft. Worth TX

2003   

‘Plastic Fantastic’, Exhibit A, New York NY

‘Luscious’, Ron Judish Fine Art at Andenken Gallery, Denver CO

2002

‘Archipelago’, The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver CO

2001

‘Reaction’, Exit Art, New York NY

2007

Goebel, Leanne: 'Hot Pursuits', The Durango Herald, September 7

Phelp, Janet: 'Similar Differences', Art League Houston, Essay for Exhibition

Keppler, Nick: 'Through the Looking Glass', Houston Press, January 31

2006

New American Painting, Issue 66, Curated by Ian Berry, Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, Syracuse, NY

Paglia, Michael: “Smart and Pretty”, Westword, May 4

2005

Greene, Alison: “O: A House Installation” at Ten Years”, Gulf Coast,  Fall Issue

Temple, Georgia: “Artist Tackles Small Details”, Midland Reporter Telegram,  May 22

2004

New American Painting,  Issue 54, Curated by Lynn M. Herbert, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX

Murphy, Laurie Lynnxe: “Profile: Kate Petley”, Eye Level, Spring Issue, Denver CO

2002

Indyke, Dottie: “CCA Installation Exaggerates Vulnerability of Humans”, Albuquerque Journal  North, June 14

2001

Paglia, Michael: “Good Heavens”, Westword, November 8-14

Chandler, Mary Voelz: “The Big Blue Wonder”, Rocky Mountain News, Denver Post, September 15

Gluckstern, J.: “Sky”, The Boulder Daily Camera, September 14

2000

Anspon, Catherine D.: “Kate Petley Carries Us Away”, Public News, December 11

Dewan, Shaila: “A Gift to be Simple”, Houston Press, March 13

Director: Sean Rudolph

+Gallery, Denver CO