GRANTS AND AWARDS | SOLO EXHIBITIONS | TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS | GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS | BIBLIOGRAPHY | GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Education B.F.A. cum laude University of Utah 1976
Public Commissions
2012 Finalist Port Arthur School District Project, Port Arthur TX
2011 Finalist (invitational) Potomac Yard Transitway, Arlington County VA
Finalist City of El Paso Fire Station #37 Project
Finalist Denver Health Center Project
2010 Finalist Denver Biennial, McNichols Building Project
2009 Finalist Utah Public Art Commission, University of Utah USTAR Project
Finalist Los Angeles County Arts Commission, El Cariso Project
Finalist Denver Office of Cultural Affairs, Rosyln Administration Building
2008 Permanent Public Commission: Federal Reserve Bank Kansas City MO
Project Manager: McElwain Fine Art Services, St. Louis MO
Permanent Public Commission: UCLA Hospital, Santa Monica CA
Project Manager: Barker & Associates, Los Angeles
Finalist San Diego Airport Authority, Terminal Expansion, Elevator Enclosures
2007 Permanent Public Commission: Grand Oaks Project, Pasadena CA
Project: 50Ft. Atrium Façade Project Manager: Barker & Associates, Los Angeles CA
Finalist Downtown Fire Station #8, Houston TX
Finalist Metropolitan Transit Authority, Houston TX
2005 Permanent Public Commission: Bush Intercontinental Airport, City of Houston
Project: ‘Air Drops’, FIS Terminal 62 ft. L x 9 ft H Handmade Interior Wall
Architect: PGAL Washington DC
Project Mangers: Parsons Brinkerhoff Construction Services
2003 Permanent Public Commission, Donovan Park Terrace, Town of Vail CO
Finalist Denver Convention Center
Finalist City of Phoenix Chavez Library Project
1997 Permanent Public Art Commission: City of Houston, Hike & Bikeway Bridge
240 Ft. L x 5 Ft. H New Bridges Installed 2004
2008 Artist Residency PlatteForum, Denver CO
1997 The Big Show, Second Place Award, Lawndale Art Center, Houston
Juror: Don Bacigalupi, Director, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston
1995 Special Opportunity Grant, Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts, Cultural
Arts Council of Houston/Harris County, Project: ‘O’: A House Installation’
1992 Visual Arts Alliance Ninth Annual Exhibition, First Place Award,
Juror: Suzanne Delehanty, Director, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
1990 New Forms Regional Grant Initiative (NFRIG), National Endowment for the Arts and The Rockefeller Foundation
2011 The Fruit Stare, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, Durango CO
Recent Work, Vertical Arts, Steamboat Springs CO
2010 The Spaces in Between, The Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper WY
Curator: Lisa Hatchadoorian
One Big Dream, Plus Gallery, Denver CO
2009 Overhead, Rudolph Projects, Houston TX
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
Drops, Rudolph Projects, Houston TX
2001 Recent Works, Rudolph Projects, Houston TX
2000 Recent Works, Rudolph Projects, New York NY
Inhale, Diverseworks, Houston TX
Monkey Mind, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, Durango CO
1999 Blue Sky, College of the Mainland Fine Arts Gallery, Texas City TX
Photographs, Rudolph Poissant Gallery, Houston TX
1997 Carried Away, Rudolph Poissant Gallery, Houston TX
1996 Container of Meaning, Fotofest, Houston TX
1993 Rings, Balls, and Trees, Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco TX
1992 Requiem for Huge Oaks, Diverseworks, Houston TX
1988 Recent Works, Judy Youens Gallery, Houston TX
2012 Construct: Kate Petley and Rusty Scruby, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe NM
2007 Similar Differences: Kate Petley and Sheila Klein, Art League Houston TX
1996 Recent Works, Slover McCutcheon Gallery, Houston TX
Lighten Up, Collaborative with David Carpender, The McBride Series, Houston TX
1994 Kate Petley and Michael Whitehead, Longview Museum of Art, Longview TX
1993 From the Source, Farah Damji Fine Art, New York NY
Recent Work, Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi TX
2013 Materialized, Robischon Gallery, Denver CO
Dallas Art Fair, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe NM2012 Gallery Artists, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Scope Miami, Turner Carroll Gallery
Terrain, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe NM
Blink, Turner Carroll Gallery, Dallas TX
2011 Scope Miami, Turner Carroll Gallery
New Mexorado, The Harwood Museum, Taos NM; Juror: Libby Lumpkin
Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins CO
Curator: Leanne Goebel
2010 4 x 4, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Curator: Caitlin Green
Excellencies, Plus Gallery, Denver CO
2008 The Best Choice: Houston Arts Alliance and City Hall: Houston TX
Juror: Emily Todd, The Houston Endowment
2007 Pushing the Envelope: A Drawing Show, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston TX
Hot Pursuit: Eight Artists from Southwestern Colorado, Adams State College, Alamosa CO
2006 New American Painting Issue #66 , Plus Gallery, Denver CO
2005 Selections from New American Painting #54, Plus Gallery, Denver CO
ISEP Exposed: Selected Artists, Cultural Arts Council of Houston Harris County and
Rudolph Projects, Houston TX
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
Red, Rudolph Projects, Houston TX
2002 Archipelago, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver CO
Curator: Ann Shostrom, New York NY
Group Exhibition, Judish Fine Art, Denver CO
2001 Reaction, Exit Art, New York NY
Sky, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada CO; with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Summer Stock 3, Ron Judish Fine Arts, Denver CO
Gallery Artists, Helix Fine Art, Santa Fe NM
2000 The End of History, Ron Judish Fine Arts, Denver CO
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Art 2000,
Juror: Bruce Guenther, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach CA
Fotofest 2000, Installation sponsored by Foley’s of Houston
1998 Textual Negotiations, collaboration with poet Michael Rosen, Lawdale Art Center, Houston TX
Selected Works, Rudolph Poissant Gallery, Houston TX
1997 Los Angeles National Juried Exhibition 2, Spanish Kitchen Gallery, Los Angeles
Second Texas Annual, The Contemporary Art Center of Ft. Worth, Ft. Worth TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX
Juror, Don Bacigalupi, Director, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art ‘97, Houston TX
Juror; David Ross, Director, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
Wabi sabi, Takara Gallery, Houston TX
Paper, Rudolph Poissant Gallery, Houston TX
1996 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art ‘96, Houston TX
Juror: Jock Reynolds, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
Imprint, Barbara Davis Gallery/ Pennzoil Place, Houston TX
1995 ‘O’: A House Installation”, with Dan Havel & Dean Ruck, Houston TX
The Evocative Object, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington TX
Seductive Surfaces, Sally Sprout Gallery, Houston TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art ‘95, Houston TX
Juror: Marti Mayo, Director, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Witness Through Materials, Transco Energy Gallery, Houston TX
1994 14 Sculptors, North Harris College, Houston TX
Broken Hearts, Farah Damji Fine Art, New York NY
Low Tech, CRCA, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX
Second Annual Riverway Invitational: Sculpture on the Green’, Omni Houston
1993 The Texas Biennial 1993, Fair Park, Dallas TX
First Annual Riverway Invitational: Sculpture on the Green, Omni Houston
Sculptors Known and Underknown, One Allen Center, Houston TX
13th Annual Outdoor Exhibition, Nelson Sculpture Park, Abilene TX
Critics Choice, D-Art, Dallas TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX
The 34th Annual Invitational, Longview Art Museum, Longview TX
1992 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX
Trail of Tears, Firehouse Gallery, Houston TX
Visual Arts Alliance 9th Annual Juried Exhibition, Houston TX
Juror; Suzanne Delehanty, Director, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston TX
1991 The Big Show, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX
Installation, Mariposa Sculpture Park, Corpus Christi TX
Visual Arts Alliance 8th Annual Juried Exhibition, Houston TX
Private Investigations, Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX
1990 Texas Sculpture Association Excellence ’90: Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition, Trammel Crow Center, Dallas TX
Austin Annual ‘90, Mexic Arte, Austin TX
Tri State ‘90, Beaumont Art League, Beaumont TX
1989 Common Ground, Beyond Boundaries, Dallas City Hall, Dallas TX
Houston Women, Mexic Arte, Austin TX
2013 Studio Visit Magazine, Curator: Dina Deitsch, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln MA
2012 Studio Visit Magazine, Curator: Jonathan Greene, New York NY
Goebel, Leanne: Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor, Catalogue Essay
Abatemarco, Michael: Binary Visions, Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican, June 15
2011 Studio Visit Magazine, Curator: Beth Venn, Newark Museum, Newark NJ
The Huffington Post: Goebel, Leanne: What’s Missing from Colorado’s Top Ten List, Jan 4
2010 Berkovitch, Ellen: Contemporary in Denver, Adobe Airstream, October 24
Hatchadoorian, Lisa: The Spaces In Between, The Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Catalogue Essay
2009 New American Painting Anniversary Edition, Winter
Goebel, Leanne: Overhead, AdobeAirstream, May
2007 Goebel, Leanne: Hot Pursuits, The Durango Herald, September 7
Phelps, Janet: Similar Differences, Art League Houston, Essay for Exhibition
Keppler, Nick: Through the Looking Glass, Houston Press January 3
2006 New American Painting, Issue 66, Curator: Ian Berry, Tang Museum of Art
Paglia, Michael: Smart and Pretty, Westword, Denver CO 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, Curator: Lynn Herbert, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston TX
Murphy, Laurie Lynnxe: Profile: Kate Petley, Eye Level, Spring Issue, Denver CO
2003 Paglia, Michael: Art Beat, Westword, Denver CO; October 2
2002 Indyke, Dottie: CCA Installation Exaggerates Vulnerability of Humans, Albuquerque Journal North, June 14
Winslow, Kate: Inhale, Interview for Exhibition
2001 Paglia, Michael: Good Heavens, Westword, November 8-14
Chandler, Mary Voelz: The Big Blue Wonder, Rocky Mountain News, September 15
Gluckstern, J.: Sky, The Boulder Daily Camera, September 14
2000 Anspon, Catherine: Kate Petley: Inhale, Houston CitySearch, May 1
Paglia, Michael: Across the Board, Westword, Denver CO; May 25
Chandler, Mary Voelz: Abstraction Meets Realism, Denver Rocky Mountain News, June 2
Wilson, Wade: Inhale,, Essay for exhibition catalog, April 2000
1997 Johnson, Patricia: Openings in West Side Galleries, Houston Chronicle, December 19
Anspon, Catherine: Kate Petley Carries Us Away, Public News, December 11
Dewan, Shaila: A Gift to be Simple, Houston Press, March 13
Anspon, Catherine: Showcase of Texas Art Opens Downtown, Public News, March 12
1996 Johnson, Patricia: Full Frames, Houston Chronicle, March 14
Peters, Patrick: Casa Lucida, Casa Obscura”, Cite, Spring 1996
Anspon, Catherine: Dia de los Muertos, Lawndale's Lively Version of Death's Remembrance, Public News, October 30
1995 Schicke, Erica: Reading Beyond the Prima Facie Level, Public News, December 27
Wilson, Wade: Evocative Object, Essay for Exhibition, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington TX
Merino, Tony: Evocative Object at the Arlington Museum of Art, Artlies, September
Kutner, Janet: Object: Evokes the Fragile and Unique, Dallas Morning News, July 19
Smith, Stephanie: ‘O’: A House Installation, Artlies, June/July
Ward, Elizabeth: ‘O’: A House Installation, CRCA Magazine, Winter
Ward, Elizabeth: ‘O’: A House Installation, Essay for Exhibition, Spring
McBride, Elizabeth: ‘O’: A House Installation, Essay for Exhibition
Johnson, Patricia: The Art Shack, Houston Chronicle, April 29
1994 Kutner, Janet: Artists Take the Low Tech Road, Dallas Morning News, June 5
Graze, Sue: Low Tech, Essay for Exhibition, CRCA Magazine, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington TX
1993 Chadwick, Susan: Sculpture on the Green, Houston Post, September 9
Monumental Efforts, Texas Monthly, September
Tennant, Donna: Sculpture on the Green, Museum and Arts Magazine, November
Johnson, Patricia: Sculpture on the Green, Houston Chronicle, October 14
Edwards, Jim: The 13th Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Essay for Exhibition, Abilene TX
George, Ron: Contemporary Art Invades Coastal Bend, The Corpus Christi Caller Times,
Something Old, Something New, The Corpus Christi Caller Times, August 22
Edwards, Jim: Kate Petley and Kent Rush, Essay for Exhibition, Museum of South Texas
Hornik, Heidi: Rings, Balls, and Trees, Essay for Exhibition, Martin Museum, Baylor University, Waco TX
1992 Rust, Carol: Art Rises from the Rubble, TEXAS Houston Chronicle Magazine, January 12
Johnson, Patricia: Photographers Take Another Look, Houston Chronicle, September 27
Kalil, Susie: Retro Radical, Houston Press, October 8
Frohman, Mark: Installation Art in the 90’s, Public News, October 14
Collections:
The Nicolaysen Museum, Casper WY
The Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City MO
UCLA Hospital Santa Monica CA
Denver Children’s Hospital
The City of Houston Airport System
The Hyatt and Marriott Hotel Corporations
Polsinelli Shughart, Dallas TX and Chicago IL
Private Collections throughout the United States
Information
2008 Wayfinding and Signage Master Plan, Pagosa Springs CO: Committee Member
PlatteForum, Denver CO: Residency and Teaching Intensive
2003-08 Downtown Master Plan and Community Vision Council, Pagosa Springs CO
This committee developed and evaluated an extensive Downtown Master Plan.
1993-1994 Anderson Ranch, Snowmass CO: Sculpture Workshops, Children’s Program
Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe NM Director: Michael Carroll
Robischon Gallery, Denver CO Directors: Jim Robischon, Jennifer Doran
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