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
Grants and Awards
2011
Finalist: El Paso Fire Station #37 Project (Pending)
Finalist: Denver Health Center Project (Pending)
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
Artist Residency: PlatteForum, Denver CO
2007
Permanent Public Commission: Grand Oaks Project, Pasadena CA
Project: 50Ft. H Glass Window Façade : Budget: $105,000 (Under Development)
Project Manager: Barker & Associates, Los Angeles CA
Finalist: Downtown Fire Station #8, Houston TX: Watchtower Windows
Finalist: Metropolitan Transit Authority, Houston TX: Light Rail Station Projects
2001-05
Permanent Public Commission: Bush Intercontinental Airport, City of Houston
Project: ‘Air Drops’, FIS Terminal 62 ft. L x 9 ft H Handmade Interior Wall
Budget: $300,000 All-Inclusive
Project Mangers: Parsons Brinkerhoff Construction Services
Architect: PGAL Washington DC
2002-03
Permanent Public Commission, Donovan Park Terrace, Town of Vail CO
Budget: $5,000 Design Fee Only
Finalist: Denver Convention Center Public Art
Finalist: City of Phoenix Chavez Library Project
1997
‘The Big Show’, Second Place Award, Lawndale Art Center, Houston
Juror: Don Bacigalupi, Director, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston
Permanent Public Art Commission: City of Houston, Project: Hike & Bikeway Bridge
240 Ft. L x 5 Ft. H : Budget: $17,000 Design Fee : *New Bridges Installed 2008
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/ The
Rockefeller Foundation
Solo Exhibitions
2011
'The Fruit Stare’, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, Durango CO, Curator: Chad Colby
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
Two Person Exhibitions
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
Group Exhibitions and Installations
2011
"New Mexorado", The Harwood Museum, Taos NM; Juror: Libby Lumpkin
2010
4 x 4, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Curator: Caitlin Green
‘Excellencies’, Plus Gallery, Denver CO
Recent Work, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe NM
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, Denver CO
‘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, Lawndale 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
‘Take a Seat’, DIFFA, Innova, 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
‘Southwestern Exhibition’, sponsored by the Women’s Caucus for Art, Dallas TX
1989
‘Common Ground, Beyond Boundaries’, Dallas City Hall, Dallas TX
‘Houston Women’, Mexic Arte, Austin TX
Bibliography
2011
Studio Visit Magazine, Curator: Beth Venn, Newark Museum, Newark NJ
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 31
2006
New American Painting, Issue 66, Fall 2006; Curated by Ian Berry, Skidmore College 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, Fall 2004; Curated by 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, Denver Post, September 15
Gluckstern, J.: “Sky”, The Boulder Daily Camera, September 14
2000
Anspon, Catherine D.: “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
1997
Johnson, Patricia C.: “Openings in West Side Galleries”, Houston Chronicle, December 19
Anspon, Catherine D.: “Kate Petley Carries Us Away”, Public News, December 11
Dewan, Shaila: “A Gift to be Simple”, Houston Press, March 13
Anspon, Catherine D.: “Showcase of Texas Art Opens Downtown”, Public News, March 12
1996
Johnson, Patricia C.: “Full Frames”, Houston Chronicle, March 14
Peters, Patrick: “Casa Lucida, Casa Obscura”, Cite, Spring 1996
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
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 C.: “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 C.: “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, September 16
“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
Kalil, Susie: “Capitalist Realism”, Houston Press, June 18
Johnson, Patricia C.: “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:
Federal Reserve Bank Kansas City MO
UCLA Hospital Santa Monica CA
Denver Children’s Hospital
The City of Houston
Private Collections throughout the United States
Information:
2008
Wayfinding and Signage Master Plan, Pagosa Springs CO: Committee Member
PlatteForum, Denver CO: Teaching Intensive, Underserved Youth Program Valdez Elementary School and America Scores Project
2005-07
This Committee established a downtown Master Plan
1993-1994
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass CO: Sculpture Workshops, Children’s Program
Gallery Representation
Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe NM
Director: Michael Carroll
Plus Gallery, Denver CO
Director: Ivar Ziele
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