KATHLEEN O'ROURKE
Arverne, NY
Studio Phone: (718) 499-4096
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EDUCATION:
Masters of Fine Arts in Painting, 1988, Yale School of Art in New Haven, CT
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, 1985, Center for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design, Detroit, MI
Associates of Fine Arts, 1982, Finlandia University, Hancock, MI
Studied with Mel Bochner, William Bailey, Andrew Forge, Lester Johnson, Chuck Close, Joe Bernard and Aris Koutroulis
ARTIST'S STATEMENT:
The process of painting and drawing for me is about discovery. I am open to the materials; which take me in direction of autobiographical and archetypical imagery. The images converge through layers of materials, juxtaposing within pictorial landscape, playing out the rhythm between various forms. The story reveals itself to me as the images emerge from a dense background. Therefore, the work unravels itself in the end.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2014 Marine Park Clubhouse Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2000 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Brooklyn Ethical Culture Society, Brooklyn, NY
1992 Briggs Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
1989 Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI
1987 Center for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design, Alumni Artist Show, Detroit, MI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Studio 6 Gallery Fort Tilden, Queens, NY “Beach Elements”
Studio 6 Gallery Fort Tilden, Queens, NY “Art in Bloom”
2018 Studio 7 Gallery, Rockaway Point, NY, “Art Splash”
Studio 7 Gallery, Rockaway Point, NY, “Womens Group Show”
2008 Arkell Museum, Canajoharie, NY, "National Small Works Exhibit"
Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, "Ninth Annual National Exhibit"
2007 Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, "20th September 2007"
Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, "58th Annual Art of the Northeast"
2006 Alexendria Museum of Art, Alexancria, LA,"19th September 2006"
The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ, "Over the Top - Under the Rug"
2005 Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, "Theme Show "Boats"
Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT, "56th Annual Art of the Northeast"
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, "National Spring Open Juried Exhibition"
Dishman Art Museum, Beamount, TX, "The Dishman Competition"
2003 Barret Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, "19th Annual National Juried Contemporary Art Show"
2002 Barret Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, "New Directions '02, 18th Annual National Juried Contemporary Art Show"
Smithtown Art Exhibition, St. James, NY, "Mills Pond House Juried Art Exhibition"
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN, "15th Annual Art Stravaganza"
Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, "53rd Annual Exhibition, Silvermine Art Center"
Papp Gallery, New York, NY, "Abstract Group Show"
2001 Smithtown Arts Council at Mills Pond House, St. James, NY, "26th Annual Art Exhibition"
Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, "New Directions"
Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY, "Landscapes Real and Imagined"
Kaufman Gallery, Hubert Art Center, Shippenburg, PA, "Play"
Stephen Gang/Papp Gallery, New York, NY, Selected abstract Art Show
1984 Detroit Museum Institute of Fine Arts, Detroit, MI, Rental Gallery Exhibit"
Mount Clemins, MI, Michigan Annual Group
Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI, Group Show for Resident Artists
REVIEWS:
2019 Biographical Review, “Tranquility By The Sea”, January 31, 2019, The Wave, Rockaway, NY
2005 Biographical Review, "New Showcase for Local Brooklyn Painter”, February 7, 2005, Park Slope Courier, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Saturday, November 2, 2002, Poughkeepsie Journal
Sunday, September 8, 2002, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Arts Section
Sunday, May 19,2002, New York Times Connecticut, Arts Section
2001 October 26, 2001, Poughkeepsie Journal
March 21, 2001, The Sound Shore
March 24, 2001, The Journal News
Biographical Review, "The Gallery Bill", May 2001
HONORS AND AWARDS:
1987 Tuition Scholarship, Yale University.
1984 Merit Scholarship, Center for Creative Studies, College of Art Design, Detroit, MI.
1983 Merit Award, Detroit Artist's Market Scholarship Fund.
COLLECTIONS:
Arkell Museum, Canajoharie, NY
Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Dishman Art Center, Beaumont, TX