Birthplace: Huntington, WVA
Resides: Los Angeles, CA
Education: B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design

Museum Exhibitions
2012        "Paint America" Coutts Museum of Art, El Dorado, KS
2011         "Paint the Parks" Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, MO
2004        “Art of the Rancho Tujunga Area”, Bolton Hall Museum, Tujunga, CA   
2003        “Etherscapes”, Grant’s Pass Museum of Art, Grant’s Pass, OR        
2000        “Timely Expressions”, traveling exhibition, Red River Valley Museum,  Vernon, TX

Solo and Feature Exhibitions
2012        "Murmuration", TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2010       "Atmospheric," TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2008       "Still Places," TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007       "Lightfall, " TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2003       “Etherscapes”, Grant’s Pass Museum of Art, Grant’s Pass, OR
2002        "Katherine Kean" Butler Gallery, Northwood University, Cedar Hill, TX
2000       “Memories, Dreams, and Visions”, Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, TX
1998        "New Work" The Gossip Studio, Los Angeles, CA           
             "Collection" Schoff & Baxter, Century City, CA
1994        “A Land Apart”, Film Roman Gallery, North Hollywood, CA

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Collections   
Bloomingdale's Permanent Collection, Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, CA
Massage Envy, Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Schoff & Baxter, Century City, CA   
Film Roman, North Hollywood, CA.
JJ&A, Glendale, CA.
Numerous private collections

Awards
Purchase Award Bloomingdale's Collection at Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, CA
Paint America's 2011 Paint the Parks Top 100
Paint America's 2011 Paint the Parks Top 50 Mini
Globe Portfolio Award, Boston Massachusetts
Art Slant Showcase Award, May 2009
Art Slant Showcase Awards 2010, Showcase 3, Showcase 5

Gallery Representation
Izen Miller Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
4 Star Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

Affiliations
ACAG
Venice Art Forum
Coach Art
SCWCA

Demonstrations
2005      Encaustic Painting, Culver City Art Group, Culver City, CA
2004      Encaustic Painting, Pacific Art Guild, Los Angeles, CA
                                          S T A T E M E N T

As  a  painter,  Katherine  Kean seeks moments of
breath-taking  transition  in  nature;  a  gathering of
clouds or changing tides;  times  when  the  elements
of  the  landscape  combine  with  the  alchemy  of
imagination to illuminate the world of heightened
mood  and  sensation.   Her works capture these
fleeting  moments  in  time  and  reveal  the  serene
center  that  can  arise  in  the  mids t of  nature’s
turbulence.

Katherine has exhibited in museums and galleries
across the United States, including the LACMA Art
Rental and Sales Gallery and the Brand Library Art
Gallery in Los Angeles. Her work was selected for
inclusion  in  the  2009  Schiffer  publication  100
Artists of the West Coast II, and she has three times
won an  Art Slant  Showcase Award.  Her work is in
many   private   and   corporate   collections   and
Bloomingdales   recently   selected   one   of  her
cloudscape paintings to be part of the collection for
their new store in Santa Monica, CA.
H O M E       I       A B O U T      I       P A I N T I N G S       I       B L O G       I      C O N T A C T
S E A R C H
Bibiliography
  
2012
 "Murmurs of Generosity" CalParks Voices
2010
 "Santa Monica",  Jeffrey Crussell
  Art Ltd., September/October, "Fall Preview"
  Art, Tiles, and Mosaics, January 2010, "A Favorite Place"
2009
 "100 Artists of the West Coast II", Tina Skinner, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
2008
 Luxury, Life, and Style, May/June 2008 “Gallery Scene: Hot Summer Exhibits”
  Art Ltd., May/June 2008, “Pulse”
  Art, Tiles, and Mosaics, April 2008, "TAG, the Artists' Gallery, in Santa Monica"
2007
 Planet Lightworker. com, November 2007 "Autumn's Veil"
2003
 Southern Oregon News, September 2003,  "September Features, Art at Grant's Pass
Museum"
2000
 Vernon Daily Record, May 5, 2000, “Timely Expressions”
1998
 "Katherine Kean: My Paintings Are Memories, Dreams, Reflections" Gerrit Henry
1994
 Los Angeles Times, July 31, 1994, “Drawing on a Special Effects Skill”
1990
 Cinefex, November 1990, “Ghost Stories”
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA
Mother's Day, Modest Fly Art Studio Gallery, Tujunga, CA
Buy Local, Think International, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Tell Us a Story, Segil Fine Art, Monrovia, CA
Chain Letter, Shoshanna Wayne Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Summertime, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Best of TAG 2010, TAG Gallery, Berganot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Works For Everyone, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Small Works, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Connections, Canoga Park Youth Arts Center Gallery, Canoga Park, CA
The Ladies' Fluff & Fold Society Presents Top Drawer, SCWCA Atrium Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
Brand 35: Thirty-Fifth Annual National Juried Exhibition, Works on Paper: Borders. Brand
Library Gallery, Glendale, CA, juried by Jim Morphesis
Wet Paint, LACMA Art Museum Council, Roxbury Park, Beverly Hills, CA
California Open Exhibition New Works, juried by Laddie John Dill, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art,  Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Venice Art Forum, "Group Show", SPARC Gallery, Venice, CA
Topanga Canyon Gallery, "2005 Juried Open", Topanga, CA
"Culver City Art Group Show", Veterans Building, Culver City, CA
“Autumn Show 2003”, Venice Art Forum, SPARC Gallery, Venice, CA
“Back On Broadway”, Santa Monica, CA
SPARC Gallery, “Art and Spirit Group Show”, Venice, CA
“Timely Expressions”, traveling exhibition,
Indiana State University Gallery, Terre Haute, IN
Hodge Podge II, Highways, Santa Monica, CA
Myth and Matter, Gallery West, Los Angeles, CA
200 Artists for Y2K, Boritzer, Gray, Hamano, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA        
Synergy,  4 Star Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Luminous Secrets, Encino, CA
Innerworks, Available Light Ltd., Burbank, CA
The Rose Café, Venice CA.
Summer Celebration, Mitchell & Matlin Gallery, Venice, CA
The Art of Brunch, Los Angeles Airport Hilton, Los Angeles, CA        
Soulscapes, Gallery IV, Los Angeles, CA
Mad River Post Fall ’93 Group Show, Santa Monica, CA
Exhibit A,  Blaisdell Atelier, Topanga, CA
A Shift of Season,  Blaisdell Atelier, Topanga, CA