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PUBLICITY:
SCIENTIFICALLY MOVING: HIGLEY DRAWS US IN Artscope Magazine January/February 2018, Linda Chesney
ASK AN ARTIST: KATE HIGLEY Newburyport News, September 20, 2018
CELL SHOCK Washington City Paper, May 14, 2004, John Metcalf
EDUCATION:
University of North Carolina, studio art, painting
University of the State of New York, BA Liberal Studies
Wesleyan University, M.A., Liberal Studies
University of New Hampshire, Printmaking
Corcoran College of Art, Printmaking, Painting
MassArt, Printmaking
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 202, Eliot, ME 03903
CURRENT AND RECENT EXHIBITIONS:
May 2018-March 2019 Text and Textiles: An Exhibit of Collaborative Works, organized by the Women’s Caucus for Art, NH and Alice B. Fogel, Poet Laureate of NH.
December, 2018-January, 2019 DEDICATED TO THE UNIQUE PRINT MONOTYPE GUILD OF NEW ENGLAND PAST AND PRESENT BOARD MEMBERS, ArtSpace Maynard, Maynard, MA
November, 2018-January, 2019 ORGANIC CARTOGRAPHY, Children's Museum of New Hampshire, Dover, NH
May-August, 2018 THE FIFTH NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF THE MONOTYPE MONOTYPE GUILD OF NEW ENGLAND, The Art Complex Museum, DuxburyDuxbury, MA
June-September, 2018 THIRTY-FIVE FRIENDS, The Children's Museum of New Hampshire, Dover, NH
August, 2018 MAKING AN IMPRESSION: 15TH ANNUAL PRINTMAKERS SHOW, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
February-March, 2018 SOLO EXHIBIT: KATE HIGLEY: BENEATH THE SURFACE, The Gateway Gallery, Great Bay Community College, Portsmouth, NH
January-December, 2018 CREATURES OF THE IMAGINARY REALM, 35 FRIENDS The Children's Museum of New Hampshire
Janurary, 2018 PRINTS OF THE YEAR, Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, NH Art Association, Portsmouth, NH
September-October, 2017 DOWN EAST, A MEMBERS JURIED EXHIBITION MONOTYPE GUILD OF NEW ENGLAND, Saco Museum, Saco, ME
September, 2017 MAKING AN IMPRESSION: 14TH ANNUAL PRINTMAKERS SHOW, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
March- April, 2017 2017 WHEATON BIENNIAL: PRINTMAKING RE-IMAGINED, Beard and Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
January-March 2017 25TH PARKSIDE NATIONAL SMALL PRINT EXHIBITION, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Kenosha Wisconsin
August 2016, WASHINGTON PRINTMAKERS GALLERY, Washington, DC- 19th Annual National Small Works
May- August, 2016 ANNMARIE SCULPTURE GARDEN AND ARTS CENTER, Dowell, MD "Swarm: Invasion of the Insects" National Juried exhibition
January 11 - February 20, 2016 PURDUE UNIVERSITY GALLERIES Sixty Square Inches - 18th North American Small Print Competition
October- December 2015 CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Dover, NH "Flight"
September-October, 2015 BRICKBOTTOM BRICKBOTTOM GALLERY, Somerville, MA "Once" Monotype Guild of New England, members juried show
May 16-June 28, 2015, ZULLO GALLERY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Medfield, MA "Unique Impressions V, Monotype Guild of New England Members Exhibit"
July 2015, ROBERT LINCOLN LEVY GALLERY, Portsmouth, NH Two Person show with Thomas Berger, Sculptor
March 4-April 19, 2015, ALPERS FINE ARTS, Andover, MA "Monkey Business and Other Delights"
Feb. 7-22, 2015, WESTBETH GALLERY, New York, NY Women's Caucus for Art "Ecology: The Difference Perception Makes."
January 18-March 3, 2015, JVS PROJECT SPACE, New York, NY "Select Works from the Footprint International."
February 2015, ROBERT LINCOLN LEVY GALLERY, Portsmouth, NH "Prints of the Year"
November-February 2014-2015, CHILDRENS MUESUM CHILDRENS,Dover, NH "Driven to Abstraction."
February 2015, NEWBURYPORT ART ASSOCIATION Newburyport, MA Winter Juried Members Show
October 2014, THE JAFFREY CENTER, Jaffrey, NH Women's Caucus for Art Juried Show, "Tell Me a Story."
September-November, 2014, THE CHILREN'S MUSEUM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Dover, NH "Wet"
September-October, 2014, SANDFORD GALLERY AT ZEA MAYS, Florence, MA, Monotype Guild of New England Invitational "Quarter Sheet Almost Legal"
July -August, 2014, THE ROCKY NECK ART COLONY, Gloucester, MA "A Fine Line: Drawings and Other Interpretations"
July- August, 2014 THE PRINTMAKERS OF NEWBURYPORT ART ASSOCIATION, Newburyport, MA "11th Annual Making an Impression"
June-August, 2014 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING, Norwalk, CT "The 4th Biennial International Footprint Competition and Exhibition" Honorable Mention for Monotype "Passage"
June-September 2014, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Dover, NH "Enchanting Gardens"
May-June, 2014 MOREAN ARTS CENTER, St. Petersburg, FL "Bite Scratch, Expose: A Juried Printmaking Exhibit"
May, 2014 NEWBURYPORT ART ASSOCIATION, Newburyport, MA "The 17th Annual Juried Regional Show"
April, 2014 FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM, Fitchburg, MA "On the Edge," Monotype Guild of New England juried show.
February, 2014 ARC GALLERY, Chicago, IL Women's Caucus for Art "Best of 2014"
January, 2014 ROBERT LINCOLN LEVY GALLERY, Portsmouth, NH "Prints of the Year"
December, 2013 CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Dover, NH "Light and Shadow"
November, 2013 STUDIO 550 ART CENTER, Manchester, NH, Women's Caucus for Art "12th Annual 6x6 Show"
October, 2013 SILVER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY, Plymouth, NH "Take Two Re-Imagining a Print From the Past"
SEPTEMBER, 2013 WHISTLER HOUSE MUSEUM, Lowell, MA "Close Observations: A Juried Monotype of New England Show" Honorable Mention
July, 2013 CAROL JENKINS GALLERY AT KIMBALL-JENKINS ESTATE, Concord, NH "Threshold- A Juried Exhibition Exploring Transitions and New Beginnings"
July, 2013 NEWBURYPORT ART ASSOCIATION PRINTMAKERS, Newburyport, MA "10th Annual Making an Impression"
March, 2013 BRADLEY UNIVERSITY GALLERIES, Peoria, IL The 34th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition.
March, 2013 GREATER CONCORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VISITOR'S CENTER, Concord, NH Solo Show
February, 2013 UNIVERSITY GALLERIES, WILLIAM PATTERSON UNIVERSITY, Wayne, NJ "Ink, Press, Repeat 2013" A juried Printmaking and Book Art Exhibition
November, 2012 ROBERT LINCOLN LEVY GALLERY, Portsmouth, NH “The Joan Dunfey Memorial Exhibition" Second Place Award
October, 2012 PORTSMOUTH DISCOVERY CENTER, Portsmouth, NH New Hampshire Art Association Juried Printmaking Show
July, 2012 NEWBURYPORT ART ASSOCIATION Newburyport, MA “9th Annual Making an Impression”
June, 2012 THE SILVER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH New Hampshire Art Association Juried Show
May, 2012 THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Dover, NH “Sense of Wonder”
April, 2012 ROBERT LINCOLN LEVY GALLERY, Portmouth, NH “The Twenty-sixth Annual Omer T. Lasonde Memorial Exhibition” Second Place Award
March, 2012 THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Dover, NH “Art Beyond Vision”
March, 2012 CAROL JENKINS GALLERY, KIMBALL JENKINS ESTATE, Concord, NH “monotype: The Literate Print” juried show, Monotype The Monotype Guild of New England.
January, 2012 UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW, Concord, NH “Prints of the Year”
September, 2011 PAUL MELLON ARTS CENTER, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT “Art of the Unique Print.” Juried show, Monotype Guild of New England
July, 2011 NEWBURYPORT ART ASSOCIATION, Newburyport, MA “ 8th Annual Making an Impression” Printmakers’ show
April, 2011 ROBERT LINCOLN LEVY GALLERY, Portsmouth, NH “Prolific Impressions: Printmaking Now” New Hampshire Art Association
February, 2011 ZULLO GALLERY, Medfield, MA "Expressions" Monotype Guild of New England Members' Juried Show
January, 2011 UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW "Prints of the Year"
September, 2010 NEWBURYPORT ART ASSOCIATION GALLERY,Newburyport, MA "Members' Fall Juried Show" Sam Sargent Award for Printmaking and Honorable Mention for Painting
July, 2010 LIBBY MUSEUM , Wolfeboro, NH "Kate Higley: Plants and Swimmers" Solo Show
June, 2010 NEW HAMPSHIRE ART ASSOCIATION " Prescott Park Juried Show"
June, 2010 FALMOUTH ART CENTER, Falmouth, Ma Monotype Guild of New England 25th Anniversary Show
June, 2010 NEWBURYPORT ART ASSOCIATION GALLERY, Newburyport, MA Abstract Artists' Show
April, 2010 FRANKLIN PIERCE SCHOOL OF LAW, Concord, NH " Kate Higley: Fifteen Years of Printmaking." Solo Show
January, 2010 FRANKLIN PIERCE SCHOOL OF LAW, Concord, NH " Prints of the Year: 2010" An exhibition of 80 new prints by 40 of New Hampshire's Finest Printmakers.
October, 2009 ENDICOTT COLLEGE GALLERY, "Unlimited Vision" Honorable Mention Award Monotype Guild of New England Member Juried Show
June, 2009 PLYMOUTH CENTER FOR THE ARTS Monotype Guild of New England Members Show
March, 2009 TIME WARNER GALLERY AT LYNN ARTS, Lynn, MA "Endless Possibilities" Monotype Guild of New England Member Juried Show
October, 2008 ROBERT LINCOLN LEVY GALLERY, Portsmouth, NH Joan L. Dunfey Memorial Juried Exhibition
April, 2008 PRINT STUDIO FOR ARTISTS, Naestved, Denmark, Naestved International Mini Print Exhibition
April, 2008 OTTAWA SCHOOL OF ART Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2008 Mini Print Exhibition
March, 2008 ROBERT LINCOLN LEVY GALLERY, Portsmouth, NH Two person show with Thomas Berger, sculptor
October, 2007 ROBERT LINCOLN LEVY GALLERY, Portsmouth, NH The Joan L. Dunfey Memorial Juried Exhibition
February, 2007 UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ART GALLERY, 59th Annual Currier Museum Show, New Hampshire Art Association
January, 2007 BRADBURY GALLERY, ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, "Delta National Small Prints Exhibition."
October, 2006 SAVILLE GALLERY, Cumberland, MD "Will's Creek Survey: A National Juried Show" Moen Print Award
April, 2006 KATHLEEN EWING GALLERY, Washington, DC, Corcoran College of Art Twenty-First Annual Print Portfolio, "Thinking Voodoo" in the permanent collection of the Corcoran Museum of Art.
March, 2006 MONTPELIER ART CENTER, Laurel, MD, 37th Annual Laurel Art Guild Open Juried Exhibition
January, 2006 CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART, Manchester, NH, 58th Annual New Hampshire Artists Association Annual Juried Show
October, 2005 YELLOW BARN GALLERY, Glen Echo National Park, MD, Solo Show
August, 2005 WASHINGTON PRINTMAKERS GALLERY, Washington, DC, "Small Works: A National Juried Show"
July, 2005 PALAZZO GOZZOLI MUSEUM, Terni, Italy, "Women's Art: A Cultural Exchange Between Umbria and the United States." Sponsored by FIDALPA: International Federation of Business and Professional Women.
December, 2004 DISTRICT FINE ARTS, Washington, DC, Corcoran College of Art Twentieth Annual Print Portfolio, "Twenty-Twenty Vision" in the permanent collection of the Corcoran Museum of Art.
December, 2004 ELLA'S CAFE AND GALLERY, Washington, DC, "Our Heroes: Twenty Years of Aids Awareness" sponsored by the Whitman Walker Clinic.
May, 2004 YELLOW BARN GALLERY, Glen Echo National Park, MD, Solo Show
April, 2004 CITY GALERY, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD, two-person show with Josh Konwinski, "Joroko."
April, 2004 METROPOLITAN MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Washington, DC, "Space: Inner and Outer" sponsored by the Arts Council, two-person show with Meg Soper.
February, 2004 CITY GALLERY, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD, Small Works 2004: A Regional Juried Exhibition.
December, 2003 YELLOW BARN GALLERY, Glen Echo National Park, MD, Members Show, Honorable Mention
November, 2003 SPECTRUM CENTER, Silver Spring, MD Two person show with Noy Davis
December, 2002 CIRCLE GALLERY, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, "A Moveable Feast" a juried show.
April, 2002, CIRCLE GALLERY, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, National Juried Exhibition, "Art on Paper."
March, 2002 THE ART INSTITUTE AND GALLERY, Salisbury, MD, Maryland Printmakers Exhibit
October, 2001 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Washington, DC, two-person show with Noy Davis. Work in the permanent collection of Georgetown University Medical Center
May, 2001 LIPSETT GALLERY, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, Bethesda, MD, "Inside the Body" two-person show with Noy Davis
EDUCATION:
Wesleyan University, Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
The University of the State of New York, Bachelor of Arts
OTHER ART STUDIES:
Art Students League of New York
University of New Hampshire: printmaking
Worchester Museum of Art, printmaking
Corcoran College of Art, printmaking and painting
Pyramid Atlantic, printmaking