KATHRYN CLARK

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    • Harm to Ongoing Matter, The Mueller Report
    • Homage to Democracy
    • Map of Washington DC, After Trump Arrived
    • Foreclosure Quilts
    • Refugee Stories
    • Wunderkammer
    • Money laundering blankets
    • Landgrab - Brazil
    • Landgrab - Mali
    • The Russia Project
    • Soft Sculptures
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    • Homage to Democracy
    • Map of Washington DC, After Trump Arrived
    • Foreclosure Quilts
    • Refugee Stories
    • Wunderkammer
    • Money laundering blankets
    • Landgrab - Brazil
    • Landgrab - Mali
    • The Russia Project
    • Soft Sculptures
    • Idiom Series
    • Open Series
    • Prints
  • ABOUT
    • bio
    • cv
    • contact
  • press
    • books
    • articles
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KATHRYN CLARK

email: kathryn@kathrynclark.com

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020 
Homage to Democracy, Neon Raspberry, Occidental, CA
2018  Refugee Stories, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA 

2017  Kathryn Clark: Refugee Stories, solo exhibition, Mule Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017  Kathryn Clark: Refugee Stories, solo exhibition, Hello Stitch Studio, Berkeley, CA

2014  Kathryn Clark: Foreclosure Quilts, solo exhibition, Stripe, Santa Cruz, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2020  Radical Traditions: American Quilts and Social Change, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2020  De Young Open, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2020  Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home, Museum of Art, Fort Collins, CO
2020  The Contemporary Art of Quilting, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
2020  Currents 2020, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2020  Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, The Smithsonian American Museum of Art Renwick Gallery,                                                 Washington, DC
2020   By a Thread, Tracey Morgan Gallery, Asheville, NC
2019  Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, The Smithsonian American Museum of Art Renwick Gallery,                                                 Washington, DC
2019   Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
2019   Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home, Chazen Museum of Art at University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
2018   Making Change: The Art and Craft of Activism, Museum of Design/Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
2018   
The Bounded Text, Kimura Gallery, Anchorage, AK
2018   Landscapes, Crafted, Society of Arts + Crafts, Boston, MA
2018   Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
2018   Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home, Society for Contemporary Art, Pittsburgh, PA,
2018   Marx@200, SPACE, Pittsburgh, PA
2018   Marx@200: Selections, Verso Books, Brooklyn, NY
2018   Beyond Borders: Stories of im/Migration, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
2017   The Embedded Message: Quilting in Contemporary Art, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA
2017   Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home, Society for Contemporary Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2017   Storyline, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2017   New Threads: Unraveling Traditions in Fiber, Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA
2017   Permanent Collection, Renwick Gallery, The Smithsonian American Museum of Art, Washington, DC
2017   Threads, Hemphill Fine Arts at Carroll Square Gallery, Washington, DC
2016  Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, The Smithsonian American Museum of Art Renwick Gallery,                                                 Washington, DC
2016   In Remembrance: People, Time and Places, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Lucy Childs.
2016   Weave Wars, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2015  Good Mail Day, Artstream Gallery, Dover, NH
2015   Dead of Winter, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Tiffanie Turner
2014   Quilts: Pushing at the Seams, Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA
2014   Fail-Safe: Discomforts at Home, Hap Gallery, Portland, OR. Curated by Marci Rae McDade
2014   City Grid/Urban Pattern, Smink Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2014   Fail-Safe: Discomforts at Home, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2013   SPRAWL, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2013   3 Figure$, performance by Emily Zimmer, Naked Stages, Minneapolis, MN
2013   Material Witness, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
2013   Unbound: Artists and Quilters Redefine the Quilt, Hollister Gallery at Babson College, Babson Park, MA
2013   Kala Art Institute Group Exhibit, Marion & Rose’s Workshop, Oakland, CA
2013   Foreclosure Quilts, Gallery Nord, San Antonio, TX
2013   Out of the Blue, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA. Curated by Ruth Braunstein
2012   Selections by Naomi Beckwith, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA. Curated by Naomi Beckwith of Museum of Contemporary Art,                                      Chicago
2012   Retooled/Repackaged, Marygrove College Gallery, Detroit, MI
2012   Work It: Artists Address Labor & Unemployment, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2012   Disintegration and Repair, Warm Springs Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2012   Idiom Series, Kala Art Institute Print Archive, Berkeley, CA
2011   Cashing Out, Kala Arts Gallery, Berkeley, CA. Curated by Julio Cesar Morales
2011   Artfully Reclaimed V, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA. Curated by Jack Fischer of Jack Fischer Gallery
2011   FLOW: The Essence of Paint, The ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Andre Rozanoff of Cain Schulte Gallery
2011   Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA. Curated by Rene de Guzman
 
EDUCATION

1994-1997    San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1991-1994    University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL
 
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS

Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, San Francisco, CA
The Smithsonian American Museum of Art, Washington DC
International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Lincoln, NE
American Civil Liberties Union, Detroit, MI
Michigan State University Museum, Lansing, MI
Ann Taylor, Inc., New York, NY
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY

2020   Kelly, Anne. Textile Travels, Batsford.
            New American Paintings, Book #145, Christine Y Kim, Pacific Coast Edition, December 2019/January 2020.
            
Gannon, Suzanne, “Speaking Out” Sonoma Magazine, January/February 2020, pages 113-121

2019    Kalloch, Liz. Tools & Talismans.

2018     Susan Iverson, “The Embedded Message: Quilting in Contemporary Art” Surface Design Journal, Summer 2018, pages 62-64.
             Ben Ogrodnik, “Marx@200 exhibition review” Afterimage, Issue 45, pages 26-28.
      
       Rebecca Addison, “SPACE’s Marx@200 explores the German philosopher and what we can learn from his theories”, Pittsburgh                              City Paper, April 2018.
             Tony Norman, “Artists of the world unite at Marx@200 exhibit downtown” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 2018.

2017     M. Thomas, “Contemporary Craft addresses housing insecurity in ‘Shelter’”, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 2017.                                            Sandi Hazlewood, “Designer Profile: Kathryn Clark” Love Patchwork & Quilting, Issue 51, pages 48-51.
            “Q & A: Conceptualizing Untold Stories” Planning Magazine, June 2017, page 12.

2016     Barry, Ramona and Jobson, Rebecca. The Handmade Life: A Companion to Modern Crafting, Thames & Hudson.
             Marsha MacDowell, Mary Worrall, Lynne Swanson, and Beth Donaldson. Forward by Desmond Tutu. Quilts and Human                                             Rights, University of Nebraska Press.

2015     Atkinson, Nora. Craft for a Modern World: The Renwick Gallery Collection, GILES.
             Ranallo, Andrew. “Reconstruction”, American Craft Magazine, August/September 2015, One Piece, page 104.

2014     Cooks, Bridget R., “The Gee’s Bend Effect,” Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Volume 12,                                    Issue 3, November 2014, pages 346-363.
              Rudman, Dawne & Bate, Gareth, “Artist: Kathryn Clark of San Francisco, California, USA,” World of Threads Weekly Fibre                                          Artist Interviews, Interview 102, (link)
              Karr-Petras, Mary Kate, “Bent but Not Broken: Quilting in the Great Recession,” Quilters Newsletter, December/January 2014,                                   pages 32-36.

2014     Gottesdiener, Laura. A Dream Foreclosed: Black America and the Fight for a Place to Call Home, Zuccotti Park Press, pages                                          16, 44, 110 and 160.
              Goodman, Amy, Democracy Now!, Interview with Laura Gottesdiener, PBS, August 6, 2013, (link)
               Zale, Sarah. Sometimes You Do Things: Poems, Aquarius Press 2013, Cover.
              “1110/5 Journal,” MIEL Publications, April 2013, four postcards within a set.
              Craig, Gabriel. “Kathryn Clark’s Foreclosure Quilts.” Surface Design Journal, Winter 2013, pages 26-29.

2012     “Quilting the Odd and Unusual: Breathing Life into Language,” Art Quilting Studio Magazine, Stampington & Company,                                             summer 2012, page 64.
              Clark, Kathryn, “Foreclosure Quilts,” Uppercase Magazine, Issue 12, January 2012, page 97.
              New American Paintings, No. 97 Pacific Coast Issue, January 2012, pages 48-51.
              DeWeerdt, Sarah. “How Quilting Can Explain the Foreclosure Crisis,” CityLab from The Atlantic, March 2012. (link) 
               Solomon, Lisa. “In the Studio: Kathryn Clark,” Poppytalk, February 2012. (link)
               Caldwell, Ellen. “Mapping our Foreclosures One Quilt at a Time: Kathryn Clark,” NewAmericanPaintings, February 2012, (link)
               Bond, K. Emily. “How to Make an American Foreclosure Quilt,” Ecosalon, January 2012, (link)
               Tzenkova, Ani. “Kathryn Clark’s Foreclosure Quilts,” Trendland, January 2012. (link)

2011      Hand, Justine. “Fabrics and Linens: Foreclosure Quilts by Kathryn Clark,” Remodelista, December 2011. (link)
              Clark, Kathryn. “Foreclosure Quilts.” HAND/EYE Magazine, June 2011. (link)
 

RELATED EXPERIENCE 

2021      Improvisational Embroidery Workshop, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN.
2019      Improvisational Embroidery Workshop, Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA.
2018      Guest Lecturer, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA.
2017      Embroidery Workshop, Hello Stitch Studio, Berkeley, CA.
2017      Guest Lecturer, Stitch Modern, Piedmont, CA.
2017      Guest Lecturer, Mule Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2016      Guest Lecturer and workshop presenter, Stitch Modern, Piedmont, CA.
2014      Guest Lecturer, Surface Design Association.
2011-2013       Contributing writer to Handful of Salt magazine.
1999-2003       Project Manager/Urban Planner, Calthorpe Associates, Berkeley, CA.
1997-1999       Architect/Urban Planner, MacCracken Architects, San Francisco, CA.