EDUCATION
B.A. Speech and Drama, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Fine Arts, Painting, American University, Washington, DC,
Graduate and Undergraduate Studies
Additional Studies in Art History, Drawing, Printmaking, and Artists Books
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 Fabled Forests, The Main Gallery, Redwood City, CA
2001 The Sacred and the Secular, The Main Gallery, Redwood City, CA
2000 Convergence, Belmont City Hall, Belmont, CA
1999 UP/Rising, Serra House, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
New Monotypes, The Tied House, San Jose, CA
1992 Landscape, Courthouse Place, Arlington, VA
1991 Kate Curry: Paintings, Fayerweather Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Beautiful for a Day, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Acrylic on Panel, Barry Gallery, Marymount University, Arlington, VA
1989 Crosswind, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Kate Curry, Recent Painting, 1001 Pennsylvania Ave. (Fendrick Gallery), Washington, DC
1988 Landscapes, Biola University, LaMirada, CA
1986 Kate Curry, Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC
SELECTED INVITATIONAL
2002 Abstraction: The Power of Memory, A CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts) Traveling Exhibit
2001 25th Anniversary Showcase, Foxhall Gallery, Washington, DC
2000 Art for the Millenium, Gallery 10, Washington, DC
1995 Searching for the Hidden, C. S. Lewis Summer Institute, Cambridge, England
1994 El Espiritu de la Tierra (The Spirit of the Earth), United States Consulate, LaPaz, Bolivia
1991 Washington, DC/ Moscow, Russia Art Exchange, Washington, DC, and Moscow, Russia
AWARDS
Alumni Achievement Award (Art), Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Award of Merit, Womanspeak, Rose Shenson Gallery, Triton Museum of Art;
Santa Clara, CA; Juror: Roberta Loach
Jurors Award, Arte Sagrado, Concordia University, Austin, TX
Jurors Award, Artist Members Juried Exhibition, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA;
Juror: Barbara Fendrick, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
Jurors Award, Annual Area-wide Juried Painting Exhibition, Arlington Arts Center,
Arlington, VA; Juror: Holly Solomon, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
Award of Excellence, Alexandria Art League Exhibition, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA;
Jurors: Clair List, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, and Peter Thomas
Award of Excellence, Alexandria Art League Exhibition, Artl League Gallery, Alexandria, VA;
Juror: Michael Monroe, Director, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
SELECTED GROUP
2002 Womanspeak , Rose Shenson Gallery, The Triton Museum,
Santa Clara, CA (Jurors Award)
2001 Marking Time/ Making Space, SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
A Presence Seen, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX
Beyond the Rules, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
2000 Six Significant Landscapes, Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
Arte Sagrado, Concordia University, Austin, TX
Exploring the Icon...the Sacred Image, Littleton, CO
Passion, Valentine Auction, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (SJICA), San Jose, CA
1999 Monotype Marathon, (SJICA), San Jose, CA
1998 PRINTed Poem, WORKS/ San Jose, San Jose, CA
Cross Country, Weaver Art Gallery, Bethel College, IN
A White Glove Affair, (Artists Books), Los Gatos Museum of Art, Los Gatos, CA
1997 California Small Works, California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
CIVA , Conference Exhibition, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
1993 Summer Salon, Gallery at the Ellipse, Arlington, VA
Summer Show, Foxhall Gallery, Washington, DC
1992 Open Show, WPA (Washington Project for the Arts), Washington, DC
1990 Changing Chambers II, International Sculpture Center, Washington, DC
1988 New Talent and New Work, Foxhall Gallery, Washington, DC
1987 The Virginia Landscape: Five Contemporary Views, Courthouse Place Gallery, Arlington, VA
AACx10, Arlngton Arts Center, Arlington, VA
1986 Full Force, Emerson Gallery, McLean, VA
1985 Virginia Women Artists: Female Experience in Art, travelled to Virginia Museums
1984 Were Not All One Thing or Another, The Art Barn, Washington, DC
1983 Emergent Shes 83, R.J. Reynolds Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
OTHER JURIED EXHIBITIONS
1993 New Beginnings-Spring 1993, Arts 901, Washington, DC;
Juror: Samuel Hoi, Dean, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1991 Paintings 91, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA;
Juror: Susana Torruella Leval, Chief Curator, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
1990 All Arlington Multi-Media Exhibition, Gallery at the Ellipse, Arlington, VA;
Juror: Jane Addams Allen, Co-Founder, New Art Examiner
1989 Artery 89, Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Rockville, MD;
Juror: Julia Boyd, Curator, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
1987 Artists: Members, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA;
Juror: Barbara Fendrick, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC (Jurors
award)
1985 Membership Exhibition, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA;
Juror: Barbara Price
CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts) Conference Juried Show, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL;
Juror: David Thomas
Annual Area-wide Juried Painting Exhibition, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA;
Juror: Martin Puryear
1984 Annual Area-wide Juried Painting Exhibition, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA;
Juror: Holly Solomon, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY (Jurors
award)
1983 Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, GRACE, Reston, VA;
Juror: Virginia Mecklenberg
Area 83, Exhibition of Paintings and Graphics, Fairfax County Judicial Center, Fairfax, VA;
Juror: Howard Fox, Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpure Garden, Washington, DC
1982 The Texas Fine Arts Association 71st Annual National Exhibition, traveled state of Texas, 1982;
Juror: Howard Fox, Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpure
Garden, Washington, DC
1982 First Annual Brandeis Art Exhibition, Forrestal Building, Washington, DC;
Jurors: Howard Fox, Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpure Garden, Washington, DC
Chris Middendorf, Middendorf Gallery, Washington, DC
1981 Acquisitions for Hyatt Regency, Crystal City, , Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA;
Juror: Howard Fox, Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpure Garden, Washington, DC
11th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA;
Juror: David Tannous
1980 Alexandria Art League Exhibition, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA;
Juror: Michael Monroe, Director, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
1978 Alexandria Art League Exhibition, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA;
Jurors: Clair List, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Peter Thomas
1967 18th Area Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC;
Juror: Bates Lowry, Director, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
COLLECTIONS
Bristol Hotel, Washington, DC
The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
C.R.I., Rockville, MD
Carey Winston Company, Washington, DC
The Carnegie Foundation, Menlo Park, CA
Cassidy & Pinkard, Incorporated, Washington, DC
Charles E. Smith Company, Washington, DC
Columbia Hospital for Women, Alexandria, VA
Hyatt Regency/ Crystal City, Alexandria, VA
IBM, Washington, DC
National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC
Oliver Carr Company, Washington, DC
Pine Rest Christian Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI
Reed, Smith, Shaw and McClay, McLean, VA
Drs. Max Rubin and Nancy Bruckner, McLean, VA
Joseph Smyth Company, Thousand Oaks, CA
The Washington Corporation/ US Fish & Wildlife Service Headquarters, Arlington, VA
Wright, Robinson, Osthimer, & Tatum, San Francisco, CA
ART IN U.S. EMBASSIES LOAN PROGRAM
La Paz, Bolivia
Bangui, Central African Republic
Moroni, Comoros
Kinshasa, Zaire
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1996-2002
Drawing and Painting, Classes taught in my
studio, San Jose, CA
2001 Drawing in the South of France, Villeneuvette, France
1999-2000 Landscape Painting, Image Journal: The Glen Workshop,
Santa Fe, NM
1998-99 Drawing Retreats at Arboleda, San Juan Bautista, CA
1995-96 Drawing at Hakone Japanese Gardens, Saratoga, CA
1994-95 Drawing for Writing, six week course, Spring and Summer
Sessions, The Writers Center, Bethesda, MD
1986-94 Visiting Artist,
Demonstrations and Lectures,
Fall Church, Fairfax and Arlington County Elementary and High Schools,
1993 Intensive Drawing Program Abroad, two week course; Montpelier,
France
1992-94 Adult Painting Courses, semester sessions,
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA, and GRACE, Reston, VA
1991-92 Fairfax County Institute for the Arts, summer session
in painting, drawing, and wearable art, for high school students, Fairfax County,
VA
1991 Arts and Spirituality Day, workshop leader, Shalem Institute
for Spiritual Formation,
Washington, DC
1990 Women in Arts Workshop, workshop leader; National Conference
of Catholics Bishops Committee on Women in Society, Washington, DC
1989 Visiting Artist, Monotype Workshops and Lecture, one week
session,
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI
1988 Visiting Artist, Slide Lecture on Curry paintings for art
faculty and students,
Biola University, La Mirada, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2000 Los Gatos Weekly-Times, 12/6/00, Printmaking
Exhibit opens at Tait Gallery
by Shari Kaplon
1999 Institute for Reseach on Women & Gender, Stanford Univ. Newsletter, Vol.24, No.3, p.15
1997 Antioch Ledger Dispatch, July 1997, Paintings from South of the Bay, by Laura Orella
Christianity and the Arts, Landscape: Metaphor for Paradise, Vol.4, No.2, p.27
1996 CIVA Newsletter, In Public View, Vol.4, No.2, p.8
1993 The Washington Post, District of Columbia Weekly, 7/8/93, New
Beginnings-Spring 1993,
by Ingrid Groller Lane
Catalog, New Beginnings-Spring 1993
Catalog, Arte en la Residencia / Art in the Residence, U.S. Embassy, Bolivia
Catalog, 17th Annual Champagne Art Auction
1991 The Washington Post, Virginia Weekly 9/9/91, Dawn, painting reproduced in color
The Washington Post, Virginia Weekly 4/4/91, Agave, painting reproduced in color
Herndon Observer, 3/1/91, Herndon Landscape Project
1990 Catalog, Washington-Moscow Art Exchange
1989 Catalog, Art in Embassies: 25 Years at the US
Department of State, 1964-1989,
by Douglas McReary Greenwood
Catalog, Crosswind Winter Solos at AAC, Arlington, VA
The Washington Post, 11/30/89, Theater, by Mikel
Lambert
Museum and Arts Washington, September/October 1989, Local
Color, by Sarah Grusin
The Washington Post, 2/18/89, Galleries, by Michael Welzenbach
Eye Wash, February 1989, Vol.1, No.1, Kate Curry, by Edward Cade Knippers, Jr.
1987 The Washington Post, 7/18/87, Galleries, by Benjamin Forgey
The Washington Post, 6/20/87, Galleries, by Pamela Kessler
New Dominion, Winter 1987, Different Media, Same Message, by Sara Amy Leach
Catalog, Virginia Landscape: Five Contemporary Views
1986 The Washington Post, 10/11/86, Galleries, by JoAnn Lewis
1985 Catalog, Virginia Women Artists: Female Experience in Art
1984 The Washington Post, 11/29/84, Arts, by Anne Behrens
The Washington Post, 10/23/84, Gallery, by Benjamin Forgey
1983 Winston-Salem Journal, 3/13/83, Gallery, by Faith Heller
1982 Design for Arts in Education, July/August 1982, Vol.83, No.6, Kate
Curry, Painter,
Interviewed by Jane Scully
1981 Catalog, Acquisitions Hyatt Regency
1980 AURA, July/August 1980, Vol.3, No.2, Exhibitions
at Lesser-Known Galleries an Spaces,
by David Tannous