Kathryn Maxwell: About the Artist

Solo Exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibitions
Collections
Selected Awards and Honors
Selected Reviews
Selected Web Sites
Selected Public Appearances and Lectures
Education

Fascinated by other cultures, the artist has traveled widely. Supplemented by her love of reading, she has been inspired by a broad range of cultures and eras and the visual imagery associated with them. Her artwork focuses on the connections and relationships that bind, and often divide, humankind. The complex relationships and perceptions formed by culture, race, religion, gender, and increasingly biology or genetics have formed the thematic basis of her artwork for the last decade.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2005	Northern Arizona University Museum, Flagstaff, Ariz.
2003	Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland
2002	Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland Metroform Gallery, Tucson, Ariz.
2000	University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.
1999	Charlevoix Art Gallery, Albuquerque, N.Mex.
1998	Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, Tex.
1997	University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
1992	Community College of Southern Nevada, North Las Vegas, Nev. McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, Ill.
1991	University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2005	Los Angeles Printmaking Society 18th National Exhibition, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California Wrexham Print International, Yale College, Wrexham, North Wales
2004	Under the Big Top, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, Illinois New Prints Autumn 2004, International Print Center, New York, New York Prints from the Clark Family Collection, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana Contemporary American Serigraphy, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska
2003	New Prints Autumn 2003, International Print Center, New York, New York Science Poetry Art, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland The Human Revealed, West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, Ariz. Another View: A Selection of Contemporary Prints, Whittier College, Whittier, Calif. Jubilee Celebration Exhibition, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium 29th Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, Ill. 17th National Los Angeles Printmaking Society Biennial Exhibition, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, Calif.
2002	Pink Ribbon Show, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland Global Matrix, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. (travelling exhibition) Tucson National Juried Exhibition, Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, Tucson, Ariz.
2001	Boston Printmakers North American Print Exhibition, Boston University, Boston, Mass. 28th Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, Ill. 16th National Los Angeles Printmaking Society Biennial Exhibition, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Calif. 12th Tallinn Print Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia
2000	Western Regional Women Artists, Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Ariz. 15th Annual National Works on Paper, University of Texas, Tyler, Tex. 11th Annual Florida Printmakers National Competition, New World School of the Arts, Miami, Fla.
1999	Arizona Biennial ’99, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Ariz. Boston Printmakers 1999 North American Print Exhibition, Boston University, Boston, Mass. 15th National Los Angeles Printmaking Society Biennial Exhibition, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Calif.
1998	Common Ground, American Print Alliance, Peachtree City, Ga. (travelling exhibition) Southern Graphics Biennial Exhibition (juried travelling exhibition)
1997	HeArt Exhibition, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, Ariz.
1996	Joy Johnson & Kathryn Maxwell, Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, Colo.
1994	Alternative Prints ’94, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, S.Dak.
1993	Connections & Feelings: Kathryn Maxwell & Clark Baughan, California State University, Chico, Calif.
1992	Printmaking Further, Center of Contemporary Arts, University City, Mo. (juried)

Selected Collections

Alabama Power Company, Birmingham, Ala.
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Ala.
California State University, Long Beach, Museum of Art, Long Beach, Calif.
Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, Ala.
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
Graphic Chemical & Ink Co., Villa Park, Ill.
Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass.
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Ala.
Marriott Hotels, San Diego, Calif.
Michigan Bell, Detroit, Mich.
Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, Ala.
Nelson Art Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.
Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Mo.
Phoenix Art Commission, Phoenix, Ariz.
UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Los Angeles, Calif.
Roger Museum of Art, Laurel, Miss.
Salt River Project, Papago Park Center, Tempe, Ariz.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Scottsdale Art Museum, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Selected Awards and Honors

2005	Artist-in-Residence, Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner, Wyoming
2004	Honorable Mention, 2nd LUC Print Biennial, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
2002	Artist-in-Residence, Dundee Contemporary Arts Print Studio, Dundee, Scotland
2001	Artist-in-Residence, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland Artist-in-Residence, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
2000	Artists Materials Fund Grant, Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum Phoenix, Ariz. J. Wyman Purchase Award, 15th Annual National Works on Paper, University of Texas, Tyler, Tex. Colonel Eugene Myers Printmakers Purchase Award (for prints to four university collections)
1998	First Place, Printed on Paper, Canson-Talens, Inc., South Hadley, Mass.
1997	Best of Show, 2d Annual Print & Drawing Exhibition, West Chaco Gallery, Aztec, N.M.
1996	Graphic Chemical & Ink Purchase Award, 20th Harper National Print &mpa; Drawing Exhibition, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Ill. Martha Bell Purchase Award, 20th Harper National Print &mpa; Drawing Exhibition, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Ill.
1995	Purchase Award, Award Objects Competition for the 1996 Governor’s Arts Awards, State of Arizona Jurors’ Award, Under Pressure, Galeria Mesa, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Ariz.
1993	Best of Show Award, Paperworks, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga.
1992	Miles Rutlin Award, Printmaking Further, Center of Contemporary Arts, University City, Mo.
1988	Basil H. Alkazzi Travel Award

Selected Reviews

Kevin Salatino, 17th National Biennial Exhibition, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Pasadena, Calif.: Armory Center for the Arts, 2003.
12th Tallinn Print Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia: 2001.
David Rodes, 16th National Biennial Exhibition, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Los Angeles, Calif.: Loyola Marymount University, 2001.
Betsy Fahlman, “The Delicate Balance of Kathryn Maxwell,” Contemporary Impressions: The Journal of the American Print Alliance, Spring 1999.
Kelle Schillaci, “New for ’99,” The Alibi (Albuquerque, N.Mex.), 21–27 January 1999.
Jo Anne Harris, “Enjoy ‘Connections’ Even with Its Flaws,” The (Shreveport, La.) Times, 6 October 1996.
Michelle French, “Chico State Wraps Up Its Year with Wealth of Art,” Chico (Calif.) Enterprise–Record, 9 May 1993.
“Kathryn Maxwell’s Art Connections,” Erie (Pa.) Showcase, 4 March 1993.
Dianne Cripe, “Artists Observe, Assimilate Ripples of Communism During Trips,” ASU Insight, 28 May 1993.
Carol Ferring Shepley, “Oxymoron: Show Emphasizes One-of-a-Kind Prints,” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 6 May 1992.
Jerome Du Bois, “School of No Thought,” Phoenix New Times, 9–15 January 1991.
Judith Smith, “Artist’s Paper Trail Begins in Garage, Continues in Galleries, Yard,” ASU Insight, 5 August 1991.
Bradlee A. Shanks, “Images ’90 Portfolio: A Visual Manifesto,” Impressions: The Florida Printmakers’ Society Newsletter, Summer 1991.
In, on, of Paper, Detroit, Mich.: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1988.
Joy Hakanson Colby, “Female Artists Paint the Town This Month,” Detroit News, 10 July 1988.
Joy Hakanson Colby, “DIA Exhibit is Strictly ‘Paper’ Work,” Detroit News, 12 June 1988.
Marsha Miro, “Michigan Artists Leave Paper Trail,” Detroit Free Press, 12 June 1988.
DIA: The Magazine of the Detroit Institute of Art, September 1988.
Kate Matthews, ed., Fiberarts Design Book 3, Asheville, N.C.: Lark Books, 1987.
Robert Martin, Fiberarts Magazine, March–April 1987.
Joy Hakanson Colby, “Quartet,” Detroit News, 26 February 1987.
James R. Nelson, “Young Artists in Delectable Show at the Atchison,” Birmingham (Ala.) News, July 1985.

Selected Web Sites

Selected Public Appearances and Lectures

2005	"Water-based Screenprinting", Frogman's Print & Paper Workshop (in association with the University of South Dakota), Vermillion, South Dakota Northern Arizona University Museum, Flagstaff, Arizona George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
2001	Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland Dundee Contemporary Arts Print Studio, Dundee, Scotland “Papermaking,” Frogman’s Print and Paper Workshop (in association with the University of South Dakota), Vermillion, S.Dak.
2000	“Papermaking,” Frogman’s Print and Paper Workshop (in association with the University of South Dakota), Vermillion, S.Dak.
1999	“The Art of Science,” Impact UK Conference, Bristol, England “The Impact of Theoretical Structures & Contextual Practice,” Impact UK Conference, Bristol, England
1996	University of Denver, Denver, Colo.
1994	“Papermaking,” Black Hills Print Symposium and Papermaking Workshop (in association with the University of South Dakota), Nemo, S.Dak.
1993	University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
1992	“Tropical Storm II,” International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists Congress, Budapest, Hungary “Monotype Screenprinting,” Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Ariz.
1991	“Experimental Papermaking,” Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, Ind.
1985	“Papermaking,” Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery, Ala.

Education

1982	M.F.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison
1980	B.A., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.