Note: Some publications on CV include hyperlinks to originals.
The "Reviews" page has downloadable pdfs or links to each listing.
EDUCATION
MFA in Painting, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
- Departmental Assistantship & University-Wide Assistantship
BFA in Drawing and Painting, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York
- SUNY Foundation Award for Excellence in the Fine Arts
- Harpur College Departmental Honors in Art
- Harpur College Academic Honors
Certificat, Cours de la Civilization Francaise, Sorbonne, Paris, France
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES & HONORS
2022 MD State Arts Council Professional Development Grant
2022 Hambidge Center Residency, Raybun Gap, Georgia
2021 MD State Arts Council Individual Artist Award, Crafts ($2,000)
2021 Shoenberg Fellowship, Montgomery College (paid semester sabbatical)
2020 James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Artist
2020 Anonymous Was A Woman Emergency Grant
2019 Trawick Prize Finalist
2019 Feminist Field School with Micol Hebron, Centre Pompadour, Ercourt, France
2019 MD Arts Council Individual Artist Award, Painting ($1,000)
2018 MD Arts Council Individual Artist Award, Crafts ($3,000)
2017 Finalist, Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize & People’s Choice Award
2016 Southeastern College Art Conference Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement
2016 Fulbright Specialist Roster, Institute Of International Education, Council for International Exchange of Scholars (5 years)
2015 Inaugural Arrowmont Pentaculum Invitational Residency
2015 MD Arts Council Individual Artist Award, Crafts ($6,000)
2013 Trawick Prize Finalist
2008 NC Arts Council Grant ($10,000)
2004 Florida Cultural Affairs Artist Enhancement Grant
2004 Honorable Mention, South Florida Cultural Consortium
2000 Hambidge Center Residency, Raybun Gap, Georgia
2000 Nominated by Department for University-Wide Teaching Award
1999 Millay Colony Fellowship / Residency, Austerlitz, NY
1999 Hambidge Center Residency: Raybun Gap, Georgia
1998 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship ($15,000)
1998 Hambidge Center Residency: Raybun Gap, Georgia
1997 Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs Artist Access Grant
1996 Florida Visual Arts Fellowship, Division of Cultural Affairs ($5,000)
1994 Hambidge Center Fellowship / Residency: Raybun Gap, Georgia
Nov 1992 Morris Corporation Public Art Fund Purchase
May 1992 Morris Corporation Public Art Fund Purchase
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Evidential Truths, Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
2019
Jen Tough Gallery Pop Up, San Francisco, CA
2018
Common Denominator, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA (catalog)
#brute, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC
2017
Threadbare, Davis Gallery, Hobart and Williams Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Difficult Truths, The Granary Art Center, Ephraim, UT
#bullyculture, Gateway Arts Center, Brentwood, MD
2016
Threads Bared, Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH (3 person)
2014
Spring Solos, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA
2012
This Sharp World, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami, FL
Eudora Welty Symposium Exhibition, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS(4 person)
2010
Purge/Deluge, Hillyer Art Center, Washington, DC
2009
Solo Booth, Palm Beach 3 Contemporary Art Fair, Chelsea Galleria Booth, Palm Beach, FL
Dress Code, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, CO (3 person show)
2007
Undressed, Belger Art Center, Kansas City, MO
Sublime Imperfection, ArtSpace, Raleigh, NC
Kate Kretz, Chelsea Galleria, Miami, FL
2006
Inspired by Her, Lederer Gallery, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY (2 person show)
2005
Grace & Shame, Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL (catalog)
Resplendent Frailty, Chelsea Galleria, Miami, FL
2004
Kate Kretz, Old Capitol Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2003
Kate Kretz - Wearable Psychological States, Fiber Arts Foundation, Amherst, MA
Insides-Out, MIA Gallery, Miami, FL (catalog)
2002
Night Air, Sunrise Civic Center Gallery, Sunrise, FL
2001
Threat of Heavy Weather, Coker College, Hartsville, SC
Dresses, Drawings, and Paintings, Broward Community College, Davie, FL
2000
Kate Kretz, Metro-Dade Cultural Resources Center, Miami, FL
Fate of A Technicolor Romantic, Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
Kate Kretz & Carrie Rambusky, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL (2 person show)
1999
Kate Kretz, The Florida Stage Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Kate Kretz New Work, Trehearn Gallery, Austin Peay State Univ., Clarksville, TN
Three Artists, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL (3 person show)
1998
New work by Kate Kretz, Catholic University, Washington, DC
Kate Kretz, Fort Lauderdale Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1997
Kate Kretz, Indigo Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
1996
Beauty Wrest, Florida International University Museum, Miami, FL (catalog)
Kate Kretz: Recent Work, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
1995
Seen and Unseen, Department of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1992
Recent Work by Kate Kretz, The Globe, Athens, GA
Seen and Unseen: Paintings by Kate Kretz, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1991
The Nocturnal Image: Paintings by Kathleen Kretz, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY: curated by Corky Goss
Kathleen Kretz: Night Portraits and Landscapes, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
A Midsummer’s Night…: paintings by Kathleen Kretz, Lilac House, Syracuse, N
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Game Changer: Gender in Design, Design Museum Holon, Israel
Rework It: Women Artists on Women’s Labor, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
Whispers and Screams: Voices from the Belger Collection, Kansas City, MO
2023
Entanglements, Boehm Gallery at Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
2022
Stolen Goods, York College, York, PA
Manifest Presence, Catalyst Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD
2021
Inside Outside, Upside Down!, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
XII International Biennial of Textile Miniatures, Gallery ARKA, Vilnius, Lithuania
See Something: Art As Protest, Baum Gallery, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
Strand, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT (online)
Deadlocked and Loaded: Disarming America, ArtRage Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Strand, Digital Grace Gallery, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2020
Democracy 2020: Craft & The Election, Craft In America Center, Los Angeles, CA
On The Uses Of History, Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY (postponed /cancelled)
Material Woman, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
IN FLUX: Southeast Fibers Educators Association Juried Member Exhibition, (traveling) (catalog) Marshall University, Huntington, WV, Berea College, Berea, KY, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
That Group Show, Part I, Ruby Projects, Fairfax, VA
2019
Fahrenheit 213, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Domestic Matters: The Uncommon Apron, Peter’s Valley School of Crafts, Layton, NJ
Second Tri-Annual Maryland State Artist Registry Juried Show, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Peril, H-Space, Washington, DC
IN FLUX: Southeast Fibers Educators Association Juried Member Exhibition, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Artists Protest Project, Nuit Blanche, Toronto
2018
Transformation 10: Contemporary Works in Found Materials, the Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize, Society For Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
In Her Hands, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
The Senator Portrait Project, BestWorld NYC, New York, NY
Ouch: Works From The Belger Collection, Belger Art Center, Kansas City, MO
The Eros Effect, Bridge Red Studios, Miami, FL
TNT Text, WAS Gallery, Bethesda, MD
2017
MICA Faculty Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Before/After Child, Cafritz Arts Center, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD
Under The Gun, Work/Release, Norfolk, VA
2016
Go For Baroque, Racine Museum of Art, Racine, WI
Fiberart International Exhibition, Pittsburgh Center For The Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Fiber/Re:Active, Cafritz Arts Center, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD
2015
Lustrous Lines Metalpoint Exhibition, Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA
34th Annual Invitational Sculpture Exhibition: White Point Studio, Montpelier, MD
2014
Readymade @ 100, American University Museum, Washington, D.C.
mi-no, Bridge Red Studios, Miami, FL
Fiberart International 2013, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA
Stitch, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA
State of Emergency, Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
ENOUGH Violence: Artists Speak Out, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus Ohio
Transformations, McLean Project for The Arts, McLean, VA
Critical Contact, Capitol Arts Network, Rockville, MD
2013
LINK ArtFair Hong Kong, w/Hardcore Art Contemporary Space
Milestones: Textiles of Transition, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
Fiberart International Exhibition 2013, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Adornment: Selections from The Belger Collection, Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, MO
The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, Gallery B, Bethesda, MD
ENOUGH Violence: Artists Speak Out, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Fiber Optics, 1310 Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Portent, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA
Postpartum, E.B White Gallery, Butler College, El Dorado, KS
Hair Apparent, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA
Hirsute, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
2012
From Lausanne to Beijing International Biennial Fiber Exhibition, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing
This and That: Unconventional Selections From the Permanent Collection, Frost Museum, Miami, FL
Berliner/Liste Contemporary Art Fair, Berlin, Germany, with Hardcore Art Contemporary Space
Scope Art Fair, Miami, FL, with Hardcore Art Contemporary Space
Separation Anxiety, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
From What I Remember/From What I Forget, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Campaign Re/Form, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA
Questions of Identity: Who What, Why We Are, Blackrock Arts Center, Germantown, MD
2011
Beyond Re/Production: MOTHERING, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
Myself, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
My Sweet Sweet..., Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA
Silver: Points of Departure, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN
2010
Separation Anxiety, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Love, Infatuation, or Lust, Hardcore Contemporary Art Space, Miami, FL
Intimate Apparel, University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
Embodiment, Greenhill Center, Greensboro, NC (8 person)
Between Two Realities, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Manifold, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
NC Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Greenhill Center, Greensboro, NC (catalog)
Hand to Hand, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
Hand to Hand, The Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, VT
Drawing Revisited, Greenhill Center, Greensboro, NC
2009
Forget Me Not: About Mourning & Remembering, Van Gijn Museum, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Narrative Thread, Lyons Wier Ortt Gallery, New York, NY
Raised in Craftivity, Wignall Museum, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Dress Codes: Clothing as Metaphor in Contemporary Art, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY (catalog)
Women’s Wear/Women’s Ware, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Intimate Apparel, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
Pulp, Chelsea Galleria, Miami, FL
Transformations, Chelsea Galleria, Miami, FL
Hand to Hand,Wilson Fine Arts Center, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2008
Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY (catalog)
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, 31GRAND Gallery, New York, NY
Political Circus, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Hand to Hand: 100 Artists Comment on the Iraq War, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA (traveling)
Art Miami Art Fair, Chelsea Galleria Booth, Miami, FL
Unusual Twist: Artists Knit, Embroider, Crochet, Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY
Hand to Hand: Artists Witness the War, Carol Henry Gallery, Agoura Hills, CA
2007
Raised in Craftivity, Greenlease Gallery, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO
Intimate Apparel, Pi Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Art Miami Art Fair, Chelsea Galleria Booth, Miami, FL
Barely Legal, Chelsea Galleria, Miami, FL
2006
Fiber National, Penn State University, State College, PA (catalog)
Emblematic - Invitational Painting Exhibition, USC, Columbia, SC
Paint Matters: Figuration, Chelsea Galleria, Miami, FL
Turnout, Defoors Center, Atlanta, GA
Faculty Show, Elon University, Elon, NC
20/20, Chelsea Galleria, Miami, FL
2005
Then and Now, Chelsea Galleria, Miami, FL
Fabulous Fibers III, Elon University, Elon, NC
New Talent, Chelsea Galleria, Miami, FL
The Sexuality Show, Starshooters Gallery, Miami, FL
Tsunami, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
2004
Art Basel: OMNIART, Miami Beach, FL
The Last Show, The House, Miami, FL
In The Studio: 30 Years of The Millay Colony, Albany Intn’l Airport Gallery, Albany, NY
4 x 4, The Locker Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
South Florida Fiber Artists Show, Alper Jewish Community Center, Miami, FL
Turning Pages: Celebrating South Florida Artist-Made Books, (traveling) (catalog), Jaffe Collection, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, Bienes Center, Broward County Public Library, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Centre Gallery, Miami Dade Wolfson Campus, Miami, FL
2003
Exit Biennial: The Reconstruction, Exit Art, New York City
Art Basel: Free Spirit Artist Lounge, Free Spirit Lounge, Miami, FL
Binghamton University Juried Alumni Exhibition, Binghamton, NY
Bubble, Bubble, Boil... A Miami Visual Stew, Miami Dade Public Library, Miami, FL
2002
No Agenda But Their Own: A Decade of Work By Women Artists
Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA (catalog)
Primo Incontro a Seravezza di Arte.. del Sud della Florida, Museo Medici, Seravezza, Tuscany
Software: The Vagina Show, EyeDrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2001
Lifting The Veil: Liberating The Virgin Mary, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
Places To Rest, (National Juried Exhibition) Broward Community College, Davie, FL
Hardware: The Penis Show, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Reconstructions: Modernism, Painting in The South and Thereafter,
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
Through., 4-person show, MIA Gallery, Miami International Airport, Miami, FL
2000
Southeastern College Art Conference Juried Exhibition,
Allen R. Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
1999
South Florida Cultural Consortium Exhibition, Fort Lauderdale Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1998
Hortt 40 Juried Art Exhibition, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, FL
Masterworks ‘98, Indigo Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
Paradise and Its Transformations, Georgia State University Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Faculty Show, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Painting in The New South, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AK
Florida Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibit (traveling), Curated by Frank Holt
Terrace Gallery, City Hall, Orlando, FL, Center For the Arts, Vero Beach, FL, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, FL, Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, FL, Key West Art and Historical Society, Key West, FL
1997
Hortt 39 Juried Art Exhibition, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
The Narrative Spirit, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin FL, curated by Carol Todaro
1996
Real-ism, Indigo Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
The Students of Professor Charles Eldred: An Alumni Memorial Invitational, University Art Museum, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
Hortt 38 Juried Art Exhibition, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Local Figures, Indigo Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
1994
Mapping the Self: Models of Identity in a Postmodernizing State, Telfair Museum, Savannah, GA
Brenau University National Invitational Exhibition, Brenau University, Gainesville,GA
The Red Clay Survey: Fourth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art, Huntsville Museum, Huntsville, AL (catalog)
Diverse Union, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Vividly Told: Contemporary Southern Narrative Painting, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
Southeast Texas University National Competition (catalog), San Marcos TX
Flicker, Independent Film Show, 40 Watt, Athens, GA
1993
Lyndon House Annual Juried Exhibition, Athens, GA, Merit Award. Audrey Flack, Juror
1992
Lyndon House Annual Juried Exhibition, Athens, GA
San Diego Art Institute National Juried Exhibition, San Diego, CA
1990
57th Annual Regional Exhibition, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
1988
Susquehanna Regional Exhibition, Roberson Museum, Binghamton, NY, Honorable Mention
1987
Susquehanna Regional Exhibition, Roberson Museum, Binghamton, NY, Best of Show.
EXHIBITIONS - COLLABORATIVE DUO “HISSY FIT”
with NANCY MIZUNO ELLIOTT
2002
No Agenda But Their Own, group show, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA, curated by Jerry Cullum
2000
Hissy Fit: For One Lousy Moment She Felt Like A Queen, 'solo show', Baldwin Hall Gallery, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
Premiere Hissy Fit Exhibition, 150 Gallery, Biscayne Bay Campus, Florida International University
LECTURES, PANELS, WORKSHOPS
Oct 2023
Paper: “Preparing Canaries for Tomorrow’s Coalmine: Reawakening What Artists Do Best,”
SECAC Conference, VCU, Richmond, VA
April 2023
Paper: “Beyond Cheap Tricks: Voice as Essential, Holistic Foundation” and
Paper” “Good Enough” Rarely Is: Deep, Meaningful Work in an Art Hack Culture,”
FATE Conference Denver, CO
Oct 2022
Paper: "Ideation Is a Band-Aid: Toward an Essential & Holistic Visual Voice,"
SECAC Conference, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Spring 2022
Panel: Artist Employment Initiative Editor for the Maryland State Arts Council
March 2022
#bullyculture Artist talk, Peeler Art Center, DePauw University (Youtube archive here)
Oct 2021
Artist Talk, Pratt “Ideas & Motivations in The Visual Arts" class, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Sept 2021
Artist Talk, “MAGA Mask: Social Murder During the Trump Regime”, Women & Masks: An Arts-Based Research Conference, College of Fine Arts, Boston University, Boston, MA
May 2020
“The Art of Masks” Panel, Garland Magazine & The Journal of Contemporary Craft (online)
April 2021
James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Artist Lecture, American University, Washington, DC
Feb 2021
Paper: “From Prophets to Professionals: Our Complicity in A Corporatized Art World Paradigm,”
College Art Association Conference, New York, NY (online - Youtube archive here)
Nov 2020
Paper: “Standing In The Fire: Navigating the Front Lines of Activist Art Making While Female”,
SECAC Conference. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (online - Youtube archive here)
Fall 2020
The Center for the Study of American Democracy Speaker, Kenyon College, Gabier, OH
Oct 2020
MICA Visiting Artist, Baltimore, MD
Oct 2018
Artist Talk, “#brute”, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC (Venmo archive here)
Mar 2018
Artist Talk, "Common Denominator", York College, York, PA
Nov 2017
"Without Skin", Artist's Talk,
Hobart and Williams Smith Galleries, Geneva, NY
April 2017
Artist Talk, Gateway Arts Center, Brentwood, MD
Oct 2016
Paper: "Paper: POV: Looking At Rapists", SECAC Conference, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA
Aug 2016
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Fellowship Program panel for Visual Arts, Washington, DC
May 2016
"Feminist Summer Camp" Think Tank (Micol Hebron concept/facilitator), Birch Creek Service Ranch, Spring City, UT
Apr 2016
Visiting Artist, Publicity Hat Workshop, Artist Talk, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
Oct 2015
Paper: "How To Listen To The Universe", Southeastern College Art Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
Mar 2015
Keynote Speaker, Miami Dade Community College Arts & Letters Day, Kendall, FL
Jan 2014
Visiting Artist: Visual Vocabulary Workshop, Artist Talk, Broward College, Fort Lauderdale, FL (Video available for viewing here)
June 2013
"Dig Deep: Find Your Visual Vocabulary" Workshop, Society For Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
June 2013
"Meet The Maker" Artist Talk, Society For Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
April 2013
Paper: "In a Guitar Hero World, The Importance of Touching Your Instrument",
FATE Conference, Savannah, GA
Oct 2012
Eudora Welty Symposium Panel, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
Oct 2012
Panel Chair, "Artists Who Make, and Artists Who Don't",
Southeastern College Art Conference, Durham, NC
Sept 2012
Paper: "The Final Art Taboo: Identity Politics of Motherhood",
Textile Society of America's Biennial Symposium, Washington, DC
(video available for viewing here)
2012
Editorial Committee, Advisory Committee,
Bourgeon: Fifty Artists Write About Their Work, Day Eight, Washington, DC, 2013
Oct 2011
Paper: "Sincere, and Not: Catholic Imagery & The Contemporary Artist",
Southeastern College Art Conference, Savannah, GA
(video available for viewing here)
Mar 2011
Keynote Speaker, Agnes Scott College 2011 Collage Art Colloquium, Atlanta, GA
Oct 2010
Lecture & Panel, Southeastern & Mid-Atlantic Art Conferences, Richmond, VA
Mar 2010
"The Ivory Tower" panel discussion, Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY
Mar 2010
Artist Lecture & Panel Discussion, Hillyer Art Center, Washington, DC
Feb 2009
Juror, Art to Wear, NC State, Raleigh, NC
Oct 2008
Visiting Artist, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Sept 2008
Visiting Artist, UNC Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 2008
Visiting Artist, NC State, Raleigh, NC
Oct 2006
"All Stripped Down" lecture, Southeastern College Art Conference, Nashville, TN
Aug 2006
"Emblematic" Painting Panel Discussion, USC Columbia, Columbia, SC
Mar 2006
Visiting Artist, NC State, Raleigh, NC
Jan 2006
Visiting Artist, Elon University, Elon, NC
Nov 2005
Visiting Artist, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Oct 2005
"Grace & Shame" Power Point lecture, Southeastern College Art Conference
Oct 2004
Visiting Artist, CUNY, New York, NY
Oct 2003
"Insides Out" slide lecture, Southeastern College Art Conference, Raleigh, NC
Oct 2002
Visiting Artist, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA
Oct 2002
“Artists & Careerism: The Taming of The View” Panel Chair & paper,
Southeastern College Art Conference
Feb 2002
Visiting Artist, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Oct 2001
“Oil Painting as Metaphor” Panel, Southeastern College Art Conference
Oct 2001
Visiting Artist, Coker College, Hartsville, SC
Apr 2000
Gallery Talk, Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
Mar 2000
Initiated and Chaired Panel Discussion
“Picasso Didn’t Do The Dishes First: Prioritizing Art In Your Life”
Florida International University, Miami, FL
Feb 2000
Gallery Talk, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Oct 1999
Fast Forward Slide Lecture, Southeastern College Art Conference, Norfolk, VA
Mar 1999
Gallery Talk, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
Jan 1999
Visiting Artist, Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN
May 1998
Slide Lecture and Panel Discussion “Florida Artists in The Postmodern Era”
Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, FL
Mar 1998
Visiting Artist, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Mar 1997
Initiated and Chaired Panel Discussion “Art & Failure”,
Florida International University, Miami, FL
Oct 1996
Panel Discussion: Charles Eldred Memorial Exhibition,
Binghamton University Gallery, Binghamton, NY
July 1996
Panel Discussion: “Is There a ‘Women’s Art’?”, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
Feb. 1996
Slide Lecture, South Florida Center for the Arts, Key Largo, FL
WORK EXPERIENCE
2011 - present, Adjunct Associate Professor, Montgomery College School of Art & Design: Teaching Color Theory, Beginning Drawing, Intermediate Drawing, Drawing Practicum, Beginning Painting, Figure Drawing
Spring 2017, Adjunct Associate Professor, MICA, Baltimore, MD, taught The Explored Stitch
2010-2012, Consultant/ Adjunct Associate Professor, Art Department, Catholic University, Washington, DC: Acted as consultant to develop MA program in Arts Administration & Technology, Taught Experimental Markmaking class, Figure Drawing, Beginning Drawing
2007, Visiting Artist, Elon University, Elon, NC: Taught Low-Tech Fibers
1995-2006, Associate Professor, BFA Director, Department of Art & Art History, Florida International University, Miami, FL: BFA Director - Taught Professional Practices, guided Thesis paper writing, curated BFA exhibition, taught preparatory skills for museum exhibition, acted as museum/student liason. Taught Color Theory, Drawing (Beginning through Graduate), Painting (Beginning through Graduate), Thesis II (Professional Practices), Figure Drawing, Figure Painting, Visual Thinking I, Visual Thinking II, Traditional Materials and Methods. Developed and taught “Of The Body” course and Experimental Markmaking Course. Conducted annual student art trip to NYC, coordinated artist studio visits. Wrote proposals & developed a curriculum to institute new BA in Studio Art. Assisted in all phases of planning and implementing new MFA program. Campus corordinator of our NASAD accreditation process. Co-Chair, Studio Sessions, University hosting of Southeastern College Art Conference.
Summer 1995, Conservation/Restoration Assistant, James Swope Fine Art Conservation, Helped restore 3-story mural in University of Georgia theater, Athens, GA
1994-1995, Instructor, Art Department, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Fall 1994, Instructor of Drawing, “Timeless Seeds” program, Atlanta, GA
Taught drawing to inner-city teenagers in a GA Council for the Arts program
1993-1994, Faculty of Record, Art Department, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1991- 1992, Teaching Assistant, Art Department, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
ARTICLES, BOOKS, CATALOGS, INTERVIEWS & REVIEWS
Chalmers, Jamie, “Embroidery as Catharsis: Exploring Kate Kretz’s Artistic Journey,”
Mr. X Stitch, January 2024
Malanowski, Jamie, “Trump Gets Even Smaller,”
AIR MAIL, Dec 10, 2022
Farley, Michael Anthony, “Gallery Roundup: The Parlor, C. Grimaldis Gallery, and Catalyst Contemporary,”
BMore Art, Baltimore, MD, Dec 2, 2022.
Keifer-Boyd, Karen, Knight, Wanda B., Pérez de Miles, Adetty, Erlich, Cheri E.,
Teaching and Assessing Social Justice Art Education, Routledge, London, U.K., 2022.
Howell, Kristen D., “Through the Eye of the Needle: Embroidery as a Tool for Intimacy, Feminism, and Activism,”
CUNY Academic Works, New York, May 5, 2022
De Jesús Martínez, Joyce, “Expresividad del pelo en las obras de otros artistas: Individuos, pelos y arte,”
Puerto Rico Art News, May 2022
Ramljak, Suzanne,
Loaded: Guns in Contemporary Art, Schiffer Press, Atglen, PA, 2021
Medvedyuk, Govender, Raphael, “The remergence of Engels’ concept of social murder in response to growing social and health inequities,” Social Science & Medicine Journal, Volume 289, Sept 2021
Berger, Ava, “CFA Conference Explores The Intersection of Women and Theatrical Masks,”
The Daily Free Press, Boston, MA, Nov 3, 2021
Kozlowska, Alicja, “Stitching It Real: All About Meat”,
Mr. X Stitch, October 2021
Bleicher, Steven,
Art and Design Fundamentals, Oxford Press, Oxford, UK, 2021
Medvedyuk, Govender, Raphael, “The remergence of Engels’ concept of social murder in response to growing social and health inequities,” Social Science & Medicine Journal, Volume 289, Sept 2021
Kozlowski, Elizabeth, ed.,
From Confrontation to Catharsis: 2021 Surface Design Association Exhibition in Print, Surface Design, 2021
“Copyright and The American Way”,
ethicsingraphicdesign.org, August 16, 2021
Rule, Doug, “Gallery: Inside Outside, Upside Down at the Phillips Collection,”
Metro Weekly, Washington, DC, August 5, 2021
Campello, Lenny, “The Phillips Collection and the DMV”,
Daily Campello Art News, July 20, 2021
Kipp, Caroline, “Masks, Art, Protection and Politics”,
The Journal of Modern Craft, Vol 14, Issue 1, March 2021
Kipp, Caroline, “Statement Piece: Face Masks by Julia Kwon and Kate Kretz”,
James Renwick Alliance Craft Quarterly, Winter 2021
Gutfreund, Karen,
Deadlocked & Loaded: Disarming America, Independent Press, 2020
Nicolsol, Lison, “La Demographie Apres Laudato Si’ ",
Socialter, No. 44, Feb/Mar 2021, Paris, France
Morgado, Kellee,
DON'T CUT YOUR HAIR, IT'S BEAUTIFUL, Reno, NV: Black Rock Press, 2020
Kipp, Caroline, “Exhibition Review: Let’s Face It”,
The Journal of Modern Craft, Vol 13, Issue, November 2020
Tough, Jen,
Identity, Jen Tough Books, Santa Fe, NM, 2020
Munk Martin, Jordana, “The Mask Becomes Us”,
Tatter Journal, Issue 1- Isolation, November 2020
Ramirez, Naomi, ed.
BEAVER: The Exhibition, Lit Riot Press, Brooklyn, NY, 2020
Gutfreund, Karen,
NOT NORMAL: Art In The Age Of Trump, Gutfreund Art Press, 2020
Kipp , Caroline, ““Masks, Art, Protection & Politics”,
The Journal of Modern Craft, July 15, 2020, Taylor & Francis, London
Kipp, Caroline, Social Distancing Studio Visit: Kate Kretz,
CarolineKipp.com, July 23, 2020
Kipp, Caroline, “Masks, Art, Protection & Politics”,
Zoom interview, The George Washington University Museum/ Textile Museum, July 15th, 2020
Waxman, Lori, “Kate Kretz”
60 WRD/MIN Art Critic, July 6, 2020
Plipat, Srirack, ed.,
The State of Artistic Freedom 2020, Freemuse, Copenhagen, Denmark
Adams, Helen, “Kate Kretz”
TextileCurator.com, June 2020
Campello, F. Lennox, “Covidian? …Covidism? …Covidnineteenism?…Coronaism?”
Old Town Crier, Alexandria, VA, June 4, 2020
Buszek, Maria Elena, Discussant Remarks “Amplifying Inclusion: Intersectional Feminism in Contemporary Curatorial Practice”
College Art Association Conference, Chicago, IL, February 13, 2020
Gutfreund, Karen, “Art As Slow Change”,
College Art Association Conference, Chicago, IL, February 13, 2020
McNamara, Rebecca, “Domestic Matters: The Uncommon Apron”,
Metalsmith Magazine, Vol 40, No 1, February 2020
Cheng, DeWitt, “Kate Kretz at Jen Tough, San Francisco,”
ArtOpticon.us, San Francisco, December 2, 2019.
Ferris, Amy, & Syracuse, Maleyne, “Aprons As Art: No Strings Attached”,
We News, October 17, 2019
Arendt, James, “Punch Up Programming: Confronting Institutional Fear”,
SECAC Conference paper, October 19, 2019, Chattanooga, TN
Papenfuss, Mary, “California Gallery Moving ‘MAGA Hate’ Exhibit To More Secure Site Following Threats”,
Huffington Post, June 1, 2019
Kulinski, Kyle, “Lefty Banned From Facebook After Turning MAGA Hats Into Hate Symbols”,
Secular Talk (Youtube), June 1, 2019
Ober, Cara, “New Baltimore Gallery Catalyst Contemporary Offers Collectible Works by Artists from Baltimore and Beyond”,
Bmore Art, Baltimore, MD, May 31st, 2019
Rose, Tammy Marie, “Political Artist Uses Donald Trump MAGA Hats To Create Symbols of Hate”,
Vozwire.com, May 31st, 2019
Mattioli, Massimo, “Trump? Un po’ nazi, un po’ Ku Klux Klan. E Facebook banna l’artista Kate Kretz” (“Trump? A Little Nazi, A Little Ku Klux Klan. And Facebook Banishes The Artist Kate Kretz")
Artslife, Milan, Italy, May 28, 2019
Artnet News Editors, “An Artist Is Banned From Facebook Over Trump Protest Art”,
Artnet.com, May 28, 2019
Leow, Mikelle, “Facebook Delete’s Artist’s Account For Reimagining MAGA Hats As KKK-Friendly”,
DesignTaxi.com, May 28, 2019
Ludel, Wallace, “An Artist Who Transforms “MAGA” Hats Into Artworks About Hate Speech Was Banned From Facebook”,
Artsy.net, May 28, 2019
The Panel, “The Trouble With Art & Algorithms",
RNZ, New Zealand, May 28, 2019
Cocksedge, Charlie, “Artist Banned From Social Media For Turning MAGA Hats Into Nazi Armbands and KKK Hoods”
UNILAD, Manchester, UK, May 27, 2019
Editors, “Morning Links: Stockhausen Edition”,
Art News, May 27, 2019
“The Artist United The Swastika With Trump’s Slogan. She Got A Block”,
TYDEN.CZ, Prague, Czech Republic, May 27, 2019
Gagliardo-Silver, Victoria, “Facebook Bans Artist After She Posted Swastika Made of MAGA Hats”
The Independent, UK, May 26, 2019
Santiago, Ellen, “Kate Kretz: 5 Fast Facts You Need To Know”
Heavy.com, May 26, 2019
“Facebook Freezes US Artist’s Page Over MAGA Swastika Hat Photos”
Sputnik News, Moscow, Russia, May 26, 2019
Fillion, Stephanie, “Artist Suspended From Facebook After Posting Anti-MAGA Artwork”,
The Daily Dot, Austin, Texas, May 26, 2019
Golding, Shenequa, “Facebook Bans Maryland Artist For Turning ‘MAGA’ Hats into Klan Hood and Swastika”,
Vibe.com, May 26, 2019
Papenfuss, Mary, “Facebook Disables Artist’s Facebook Pages After Post of Redesigned MAGA Hat With Swastika”,
Huffington Post, May 25, 2019
Gstalter, Morgan, “Artist Banned From Facebook For Turning ‘MAGA’ Hats Into Symbols of Hate Speech”,
The Hill, May 25, 2019
Newton, Caleb, “Facebook Removes Anti-Trump Artist After This Hard-Hitting Image”,
BiPartisan Report, May 25, 2019
Torrez, Andre, “Artist’s Facebook Disabled After Posting “MAGA Hat Collection”,
KTVU2, San Francisco, CA, May 24, 2019
“Check Out Kate Kretz’s Artwork”
VoyageMIA, May 24, 2019
Arnold, Jess, “Artist Who Turns MAGA Hats Into Symbols of Hate Speech Banned From Facebook”,
WUSA9 (CBS), Washington, DC, May 23, 2019
Lina, Katharina, “Kate Kretz is the artist embroidering with hair as an act of resistance”
INFRINGE magazine, Feb 19, 2019
Schwalb, Susan, and Mazzullo, Tom,
Silverpoint and Metalpoint: A Complete Guide To The Medium, Routledge, London, 2018
Jenkins, Mark, “In The Galleries - T.N.T. Text”
Washington Post, Dec 28, 2018
Kuehnel, Paul, “Best of the Year: Paul Kuehnel 2018 Collection From York County”,
York Daily Record, Dec 24, 2018
Kretz, Kate, “The Momentum of This Moment”,
Hyperallergic, Nov 3, 2018
Kretz, Kate, “Channeling Our Collective Fury”,
Hyperallergic, August 18, 2018
Kretz, Kate, "The Stain On Our Flag"
Hyperallergic, July 7, 2018
Ruth, Kimberly, Interview: "Kate Kretz",
Art Uncovered with Kimberly Ruth, BTRtoday.com podcast April 10, 2018
"Kate Kretz: Common Denominator" video
York College, 2018
George, Joseph, "Art Pushes for Social Change"
The Sentinel, Feb 28, 2018
Argento, Mike, "York College Art Exhibit Features Men Licking Their Guns",
York Daily Record, Feb 27, 2018
Jackson, Stephanie Lee, "Kate Kretz: Common Denominator",
Delicious Line, Feb 22, 2018
Kretz, Kate, "Mothers' Nightmare"
Hyperallergic, Feb 17, 2018
Clay-Robison, Matthew,
Common Denominator, York College Press, York, PA, Feb 2018
Kretz, Kate, "Predator",
Hyperallergic, Dec 2, 2017
Hutinet, Phil, "Phil Hutinet's 2017 Picks",
East City Art 2017 The Year in Review, Nov 29, 2017
Kretz, Kate, "Sociopaths Don't Cry"
Hyperallergic, November 11, 2017
Kretz, Kate, "Peering Down Trump's Lie Hole",
Hyperallergic, August 26, 2017
College Art Association Committee on Women in The Arts
Picks for April: The Best in Feminist Art and Scholarship,
http://www.collegeart.org/news/category/cwa-picks/
Dekuster, Peter, "The Heroine's Journey of Kate Kretz".
The Heroine's Journey, July 12, 2017
Susanne Slavick, "Disarming Violence" (paper)
College Art Association, New York, NY, February 16, 2017
McDade, Marci Rae, ed., “Exposure”
Crafting Community: Surface Design Inaugural International Exhibition in Print, Winter 2016/2017
Hope, Eric, "Kate Kretz Pulls No Punches"
EastCityArt.com, November 16, 2016
McDade, Marci Rae, ed., “Exposure”,
Surface Design Journal, Fall 2016
Brown, Stephen Rex, "Paintings Expose Senators Who Oppose Stronger Gun Control Laws, Blames Them For Mass Shootings",
New York Daily News, July 5, 2016
Vawter, Eve, ed. "I'm An Artist, and My Medium is Discarded Grey Hair",
Maximum Middle Age Blog, July 13, 2016
Fiberarts International 2016 exhibition catalog,
Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, April, 2016
"Sign@lement",
Textiel Plus Magazine, Uitgeverij De Doelenpers, Alkmaar, Netherlands, Feb 19, 2016
Interview: "Artist Uses Provocative Images to Comment on 'Aggrieved Entitlement' of Gun Fetishists"
Coalition To Stop Gun Violence Blog, Washington, DC, 9.16.15
Seed, John, "Hot Off The Easel",
Huffington Post, September 1, 2015
"Focus On Embroidery: A Gorgeous Gut Punch",
Fiberart International Blog, August 2015
Guterl, Matthew Pratt,
Seeing Race In Modern America, The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC, 2015
Jenkins, Mark, "Spring Solos at the Arlington Arts Center",
Washington Post, June 19, 2015
Granger, David., ed., "The Assessment: Angelina"
Esquire Magazine, December 2014
Reiss, Julie, "Pricked: Extreme Embroidery",
TEXTILE Journal, (2015) 6:2, 180-186, DOI: 10.2752/175183508X327802
O'Sullivan, Michael, "Art Review; Readymade@100"
Washington Post, September 11, 2014
Kimmel, M., Milrod, C., & Kennedy, A., ed.,
Cultural Encyclopedia of The Penis, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2014
Rems, Janet, "In The Galleries",
Fairfax Times, Fairfax, VA, June 18, 2014
Hanus, Julie, "Visualizing Violence",
American Craft Magazine, April/May 2014
O'Sullivan, Michael, "Stitch Art Review at The Greater Reston Arts Center",(illus.)
Washington Post, Washington, DC, Feb 7th, 2014
Kocic-Zambo, Larisa, "Representative Colors: Angelina Jolie , the reception of surgery of mastectomy and the Fragmentation of the Female Body",
TNTeF Interdisciplinary eJournal of Gender Studies, (2014) 4.2:63, University of Szeged, Hungary
Rems, Janet, "Needlework Reinvented and Resurgent",
Fairfax Times, Fairfax, VA, February 5, 2014
O'Sullivan, Michael, "Elementary, But Far From Simple", (illus.)
Washington Post, Washington, DC, November 15th, 2013
Rousseau, Claudia, "Trawick Finalists Make Great Showing", (illus.)
The Gazette, Gaithersburg, MD, November 2013
Jenkins, Mark, "D.C. Area Gallery Shows...'The Trawick Prize' ",
Washington Post, Washington , DC, September 20th, 2013
Wasserman, Nadine, "Fiberarts International Is A Wide-Ranging Survey of The State of This Art"
Pittsburgh City Paper, Pittsburgh, PA, July 17th, 2013
Crosby, Hillary-Anne, ed.
Vagina: The Zine, Issue 9, Summer 2013
"Featured Artist: Kate Kretz",
Contemporary Craft Blog, Society For Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, June 3, 2013
"Editor's Pick: Hair Apparent" (illus,),
Washington Post Summer Arts Preview, Washington, D.C., June 2, 2013
Freudenshub, Ina, “Angelina Jolie: Versehrte Madonna,”
DERSTANDARD, Vienna, Austria, May 15, 2013.
Shaw, Kurt, "Fiber Artists Blend Modern Aesthetics, Traditional Techniques,"
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh, PA, May 12, 2013
Thomas, Mary, "World Threads: 'Fiberarts International 2013' Adds to the Global Art Feel",
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA, April 28, 2013
Fiberarts International 2013 exhibition catalog,
Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, April, 2013
Breen, Susan, "Kate Kretz: Monument to Motherhood",
Mother Musing Blog, Oct 23, 2012
Rems, Janet, "Art You Can Believe In"
Fairfax Times, Fairfax, VA, September 28, 2012
Mack, Jean, "Going Out Guide" (illus.)
Washington Post, Washington, DC Sept 12, 2012
Bass, Holly,
"Campaign Re/Form" catalogue, Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA, Sept 2012
"Gioielli Di Capelli",
WeirdPosse.wordpress.com, June 11, 2012
Schmidt-Landenberger, Elisabeth, ed. ("Blessed Art Thou" illustration),
Boll THEMA Magazine, Berlin, Germany, June, 2012
Chalmers, Jamie, "The Cutting and Stitching Edge: Kate Kretz",
Mr. X Stitch.com, June 21, 2012
Ennis, Veron, "Kate Kretz: This Sharp World...",
Art Districts Magazine, Miami, FL, June 2, 2012
Turner, Elisa, "Critic's Choice - Summer Treasures: Picks for Summer 2012",
Art Circuits.com, May 29, 2012
Papelhilo, "Du Fil, Dr L'Art ou Du Cochon...",
Thread & Needles, May 16, 2012
Quigley, Chris, "Hair Embroidery",
Quigley's Cabinet, May 15, 2012
Almodovar, Desirée, "Editor's Pick: Kate Kretz, This Sharp World...",
Flavorpill.com, May 13, 2012
Tamsen, Ellen, "Pricked",
Hair Is For Pulling, May 13, 2012
McCorquodale, A., "Kate Kretz Uses Human Hair in Motherhood Exhibit at Hardcore Contemporary Art Space"
Huffington Post, May 7, 2012
Felton, Denise, "See 'This Sharp World' in Miami",
CraftGossip.com, April 29, 2012
Herrera, Adriana, "Embroidery To Defend The Fragile",
El Nuevo Herald, Miami, FL, April 29, 2012
Salomone, Andrew, "Unusual Embroidery Exhibition in Miami",
Craftzine blog, April 25, 2012
Smith-Sander, Berthi, "Kate Kretz",
http://berthi.textile-collection.nl/, Netherlands, April 23, 2012
Prain, Leanne, "Kate Kretz Exhibition",
UnexpectedEmbroidery.com, April 22, 2012
Martin, Brigitte,
Humor in Craft, Schiffer Publications, Atglen, PA, 2012
Peng, Paddy, "Kate Kretz",
1626 Magazine, Guangzhou, China, December 2012
Jones, Michelle, "Tinney Contemporary Showcases Silverpoint Artists",
The Tennesean, Nashville, TN, July 15, 2011
Carvajal de Ekman, María Inés, Analisis de Imagen: “Blessed Art Thou” de Kate Kretz,
https://mariainescarvajal.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/analisis-de-imagen-blessed-art-thou-de-kate-kretz/
Hannah, "Artist: Kate Kretz",
Embrouderie.com, August 24, 2011
Maue, Joetta, "Future Heirlooms: Kate Kretz,
Mr. X Stitch.com, August 5, 2011
Hermanson, Tove, "Hair Textiles and Gaga ",
Gagajournal.blogspot.com, July 25, 2011
Mustich, Emma, "The Weird World of Contemporary Hair Art",
Salon.com, July 12, 2011
Haug, Wolfgang Fritz, ed., (cover image) ,
Das Argument, Berlin Institute for Critical Theory, July 2011
Rymes, Bernadette, "Carol Prusa curates Silver: Points of Departure",
Nashville Arts Magazine, July 2011
Hebron, Micol, "Review: Separation Anxiety",
Art Pulse Magazine, April 2011
G de la G, Enrique, "Mil Maneras Nuevas De Morimos",
Revista Exclama Magazine, Bogota, Columbia, March 24, 2011
Reuschling, Felicita,
Beyond Re/Production. Mothering catalogue, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/ Bethanien, Berlin, Feb 2011
Sonnenburg, Gisela, "Konsum, Kinder, Konsom: Mutterschaftspobien und Windelindustrie: Die Ausstellung 'Beyond Re/Production: Mothering' in Berlin",
jungeWelt, Berlin, Germany, March 22, 2011
Ketteler, Christiane, "Mutterrollen: Die Ausstellung 'Beyond Re/Production: Mothering' verhandelt das Thelma Mutterschaft im Neoliberalismus",
Jungle World, Berlin, Germany, Nr. 11, March 17, 2011
Vie, Stephanie, ed. ,
Edentity, Fountainhead Press, Fort Worth, TX, 2011
Feaster, Felicia, " 'My sweet sweet,' a dark, funny, icky, outstanding show at Agnes Scott"
ArtsCriticATL.com, Feb 23, 2011
Vecchio, Marji,
Myself (exhibition catalog), University of Nevada, Reno, Press, January 2011
Harris, Daniel, "Celebrity Houses, Celebrity Politics",
The Antioch Review, Vol. 68, No. 1, Winter 2010, p. 8-26
Davies, Stacy, "Separated by Birth"
Inland Weekly Empire, Corona, CA, October 21, 2010
Brown, Gina M,
1000 Artisan Textiles, Quarry Books, Beverly, MA, 2010
Dowd, Michelle, "Kate Kretz" (cover image & feature),
Chaffey Review, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, Spring 2011
Patterson, Tom, "Body-Referenced Art"
Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, NC, March 14, 2010
"The Second Tear: Kitsch", Television Documentary
NDR/arte, German Public Television, Tag/Traum Filmproduktion, March 11, 2010
Berger, Arion, ed., "Open Mouth, Insert, Tornado",
Washington Post Express, Washington, DC, March 11, 2010 (illus.)
Hauser, Tara, "Examining the Human Condition, or How To React When He Makes You Crazy"
www.pinklineproject.com, Washington, DC, March 10, 2010 (illus.)
Koppel, Roger, ed., “Blessed Art Thou” Cover Image
Die Weltwoche, Zurich, Switzerland, Issue 39, September 24, 2009
Staff, “Fashion Exhibits Draw High Attendance”
Women’s Wear Daily, New York , NY, September 16, 2009
Genocchio, Benjamin, “All Dressed Up at the Katonah Museum”
New York Times, New York, NY, August 21, 2009
Cullum, Jerry, “One of The Best Artworks I Have Seen in 2009”
http://counterforces.blogspot.com/2009/08/one-of-best-artworks-i-have-seen-in.html
Gouveia, Georgette, "Clothing With A Voice, But No Trace of Cotton",
The Journal News, White Plains, NY, July 19, 2009, (illus.)
Edwards, Jay, "Women's Ware, Women's Wear: University Gallery",
Eastern Echo, Ypsilanti, MI, Mar 4, 2009, (illus.)
Caldwell, Shanela, "Anti-Fashion Designers",
One Eighty Magazine, Academy of Art University, Vol 2, Issue 1, Spring 2009
Davies, Stacy, "Macrame Made Hip",
Inland Empire Weekly, San Bernadino, CA, Feb 5, 2009
Johnson, Jennifer L., " 'Dress Code' Blends Clothing and Art with Layers of Meaning",
The Reporter-Herald, Loveland. CO, January 23, 2009, (illus.)
Nick, Stacy, " 'Dress Code' Looks at How What We Wear Defines who We Are",
The Coloradoan , Fort Collins, CO, January 15, 2009
Van den Bulck, Hilde & Tambuyzer, Sil,
De celebrity-supermarkt, EPO Press, Belgium, 2008
Munuera, Ivan Lopez , "Es Posible Un Picasso de Los Tapetes de Crochet?" (illus.)
PASAJES DISEÑO Magazine, Madrid, Spain, Dec 2008
Wood, Nancy, PhD,
Essentials of Argument 6e (textbook), Prentice Hall Press, 2008
Stadler, Jane & O'Shaughnessy, Michael,
Media & Society (textbook), Oxford University Press, Australia, 2008
Jackson, William J., PhD, (illus.)
The Generosity of Wisdom, Baylor University Press, Waco, TX, 2008
Sider, Sandra, "Embedded in Fiber: Silent Screams",
n. paradoxa: international feminist art journal, K.T. Press, London, Vol 21, 2008, (illus.)
Gazlay, Sheila, "The Art of Controversy"
If... Journal, Virginia Beach, VA, Nov/Dec 2008
Thorp, Charlotte, "In Review - Pricked: Extreme Embroidery"
Surface Design Journal, Summer 2008
Abernathy, Michael J., "Hair-Raising Artwork",
Burlington Times-News, Burlington, NC, February 28, 2008, (illus.)
Athri, Anu, “Exhibition Pricked: Extreme Embroidery”
WGSN Newsletter, March 1, 2008, New York
Reiss, Julie, “Pricked: Extreme Embroidery”,
Textile: Cloth and Culture, Volume Six, Issue 2, 2008
DiNoto, Andrea , "Review: Pricked Extreme Embroidery",
American Craft Magazine, Feb/March 2008, (illus.)
Rosenberg, Karen, "Needling More Than the Feminist Consciousness",
New York Times, New York, NY, December 28, 2007
Elder, Gaye, "Pricked: Extreme Embroidery",
Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot Magazine, Winter 2007/2008, (illus.)
Buckley, Joshua, & Moynihan, Michael, ed.,
TYR Myth-Culture-Tradition, Ultra Press, 2007, (illus.)
McFadden, David Revere,
Pricked: Extreme Embroidery catalog, Museum of Arts & Design,
Studley Press, Dalton, MA, 2007
Fricke, Michelle, "In Review: Mind & Body"
Surface Design Journal, Sebastopol, CA, Winter 2008
Rhodes, Hillary, "Not Just for Grandma Anymore: Embroidery Gets "Extreme", (illus.)
Associated Press: Times & Transcript (New Brunswick), The Tennesean (Nashville, TN) Nov 2007
Bullock, Penn, "Art Miami: A Little Something for the Living Room, Perhaps?",
Miami Artzine, Miami, FL, Vol 3, Issue 52
Trelles, Emma, "What I Saw at Art Basel ",
Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL, December 4, 2007
Cooper, Chris, "Blessed The Heavy Weather ",
Asian American Times, Phoenix, AZ, August 15, 2007, (illus.)
Adsit, Janelle, "Kate Kretz: Embroidered Dreams",
Fiber Arts Magazine, Loveland, CO, Sept/Oct 2007, (illus.)
Messina, Melissa, "Picks of the Week",
Brooklyn Museum Feminist Art Blog, New York, June 25, 2007
Hoberman, J., "A Mighty Heart, A Mightier Spotlight ",
Village Voice, New York, June 20, 2007 (reprinted in OC Weekly, CA, Dallas Observer, TX, Nashville Scene, TN, Miami New Times, FL, Seattle Weekly, WA, Houston Press, TX, Westword, Denver, CO, Minneapolis City Pages, MN, San Francisco Weekly, CA, The Pitch, Kansas City, MO)
Ishmael, Amelia, "Fluent in Thread",
Review magazine, Kansas City, MO, June 2007, (illus.)
Packham, Chris, "Textile Group Exhibit",
Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, June 14, 2007
Abernathy, Michael, " 'Blessed' Artist Opens 'Sublime' Show ",
Times-News, Burlington, NC, May 9, 2007, (illus.)
Natale, Michele, "Critic's Pick - Art ",
News & Observer, Raleigh, NC, May 4, 2007
Roten, Father Johann G, S.M., "Kate Kretz Painting",
International Marian Research Institute, University of Dayton, 2007
Bernard, Adam, "On the Outside Looking In: A Moment with Kate Kretz",
Foam Magazine, San Diego, CA, Spring 2007, (illus.)
Matsuzawa, Sho ko, ed. , "Blessed Art Thou",
ELLE Japon, Tokyo, Japan, April 2007, (illus.)
White, Marguerite & DeVidales, Christina Martin, "Angelina As Madonna",
Circa Art Magazine, Dublin, Ireland, January 24, 2007, (illus.)
Foster, Louise, "Hot News",
Grazia Magazine, UK, Italy, Dubai, January 14, 2007, (illus.)
Monte, Angela, "Blessed Art Thou",
Repubblica XL Magazine, Italy, February 2007, (illus.)
Bianchini, Eleonora, "Madonna con Angelini (Jolie)",
Vanity Fair, Italy, March 2007, (illus.)
Van Gelder, Lawrence , "Arts Briefly ",
New York Times, New York, NY, January 8, 2007, (illus.)
Waggoner, Martha, "Painting of Jolie Draws Notice",
ASSOCIATED PRESS: (130 international News sources [complete list here], including CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, FOX, CTV Canada, Zee News India, News 24 South Africa, Yahoo, AOL, International Herald Tribune, China Daily, The Standard [Hong Kong], Guardian Unlimited [UK], La Repubblica [Italy], Kuwait Times, The Telegraph [Calcutta, India], Himalayan Times [Nepal], Turkish Daily News, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun-Times, San Francisco Chronicle), January 5-9, 2007
Villarreal, Ignacio, ed. , "Kate Kretz Depicts Angelina Jolie as Virgin Mary",
Artdaily.com, January 7, 2007, (illus.)
Henry, Saxon, "Fair Report: Art Miami",
artinfo.com, January 9, 2007
Sherwin, Brian, "Kate Kretz interview",
www.myartspace.com, January 2007
interview,
ilovesecondhandsmoke.com, January 19, 2007
Mirchandani, Raakhee & Shen, Maxine "Hot Picks", (illus.)
New York Post, January 7, 2007
DeJesus, Carlos S., "Go Figure: It's About the Body Rather Than Hype at Chelsea Galleria",
Miami New Times, Miami, FL, April 13, 2006
Blake, Liza, ed. "Burrow" reproduction
George Washington Review, George Washington University, June, 2006
Schwan, Gary, "Don't Miss: Exhibition at Lighthouse Center for the Arts",
Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach, FL, March 3, 2006
"Under the (ouch) Hammer", (illus.)
Toronto Star, Toronto, Ontario, November 12, 2005
Headley, Sarah, ed., "Artists Auctions '(Some) Penises I Have Known' Sculpture on EBay",
Scarlet Magazine, London, UK, October, 2005
Turner, Elisa, "Exploring Vulnerabilities of Body and Mind",
Miami Herald, Miami, FL July 18, 2005
Wynn, Kevin, interview
Metro-Dade Television, Miami, FL, June 20-26, 2005
De Jesus, Carlos Suarez,, "Nature's Call",
Miami New Times, Miami, FL, June 16, 2005 (illus.)
Gil, Marguerite, "Hot, Wet, and Tired",
The SunPost, Miami, FL, June 16, 2005
Russell, Candice, "Two Exhibits Showcase Work of Feminist Artist",
Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL, June 16, 2005 (illus.)
Ignacio Villarreal, ed., "Florida Artist Series: Tori Arpad & Kate Kretz",
artdaily.com, Friday June 3, 2005 (illus.)
Goodman, Jonathan,
“Grace and Shame” catalog, Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL, June 2005
Shabaka, Onajide, "June 9, 2005 Miami Design District",
www.miamiartexchange.com, June 10, 2005 (illus.)
Paine, Janice, "Body Language: Kate Kretz's Psychological Clothing Speaks Volumes",
Surface Design Journal, Volume 29, No. 3, Spring 2005, (illus.)
Paine, Janice, "Kate Kretz: Freudian Slips"
Ambiance Magazine, Naples Daily News, Naples, FL, April 2005 (illus.)
Smith, Catherine, "An Artist's Palette",
Boca Magazine, Boca Raton, FL, March 2005 (illus.)
Batista, Viviana, "Spotlight on Visual Arts/ Kate Kretz",
Herald.com, Miami, FL, 10/21/2004
McFadden, Joanne, "Millay Colony Marks 30 Years with Exhibition",
The Sunday Gazette, Albany, NY, May 2, 2004
McQuaid, Cate, "Artist Kate Kre(n)tz Lets the Emotions All Hang Out"
The Boston Globe, August 22, 2003
Bander, Nina, “Exhibit Searches for the Raw Truth of Inner Self”,
The Recorder, Greenfield, MA, July 31, 2003 (illus.)
Oppenheim, Daniel, “Real Eye For The Straight Tie”,
Valley Advocate, Amherst, MA, July 31, 2003 (illus.)
William Donohue, ed, “Catholic League's 2002 Annual Report on Anti-Catholicism(ART)”
http://www.catholicleague.org/2002report/arts2002.html
Davidson, Douglas, ed., “Sacred Ovaries” reproduction
The Other Side, May/June, 2003 (illus.)
Russell, Candice, “She Nails It”,
City Link, Fort Lauderdale, March 19, 2003
Todaro, Carol, catalog essay,
“Insides Out” catalog, February, 2003
Strawbridge, Holly, “Of Women: Portraits of Vulnerability by Artist Kate Kretz”,
Cultural Quarterly, Tallahassee, Florida, Winter 2003 (illus.)
Russell, Candice, "Review: Night Watch"
CityLink, Fort Lauderdale, Dec. 11, 2002
Russell, Candice, “They Gotta Eat”,
CityLink, Fort Lauderdale, October 16, 2002 (illus.)
Fox, Catherine, "In Agnes Scott Show, Feminism and Other Issues",
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, September 20, 2002 (illus.)
Perry, Daniel, “Kretz Exhibit Opens This Week at Coker College”,
Morning News, Hartsville, South Carolina, September 27, 2001 (illus.)
Perry, Daniel, “Cinematic-like Paintings Exhibited in Coker Gallery”,
Five O’Clock Friday, Hartsville, South Carolina, September 20, 2001
Russell, Candice, “Revealing Outfits”,
CityLink, Fort Lauderdale, August 29, 2001 (illus.)
Russell, Candice, “There’s Something About Mary”,
CityLink, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, July 18, 2001 (illus.)
Byrd, Cathy, “Members only”,
Creative Loafing, Atlanta, Georgia, May 30, 2001
Davidson, Douglas, ed., “Penance” artwork reproduced
The Other Side, May/June, 2001
Friedman, Judith J., "Perceptions of Suburbia: Views From Visual Art" (paper),
Redefining Suburban Studies: Searching For A New Paradigm Conference, Hofstra University, March 2001
Damian, Carol, Review: Fate Of A Technicolor Romantic,
ArtPapers, Atlanta, Georgia, Nov./Dec. 2000 (illus.)
Wynn, Kevin, interview
Metro-Dade Television, Miami, FL, August 14-28, 2000
Turner, Elisa, “Artists Get to Shine In Exhibits”,
Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, June 15, 2000 (illus.)
Mills, Michael, “Cosmo Color”,
New Times, Miami, Florida, May 25, 2000 (illus.)
Russell, Candice, “Like Nails In The Heart”,
CityLink, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 17, 2000 (illus.)
Kosh, “Go Figure” (illus),
The Eastsider, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 26, 2000
Russell, Candice, “Woman Uninterrupted”, interview, (illus.)
CityLink, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 26, 2000
Warren, Colleen, “Art From The Heart: Exhibit Explores Mystery, Complexity of The Human Form"
Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, April 23, 2000
Safran, Verna, “Images of The Socialized Female at the 621”,
thl.yourvillage.com-Tallahassee’s Online Interactive Community, FL, March 5, 2000
Russell, Candice, “The Heartbeat of the Artbeat”,
City Link, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, August 25, 1999.
Russell, Candice, “Eyes On The Big Prize”,
City Link, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June 30, 1999.
Turner, Elisa, “Hope, Failure Mingle on Winner’s Row”,
The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, July 31, 1999.
Dietsch, Deborah, “Feminine Mystiques: Womens’ Points of View Add An Edge to Consortium Show”,
The Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June 20th, 1999
Kendrick-Holmes, Dimon, “Kate Kretz Presents a Powerful Exhibit....”,
Go!, Clarksville, Tennessee, January 22, 1999 (illus.)
Kuhnle, Kate, ed.,
VOX Magazine, Miami, Florida, Issue Six, February, 1999 (illus.)
Turner, Elisa, “Edgy Works Add Liveliness to Hortt”,
The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, September 27, 1998.
Milani, Joanne, “Exhibit Grants Floridians Chance to Show Their Talents”,
The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida, June 7, 1998.
Bird, Cathy, “Urban Nirvana: Paradise at Georgia State”
Creative Loafing, Atlanta, Georgia, May 23, 1998 (illus.)
Fox, Catherine, “Picturing Paradise”,
The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, May 22, 1998 (illus.)
Simon, Arnold, “A Cold and Artless Affair”,
TheEastsider, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, September 11, 1996.
Turner, Elisa, “Intriguing Show by Women and About Women at FIU”
The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, June 22, 1996 (illus.)
Marger, Mary Ann, “Works by 16 Florida Artists on Display”
The St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Florida, May 22, 1998
Peacock, Leslie Newell, “Southern Painters Alive and Well at UALR”,
Arkansas Times, Little Rock, Arkansas, January 23, 1998
Marger, Mary Ann, “A Way Without Words”
The St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Florida, March 21, 1997 (illus.)
Milani, Joanne, “Artistic Tales”
The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida, March 20, 1997 (illus.)
Byrd, Cathy, “Kate Kretz”
Art Papers, Volume 20, May/June, 1996 (illus.)
Harper, Glen, “Flesh and Fabrics Help Portraits of Young Women Come Alive”
Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Feb 9, 1996 (illus.)
Hawkins, John, “Real Life: Kate Kretz—Drawings, Paintings, and Photographs”
Flagpole, Athens, Georgia, July 26, 1995 (illus.)
Shearer, Lee, “Art Work: UGA’s Chapel’s Huge, Historic Painting Getting a Facelift”
Athens Banner Herald, Athens, Georgia, July 24, 1995
Herring, Neil, “Mapping the Self: Models of Identity in a Postmodernizing State”
Art Papers, Vol. 19, No. 4, Summer 1995
Frye, Shannon, “Enticing Paintings of Kate Kretz incite Contemplation”,
The Athens Observer, Athens, Georgia, January 12, 1995 (illus.)
Pavlovsky, Kelly, “The Telfair Goes Postmodern”
Creative Loafing (Savannah, Hilton Head), December 17, 1994
Shuter, Marty, “The Art of Georgia: Telfair Offers Varied Look at Contemporary Work”
Savannah News Press, Savannah, Georgia, Dec 4, 1994 (illus.)
Cullum, Jerry, “Vividly Told: Contemporary Southern Narrative Painting”
Art Papers, Atlanta, Georgia, November/December, 1994 (illus.)
Dooley, William, "The Red Clay Survey: Fourth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art"
ArtPapers, November/December, 1994
Postell, Robin, “3 Athens Artists Included in Red Clay Survey”
Athens Banner Herald, Athens, Georgia, September 9, 1994
Harmon, John, “Center’s Artists are Heirs to Hambidge’s Spiritual Dream” (illus.)
Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, July 31, 1994
Stearns, Nate, Editor,
Stillpoint Literary Magazine, 25th Anniversary Issue, (illus.)
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1994
Fox, Catherine, “Tales of the South” (illus.)
Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, July 17, 1994
Hawkins, John, "Museum's MFA Show 'Unapologetically Beautiful' "
Flagpole Magazine, Athens, Georgia, May 18, 1994
Pennington, Estill, “Vividly Told”
Southern Arts News Letter, Augusta, Georgia, Summer 1994 (illus.)
Frye, Shannon, “Diverse Union Entices”
Athens Observer, Athens, Georgia, May 5, 1994 (illus.)
Sturrock, Stacy, “Student Artists Stave off Starvation”
The Red and Black, Athens, Georgia, February 10, 1994 (illus.)
Grzenkowitz, Yvonne, “Art Encounters: Interview with local artist Kate Kretz”
Flagpole Magazine, Athens, Georgia, March 11, 1992 (illus.)
Grey, Gene, “Painting Vandalized: Roberson Center Adds Security After Prizewinning Art is Slashed”,
Binghamton Press and Sun Bulletin, September 18, 1987
COLLECTIONS
Frost Art Museum, Miami, Florida
John & Maxine Belger Family Foundation
Manuel de Santaren, Boston
Thomas Durst, San Francisco
Patricio Wills & Adriana Santos Wills, Columbia & Miami
Morris Corporation, (Athens Banner Herald), Athens, Georgia
Montgomery County Public Arts Trust, Contemporary Works on Paper Collection
York College, York, PA
Martyn J Forrester, London
Isabelle Bellis, NYC
Nina Fuentes, Miami, FL
Ron Freedman & Gina A. Weiners, New York
James Swope & Scott Robertson, West Palm Beach
Paul D. Gallagher, Miami, Florida
Jerry Cullum, Atlanta, Georgia
Jeff Speck, Boston, MA
Rachel Camber, Miami, Florida
Cathy Abbott, Washington, D.C.
Jay Schlossberg & Eileen Brengle, Washington, DC
Al Jan, San Jose, CA
Rony Borges, Richmond, KY
Carol Stavropoulos, Athens, Georgia
Tina Spiro, Miami & Jamaica
Mike Watson, Miami, FL
Steven Rogers, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Samuel Furiness, Colorado
Matthew Clay-Robison, York, PA
PUBLISHED WRITING
Kretz, Kate, Art From Your Core: A Holistic Guide to Visual Voice,
Intellect Books, London, 2024
KateKretz, Kate, “David, Goliath, & The Futility of Copyright,”
Medium.com, July 27, 2021
Kretz, Kate, “Looking at Colleges? There Are New Questions You Need to Ask,”
Medium.com, March 14, 2021
Kretz, Kate, “Turning Prophets into Professionals: Our Complicity in A Corporatized Art World Paradigm,”
Medium.com, February 17, 2021
Kretz, Kate, “On The Price of ‘Minding Your Own Business’,”
Medium.com, January 15, 2021
Kretz, Kate, “We’re About to Break Up With An Abusive President,”
Medium.com, Nov 5, 2020
Kretz, Kate, “The Power Of Being Seen”,
Medium.com, January 10, 2020
Kretz, Kate, “Bully Island: A Satirical Fantasy”
Medium.com, January 8, 2020
Kretz, Kate, “How To Stop Greedy Old Men From Destroying The World”,
Medium.com, January 3, 2020
Kretz, Kate, “What People Don’t Get About Controversial Art”,
Medium.com, July 30, 2019
Kretz, Kate, “Facebook Bans Artist For Transforming MAGA Hats: A Cautionary Tale of Art Censorship & Social Media”,
Noteworthy - Medium.com, May 20, 2019
Kretz, Kate, “Channeling Our Collective Fury”,
Hyperallergic, August 18, 2018
Kretz, Kate, "The Stain On Our Flag"
Hyperallergic, July 7, 2018
Kretz, Kate, "Mothers' Nightmare"
Hyperallergic, Feb 17, 2018
Kretz, Kate, "Predator",
Hyperallergic, Dec 2, 2017
Kretz, Kate, "Sociopaths Don't Cry"
Hyperallergic, November 11, 2017
Kretz, Kate, "Peering Down Trump's Lie Hole",
Hyperallergic, August 26, 2017
Kretz, Kate, “The Art of Not Making: The New Artist/Artisan Relationship, A Review by Kate Kretz”
Bourgeononline.com, Washington, DC, May 11, 2011
Kretz, Kate, “Review, Florida Phototographers: The Ordinary To The Extraordinary”
ARTPAPERS, Atlanta, Georgia, Sept/Oct 2002
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
College Art Association
SECAC (Southeastern College Art Conference)
FATE (Foundations in Art Theory & Education)
Women’s Caucus For Art
The Feminist Art Project
SEFEA (South East Fibers Educators Association)
American Craft Council
James Renwick Alliance
American Civil Liberties Union