KATHERINE SHAUGHNESSY
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Katherine Shaughnessy is an artist living in Boise, Idaho. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1970. Shaughnessy has an MFA from The Art Institute of Chicago and spent over a decade in the vibrant art community of Marfa, Texas.
She is married to Tom Michael who founded Marfa Public Radio and currently runs Boise State Public Radio. Together they have two teenage children at Boise High School.
Shaughnessy is the co-founder of The Common Well, a creative league and co-working club in Garden City, Idaho, where she also has an art studio.
Through painting, drawing, sculpture and video, Shaughnessy examines the natural world and ponders nature's awkward intersection with human demands and desires.
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EDUCATION | ||
1997 | Master of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago | |
1995 | Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago | |
1992 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio | |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS | ||
2024 | Portrait of a River, Wrong, Marfa, Texas | |
2019 | New Work, Marfa Country Clinic, Marfa, Texas | |
2014 | New Work, Page Coleman Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
2013 | New Work: Legos, The Wrong Gallery, Marfa, Texas | |
2012 | Crewel Pop Up Show, The Wrong Gallery, Marfa, Texas | |
2003 | New Work, The Pink Ox, Alpine, Texas | |
New Sculpture & Painting, The Beauty Shop, Marfa, Texas | ||
2000 | Billennium Sculpture Garden, City Hall, Joliet, Illinois | |
1999 | Doegirl and other Adventures in Bioengineering, Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois | |
1998 | Adventures in Bioengineering, Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan | |
1997 | Secure Your Future, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois | |
1995 | Post-Baccalaureate Exhibition, Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois | |
1992 | Union in Threads, B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio | |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS | ||
2024 | Sun Valley Museum of Art, Ketchum, Idaho | |
2022 | Brackett Creek Invitational, Brackett Creek Exhibitions, Bozeman, Montana | |
2020 | The 2020 Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho | |
2019 | Wintertide, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, Washington | |
2019 | Summer Solstice Art Festival, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, Washington | |
2007 | Dark Objects, Light Matter, Galleri Urbane, Marfa, Texas | |
Wild or Domestic, Marfa Studio of the Arts, Marfa, Texas | ||
2006 | Taking Shape, Galleri Urbane, Marfa, Texas | |
Alt-Fiber: reclaiming art / craft, Assemble Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio | ||
Fiber Show, Big Bend Arts Council, Alpine, Texas | ||
2005 | Marfa Moment, Marfa Studio of the Arts, Marfa, Texas | |
Botanica, Big Bend Arts Council Gallery, Alpine, Texas | ||
Loose Ends: A Fiber Arts Project, Big Bend Arts Council, Alpine, Texas | ||
Stitch or Swallow, Here, Bristol, United Kingdom | ||
2004 | $25/square foot, Big Bend Arts Council, Alpine, Texas | |
W: Portraits of a President, The Beauty Shop, Marfa, Texas | ||
2002 | The Milk of Human Kindness, Joymore Gallery, Chicago, Illinois | |
2001 | Utopia, Deceived: A Project on Planned Communities, 1926 Exhibition Studies Space, SAIC, Chicago, Illinois | |
2000 | Flora & Fauna, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin | |
1999 | Rx: An Art Exhibition, Emison Art Center, Depauw University, Greencastle, Indiana | |
Supermarket 1999, Slop Brand Art, Kansas City, Missouri | ||
llinois Women Artists: The New Millennium, (traveling exhibition) Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; National Museum Women in the Arts, Washington, DC; Lakeview Museum of the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois; Southern Illinois Art Gallery, Rend Lake, Illinois; Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois; Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois; Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois; Quincy Art Museum, Quincy, Illinois; Parkland Art Gallery, Champaign, Illinois | ||
The Book Show, Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
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1998 | ARText, Sawtooth Building Galleries, Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |
The Toy Show, August House Studio, Chicago, Illinois | ||
1997 | Celebrating Women in the Arts, Saint Joseph Academy, Cleveland, Ohio | |
I Paid $25 to Exhibit My Art in This Show, Beret International, Chicago, Illinois | ||
1995 | Mediating Texts, The Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois | |
Focus Fiber, Textile Art Alliance, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio | ||
Nippon Steel Art Appreciation Exhibit, Chicago, Illinois | ||
1994 | All Media Membership Show, Capitol Hill Arts League, Washington, DC | |
Unself Portrait, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, Virginia | ||
1993 | All Media Membership Show, The Art League, Alexandria, Virginia | |
1992 | All Media Membership Show, The Art League, Alexandria, Virginia | |
Celebration of the Arts, 10th Anniversary of the Miami University Honors Program, Oxford, Ohio | ||
2nd Annual Viola Peacock Art Exhibition, Miami University, Oxford Ohio | ||
1991 | University of Dayton Intercollegiate Art Competition, Dayton, Ohio | |
Untitled 1: Juried Art Exhibition, Miami University, Oxford Ohio | ||
Whitewater Valley Competition, Indiana University East, Richmond, Indiana | ||
WomanÕs Body of Work, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio | ||
1st Annual Viola Peacock Art Exhibition, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio | ||
Copyright Ⓒ 1998-2023 Katherine Shaughnessy