Kate Petley
Education
1976 B.F.A. cum laude, University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT



Grants and Awards
2015 Invitational Artist Residency, Franz Mayer of Munich Glass Munich, Germany
2013 Finalist: City of Denver West Colfax Transit Shelters Denver, CO
2012 Finalist: Port Arthur School District Project Port Arthur, TX
2011 Finalist (Invitational): Potomac Yard Transitway Arlington, VA
Finalist: City of El Paso Fire Station #37 Project El Paso, TX
Finalist: Denver Office of Cultural Affairs, Rosyln Administration Building Denver, CO
2010 Finalist: The Denver Biennial of the Americas, Denver, Denver, COOffice of Cultural Affairs
2009 Finalist: Utah Public Art Commission, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT USTAR Project
Finalist: Los Angeles County Arts, El Cariso Project Los Angeles, CA
Finalist: Denver Office of Cultural Affairs, Rosyln Administration Building Denver, CO
2008 Permanent Public Commission: Federal Reserve Bank Kansas City, MO
Permanent Public Commission: UCLA Hospital Santa Monica, CA
Finalist: San Diego Airport Authority, Terminal Expansion, San Diego, CA Elevator Enclosures
Artist Residency: PlatteForum Denver, CO
2007 Permanent Public Commission: Grand Oaks Project Pasadena, CA
Finalist: Downtown Fire Station #8, Watchtower Windows Houston, TX
Finalist: Metropolitan Transit Authority, Light Rail Station Projects Houston, TX
2001-05 Permanent Public Commission: Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, TX
2002-03 Permanent Public Commission: Donovan Park Terrace Vail, CO
Finalist: Denver Convention Center Public Art Denver, CO
Finalist: City of Phoenix Chavez Library Project Phoenix, AZ
1997 “The Big Show,” Second Place Award, Lawndale Art Center Houston, TX
Permanent Public Art Commission: City of Houston, Houston, TX
Project: Hike & Bikeway Bridge
1995 Special Opportunity Grant, Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts, Houston, TX
Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris
1992 Visual Arts Alliance Ninth Annual Exhibition, First Place Award Houston, TX
1990 New Forms Regional Grant Initiative, National Endowment for the Arts/ New York, NY
The Rockefeller Foundation

 



Solo Exhibitions
2014 “Out of Line”, Robischon Gallery Denver, CO
8/10/2015
2014 “Lined,” Turner Carroll Gallery Santa Fe, NM
2011 “The Fruit Stare,” Fort Lewis College Art Gallery Durango, CO
“Recent Work,” Vertical Areas Steamboat Springs, CO
2010 “The Spaces in Between,” The Nicolaysen Museum of Art Casper, WY
“One Big Dream,” Plus Gallery Denver, CO
2009 “Overhead,” Rudolph Projects Houston, TX
2008 “Watershed,” Plus Gallery Denver, CO
2007 “Hallucinating, With Vigor,” Rudolph Projects Houston, TX
2006 “Delirious,” Plus Gallery Denver, CO
2005 “Everything,” Museum of the Southwest Midland, TX
2004 “Recent Work,” Rudolph Projects Houston, TX
2003 “Bright and Shiny: Recent Work,” Rudolph Projects Houston, TX
2002 “Inhale,” Center for Contemporary Art Santa Fe, NM
“Drops,” Rudolph Projects Houston, TX
2001 “Recent Works,” Rudolph Projects Houston, TX
2000 “Recent Works,” Rudolph Projects New York, NY
“Inhale,” Diverseworks Houston, TX
“Monkey Mind,” Fort Lewis College Art Gallery Durango, CO
1999 “Blue Sky,” College of the Mainland Fine Arts Gallery Texas City, TX
“Photographs,” Rudolph Poissant Gallery Houston, TX
1997 “Carried Away,” Rudolph Poissant Gallery Houston, TX
1996 “Container of Meaning,” Fotofest Houston, TX
1993 “Rings, Balls, and Trees,” Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University Waco, TX
1992 “Requiem for Huge Oaks,” Diverseworks Houston, TX
1988 “Recent Works,” Judy Youens Gallery Houston ,TX



Two Person Exhibitions
2012 “Construct: Kate Petley and Rusty Scruby,” Turner Carroll Gallery Santa Fe, NM
2007 “Similar Differences: Kate Petley and Sheila Klein,” Art League Houston, TX
1996 “Recent Works,” Slover McCutcheon Gallery Houston, TX
“Lighten Up,” Collaborative with David Carpender, The McBride Series Houston, TX
1994 “Kate Petley and Michael Whitehead,” Longview Museum of Art Longview, TX
1993 “From the Source,” Farah Damji Fine Art New York, NY
“Recent Work,” Museum of South Texas Corpus Christi, TX



Group Exhibitions and Installations
2014 “New Prints,” International Print Center New York, NY
“Select Fair,” Manneken Press, Publisher New York, NY
2013 “Materialized,” Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
“Edition Chicago,” Manneken Press, Publisher
“Dallas Art Fair,” Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2012 “Gallery Artists,” George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles ,CA
“Scope Miami,” Turner Carroll Gallery Miami, FL
2012 “Construct: Kate Pedley and Rusty Scruby,” Turner Carroll Gallery Santa Fe, NM
“Terrain,” Turner Carroll Gallery Santa Fe, NM
“Blink,” Turner Carroll Gallery Dallas, TX
2011 “New Mexorado,” The Harwood Musuem Taos, NM
2010 “4 x 4,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs, CO
“Excellencies” Plus Gallery Denver, CO
Recent Work, Turner Carroll Gallery Santa Fe, NM
2008 “The Best Choice: Houston Arts Alliance and City Hall,” Houston, TX
The Houston Endowment
2007 “Pushing the Envelope: A Drawing Show,” Williams Tower Gallery Houston, TX
2007 “Hot Pursuit: Eight Artists from Southwestern Colorado,” Alamosa, CO Adams State College
“Similar Differences: Kate Petley and Sheila Klein,” Art League Houston Houston, TX
2006 “New American Painting Issue #66,” Plus Gallery Denver, CO
2005 “Selections from New American Painting #54,” Plus Gallery Denver, CO
“ISEP Exposed: Selected Artists,” Cultural Arts Council of Houston Harris Houston, TX County and Rudolph Projects
2004 Rocky Mountain Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art Fort Collins, CO
2004 “Surfaces,” William Campbell Contemporary Art Ft. Worth, TX
2003 “Plastic Fantastic,” Exhibit A New York, NY
“Luscious,” Ron Judish Fine Arts at Andenken Gallery Denver, CO
“Red,” Rudolph Projects Houston, TX
2002 “Archipelago,” The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, CO
“Group Exhibition,” Ron Judish Fine Arts Denver, CO
2001 “Reaction,” Exit Art New York, NY
“Sky,” Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities Arvada, CO
“Summer Stock 3,” Ron Judish Fine Arts Denver, CO
“Gallery Artists,” Helix Fine Art Santa Fe, NM
2000 “The End of History,” Ron Judish Fine Arts Denver, CO
“Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Art 2000,” Newport Beach, CA
Orange County Museum of Art
“Fotofest 2000,” Installation sponsored by Foley’s of Houston Houston, TX
1998 “Textual Negotiations,” collaboration with poet Michael Rosen, Houston, TX
Lawndale Art Center
“Selected Works,” Rudolph Poissant Gallery Houston, TX
1997 “Los Angeles National Juried Exhibition 2,” Spanish Kitchen Gallery Los Angeles, CA
“Second Texas Annual,” The Contemporary Art Center of Ft. Worth Ft. Worth, TX
“The Big Show,” Lawndale Art Center Houston, TX
“Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art ’97,” Houston, TX
“Wabi sabi,” Takara Gallery Houston, TX
“Paper,” Rudolph Poissant Gallery Houston, TX
1996 “The Big Show,” Lawndale Art Center Houston, TX
“Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art ’96,” Houston, TX
“Imprint,” Barbara Davis Gallery/ Pennzoil Place Houston, TX
1995 “‘O’: A House Installation”, with Dan Havel & Dean Ruck Houston, TX
“The Evocative Object,” Arlington Museum of Art Arlington, TX
“Seductive Surfaces,” Sally Sprout Gallery Houston, TX
“The Big Show,” Lawndale Art Center Houston, TX
“Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art ’95,” Houston, TX
“Witness Through Materials,” Transco Energy Gallery Houston, TX
1994 “14 Sculptors,” North Harris College Houston, TX
“Broken Hearts,” Farah Damji Fine Art New York, NY
“Low Tech,” CRCA, University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX
“The Big Show,” Lawndale Art Center Houston, TX
“Second Annual Riverway Invitational: Sculpture on the Green,” Houston, TX
Omni Houston
1993 “The Texas Biennial 1993,” Fair Park Dallas, TX
“First Annual Riverway Invitational: Sculpture on the Green,” Houston, TX
Omni Houston
“Sculptors Known and Underknown,” One Allen Center Houston, TX
“13th Annual Outdoor Exhibition’, Nelson Sculpture Park Abilene, TX
“Critics Choice,” D-Art Dallas, TX
“The Big Show,” Lawndale Art Center Houston, TX
“The 34th Annual Invitational,” Longview Art Museum Longview, TX
1992 “The Big Show,” Lawndale Art Center Houston, TX
1991 “Trail of Tears,” Firehouse Gallery Houston, TX
“Visual Arts Alliance 9th Annual Juried Exhibition,” Houston, TX
“The Big Show,” Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX
“Take a Seat,” DIFFA, Innova Houston, TX
Installation, Mariposa Sculpture Park Corpus Christi, TX
“Visual Arts Alliance 8th Annual Juried Exhibition,” Houston, TX
“Private Investigations,” Lawndale Art Center Houston, TX
1990 “Texas Sculpture Association Excellence ’90: Dallas, TX
Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition,” Trammel Crow Center
“Austin Annual ’90,” Mexic Arte Austin, TX
“Tri State ’90,” Beaumont Art League Beaumont, TX
“Southwestern Exhibition,” sponsored by the Women’s Caucus for Art Dallas., TX
1989 “Common Ground, Beyond Boundaries,” Dallas City Hall Dallas, TX
“Houston Women,” Mexic Arte Austin TX



Bibliography
2014 New American Painting Issue 114. Curator: Nora Abrams, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.
Paglia, Michael: Conceptual Abstraction, Westword, February 19, 2015
2013 sketch24blog, Featured Post July 13
Froyd, Susan: “100 Colorado Creatives,” Westword, June 11
Deitsch, Dina: Studio Visit Magazine, de Cordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
2012 Greene, Jonathan: Studio Visit Magazine, New York, NY
Goebel, Leanne: “Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor,” catalogue essay
Abatemarco, Michael: “Binary Visions,” Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican, June 15
2011 Venn, Beth: Studio Visit Magazine, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Goebel, Leanne: “What’s Missing from Colorado’s Top Ten List,” The Huffington Post, January 4
2010 Berkovitch, Ellen: “Contemporary in Denver,” AdobeAirstream, October 24
Hatchadoorian, Lisa: “The Spaces In Between”, The Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Catalogue Essay
2009 New American Painting Edition, Winter Goebel, Leanne: “Overhead”, AdobeAirstream, May
2007 Goebel, Leanne: “Hot Pursuits”, The Durango Herald, September 7
2007 Phelps, Janet: “Similar Differences”, Art League Houston, Essay for Exhibition
Keppler, Nick: “Through the Looking Glass”, Houston Press, January 31
2006 New American Painting, Issue 66, Fall 2006; Curated by Ian Berry, Skidmore College Tang
Museum of Art
Paglia, Michael: “Smart and Pretty”, Westword, Denver CO May 4
2005 Greene, Alison: “O: A House Installation” at Ten Years”, Gulf Coast, Fall Issue
Temple, Georgia: “Artist Tackles Small Details”, Midland Reporter Telegram, May 22
2004 New American Painting, Fall 2004; Curated by Lynn Herbert,
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Murphy, Laurie Lynnxe: “Profile: Kate Petley”, Eye Level, Spring Issue, Denver CO
2003 Paglia, Michael: “Art Beat”, Westword, Denver CO, October 2
2002 Indyke, Dottie: “CCA Installation Exaggerates Vulnerability of Humans”, Albuquerque Journal
2001 Paglia, Michael: “Good Heavens”, Westword, November 8-14
Chandler, Mary Voelz: “The Big Blue Wonder”, Rocky Mountain News, Denver Post, September 15
Gluckstern, J.: “Sky”, The Boulder Daily Camera, September 14
2000 Anspon, Catherine D.: “Kate Petley: Inhale”, Houston CitySearch, May 1
Paglia, Michael: “Across the Board”, Westword, Denver CO, May 25
Chandler, Mary Voelz: “Abstraction Meets Realism”, Denver Rocky Mountain News, June 2
Wilson, Wade: “Inhale”, Essay for exhibition catalog, April 2000
1997 Johnson, Patricia C.: “Openings in West Side Galleries”, Houston Chronicle, December 19
Anspon, Catherine D.: “Kate Petley Carries Us Away”, Public News, December 11
Dewan, Shaila: “A Gift to be Simple”, Houston Press, March 13
Anspon, Catherine D.: “Showcase of Texas Art Opens Downtown”, Public News, March 12
1996 Johnson, Patricia C.: “Full Frames”, Houston Chronicle, March 14
Peters, Patrick: “Casa Lucida, Casa Obscura”, Cite, Spring 1996
Anspon, Catherine D.: “Dia de los Muertos, Lawndale’s Lively Version of Death’s
Remembrance”, Public News, October 30



Collections
Suntrust Bank, Atlanta, GA
The City of Houston and the Houston Airport System, TX
Denver Children’s Hospital, CO
Federal Reserve Bank Kansas City, MO
The Nicolaysen Museum, Casper, WY
Philadelphia Marriot Hotel, PA
UCLA Hospital, Santa Monica, CA
Morgan Stanley, San Francisco, CA
The Ritz Carlton, Hyatt, and Marriott Hotel Corporations
The City of Houston, TX
The Town of Vail, CO
Polsinelli Shughart, Dallas, TX and Chicago, IL
Propriety Capital, Denver, CO
Private Collections throughout the United States



Information
2013 Monoprint Series, Manneken Press, Publisher
2008 Wayfinding and Signage Master Plan, Pagosa Springs CO: Committee Member
PlatteForum, Denver CO: Teaching Intensive, Underserved Youth Program
Valdez Elementary School and America Scores Project
2005-07 Community Vision Council, Pagosa Springs CO: Art and Culture Committee
This Committee established a downtown Master Plan
1993-94 Anderson Ranch, Snowmass CO: Sculpture Workshops, Children’s Program

Subscribe To Our Newsletter

Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from our team.

You have Successfully Subscribed!