99
North Main
Rochester, VT 05767
(802) 767-9670
Artist Statement:
Color and compostion have always fascinated me. I started painting as a way to free myself from the restrictions of designing for silllkscreen. The intellectual puzzle of working out color and composition relationships for the printing press gave way to the less certain process of discovering those relationships while painting. I prefer the spontaneity of painting. I like changing my mind. It is scary. It is thrilling!
I enjoy finding a small, everyday view and transforming it into an emotional experience for the viewer. I like to communicate my love of the larger landscape in small glimpses. On my more exuberant days, I like to paint the sweep of longer views.
Sometimes I work with a very limited palate: one each of red, yellow, and blue, plus white. This limitation helps me to focus on changes in temperature and value rather than on the concrete details in the landscape. Itís surprising how a minor shift in temperature can make a major distinction in the picture. When the landscape emerges from this kind of observation, everything seems whole. In its completeness the painting is often abstract and that is ultimately satisfying.
Artist Curriculum Vitae:
Kate Emlen
Galleries
Big Town Gallery ~ Rochester, Vermont
Prince Street Gallery-~-530 West 25th-~New York
McGrath Dunham Gallery-~-Castine, Maine
McGowan Fine Art ~ Concord, New Hampshire
Solo Shows
2005 Norwich Public Library, Norwich VT
2003 Norwich Public Library, Norwich VT
2002 Lyme Public Library, Lyme NH
1995 Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, Concord NH
1992 Marion Art Center, Marion MA
1987 Marion Art Center, Marion MA
Juried shows and Group Exhibitions
2006 George Marshall Store Gallery, York, Maine
2006 Prince Street Gallery, New York NY
2005 Caldbeck Gallery Summer Invitational, Rockland Maine
2005 Pegasus Gallery, Quechee VT
2004 Long River Studio, Lyme NH
2003 l’espace Jean de Joigny, Joigny, FRANCE ~ 2-person show
99 - 05 AVA Gallery Juried Summer Exhibition, Lebanon NH
2001 AVA Gallery, Lebanon NH ~ 2-person show
1985 Hiroshima Museum of Art, Hiroshima, JAPAN ~ international invitational
1985 Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester NH ~ 6 poster designers
Awards
2002 Honorable Mention: AVA Gallery Juried Exhibition, Lebanon NH
2001 Second in Show: Chaffee Center Members’ Exhibition, Rutland
VT
1986 Warsaw Poster Biennial
1984 Warsaw Poster Biennial
1982-95 numerous awards for poster design: New York- and Boston Art Directors
Clubs, American Museum Association, Print Magazine, Communication Arts,
American Institute of Graphic Design, Colorado Poster Invitational
Education
2002 Certificate in Psychoanalysis, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis,
Brookline MA
1997 MA in Psychoanalysis, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis
1977 MFA in Graphic Design, Yale University of Art, New Haven CT
1972 BA in English, Kirkland College, Clinton NY
Special Courses and Residencies
1997-8 Two 6-week course in Japanese woodblock printing, Matthew Brown,
Lyme NH
1987 Two 2-week painting residencies, Vermont Studio School, Johnson VT
1986 One-week painting residency, Bennington College, Bennington VT
1975 Calligraphy, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston MA
1975 Bookbinding, Harcourt Bindery, Boston MA
1974 Typography and Printing Workshop, Ray Nash, Royalton VT
Other Professional Acitivities
1975 - 1995 Graphic design consultant to Dartmouth College, Williams College,
Middlebury College Museum, Independence Seaport Museum, Exeter Academy,
Currier Gallery of Art, Oberlin College, Nantucket Whaling Museum.
2004 Designed stained glass windows for The Haven, a local shelter. Colorado
Poster Invitational
website:www.kateemlenchamberlin.com