the SOCIETY OF LAYERISTS in MULTI-MEDIA
Professor Emerita, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
kakuchar@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
1991
Santa Reparata Graphic Art Center, Florence, Italy
1974
MFA, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
1967
Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn, NY
1966
MA, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS
1963
BA, Kearney State College, Kearney, NE
SELECTED MUSEUM SHOWS
"62nd” & 48th” Annual Midyear Exhibition" Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
"Watercolor U.S.A.," Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
"9th and 19th” Joslyn Biennial," Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
“Eighteen Young Artists,” Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
"DreamScapes," Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
"The Alaskan Suite,” Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
“It is Written,” Biblical Arts Center, Dallas, TX
“Paintings,” National Design Center, New York, NY
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS (FROM OVER 200)
“Arizona Aqueous XX,” Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
“San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition,” San Diego, CA
“112th American Watercolor Society Exhibition,” New York, NY
“Louisiana Watercolor Society 17th International Exhibition,” New Orleans, CA
SELECTED INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
"Wit and Wisdom: State of Art, 1995," Parkland College, Champaign, IL
"Watercolor USA Fifth Biennial Exhibition," Knoxville, TN
"Celtic Spirit," Ventana Gallery, San Antonio, TX
SELECTED AWARDS, HONORS
1998
"President's Distinguished Scholar," Fort Hays State University
1993
"Governor's Visual Artist", State of Kansas
1991
“Fellowship” to study in Italy, Santa Reparata Graphic Art Center, Florence
1986
"National Endowment for the Arts--Mid-America Arts Alliance Fellowship in Painting"
1980
"Pilot Award," honoring the most outstanding professor, Fort Hays State University
1966-67
"Max Beckmann Memorial Scholarship”, Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn, NY
WORK FEATURED IN BOOKS
2016
Unique Insights, Society of Layerists in Multi-Media
2010
Visual Journeys, Art of the 21st Century, Society of Layerists in Multi-Media
2004
The Art of Layering: Making Connections, Society of Layerists in Multi-Media
1998
Bridging Time and Space, Essays on Layered Art, Society of Layerists in Multi-Media
1995
Color and Light for the Watercolor Painter, Christopher Schink, Watson-Guptill
1991
Layering, an Art of Time and Space
1989
Artists: A Kansas Collection
1988
The New York Artist's Review
1981
Printworld's Directory of Contemporary Prints
1980
The Complete Collagraph
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Crescent Cardboard Company, Wheeling, IL
Kansas Arts Commission, Topeka, KS
The Museum of Nebraska Art Collection, Kearney, NE
Biblical Arts Center, Dallas, TX
Emprise Bank, Wichita, KS
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
The Society of Layerists in Multi-Media
National Watercolor Society
Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Society
Watercolor USA Honor Society (Charter Member)
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Hand Artes Gallery, Truchas, NM
Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS
Kathleen Kuchar
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