Resume
Birthplace: Huntington, WVA
Resides: Keaau, HI
Education: B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design
Museum Exhibitions
2019 Allied Artists Group Exhibition On Location in the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA
2012 Paint America: Paint the Parks, Coutts Museum of Art, El Dorado, KS
2011 Paint America: Paint the Parks, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, MO
2004 Art of the Rancho Tujunga Area, Bolton Hall Museum, Tujunga, CA
2003 Etherscapes, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR
2000 Timely Expressions, traveling exhibition, Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, TX
Solo and Feature Exhibitions
2016 Izen Miller Gallery at The River, Rancho Mirage, CA
2012 Murmuration, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2010 Atmospheric, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2008 Still Places, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Lightfall, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2003 Etherscapes, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR
2002 Katherine Kean, Butler Gallery, Northwood University, Cedar Hill, TX
2000 Memories, Dreams, and Visions, Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, TX
1999 Synergy, 4-Star Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1998 New Work, The Gossip Studio, Los Angeles, CA "Collection" Schoff & Baxter, Century City, CA
1994 A Land Apart, Film Roman Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Na Wai O Kea Ola / The Waters of Life Firehouse Gallery, Waimea, HI
2019 Radical Beauty; Malibu Rising Group Exhibition. Malibu City Hall Community Center, Malibu, CA
Angeles National Forest Chilao Visitor Center
"Highway 2 - The Journey and the Destination," La Cañada Flintridge Library, La Cañada Flintridge, CA
2018 "Pity da Poe" Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Four Million Angels, Annenberg Community Beach House, Santa Monica, CA
2017 International Association for the Study of Dreams Art Exhiibition, Garden Grove, CA
"Multiplicity" the Eye of the Artists, Izen Miller Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Eco-Art, Golden West College Community Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA
2015 PSA 90th Annual, Whites Gallery, Montrose, CA Scott Ward, Juror
Saatchi Pop Up at West Elm, Beverly Hills, CA
Historic Blinn House, Fall Exhibition, Pasadena Society of Artists, Pasadena, CA
Spectrum Gestalt 2: bG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
National Weather Center Biennial Exhibition, Norman, OK
Wilderness Minds:Activating Wonder, The Modest Fly Art Studio Gallery, Tujunga, CA
New Members Exhibition, Towns Burr Gallery, Burbank, CA
Balance Unbalance 2015: Water Imbalance, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
ACE Blinn House, Pasadena Society of Artists, Pasadena, CA
Artist's Choice: Pasadena Society of Artists Exhibition, Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA
2014 Deck the Walls! Segil Fine Art, Monrovia, CA
Celebrate the Healing Power of Art 2014, Manhattan Arts International
Home Sweet Home, Segil Fine Art, Monrovia, CA
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Izen Miller Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
10 By 10, I5 Gallery, Brewery Arts Complex, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Izen Miller Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
2012 Mother's Day, Modest Fly Art Studio Gallery, Tujunga, CA
Buy Local, Think International, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2011 Tell Us a Story, Segil Fine Art, Monrovia, CA
Summertime, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2010 Best of TAG 2010, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2009 Works For Everyone, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008 Small Works, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Connections, Canoga Park Youth Arts Center Gallery, Canoga Park, CA
2007 The Ladies' Fluff & Fold Society Presents Top Drawer, SCWCA Atrium Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Brand 35: Thirty-Fifth Annual National Juried Exhibition, Works on Paper: Borders. Brand
Library Gallery, Glendale, CA, juried by Jim Morphesis
2006 Wet Paint, LACMA Art Museum Council, Roxbury Park, Beverly Hills, CA
California Open Exhibition New Works, juried by Laddie John Dill, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Venice Art Forum, Group Show SPARC Gallery, Venice, CA
Topanga Canyon Gallery, 2005 Juried Open, Topanga, CA
2004 Autumn Show 2003, Venice Art Forum, SPARC Gallery, Venice, CA
2003 Back On Broadway, Santa Monica, CA
SPARC Gallery, “Art and Spirit Group Show”, Venice, CA
2002 Timely Expressions, traveling exhibition, Indiana State University Gallery, Terre Haute, IN
2001 Hodge Podge II, Highways, Santa Monica, CA
Myth and Matter, Gallery West, Los Angeles, CA
200 Artists for Y2K, Boritzer, Gray, Hamano, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2000 Synergy, 4 Star Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1999 Luminous Secrets, Encino, CA
Innerworks, Available Light Ltd., Burbank, CA The Rose Café, Venice CA.
1997 Summer Celebration, Mitchell & Matlin Gallery, Venice, CA
1996 The Art of Brunch, Los Angeles Airport Hilton, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Soulscapes, Gallery IV, Los Angeles, CA Mad River Post Fall ’93 Group Show, Santa Monica, CA
1993 Exhibit A, Blaisdell Atelier, Topanga, CA
A Shift of Season, Blaisdell Atelier, Topanga, CA
Bibliography
2022 Art and Cake The Bird is the Word, by Kristine Schomaker
2019 Painting World Magazine "Artist Katherine Kean Captures Nature's Soul"
Sanctuary Magazine March 2019 Featured Artist
Voyage LA "The Thought Provokers"
2018 Dreamdew, Oneiric Communication #13
Katherine Kean - The Artist's Interview, Redski Redd Fine Art
2015 The New E-Commerce, Professional Artist Magazine, Vicki Amorose
The National Weather Center 2015 Biennale Catalog, University of Oklahoma
2014 Four Artists Who Express Tranquility, Manhattan Artists International, Renee Phillips
2012 "Murmurs of Generosity" CalParks Voices
2010 "Santa Monica", Jeffrey Crussell
Art Ltd., September/October, "Fall Preview"
Art, Tiles, and Mosaics, January 2010, "A Favorite Place"
2009 "100 Artists of the West Coast II", Tina Skinner Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
2008 Luxury, Life, and Style, May/June 2008 “Gallery Scene: Hot Summer Exhibits”
Art Ltd., May/June 2008, “Pulse”
Art, Tiles, and Mosaics, April 2008, "TAG, the Artists' Gallery, in Santa Monica"
2007 Planet Lightworker. com, November 2007 "Autumn's Veil"
2003 Southern Oregon News, September 2003, “September Features,
Art at Grants Pass Museum"
2000 Vernon Daily Record, May 5, 2000, “Timely Expressions”
1998 “Memories, Dreams, Visions”, Gerrit Henry
1994 Los Angeles Times, July 31, 1994, “Drawing on a Special Effects Skill”
Videos
2018 Katherine Kean Fine Art, Redski Red
2013 Colliding Worlds: Lasting Notes, Angela Romeo
2012 A Moment With Katherine Kean, Aaron Landman, Joe Gasparik
Awards
Highway 2 - The Journey and the Destination, Judges Choice for Composition in Landscape
PSA 90th Annual Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention
Manhattan Arts International, Featured Artist Award, Celebrate the Healing Power of Art
Paint America's 2011 Paint the Parks Top 100
Paint America's 2011 Paint the Parks Top 50 Mini
Purchase Award Bloomingdale's Collection at Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, CA
Art Slant Showcase Awards 2010, Showcase 3, Showcase 5
Art Slant Showcase Award, May 2009
Collections
Bloomingdale's Permanent Collection, Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, CA
Massage Envy, Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Schoff & Baxter, Century City, CA
Film Roman, North Hollywood, CA.
JJ&A, Glendale, CA.
Numerous private collections
Gallery Representation
Izen Miller Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
4 Star Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Affiliations
Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore
PSA Pasadena Society of Artists
ACAG Angeles Crest Artist Guild
SCWCA Southern California Women's Caucus for Art
SCWCA Eco-Art
Venice Art Forum
Coach Art
Birthplace: Huntington, WVA
Resides: Keaau, HI
Education: B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design
Museum Exhibitions
2019 Allied Artists Group Exhibition On Location in the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA
2012 Paint America: Paint the Parks, Coutts Museum of Art, El Dorado, KS
2011 Paint America: Paint the Parks, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, MO
2004 Art of the Rancho Tujunga Area, Bolton Hall Museum, Tujunga, CA
2003 Etherscapes, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR
2000 Timely Expressions, traveling exhibition, Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, TX
Solo and Feature Exhibitions
2016 Izen Miller Gallery at The River, Rancho Mirage, CA
2012 Murmuration, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2010 Atmospheric, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2008 Still Places, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Lightfall, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2003 Etherscapes, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR
2002 Katherine Kean, Butler Gallery, Northwood University, Cedar Hill, TX
2000 Memories, Dreams, and Visions, Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, TX
1999 Synergy, 4-Star Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1998 New Work, The Gossip Studio, Los Angeles, CA "Collection" Schoff & Baxter, Century City, CA
1994 A Land Apart, Film Roman Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Na Wai O Kea Ola / The Waters of Life Firehouse Gallery, Waimea, HI
2019 Radical Beauty; Malibu Rising Group Exhibition. Malibu City Hall Community Center, Malibu, CA
Angeles National Forest Chilao Visitor Center
"Highway 2 - The Journey and the Destination," La Cañada Flintridge Library, La Cañada Flintridge, CA
2018 "Pity da Poe" Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Four Million Angels, Annenberg Community Beach House, Santa Monica, CA
2017 International Association for the Study of Dreams Art Exhiibition, Garden Grove, CA
"Multiplicity" the Eye of the Artists, Izen Miller Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Eco-Art, Golden West College Community Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA
2015 PSA 90th Annual, Whites Gallery, Montrose, CA Scott Ward, Juror
Saatchi Pop Up at West Elm, Beverly Hills, CA
Historic Blinn House, Fall Exhibition, Pasadena Society of Artists, Pasadena, CA
Spectrum Gestalt 2: bG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
National Weather Center Biennial Exhibition, Norman, OK
Wilderness Minds:Activating Wonder, The Modest Fly Art Studio Gallery, Tujunga, CA
New Members Exhibition, Towns Burr Gallery, Burbank, CA
Balance Unbalance 2015: Water Imbalance, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
ACE Blinn House, Pasadena Society of Artists, Pasadena, CA
Artist's Choice: Pasadena Society of Artists Exhibition, Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA
2014 Deck the Walls! Segil Fine Art, Monrovia, CA
Celebrate the Healing Power of Art 2014, Manhattan Arts International
Home Sweet Home, Segil Fine Art, Monrovia, CA
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Izen Miller Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
10 By 10, I5 Gallery, Brewery Arts Complex, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Izen Miller Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
2012 Mother's Day, Modest Fly Art Studio Gallery, Tujunga, CA
Buy Local, Think International, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2011 Tell Us a Story, Segil Fine Art, Monrovia, CA
Summertime, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2010 Best of TAG 2010, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2009 Works For Everyone, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008 Small Works, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Connections, Canoga Park Youth Arts Center Gallery, Canoga Park, CA
2007 The Ladies' Fluff & Fold Society Presents Top Drawer, SCWCA Atrium Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Brand 35: Thirty-Fifth Annual National Juried Exhibition, Works on Paper: Borders. Brand
Library Gallery, Glendale, CA, juried by Jim Morphesis
2006 Wet Paint, LACMA Art Museum Council, Roxbury Park, Beverly Hills, CA
California Open Exhibition New Works, juried by Laddie John Dill, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Venice Art Forum, Group Show SPARC Gallery, Venice, CA
Topanga Canyon Gallery, 2005 Juried Open, Topanga, CA
2004 Autumn Show 2003, Venice Art Forum, SPARC Gallery, Venice, CA
2003 Back On Broadway, Santa Monica, CA
SPARC Gallery, “Art and Spirit Group Show”, Venice, CA
2002 Timely Expressions, traveling exhibition, Indiana State University Gallery, Terre Haute, IN
2001 Hodge Podge II, Highways, Santa Monica, CA
Myth and Matter, Gallery West, Los Angeles, CA
200 Artists for Y2K, Boritzer, Gray, Hamano, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2000 Synergy, 4 Star Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1999 Luminous Secrets, Encino, CA
Innerworks, Available Light Ltd., Burbank, CA The Rose Café, Venice CA.
1997 Summer Celebration, Mitchell & Matlin Gallery, Venice, CA
1996 The Art of Brunch, Los Angeles Airport Hilton, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Soulscapes, Gallery IV, Los Angeles, CA Mad River Post Fall ’93 Group Show, Santa Monica, CA
1993 Exhibit A, Blaisdell Atelier, Topanga, CA
A Shift of Season, Blaisdell Atelier, Topanga, CA
Bibliography
2022 Art and Cake The Bird is the Word, by Kristine Schomaker
2019 Painting World Magazine "Artist Katherine Kean Captures Nature's Soul"
Sanctuary Magazine March 2019 Featured Artist
Voyage LA "The Thought Provokers"
2018 Dreamdew, Oneiric Communication #13
Katherine Kean - The Artist's Interview, Redski Redd Fine Art
2015 The New E-Commerce, Professional Artist Magazine, Vicki Amorose
The National Weather Center 2015 Biennale Catalog, University of Oklahoma
2014 Four Artists Who Express Tranquility, Manhattan Artists International, Renee Phillips
2012 "Murmurs of Generosity" CalParks Voices
2010 "Santa Monica", Jeffrey Crussell
Art Ltd., September/October, "Fall Preview"
Art, Tiles, and Mosaics, January 2010, "A Favorite Place"
2009 "100 Artists of the West Coast II", Tina Skinner Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
2008 Luxury, Life, and Style, May/June 2008 “Gallery Scene: Hot Summer Exhibits”
Art Ltd., May/June 2008, “Pulse”
Art, Tiles, and Mosaics, April 2008, "TAG, the Artists' Gallery, in Santa Monica"
2007 Planet Lightworker. com, November 2007 "Autumn's Veil"
2003 Southern Oregon News, September 2003, “September Features,
Art at Grants Pass Museum"
2000 Vernon Daily Record, May 5, 2000, “Timely Expressions”
1998 “Memories, Dreams, Visions”, Gerrit Henry
1994 Los Angeles Times, July 31, 1994, “Drawing on a Special Effects Skill”
Videos
2018 Katherine Kean Fine Art, Redski Red
2013 Colliding Worlds: Lasting Notes, Angela Romeo
2012 A Moment With Katherine Kean, Aaron Landman, Joe Gasparik
Awards
Highway 2 - The Journey and the Destination, Judges Choice for Composition in Landscape
PSA 90th Annual Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention
Manhattan Arts International, Featured Artist Award, Celebrate the Healing Power of Art
Paint America's 2011 Paint the Parks Top 100
Paint America's 2011 Paint the Parks Top 50 Mini
Purchase Award Bloomingdale's Collection at Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, CA
Art Slant Showcase Awards 2010, Showcase 3, Showcase 5
Art Slant Showcase Award, May 2009
Collections
Bloomingdale's Permanent Collection, Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, CA
Massage Envy, Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Schoff & Baxter, Century City, CA
Film Roman, North Hollywood, CA.
JJ&A, Glendale, CA.
Numerous private collections
Gallery Representation
Izen Miller Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
4 Star Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Affiliations
Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore
PSA Pasadena Society of Artists
ACAG Angeles Crest Artist Guild
SCWCA Southern California Women's Caucus for Art
SCWCA Eco-Art
Venice Art Forum
Coach Art
