Katherine Elizabeth Sehr
katherinesehr@yahoo.com
Education:
MFA 2005 Printmedia The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
BFA 2000 Painting The New York State University at Buffalo, Magna Cum Laude
Exhibitions:
2009, Abstract Alternatives, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2009, Settled; Second Annual Residents Exhibition, Artspace Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, Curator: Gerald Mead
2009, Katherine Sehr and Toshi Miki, Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, NM
2009, Trees I have known, The Lawrence Percolator, Lawrence, KS
2009, ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS / ARCHIVE SELECTION 2009, fruehsorge, Berlin. Germany
2008, Art Miami, Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, NM
* 2008, Paper Thin Walls, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2008, Area Artist Show, The Albright Knox Collector's Gallery, Curator's Choice, Buffalo, NY
2008, Inaugural Artspace Resident Exhibition, Artspace Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, Curator: Joanna Gillespie
2008, Labor (Ethereal), an online exhibition http://laborexhibition.com/artists.html
2008, On Paper 1 at The Bushnell, Paper New England, Hartford, CT, Curator: Freddie McInerny
2007, Artists Among Us, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
2007, Katie Sehr and Heather Gabriel, Mount Beacon Fine Art Gallery, Beacon, NY
2007, Apparition, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
2007, Beyond/In Western New York 2007, The Carnegie Arts Center, Tonawanda, NY
2007, The Art of Sacrifice, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN
2007, Soft, Tilt Gallery and Project Space, Portland, OR, Curators:
2007, Made in New York 2007, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY, Second place award, Jurors: Buzz Spector and
Michael A. Sickler
2007, Selection, Bluetenweiss, Hamburg, Germany
2007, 39th Niagara Frontier Art Exhibition, The Kenan Center, Lockport, NY, Juror: Holly Hughes, Associate Curator of AKAG
2007, Area Artists Show, Albright Knox Art Gallery, The Collectors Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Curator’s Choice
2007, Transience: The Parodox of Being, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Inc., Athens, GA, Curators: Katy Logue
Thompson and Christopher McKay
2007, Art Movements Past & Present, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA, Curator: Holly McCullough, Curator of Fine Art and
Exhibitions, Telfair Museum of Art
2006, Repetitive Gestures, Steamboat Springs Arts Council, Steamboat Springs, CO, Juror: Jane Moffit, artist, Merit Award
2006, Far from Home, Brooklyn Artist's Gym, Brooklyn, NY, Curator: Dana Gentile
2006, Its Not You, Its Me, Hallwalls Contemporary Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Curator: John Massier
2006, Member's Group Exhibition, The Carnegie Arts Center, North Tonawanda, NY, Juror: Holly Hughes, Associate Curator of
The Albright Knox Art Gallery, First Place Award
2006, Terror, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2006, Size Matters, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, Curator: Lari R. Gibbons, Pan American Art Gallery
2005, New Directions 05, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, Juror: Steven Evans, Asst. Director Dia Beacon,
Second Place Award
2004, Emerging Illinois Artists, Mclean County Arts Center, Bloomington IL, Curator: Alison Hatcher
Bibliography:
Elizabeth Licata, “Art on View: Drawings get their due and more”, Buffalo Spree Magazine (October 2008)
Colin Dabkowski, “Yes, Sehr”, The Buffalo News, exhibition announcement with photograph (June 13, 2008)
Becky Moda, “Into the Biennial”, The Artvoice, vol. 7 no. 50 (December 11, 2007)
Colin Dabkowski, “North Stars”, Gusto, The Buffalo News (2007)
Richard Huntington, “Close to Home”, Gusto, The Buffalo News (August 25, 2006)
Visiting Artist Lectures:
2009, The Buffalo Seminary, Buffalo, NY
2007, Havergal College Toronto, CAN.
2002, Havergal College Toronto, CAN.
2002, guest speaker at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center March Slide Forum, Visual Arts Committee
Gallery Representation:
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, NM
Permanent Public Collections:
The Sallie Bingham Center for Woman’s History and Culture at Duke University’s Special Collections Library, Durham, NC
The Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Joan Flasch Artists Book Collection, housed in the Joan M. Flaxman of SAIC, Chicago, IL
Websites:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/katie_sehr/
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk
http://www.apexart.org
http://www.drawingcenter.org/viewingprogram
Awards:
2008, Most Interesting Artist Under 30, Best of WNY, Buffalo Spree Magazine
2008, Colby Artist awarded by The Buffalo Seminary, Buffalo, NY
2007, The Sheila Whalen Memorial Award for Best Drawing, awarded by The Kenan Center, Lockport, NY
2000, Philip and Virginia Cuthbert Award for Painting, awarded by UB Department of Art
Professional Affiliations:
Center For Inquiry, “Signage”, Amherst, NY
Buffalo Infingement Festival 2007, Visual Art at Rust Belt Books, “Framed Lines on Paper by Katie Sehr”, Buffalo, NY
The Buffalo Small Press Book Fair 2007 and 2008, Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Buffalo, NY
The Drawing Center's viewing program: An online portfolio
Nurture Art, Brooklyn NY
Visual Aid, San Fransisco, CA
Hallwalls, Buffalo NY
Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY
Intersection for The Arts, San Fransisco, CA
The Red Cross Buffalo Chapter, Buffalo NY
Apexart, New York, NY |