ART
Artist Statement
Using vibrant, cheerful colors and intricate patterns, I strive to bring a sense of joy to the viewer. It delights me to watch exhibit guests take in my pointillist abstract art from afar, then draw closer and react with amazement at the thousand of multi-colored dots that make up the images.
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In addition to my pointillist works, I challenge myself by exploring different styles and palettes. Mid-Century and Art Deco-inspired hard-edged abstract designs push my work in new directions. Additionally, I enjoy building my color mixing skills by creating the muted tones found in my Zorn palette collection.
A recent collection of pointillist works reflects on the question, "What's the Point?" It is inspired by nebula images and rendered using alternative tools and techniques.
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Artist, Catherine Kirkland
Photo by CT Thongklin Photography.
Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Zorn Palette Abstracts, Stiles Gallery, Westwood City Hall, Westwood, Kansas
2021 Abstract-O-Rama! A Sensational Solo Show! Lenexa City Hall Art Gallery, Lenexa, Kansas
2021 Movement. Form. Color. Geometry: Abstracts from the Heartland
Semi-solo, shared exhibit. Tim Murphy Gallery, Merriam, Kansas (2D)
2020 PNC Bank, Kansas City, Missouri, ArtsKC Now Showing
2020 Academy Bank, Kansas City, Missouri, ArtsKC Now Showing
2020 Revocup, Lenexa, Kansas
2019 Spiva Arts Center, Joplin, Missouri, Regional Gallery
2019 Lemonade Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, Crossroads Arts District
2019 Revocup, Lenexa, Kansas
2019 Enterprise Bank & Trust-Crossroads, ArtsKC Now Showing
2019 Mazuma Credit Union-Crossroads, ArtsKC Now Showing
2018 Lee's Summit City Hall
2018 Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center, Overland Park, Kansas
2018 The Expanded Field of the 2018 OpenSpacesKC Arts Festival.
2018 Lenexa City Hall Gallery, Lenexa, Kansas
2015 Upholstered Elegance, West Bottoms District, Kansas City, Missouri
2014 Lenexa City Hall, Lenexa, Kansas
JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Lenexa Artists’ Show, (Local) Best of Show, 100,000 Stars, Lenexa City Hall Gallery, Lenexa, Kansas
2023 Liberation, (Local) 80 Santa Fe Gallery, Overland Park, Kansas
2023 Color Pops, (Local) 80 Santa Fe Gallery, Overland Park, Kansas
2023 Annual Juried Exhibit, (Regional) Images Art Gallery, Overland Park, Kansas
2023 Heartland Artist Exhibition, Tim Murphy Gallery, Merriam, Kansas
2022 Lenexa Artists' Show, Lenexa City Hall Gallery, Lenexa, Kansas
2022 Alumni Showcase, Images Art Gallery, Overland Park, Kansas
2022 Senior Arts Council Membership Exhibition, Lenexa City Hall Gallery, Lenexa, Kansas
2021 Esperance (Local) Curated by Devin Rumley-Graham at the Epsten Gallery, Village Shalom, Overland Park, Kansas
2021 Senior's Spring Fling, (Local) Senior Art's Council Annual Juried Show, Tim Murphy Art Gallery, Merriam, Kansas
2021 Art at the Center, (National) Tomahawk Ridge Community Center, Overland Park, Kansas
2020 Lenexa Artists Show, City Hall Gallery, City of Lenexa, Kansas
2020 Resilience, Reflection, Rebuilding: Artist Respond to Covid-19 Exhibition,
Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center, Overland Park, Kansas (2D)
2020 Wall of Fame Exhibition, (Invitational) Tim Murphy Art Gallery, Merriam, Kansas
2020 Heartland Artist Exhibition, (National) Tim Murphy Art Gallery, Merriam, Kansas
2020 Senior Arts Council Membership Exhibition, Tim Murphy Art Gallery, Merriam, Kansas
2020 Art at the Center, (National) Tomahawk Ridge Community Center, Overland Park, Kansas
2019 Lenexa Artists Show, Lenexa, Kansas (2D), Honorable Mention Award
2019 Jones Gallery-Children's Mercy Hospital Benefit, (Regional) Jones Gallery, KC Crossroads, Kansas City, Missouri
2019 State of Senior Arts, (National) Prairie Village Arts Council, Prairie Village, Kansas
2019 Art at the Center, (National) Tomahawk Ridge Community Center, Overland Park, Kansas
2019 Heartland Artist Exhibition, (National) Tim Murphy Art Gallery, Merriam, Kansas
2019 Celebrate Women Exhibit, Alaris Litigation-KC Crossroads, Kansas City, Missouri
​2018 Regional Juried Christian Arts Competition and Exhibition, The Catholic Foundation, NE Kansas
2018 Lenexa Artists Show, Lenexa, Kansas (2D)
2017 Solar Flair: Celestial Bodies in Motion Exhibit (National) Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, Missouri
2017 Lenexa Artists Show, Lenexa, Kansas (2D)
2017 Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center, Grand Opening Exhibit, Overland Park, Kansas (2D)
2017 Art at the Center, (National Juried Exhibition), Overland Park, Kansas (2D)
2016 State of the Arts, (National Juried Exhibition), Prairie Village, Kansas (2D)
2016 Lenexa Artists Show, Lenexa, Kansas (2D)
2015 Commission: Kansas City Symphony Alliance Designer’s Show House. Painted table
2015 Arti Gras, (Local Juried Exhibition) Leawood, Kansas (2D)
2014 Lenexa Artists Show, (Local Juried Exhibition) Lenexa, Kansas (2D)
2014 Commission: Kansas City Symphony Alliance Designer’s Show House. Art
2014 Portrait commission. Potomac Falls, VA
2014 Images Art Gallery, (Regional Juried Exhibition) Overland Park, Kansas (2D)
2013 Lenexa Artists Show, (Local Juried Exhibition) Lenexa, Kansas (3D)
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COMMISSIONS
2021 Private commissions, Silver Lion and Julie's Groovy Trees, Spike & See You in the Stars
2019 Large original. The Lofts at City Center, REAL Property Group, Kansas City, Missouri
2019 Private commission for a local collector
2019 Commissioned painting of City Center, City of Lenexa, Lenexa, Kansas
2017 Commissioned two paintings, Sushi UNI Restaurant, Lenexa, Kansas (2D)
2016 Commissioned, two paintings, Kansas City Symphony Alliance Designer’s Show House. Art
2013 Commission for Designer: Kansas City Symphony Alliance Designer’s Show House. Painting
2012 Commission for Designer: Kansas City Symphony Alliance Designer’s Show House. Painting
2011 Commission for Designer: Kansas City Symphony Alliance Designer’s Show House. Photo
2010 - present
2010 - present
Awards
2023 Best of Show, (2D) for 100,000 Stars, Lenexa Artists' Show, (Local) Lenexa, Kansas
2022 2nd Place, (Oil & Acrylic) for Organica Senior Arts Council Membership Exhibition, Lenexa, Kansas
2021 2nd Place, (2D for Out of this World, Lenexa Artists' Show, (Local) Lenexa, Kansas
2021 2nd Place, (Oil & Acrylic) for Western Auto Reflection, Senior's Spring Fling, (Local) Tim Murphy Art Gallery, Merriam, Kansas
2020 First Place, 2D, for Empress Theodora Study, Lenexa Artists Show, Lenexa, Kansas
2019 Lenexa Arts Council Choice Award for Solarism, Lenexa Artists Show, Lenexa, Kansas
2019 3rd Place, for Cloudy with a Chance of Color, 23rd Heartland Artists Exhibition, Merriam, Kansas
2018 Lenexa Arts Council Choice Award for Western Auto Reflection, Lenexa Artists Show, Lenexa, Kansas (2D)
2018 Honorable Mention, for Thaleia, Lenexa Artists Show, Lenexa, Kansas (2D)
​2017 Lenexa Arts Council Choice Award, for Roman, Lenexa Artists Show, Lenexa, Kansas (2D)
2014 2nd Place, Photo Art and Honorable Mention for digitally-altered painting, Pink Flowers Spring Forest, Lenexa Artists Show
2011 MADA Award for Space Planning, International Interior Design Association (IIDA)
1978-2006 Multiple regional, national and international awards for art direction, production
Collections
Artwork in public collections:
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The Lofts at City Center, Lenexa, Kansas. Originals, commissioned work and prints throughout the property development. Images of art used in signage and marketing as well.
Artwork in private collections:
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Savannah, Georgia
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Charleston, South Carolina
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Linn, Kansas
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Pepperill, Massachusetts
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Potomac Falls, Virginia
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Overland Park, Kansas
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Shawnee, Kansas
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Lenexa, Kansas
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Mission, Kansas
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Fairway, Kansas
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Topeka, Kansas
Professional Experience
2023 Public Art Selection Committee for Theatre in the Park. Johnson County Parks & Recreation Department.
2022 Juror, Heartland Artist Competition, Merriam, Kansas
2021 What's the Point? book about the exhibits written, designed and published by artist. Edited by and Foreword by Devin Rumley-Graham, curator.
2014-curr. Artist, Kirkland Creative Art + Design
2011-2014 Certified Kitchen & Bath Designer (AKBD), Kirkland Interior Design
2011-2014 Certified Aging-In-Place Interior Designer (CAPS), Kirkland Interior Design
2006-2009 Participant in NDIIPP “Preserving Creative America” Strategic Initiative Library of Congress
1993-2009 Creative Director, Production Director-Publishing, Andrews McMeel Universal
1979-1998 Artful Dodger Art and Design Studio, owner
1977-1993 Art Director/Designer/Graphic Artist. Advertising
Publications
2022 Article. Creating Art: Digital vs Traditional. Co-authored with Catharine Deever. Published online at ArtsyShark.com
2022 Profile. Core.Zine, Issue 7, December 2022. Published by Brittany Noriega
2021 “What’s the Point?” book authored, designed and produced by Catherine Kirkland. Foreword by Devin Rumley-Graham.
2020 Catalog. Resilience, Refelction, Rebuilding. Featuring art and artists who exhibited in the show by the same name.
Education
2013 Ceramics Johnson County Community College, Continuing Ed.
2011 Interior Design Johnson County Community College, AAS
1988 Photography Johnson County Community College, Continuing Ed.
1986 Air Brush Illustration Johnson County Community College, Continuing Ed.
1978 Video Production Kansas City Art Institute, Continuing Ed.
1975 Fine Arts-Studio University of Missouri at Kansas City