Catherine Kirkland Artist CV | Kirkland Creative Art + Design

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.

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.

Artist, Catherine Kirkland

Photo by CT Thongklin Photography.

Exhibitions

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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

2022 Lenexa Artists' Show, Lenexa City Hall Gallery, Lenexa, 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)

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

Awards

2022 2nd Place, (Oil & Acrylic) for Organica Senior Arts Council Membership Exhibition, Lenexa, Kansas

2021 2nd Place, (Oil & Acrylic) 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:

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:

Savannah, Georgia
Charleston, South Carolina
Linn, Kansas
Pepperill, Massachusetts
Potomac Falls, Virginia
Salt Lake City, Utah
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Kansas City, Missouri
Overland Park, Kansas
Shawnee, Kansas
Lenexa, Kansas
Mission, Kansas
Fairway, Kansas
Topeka, Kansas

Professional Experience

2021 What's the Point? book about the exhibits by the same name, written, designed and published by artist. Edited by and Foreword by Devin Rumley-Graham, curator.

2014-current 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

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.