KAT SPEARS
Curriculum Vitae
Kat Spears
they/them
katspears.studio
[email protected]
Education
2022 MFA, Indiana University Bloomington
2014 Bachelor of Arts, Berea College
Majors in Studio Art, Art History, and Spanish
Teaching Experience
Fa 2023 -Present Assistant Professor of Art, Mississippi State University, Starkville
Sp 2019-Sp 2022 Associate Instructor of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington
2015-2016 Volunteer Coordinator and Program Facilitator, Seedleaf, KY
2013-2014 Teaching Assistant, Berea College, KY
2011-2014 Senior Peer Consultant and Writing Workshop Leader, Berea College Learning Center, Berea, KY
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2024 Daylighting (with Caroline Hatfield), Wavelength Space, Chattanooga, TN (forthcoming)
2023 between you and me, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
2022 Confluence, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington, IN
2021 Home Theater (with James Kane), Racecar Factory, Indianapolis, IN
2021 Art in the Bank, 416 E 4th St, Huntingburg, IN
2017 Vanities, The Parachute Factory, Lexington, KY
2015 Kat Spears, Fusion Gallery, Lexington, KY
2014 Blush, Tredennik Gallery, Berea, KY
Group Exhibitions
2024 National Juried Exhibition, Gallery 130, Oxford, MS (forthcoming)
2023 ETC, ETC, ETC, ETC, Mississippi State State University Visual Arts Center, MS
2023 Small Works Exhibition 2023, Jag Gallery, Key West, FL
2023 Nor’easterly 2, Katzman Contemporary Projects, NH
2022 The Figure, Irma Freeman Center for Imagination, Pittsburgh
2022 Art for a Change, PERSAD Center, Pittsburgh
2022 Sharing Space, Ann Arbor Art Center, MI
2022 Recess, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2022 New Appalachia, Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh
2022 National Society of Arts & Letters Competition and Exhibition, FAR Center for Contemporary Art, Bloomington, IN
2021 Winter Open 2021, Accrete Art Collective, Bloomington, IN
2021 Vibe Check, Racecar Factory, Indianapolis
2021 National Society of Arts and Letters 2021 Exhibition, Bloomington, IN
2020 Suddenly Paintings, Racecar Factory, Indianapolis, IN
2020 Thank You For Buying Our Paintings, 400 E 16th St, IN
Publications
2023 New American Paintings No. 164, Northeast Issue
2023 Warm Milk, Vol. 5 (by 7)
2023 Sixth Finch Magazine, Summer 2023
2023 Friend of the Artist, Vol. 17
2023 I Like Your Work 2023 Spring Exhibition Catalog
Collections
Berea College Art Collection, Berea, KY
Commissioned portrait of Julia Britton Hooks, Berea College’s first African American faculty member
The Faulkner-Morgan Archive, Inc., Lexington, KY
Painting purchased by an archive of Kentucky LGBTQ+ history that collects annually from a working queer artist
Lectures
2023 between you and me: Artist Talk, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
2022 Noon Talk, Eskenazi School
of Art, Architecture + Design, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2014 Transcendence and Transnationalism: The artistic evolutions of Ana Mendieta and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Public Presentation of Art History Thesis, Berea College, KY
2014 Senior Show Artist Talk, Berea College Tredennick Gallery, KY
2013 Women in the Saddle: Female and Autonomy Reflected in Text-based Medieval Images, Public Presentation of Research in Art History, Berea College, KY
Residencies, Honors, and Special Projects
2023 Cultivate Grand Rapids Featured Artist
2022 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2022 Home is Where I Belong Mural Project, Huntingburg, IN
2021 CAHI Graduate Award in Support of Research and Creative Activity
2021 Mary Jane McIntire Endowed Fellowship
2021 Grant-in-Aid of Master’s of Fine Arts Projects Award
2021 Artist-in Residence with the IU Center for Rural Engagement, Huntingburg, IN
2020 Alma Eikerman Memorial Award
2018 Book Benches Public Art Project, KY
2018 Artist-in-Residence, Hypatia-in-the-Woods, WA
2014 Hutchins Art Award, Berea College
2013 Cruz Art Supply Fund Grant
2012 Global Education Opportunity Scholarship
2012 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
2013 Emilie Strong Smith Travel Grant
Kat Spears
they/them
katspears.studio
[email protected]
Education
2022 MFA, Indiana University Bloomington
2014 Bachelor of Arts, Berea College
Majors in Studio Art, Art History, and Spanish
Teaching Experience
Fa 2023 -Present Assistant Professor of Art, Mississippi State University, Starkville
Sp 2019-Sp 2022 Associate Instructor of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington
2015-2016 Volunteer Coordinator and Program Facilitator, Seedleaf, KY
2013-2014 Teaching Assistant, Berea College, KY
2011-2014 Senior Peer Consultant and Writing Workshop Leader, Berea College Learning Center, Berea, KY
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2024 Daylighting (with Caroline Hatfield), Wavelength Space, Chattanooga, TN (forthcoming)
2023 between you and me, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
2022 Confluence, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington, IN
2021 Home Theater (with James Kane), Racecar Factory, Indianapolis, IN
2021 Art in the Bank, 416 E 4th St, Huntingburg, IN
2017 Vanities, The Parachute Factory, Lexington, KY
2015 Kat Spears, Fusion Gallery, Lexington, KY
2014 Blush, Tredennik Gallery, Berea, KY
Group Exhibitions
2024 National Juried Exhibition, Gallery 130, Oxford, MS (forthcoming)
2023 ETC, ETC, ETC, ETC, Mississippi State State University Visual Arts Center, MS
2023 Small Works Exhibition 2023, Jag Gallery, Key West, FL
2023 Nor’easterly 2, Katzman Contemporary Projects, NH
2022 The Figure, Irma Freeman Center for Imagination, Pittsburgh
2022 Art for a Change, PERSAD Center, Pittsburgh
2022 Sharing Space, Ann Arbor Art Center, MI
2022 Recess, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2022 New Appalachia, Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh
2022 National Society of Arts & Letters Competition and Exhibition, FAR Center for Contemporary Art, Bloomington, IN
2021 Winter Open 2021, Accrete Art Collective, Bloomington, IN
2021 Vibe Check, Racecar Factory, Indianapolis
2021 National Society of Arts and Letters 2021 Exhibition, Bloomington, IN
2020 Suddenly Paintings, Racecar Factory, Indianapolis, IN
2020 Thank You For Buying Our Paintings, 400 E 16th St, IN
Publications
2023 New American Paintings No. 164, Northeast Issue
2023 Warm Milk, Vol. 5 (by 7)
2023 Sixth Finch Magazine, Summer 2023
2023 Friend of the Artist, Vol. 17
2023 I Like Your Work 2023 Spring Exhibition Catalog
Collections
Berea College Art Collection, Berea, KY
Commissioned portrait of Julia Britton Hooks, Berea College’s first African American faculty member
The Faulkner-Morgan Archive, Inc., Lexington, KY
Painting purchased by an archive of Kentucky LGBTQ+ history that collects annually from a working queer artist
Lectures
2023 between you and me: Artist Talk, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
2022 Noon Talk, Eskenazi School
of Art, Architecture + Design, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2014 Transcendence and Transnationalism: The artistic evolutions of Ana Mendieta and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Public Presentation of Art History Thesis, Berea College, KY
2014 Senior Show Artist Talk, Berea College Tredennick Gallery, KY
2013 Women in the Saddle: Female and Autonomy Reflected in Text-based Medieval Images, Public Presentation of Research in Art History, Berea College, KY
Residencies, Honors, and Special Projects
2023 Cultivate Grand Rapids Featured Artist
2022 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2022 Home is Where I Belong Mural Project, Huntingburg, IN
2021 CAHI Graduate Award in Support of Research and Creative Activity
2021 Mary Jane McIntire Endowed Fellowship
2021 Grant-in-Aid of Master’s of Fine Arts Projects Award
2021 Artist-in Residence with the IU Center for Rural Engagement, Huntingburg, IN
2020 Alma Eikerman Memorial Award
2018 Book Benches Public Art Project, KY
2018 Artist-in-Residence, Hypatia-in-the-Woods, WA
2014 Hutchins Art Award, Berea College
2013 Cruz Art Supply Fund Grant
2012 Global Education Opportunity Scholarship
2012 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
2013 Emilie Strong Smith Travel Grant