Katherine Simmons (American, born )

Timeline

1944
Born Katherine Murray, October 31, Pittsfield, Massachusett
1966
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Massachusetts College of Art, 1966
1999
Master Plein Air Painting with Charles Sovek
2000
Master Plein Air workshop with R. Scott Jackson, Copley Society of Boston
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Allied Artists of America (Associate Member) - 1999 - Present
Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society (Elected Artist Member) - 1996 - Present
Connecticut Women Artists (Elected Artist Member) - 2002 - Present
Lyme Art Association (Elected Artist Member) - 2005 - Present
Oil Painters of America (Juried Member) - 2000 - Present
Oil Pastel Society (Signature Artist Member) - 2006 - Present
Salmagundi Club (Juried Non-Resident Member) - 2001 - Present
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
American Savings Bank, Corporate Office, New Britain, CT
American Savings Bank, Branch Office, Avon, CT
Byram Healthcare, Corporate Office, Milford, CT
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, Corporate Office, Springfield, MA
Najeti Incorporated, Corporate Office, Southbury, CT
New Milford Hospital, New Milford, CT
Welles-Turner Memorial Library, Glastonbury, CT

Exhibitions

2009
Annual Member Exhibition of Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society
2009
First Prize, Oils, Glastonbury On the Green Show
2009
Painting the River, featured plein air exhibition at the Connecticut River Museum
2008
Lyme Art Association 87th Annual Elected Artist Exhibition, First Place Award, Juror: Amy Kurtz Lansing, Curator, Florence Griswold Museum
2008
A Personal View of the New England Landscape, Solo Show at Hartford Fine Art Gallery, East Hartford, CT
2008
Annual Member Exhibition of Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society, Honorable Mention, Juror: David Dunlop
2008
Hunt Hill Farm Trust Gallery, New Milford, CT, First Place, Juror: Gregory Mullen, Gregory James Gallery
2008
87th Annual Juried Elected Artist Exhibition, Lyme Art Association, First Place, Juror: Amy Kurtz Lansing, Curator, Florence Griswold Museum
2007
Annual Member Exhibition of CT Plein Air Painters Society, Award of Excellence, Juror: Christopher Magadini
2007
Still Life Invitational, Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT
2006
Annual Exhibition, CT Plein Air Painters Society, Juror of Selection & Awards, Don Stone, NA
2006
Summer in Connecticut, Susan Powell Fine Art
2006
Best in Show for Pastel, Westport Art Festival, CT
2006
Featured Artist, Hartford Fine Art & Framing Gallery, East Hartford, CT
2005
Beginnings, Annual Show of the Oil Pastel Society, Best in Show, Juror Terry Ludwig
2005
Plein Air Invitational of Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society, Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT
2005
The New England Landscape, Lyme Art Association, Exhibition Jurors, Stapleton Kearns, Michael Graves, and Anthony Watkins
2004
Annual Members Juried Exhibition, Connecticut Women Artists, Juror of Selection & Awards, Deborah Muirhead, UCONN Professor of Art
2004
73rd Annual Hudson Valley Art Association Exhibition, Newington-Cropsey Foundation Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, NY
2003
Solo Show, The Potter’s House
2002
46th National Open Juried Exhibition, Southern Vermont Arts Center
2002
Annual Combined Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2002
Annual Members Juried Exhibition, Connecticut Women Artists
2002
Open Juried Show, West Hartford Art League, Honorable Mention, Juror Peter Waite
2000
Glastonbury On the Green Show, Honorable Mention in Oil, Juror David David Dunlop

Literature

2005
American Artist Magazine, Oil Pastel Society Announces Recent Award Winners, American Artist Magazine, Oil Pastel Society Announces Recent Award Winners,
2005
New York Times, In the Moment, September 11, 2005
2004
American Artist Magazine, Nuts & Bolts feature, March, 2004
2002
The Pastel Journal, Communicating serenity, quiet and timelessness in oil pastel paintings, July/August 2002
2002
Glastonbury Life, Local Artist Finds Inspiration Here, August 2002
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