education

1995Brown University, Providence, RI - Masters of the Arts of Teaching (MAT) in English

1994Brown University, Providence, RI - BA in English and American Literature

awards/scholarships/residencies

2019Summer Session Residency, Ash Street Project, Portland, OR

2018Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Residency, Otis, OR

2012John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry Residency, Sheboygan, WI

2010Professional Development Grant, RACC, Portland, OR

2009Short-listed, Zelli Porcelain Award 2009, Zelli Porcelain, London, UK

Best of Show, Feats of Clay 2009, Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, Lincoln, CA

Winner, Ceramics: Hand-built/Molded, 2009 NICHE Awards, Philadelphia, PA

2008Visionary Award of Excellence, CraftForms 2008, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

First Prize, Honorable Mention, Viewpoint: Ceramics 2008, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA

Best of Show, Clay? II, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA

2007Individual Merit Award, 2007 Craft Biennial, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

2nd place, Oregon Potters Association Ceramics Showcase, Portland, OR 

Bob & Peggy Culbertson Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

Kiln God Residency, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME

solo exhibitions

2024Kate MacDowell: Fight and Flight, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL

2016Seattle Art Fair with Mindy Solomon Gallery, Seattle, WA

2015Kate MacDowell: Completely Exposed, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL

2013Fragile Endurance, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

2008After Eden, Beet Gallery, Portland, OR

Window Project II, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR  

selected group exhibitions

2024No Grout, group exhibition at John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

2023Birds and Fish III, group exhibition at Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT

Lagomorphs: Rabbits and Hares, group exhibition at Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA

Sculpture Garden, group exhibition at Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2022Thinking with Animals, group exhibition at Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH

Tiny Ghosts, group exhibition at Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA

Composition and Layout, group exhibition at Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL

Written in Clay, invitational exhibit of five PNW ceramicists at Waterstone Gallery, Portland, OR

2021Animalia, group exhibit curated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine at Haven Gallery, Northport, NY

Fairyland, group exhibit at Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL

Confluence, two person exhibit with Kathryn Hunter at Allen Priebe Gallery, UW Oshkosh, WI

2020Midnight Garden, curated by Beautiful Bizarre at Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA

A Telling Instinct: John James Audubon, exhibit at Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC

76th Scripps College Ceramic Annual, group exhibit at Williamson Gallery, Claremont, CA

2019Undying Traditions: Memento Mori, exhibit at Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI

Subversive Suburbia, group exhibit at Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL

Gaia Reborn: A Future Utopia, at Project M/Urban Nation Museum, Berlin, Germany

Ceramics: Walk on the Wild Side, group exhibit at Pence Art Gallery, Davis, CA

Animals Among Us, Red Lodge Clay Center curated by Russell Wrankle and I, Red Lodge, MT

A Delicate Nature, an NCECA group exhibit with Antler Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

A Beautiful Ghost, group exhibit at Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA

2018Small Works: Big Impact, group exhibit at Momentum Gallery, Asheville, NC

Raise A Glass: A Contemporary..., group exhibit at Gallery 224 (Harvard), Cambridge, MA

Audubon, Then and Now, group exhibit at The Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE

Life Is a Beautiful Place: A Radical Collaboration, group exhibit at Childs Gallery, Boston, MA

From Funk to Punk: Left Coast Ceramics, group exhibit at Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY

2017Turn the Page: The First 10 Years of Hi-Fructose, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

Shadowtide, NCECA exhibit with Gosia and Sarah Louise Davey, Talon Gallery, Portland, OR

Turn the Page: The First 10 Years of Hi-Fructose, group exhibit at Akron Art Museum, OH

Solastalgia: Artists Respond..., exhibit at North View Gallery, Portland Community College, OR

Foundrae jewelry display props, New York Fashion Week, NY

2016Intersectionality in South Florida, group exhibit at Museum of Contemporary Art N. Miami, FL

Turn the Page: The First 10 Years of Hi-Fructose, group exhibit at Virginia MOCA, VA

AAF London Battersea Park, group exhibit with bo.lee gallery, London, UK

London Art Fair, group exhibit with bo.lee gallery, London, UK

The Engaged Object: Contemporary Craft as a Catalyst... Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO

2015Beautiful Grotesque, group exhibit at Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO

Dismaland, group exhibit in Banksy's Bemusement Park at Weston-super-Mare, UK

Trophies and Prey: A Contemporary Bestiary, group exhibit at Peters Projects, Santa Fe, NM

2014Intense and Fragile, group exhibit at Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX

2013Texas Contemporary Art Fair, group exhibit with Mindy Solomon Gallery, Houston, Texas

Body & Soul: New International Ceramics, group exhibit Museum of Arts and Design, NYC

Responsibility, group exhibit with Vogele Kultur Zentrum, Switzerland

Art Paris Art Fair, group exhibit with Galerie Vanessa Quang Paris, France

SCOPE New York, group exhibit with Patrajdas Contemporary Gallery, NYC

2012Texas Contemporary Art Fair, group exhibit with Mindy Solomon gallery, Houston, TX

German Mettlach Ware & Present-Day Translations, AMOCA, Pomona, CA

Earth & Alchemy: Contemp. Ceramic Sculpture, Stephen D. Paine Gallery, MassArt, Boston

The solo project Basel 2012, w/ Marina de Caro, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Basel, Switzerland

Detailed Information, small group exhibit with Mindy Solomon gallery, St. Petersburg, FL

Natural Macabre, group NCECA Concurrent Exhibition, Seattle Design Center

Earth Precipice, group NCECA Concurrent Exhibition, Seattle Design Center

SCOPE New York, group exhibit with Patrajdas Contemporary gallery, New York, NY

2011SCOPE Miami, B-39, group exhibit with Patrajdas Contemporary gallery, Miami, FL

SCOPE Miami, C-21, group exhibit with Mindy Solomon gallery, Miami, FL

Night Scented Stock, group exhibit with Marianne Boesky gallery, NYC, NY

Shadowside, Part II, group exhibit with bo.lee gallery, London, UK

Vernisage, group exhibit with Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, France

Art Chicago, group exhibit with Patrajdas Contemporary gallery, Chicago, IL

Florida Souvenirs, group exhibit with Mindy Solomon gallery, St. Petersburg, FL

London Art Fair, group exhibit with bo.lee gallery, London, UK

2010Find me a gift, group exhibit with Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, France

Art London, group exhibit with bo.lee gallery, London, UK

Animal Instinct, John Micheal Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

DIY: A Revolution in Handicrafts, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA

BAM Biennial 2010: Clay Throwdown!, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA

ArtHamptons, group exhibit with Mindy Solomon Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

Shadowside, bo.lee gallery, Bath, U.K.

Art in the Kitchen, artKitchen and Gallery A, Art Amsterdam Fair, Netherlands

NEXT Chicago, Patrajdas Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

Cafe' Endlager, exhibition and technology museum, Stuttgart, Germany

Bright and White, Mindy Solomon Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL

Earth Matters, NCECA Invitational, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA

CERAM-A-RAMA, Ceramics Research Center auction/exhibit, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

Corporeal Manifestations, Mutter Museum, Philadelphia, PA

2009Sitka Art Invitational, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR

Proverbial Porcelain, Zelli Porcelain, London, UK

Art Fest of Clay and Fire, Sapporo Contemporary Museum, Sapporo, Japan

CURIOSITIES, four person exhibition, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Feats of Clay 2009, Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, Lincoln, CA

A Mixed Bag of Small Ceramic Wonders, Crossman Gallery, U of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI

2009 NICHE Awards, Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA

2008CraftForms 2008, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

Envisioning a Future, South Seattle Community College Gallery, Seattle, WA

Sculpted Green, 2008 Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue City Hall, Bellevue, WA

Viewpoint:Ceramics 2008, Hyde Art Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA  

Clay? II, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA  

2007Supernatural, PICA TBA:07, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

2007 Craft Biennial, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

Oregon Potters Association Ceramics Showcase, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR 

The Figure: transcribing the human form, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR 

selected publications

2024Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Blog, "Art & Ecology in the Anthropocene", by Cecelia Blum

2021artthescience.com, "Creators: Kate MacDowell", by McKenzie Prillaman, Jan 21, 2021

2020Classic Pop Magazine: Vince Clark Special, "Pop Art" by Andrew Dineley, pp. 74,77

2020 Scripps College 76th Ceramic Annual Catalog, by Joanne Hayakawa, pp. 14, 30-31, 52-53

Muse by Clio, "HBO Crafted Amazing 'Personal Daemons'..." by Tim Nudd, Jan 3, 2020

Marketingdive.com, "HBO gifts fans of 'His Dark Materials'...", by Robert Williams, Jan 2, 2020

2019Inlandempire.us, "Joanne Hayakawa: A Wing and a Prayer II", Dec. 26, 2019

Campaign US, "HBO gifts "His Dark Materials" fans...", by Michael Heusner Dec 24, 2019

Ceramique: 90 Artistes Contemporains, by Charlotte Vannier, Pyramyd editions, 294-299

2018Empathetic Space on Screen... by Amedeo D'Adamo, Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 226-230

Tribeca Citizen, "New Kid on the Block: Foundrae" April 9

Syracuse New Times, "Creative Energy Drives Everson Museum's..." by Carl Mellor, March 28

2017Ecotheo Review, Winter-Spring 2017, "Ability vs. culpability: Kate MacDowell"

beautiful.bizarre magazine (Australia), #16, "Kate MacDowell" by Justine Morrow, pp.56-65

2016Shop Talk, Edinboro Uni., vol. 7, Spring, "Kate MacDowell" by Sara Catapano, pp. 57-64

Telegraph (U.K),"A Brooklyn Brownstone inspired by..." by Jessica Doyle, March 12

Miike Snow III, Stop motion video used as official audio for song, "I feel the weight"

Turn the Page: The First 10 Years of Hi-Fructose, exhibit catalog, Virginia MOCA, pp. 82-83

Write About Art (Australia), issue 6, "Beheading Mother Nature" by Kate Atkinson, pp. 52-54

The New Age of Ceramics, by Hannah Stouffer, Gingko Press, "Kate MacDowell" pp. 292-301

Hey! 4 Degrees Art (France), by Anne & Julien, Special Issue 2, "Kate MacDowell" p. 128

2015Banksy's Dismaland exhibition was covered in most major media

Bound in Being: An Obliged Ontology, New Directions in Ecotheology Panel, Lily Oster, Atlanta

Santa Fe New Mexican: Pasatiempo, "Pride of the Animal Kingdom..." by Iris McLister, Aug 7

Hi-Fructose Magazine,"Mutiny...The Art of Kate MacDowell", 16 page insert, Vol 37

BioArt: Altered Realities, by William Myers, flyleaf illustration and "Kate MacDowell" pp. 48-49

2014San Antonio Current, "Porcelain Gets a Modern Makeover..." by Dan R. Goddard, Dec. 3

dpi: Design Popular Imagination Magazine (Taiwan), "Kate MacDowell", pp. 68-73, Vol. 180

Vision magazine (China), "Kate MacDowell: Craftsmanship..." no. 142, Aug., pp. 185-189

ARTnews, "10 Cool Trends in Contemporary Ceramic Art", by Alexander Mahany, June 16

Terrart Magazine (Spain), "Body & Soul report" by Merced Coma, no. 44, First Semester 2014

Art of Ceramics, "Kate MacDowell" by Carolina Amell, publisher: Monsa, Barcelona. pp. 48-53

New York Times, "It's Mourning in America" by Penelope Green, slide 20. April 9

Ceramics: Art & Perception (Australia), "Body & Soul..." by Jan Garden Castro, issue #95

Es Madrid no Madriz Magazine (Spain), "Kate MacDowell: Fragil conexion" No. 21, pp. 34-48

2013Body & Soul: New International Ceramics, exhibition catalog, MAD Museum, NYC

Zoom on Fashion Trends (Milan), "Clarity" issue, no. 52, Nov. 2013, cover art

Boston Globe, "Arts Wednesday", Oct. 13, p. G3

Ceramics: Art & Perception, "Earth & Alchemy" by Janet Koplos, issue #93, Sept., pp. 70-75

Hey! Modern art & Pop Culture (Paris), "Kate MacDowell" by Anne & Julien, #14, pp. 54-63

Little Thing Magazine (China), "Interview with Kate Mac..." by O. Elephant, #30, pp. 66-69

American Craft, "More Than Human" by Julie K. Hanus, April/May, Vol. 73, no. 2, p. 33

2012The Best of 500 Ceramics, Celebrating a Decade in Clay, Lark Crafts

Dark Stories by Dark Artists (UK), by Nie Youjia, China Youth and CYPI Press, pp. 188 - 195

Creator Magazine (UK), Tu Tu Much Media, issue 05, pp. 10-19

Migrate (South Africa), "Kate MacDowell: Change the World" Viva! 015, pp. 20-25, cover

Ceramics Ireland (Ireland), "Natural Macabre" issue 29, pp. 18-20

2011Rooms Magazine (UK), "Kate MacDowell...", by Adan Jerreat-Poole, pp. 12-19, issue #7

SKULL STYLE: Skulls in Contemporary Art and Design (New York), by Farameh Media LLC

Tomorrow's World, cd and single cover art designed by Tom Hingston for Erasure album

Ecofeminism and Rhetoric, ed. Douglas A. Vakoch, Berghahn Books, cover and preface

Kult Magazine (Singapore), "Animals" issue

Bioephemera, "Kate MacDowell: Bloodless Bodies", by Jessica Palmer, Sept 7

Doppelganger: Images of the Human Being (Berlin), by Gestalten: exploring visual culture

American Craft, "Craft's New Consciousness", by Savannah Schroll Guz, Feb/Mar, pp. 26-27

2010Ceramics: Art & Perception, "Corporeal Manifestations", by Colette Copeland, Dec #82

Dark Inspiration: grotesque illustrations, art and design (Hong Kong), viction:ary, pp. 46-55

American Style, "Kate MacDowell", 2010 Emerging Artists, issue 74, Nov

Ms. Use (Israel), Eco Sex, vol. 2, summer

BANG Art (Italy), Speciale Animali, "Amabilichimere", by Rosa Maria Albino, pp. 74-75, #7

Quotation: Worldwide Creative Journal (Japan), by Daisuke Nishimura, p. 51, no. 8, summer

Western Humanities Review, cover art and multiple photo illustrations, Vol. LXV, no. 2

Creative Review Magazine (U.K.), "Hi-Res" pp. 20-21, June

Bear Deluxe Magazine, The Creative Nonfiction Issue, "Independent Art", #30, p. 3

2010 NCECA Invitational Earth Matters Catalog, essays by Nichole Burisch and Glen Brown

Hi-Fructose Magazine, "Cross-sectioning Ghosts with Kate MacDowell", Jen Pappas, Vol 15

Spraygraphic (blog), "Spraygraphic Interview with Artist Kate MacDowell"

O.K Periodicals (Netherlands), Vol. 4, "Curiosities", p. 80

Calle20 Magazine (Spain), "Escultures de Suenos", Luisa Bernal, pp.18-23, No. 46

New York Times Sun. Magazine, "Is There an Ecological Unconscious? ", photo illustrations

notcot, streetanatomy, formfiftyfive, abduzeedo, paulbaines, treehugger, juxtapoz and others

2009Lobster and Canary (blog), "6 + 1 Interview: Kate D. MacDowell", by Daniel A. Rabuzzi

Ceramics Monthly, "Curiosities", Upfronts section, September, p. 18

The: Santa Fe's Monthly Magazine for the Arts, "Curiosities", by Marin Sardy, August, p. 56

500 Ceramic Sculptures, Juror: Glen R. Brown, Editor Suzanne Tourtillott, Lark Books

2008 425 Magazine, "Sustainable Sculptures - Seeing Green in Bellevue", Jenny Lynn Zappala

workshops

2019Red Lodge Clay Center weekend workshop with Russell Wrankle, Red Lodge, MT

2018Transforming the Natural World, summer workshop, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA

2013Clayfolk weekend workshop, Ashland, OR

2010Transforming the Natural World, summer workshop, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM