Group Exhibitions

2009
Open Studios at the Cornelia Arts Building, Chicago, IL.
3 Drops of Water, Images Gallery, Chicago, IL.
 

2008
subject:sustainability, Images Gallery, Chicago, IL.
The Artist Project, Artropolis, The Merchadise Mart, Chicago, IL.

2007
Curator’s Choice, Chicago Art Open, Iron Studios, Chicago, IL.
RAVENSHood, Images Gallery Co-operative, Chicago, IL.
Artworldigest Magazine, Printed Juried Exhibition.

2006
The Fullerton College Art Gallery, Fullerton, CA.
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA.
Painting’s Edge, Parks Exhibition Center, IdyllwildARTS, Idyllwild, CA.
Flattened: Contemporary Abstraction, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL.
The 18th Evanston and Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL.

2005
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA.
Painting’s Edge, Parks Exhibition Center, IdyllwildARTS, Idyllwild, CA.

2004
The 17th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

2003
Painting’s Edge , Parks Exhibition Center, IdyllwildARTS, Idyllwild, CA.

2002
Ravenswood Chocolate Factory Art Show, Ravenswood Chocolate Factory, Chicago, IL.

2001
Chicago Art Open 2001, 847 W. Jackson 3rd. Fl. Gallery, Chicago, IL.

1999
Curator’s Choice, Around the Coyote Arts Festival, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL.

1998
65th Stateline Vicinity Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL.

1996
Profiles of Emerging Chicago Artists, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Cheekwood National Contemporary Painting Competition, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN. Juried by Kenneth Noland.

1994
The Twenty-first Annual Juried Exhibition, The Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA.

1993
39th Annual Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA. Juried by Elizabeth Smith.

Solo Exhibitions

2009 Solo Exhibition, Images Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2004 Solo Show. Paintings, Mona’s, Brighton, MI.
2003 “Is it Happening?,” Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL.
2001 Phenomena, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1998 New Paintings, Silver Cloud, Chicago, IL.

Residencies and Workshops

2006 Painting’s Edge, Intensive Painting Workshop. Visiting Artists/Critics included Mary Heilman and Kerry James Marshall, Jerry Saltz, and Roberta Smith. IdyllwildARTS, Idyllwild, CA.

2005 Painting’s Edge, Intensive Painting Workshop. Visiting Artists included Robert Storr, Pia Fries, Shahzia Sikander, Dave Hickey, and Roland Reiss. IdyllwildARTS, Idyllwild, CA.

2004 Painting’s Edge, Intensive Painting Workshop. Visiting Artists included Elizabeth Murray, Laura Owens, Bruce Pearson, Terry Winters, and Roland Reiss. IdyllwildARTS, Idyllwild, CA.

2003 Painting’s Edge, Intensive Painting Workshop. Visiting Artists included Fabian Marcaccio, David Reed, Lydia Dona, Monique Prieto, and Roland Reiss. IdyllwildARTS, Idyllwild, CA.

2000 Advanced Painting Summer Institute, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Education

M. F. A. Painting. University of Georgia, School of Art, Athens, GA.

B. F. A. Painting. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

B. A. History. Kenyon College, Gambier, OH.

Slide Registries and Memberships

Images Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Artist’s Space The Irving Sandler Artist's File Online, New York, NY, 2006-present.
White Columns Curated Slide Registry, New York, NY. 2004-2007, 2009-present.
Chicago Artist’s Coalition, Chicago, IL. 1995-present.

Awards and Honors

Jurors Award, 18th Evanston & Vicinity Biennial, The Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, curated by Annette Ferrara and Micheal Workman, 2006.

Merit Scholarship, Advanced Painting Summer Institute, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

President’s Purchase Award, Sixth Sense: Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA.

Ralf Henrickson Award for overall achievement in painting, Department of Art, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Bibliography

Studio Visit Magazine, Winter Issue The Open Studios Press, 2009.

Artworldigest Magazine: The Seed Issue, Printed Juried Exhibition. 2007

Katherine Drake Chial: A New Way of Seeing, Artist Profile on AnswersTV.com, Produced by Sharon Barrett, published May 10, 2006-2007, http://answerstv.com/ArtAnswers/index.html.

Lauren Weinberg, "Flattened," Review, Time Out, Chicago, Art & Design, March 23, 2006, photo, p. 63.

Kristen Schiavone, "Flattened", Daily Northwestern , Paint thE-Town: The Daily's Weekends, February 24, 2006.

Myrna Petlicki, " A 'Flattened' Look at Abstract Art", The Evanston Review , February 23, 2006, p. B1.

Margaret Hawkins, "Diverse Cultures Meet in Williams' Evanston Exhibit," The Chicago Sun-Times, Weekend, March 24, 2006, p. 16.

Fred Camper, "Consider the Alternatives," The Chicago Reader, Section One, October 19, 2001, pp. 28-9.