About
Kathryn D’Elia is a twin cities based practicing artist, residing in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. She attended Douglas Anderson School for the Arts, and Flagler College for undergrad before moving to Seattle in 2012 to complete a graduate degree at the University of Washington in their Drawing and Painting program. She brings her attachment to storms, Spanish moss, and sea life with her to the midwest.
Kathryn has been teaching drawing and painting classes to all age groups since 2009. She taught drawing courses at the University of Washington during and after grad school. She has also run workshops for special projects at arts non-profits, independent-study-oriented painting classes for adults, drawing classes for kids, theory lectures for adults, and since 2017, has been an instructor at Perpich Center for Arts Education, a state run public arts high school in Golden Valley, MN. In 2023, she was promoted to Studio Arts Department Chair. Recently, The All Star Quilt Guild benefitted from her color theory lecture, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts from materials she has contributed to a curriculum for tours with high school students.
Her work ranges from realism-focused pieces to invented abstract forms, vast collages, and playful pop culture content. She appreciates the beauty in the grotesque as much as the sublime in the mundane. A growing number of her pieces are mixtures of the experiences of fear and wonder, where they meet and where they blend.
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Curriculum Vitae
Education:
MFA University of Washington 2014, Seattle, WA
BFA Flagler College 2011, St. Augustine, FL
Diploma Douglas Anderson School of the Arts 2008, Jacksonville, FL
Pre-College Study Away, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2007
Teaching Experience:
Drawing and Painting Instructor (Studio Arts Chair since 2023) 2017- Present, Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN
Classes: Exploring 2-D, Drawing and Painting, Portfolio, Painting Explorations, Drawing to Painting, Advanced Painting, AP Studio Art, Figurative Drawing, Digital Foundations, 2D Large Projects, Drawing Form and Light,
Studio Art Instructor September 2016- 2022, Artistry, Bloomington, MN
Classes: Intermediate Oil and Acrylic, Abstract Painting, Let's Start Painting, Oil and Acrylic for All Levels, Representational Drawing for Teens,
Community Outreach Art Instructor, September 2016-2018, Artistry, Bloomington, MN
Classes: Painting without Brushes, Harry Potter Castle for kids,
Adjunct Professor, Intro to Drawing Summer 2014, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Drawing Instructor, Intro to Drawing, Spring 2013-2014, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
AWARDS/ HONORS:
Honorable Mention, 49th Annual Northern Lights Exhibition, March 12- April 14th, 2023, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear, MN
Travel Grant, University of Washington
Molly Wiley Scholarship, Flagler College
Solo Exhibitions:
Remaking, Jan-Mar 2020, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Compulsion, Dec 2018-Feb 2019, MN NAF! Salon, Minneapolis, MN
Group Exhibitions:
Delectable 2024: A Juried National Exhibition of Food Themed Art, May 18th- June 15th 2024, D’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
50th Annual Northern Lights Exhibition, Feb 19- Mar 29th 2024, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear, MN
29th Arts North International, Jan 13-Feb 24, 2024, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
Creative Endeavors Perpich Faculty Exhibition 2024, Jan- Mar 2024, Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN
Open Door 18, Dec 2-31, 2023, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Opening Reception Dec 9th, 7-10pm
Alumni Squared, Oct 7-Nov 5, 2023, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL,
Gods and Monsters by the Otherworldly Arts Collective, Oct 6-21, 2023, Artspace Jackson Flats, Minneapolis, MN
Exchanges: dialogues between poetry and art, Sept 8 -Oct 4, 2023, University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire, Ruth Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
Funny Bone, Sept 5- Nov 5, 2023, Intersect Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
MN State Fair Exhibition 2023, Aug 22-Sept 5, 2023, Minnesota Fairgrounds Fine Art Building, Saint Paul, MN
Art-a-Whirl 2023, May 19-21st, 2023, Grain belt Bottling House, Minneapolis, MN
49th Annual Northern Lights Exhibition, March 12- April 14th, 2023, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear, MN
MN State Fair Art Exhibition 2022, August 23rd- Sept 6th, 2022, Minnesota Fairgrounds Fine Art Building, Saint Paul, MN
Foot in the Door 5: The Virtual Exhibition, Nov- January 10, 2021, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Faculty Exhibition, 2018 Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN
Instructor and Student Exhibition, Nov-Jan 2018, Artistry, Bloomington, MN
Artistry Instructor and Student Exhibition, Nov -Jan 2017, Artistry, Bloomington, MN,
UW MFA Exhibition, May-June 2014, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Being Human, May 2014, Sandpoint Studio Gallery, Seattle, WA
Open Studio Exhibition, Jan 2014, Sandpoint Studio Gallery, Seattle, WA
Open Studio Exhibition, Jan 2013, Sandpoint Studio Gallery, Seattle, WA
First Year MFA Exhibition, Jan 2013, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
Flagler College BFA Exhibition, Dec 2011, Crisp- Ellert Art Gallery, Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL
Lectures/ Publications:
Using Color: Color Theory for your Creative Pursuits, Presented to the All Star Quilt Guild, Jacksonville, Florida, June 18th, 2022
MIA Tour Guide Training- High school Students, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, Nov 10th, 2021
"Anti-Heroes R Us: Why we Love the Dark Side", We Could be Heroes: The Mythology of Monsters and Heroes in Contemporary Art, Brigham Young University, March 29th, 2013