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| Title: Cold Snap
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Price: $ | Title: Nexus
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Title: Long Pause
Dimensions: 18" x 54"
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| Artist Statement: I have a love/hate relationship with the cities in which I’ve lived. Everywhere I look, evidence of planning and structure exists simultaneously with chaos and unpredictability. Depending on the time of day, there are two worlds that exist in the same physical space: streets that appear gritty, dirty and depressing by day turn into an environment infused with a strange kind of lush, dark beauty and romance at night. Taking it all in can be both stressful and exciting, and I feel compelled to capture these moments and remember them.
What interests me most is the junction between sensation and fact—the way different objects come together, a combination of colors, lines and geometric shapes working together in a lyrical fashion to form intensely vivid, sometimes quite abstracted compositions. The origin of individual shapes becomes unimportant as color and texture take over, and different emotions emerge.
My paintings are the beginning of a story—a space that is somewhat recognizable and familiar, but leaves room for the story of the viewer’s choosing. Whether it feels magical and beautiful, or oppressive and ominous, that’s up to the viewer; but the plan is to take people to another place, one that’s part memory and part imagination, and provide them with a momentary escape.
I seek visual harmony, order and polish—in a tumultuous world, these are the things that keep me balanced, and they are the tools for my escape. I choose to pursue beauty. |
Biography:
Education
2003-2005 MFA with Academic distinction, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY
2001-2003 Academy of Art College, San Francisco CA
1986-1990 BA in Art & English Lit, Smith College, Northampton MA
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2010 You Are Here, La Familia Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 XS, La Familia Gallery, Seattle, WA
Gems, Seattle, WA
Trammell-Gagné, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA
2008 Times Like These, La Familia Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 Urban Eye, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Convergence, Steuben East Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibitions
2010 Urban, Seattle Art Museum Sales and Rental Gallery, Seattle, WA—curated by Barbara Shaiman
Art Monaco Salon d’Art Contemporain, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Seattle, WA—curated by Chris Crites
Troy Gua and The Collaborati: Meet, Greet, Rinse, Repeat, Monarch Contemporary, Seattle, WA
2009 Aqua Art Miami Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, FL
Viva La Familia, Joe Bar, Seattle, WA—curated by Chris Crites and Emma Evans
Spring group show, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
PONCHO Invitational Fine Art Auction, Seattle, WA
2008 Design Seattle + Local Painters, Vermillion, Seattle, WA
Six Degrees, Artreach (at Vermillion), Seattle, WA
Fall group show, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
Love Is a Battlefield, Bherd Studios, Seattle, WA
PONCHO Invitational Fine Art Auction, Seattle, WA
2007 Group exhibition, Ace Studios Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Round, Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Through the Looking Glass, ArtReach (at See Sound), Seattle, WA
2006 Three Strong Women | Three Strong Visions, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
Way Back When…, Ace Studios Gallery, Seattle, WA
Progression, Castle House Gallery, Poulsbo, WA
The Art of the Heart: Work by Kate Protage and Chris Sheridan, Qbix Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Intersection: Paintings by Chris Sheridan and Kate Protage, Framesmith Gallery, Princeton, NJ
Off the Wall, Qbix Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Annual 2nd Year MFA Show, Pratt Manhattan, New York, NY
Found Wanting, Gallery MC, New York, NY
Point of Departure, 111 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY
Simulacrum, Gallery 612, New York, NY
2004 Art Salon, Exxperimenta Art Space, New York, NY
Art Auction, Crozer-Chester Professional’s Group Spring Benefit, Media, PA
Fall Show, Steuben East Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Group show, Steuben East Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
MFAs Colliding, NYU, New York, NY
2003 Group show, Steuben East Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Naturescapes, 688 Sutter AAC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Academy of Art College Spring Show, 79 New Montgomery AAC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Collective Unconscious, 688 Sutter AAC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Junior League of San Francisco Silent Auction, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, CA
2002 Beauty of Winter II, 410 Bush AAC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Abstract Painting Show, 625 Sutter and 688 Sutter AAC Galleries, San Francisco, CA
Recent Works of Kate Protage & David McDermott, 625 Sutter AAC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Academy of Art College Spring Show, 79 New Montgomery AAC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Studio 410, 625 Sutter AAC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Recent Works of Kate Protage & Dana Spaeth, Presidio Alliance, San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Collaborative Project: East Bay Meets West Bay, June Steingart Gallery, Oakland, CA
Junior League of San Francisco Silent Auction, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Abstract Human Nature II, 688 Sutter AAC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Beauty of Winter, 410 Bush AAC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Abstract Human Nature, 625 Sutter AAC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
In-house Artists, Wunderman, San Francisco, CA
Commissions
2006 Nutcracker March, fundraiser sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Ballet benefiting Northwest
Center. Decorated sculptures were placed around city and auctioned at end of exhibit.
2003 Painting for private collection, San Francisco, CA
A Fresh Idea, San Francisco Bench Project sponsored by ING. Charity event supporting the arts/art education. Painted benches were auctioned off and placed around the city.
