Katherine Steichen Rosing

Katherine Steichen Rosing explores invisible forces in wild and urban forests and watersheds related to climate and other environmental issues through vividly-hued paintings, intricate mixed media works, and immersive installations.

Rosing's paintings and drawings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad, including Chicago, New York, Washington D.C., Tokyo, and Beijing. Her work is included in public and private collections internationally including the State of Wisconsin Collection, Northwestern Mutual, and the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the distinctive 2022 Forward Art Prize. Furthering her environmental research, she was awarded artist residencies at the UW-Madison Department of Limnology’s Trout Lake Research Station, and the St. Croix Watershed Research Station sponsored by the Science Museum of Minnesota.

A long-time arts educator, Rosing taught college art courses in the Chicago area and in Madison, Wisconsin where she lives and maintains her studio. Rosing earned a BFA from the University of Colorado-Denver and holds an MFA in painting and drawing from Northern Illinois University. Her work i...

MFA, Northern Illinois University
BFA, University of Colorado-Denver
BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison

SOLO & TWO PERSON

2022 Ten Thousand Beings, solo
Alan Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI

2021 When A Tree Thrives, solo Installation
Garver Feed Mill, Madison, WI
Funded in part by grants from Garver Feed Mill and the Madison Arts Commission

2019 Beneath the Canopy, solo
Gallery 1308

2018 Emeralds to Ashes, Solo
Truax Gallery, Madison College, Madison, Wisconsin (Funded in part by a grant from the Madison Arts Commission and the Wisconsin Arts Board)

Vigil, Artisan Gallery (now Abel Contemporary)
solo Installation in The Cooler

Funded in part by a grant from DaneArts
September & October 2018

Cadences, Solo
C.R. Davidson’s Renaissance Gallery
Milwaukee, WI
April - July 2018

In Omni Terra: of the Earth, (with Gustavo Flores) Gallery Marzen
Madison, WI
2016

Ballweg Gallery, Goodman Center, Madison, WI, October 1 – 31, 2015
Drury Gallery, Portage Center for the Arts, "Secret Depths," Portage, WI, January 2014
Studio84 Gallery, “Harmony,” Whitewater, Wisconsin, September 2013, Solo
Urban Ecology Center Gallery, “Interlude: Quiet Spaces,” Milwaukee, WI, July – September 2010, Solo
Tenth Street Gallery “Ebb & Flow,” Milwaukee, WI, April – June 2010, Solo
Wisconsin Union Galleries Theater Gallery, “...