Kathryn Arnold

Kathryn Arnold has shown her work on a national scale, from New York City to Hawaii, from Los Angeles to Chicago and Kansas City and St Louis. She has been written about by Alan Artner, art critic for the Chicago Tribune and Raphael Rubenstein, senior editor of Art in America along with many others. Her work is included in numerous public and private collections.

She exhibits nationally in galleries, universities and art centers and is a NEA Regional Fellowship recipient. She has received other fellowships, grants and awards as well. Kathryn's work is included in numerous public and private collections.

Kathryn works in her studio in San Francisco. It is a large space with a skywell that keeps track of the time. Her work contains two intertwining veins. One is filled with large, colorful oils on canvas. The other vein includes drawings that are black and white mixed media works on paper. Both display the density and layered mark-making that points to artistic process and content.

Artist Statement: Kathryn Arnold

The paintings are a result of intuitive nonobjective processes and contain my search for visual "magic". The sense of touch and chaotic energy of color and marks play an important role in building up layers th...

MFA Master of Fine Arts in Art with Honors, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Ks., BFA in Painting and Drawing


BFA Phi Kappa Phi Honor, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Ks.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS:

2023
Upcoming, “Large Paintings”, Slate Art, Oakland, CA.

2022
“It’s About Being” Sobrato Organization, Mission Bay San Francisco curated by Jan Casey & Associates, San Francisco, Ca.
2020
“Layers”, Manna Gallery,Oakland, CA.
2019
“Paintings” Historic Clorox Building, curated by Slate Contemporary, Oakland, Ca.

2018
“Selected Paintings” Sobrato Organization, Mission Bay San Francisco, Ca.

2017
3 Artist Exhibition: Abstraction, SLATE Contemporary Art Gallery, Oakland, CA.

2016
Solo Exhibition at Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.

2015
“Impact of Language” , Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA. Curated by Preston Metcalf.

“Kathryn Arnold: Painting”, Oakland City Center Lobby, Oakland, CA. Curated by Danielle Fox, Slate Art, Inc.

2014
“Fields”, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Director Sandra Lee.

“Sky Window”, at 50 Fremont Salesforce.com , San Francisco, CA. Curated by Casey and Associates and Sandra Lee, director of Sandra Lee Gallery.

2013
“Elusive Material” at 555 California Bank of America Building and 315 Montgomery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Casey and Associates and Sandra Lee, director of Sandra Lee Gallery.

2012
2-Person Exhibition Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, ...