KATE STEWART

Kate Stewart's work encompasses a wide range of creative practices including painting, drawing, collage, installation, textiles, and sculpture. In 2018, her research of historic materials and processes led her to design a Natural Pigment and Dye Garden at West Chester University. Through the garden, she has grown and processed dye plants including Madder, Woad, Dyer’s Coreopsis, Weld, Marigold, and Hopi Sunflower, yielding a spectrum of hues for her textile work.

 

Stewart received an MFA from The University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Dickinson College, and currently lives and works in Pennsylvania, where she is a Professor of Art at West Chester University. Selected group exhibitions include TATE Modern in London, Utopia Upstate in Kingston (NY), Plug Projects in Kansas City, Arlington Arts Center in Virginia, Towson University Center for the Arts Gallery, Pageant Soloveev Gallery, and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. Her solo exhibitions include P.S.122, Vox Populi Gallery, Seraphin Gallery, Moore College of Art, West Chester University, Drexel University, Gettysburg College, and Ejecta Projects. Stewart has created public murals in collaboration with Sprocket Mural Works in Harrisburg, PA, with Arlington Cultural Affairs in Arlington, VA, West Chester University, West Chester Friends School, and Dickinson College's Goodyear Gallery and Organic Farm. She was selected for the annual Fleisher Wind Challenge Exhibition Series in 2005, was a Finalist for the PEW Artist Fellowship in 2008, and she received the Meyer Family Award for Contemporary Art in 2015. Stewart has attended creative residencies at Vermont Studio Center, the 40th Street A.I.R. in Philadelphia, and the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation Exploratory Residency. Kate recently traveled to Ireland to attend the Tyrone Guthrie Centre Artist Residency, fully funded by a Research and Creative Activities grant through West Chester University.