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EDUCATION

2003-2005        Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting with academic distinction
2001-2003        Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA, Fine Art course credits
1986-1990        Smith College, Northampton, MA, Bachelor of Arts degrees in Art and English Literature


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Solo Exhibitions
2024     J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA (December 2024)
2022     Home and Away, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016     SAM Gallery Presents: Kate Protage, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012     What I See, Core Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011     Push/Pull, Core Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010     You Are Here, 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
2023   Metsä Vastaa, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022   
City in Motion, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2021   OFF THE WALL, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019   Strange Couplings 2, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018   Outside Influences, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
            Strange Couplings, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA
            Collector’s Choice, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
            45th Anniversary Show, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017   Industrial Strength, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015   Neighborhoods, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
            Streetlights and Torches, Priuses and Centaurs, Bherd Studios Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014   Urban Explorers: Kate Protage and Dan Hawkins, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
            Ex Libris: 100 Books, 100 Artists, Axis Gallery, Seattle, WA
            Drop by Drop, Bherd Studios Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013   The 2nd Amendment: A Visual Dialog, Bherd Studios Gallery, Seattle, WA
            City Lights, Front Seat, Seattle, WA--curated by Laurie Kearney (Ghost Gallery)
2012   Digital Connections, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
            Mine and Yours, Twilight Artist Collective, Seattle, WA
            Look Up Here, Bherd Studios Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011   619 @ 306, Rock|DeMent Visual Art Space, Seattle, WA
            Featured artist, TASTE Restaurant @ SAM, Seattle, WA—curated by Barbara Shaiman (SAM Gallery)
            Formal Inquiry: the Sonata Undressed, Velocity Studio, Seattle, WA—a special project with The Heroes
            (Sub)Urban, Bherd Studios Gallery, Seattle, WA
            Core Sample, Core Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010   Featured artist, Alexis Hotel, Seattle, WA—curated by Barbara Shaiman (SAM Gallery)
            Take 5, Bherd Studios Gallery, Seattle, WA
            Urban, Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Sales and Rental Gallery, Seattle, WA
            Art Monaco Salon d’Art Contemporain, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
            Troy Gua and The Collaborati: Meet, Greet, Rinse, Repeat, Monarch Contemporary, Seattle, WA
2009   Aqua Art Miami Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, FL
            Spring group exhibition, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
2008   Fall group exhibition, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
2006   Three Strong Women|Three Strong Visions, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
            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
            Annual 2nd Year MFA Show, Pratt Manhattan, New York, NY
            Found Wanting, Gallery MC, New York, NY (curated by Brynna Tucker)
            Point of Departure, 111 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 
            
Simulacrum, Gallery 612, New York, NY
2004   Art Salon, Exxperimenta Art Space, New York, NY
            Fall Show, Steuben East Gallery/Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
            MFAs Colliding, NYU, New York, NY
2003   Group show, Steuben East Gallery/Pratt Institute, 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
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
            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

RESIDENCIES

2023   AARK (Archipelago Artist Residency in Korpo) April/May, Korpo, Finland
           
COMMISSIONS

2010     Painting for Link Apartments permanent collection, Seattle, WA
2003     A Fresh Idea, San Francisco Bench Project sponsored by ING

PUBLICATIONS

Books
2014     Weave Magazine Inaugural Edition, cover and pp. 19-26. http://weaveseattle.com
2013     Painted Landscapes: Contemporary Views, pp. 252-255. www.schifferbooks.com
2013     The Better Bombshell: Writers and artists redefine the female role model, pp. 15-25.
               www.thebetterbombshell.com 
2012     Look Up Here: 5 Years of NW Urban & Contemporary Art (Volume 1), Bherd Studios Gallery, pp. 110-113.
               www.bherdstudios.com

Articles

2013     "Getting Shot, Art About Guns, from Pew-Pew to No Safety," 6/26 exhibition review for The Stranger.
2013     "The Better Bombshell: Writers and Artists Redefine the Female Role Model, edited By Charlotte Austin," 4/29 article for Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene blog. 
2013     "What Does a 21st-Century Bombshell Look Like?", 2/11 article for Seattle Met Art and Entertainment.
2013     "Urban Slice," featured artist in ARTerrain Gallery of Issue 32/Craft, Terrain: A Journal of the Built+Natural Environments.
2008     "Solid Light," 1/15 edition of The New York Observer: http://www.observer.com/2008/funk-brother
2006     Q Magazine, issue one of quarterly gallery magazine

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2010                 Business Development Panel Member, Twilight Artist Collective
2010                 Grant Selection Panel Member, Conductive Garboil Grant
2009-present  Guest curator
2007-2008       Board Member, ArtReach Seattle
2004-2005       Vice President of Pratt Artists’ League

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