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Education:

2004   MFA in Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, Rhode Island

2004 Collegiate Teaching Certificate, The Sheridan Center at Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

 

2000 BFA in Illustration, Maryland Institute, College of Art

Baltimore, Maryland

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2013  

Strawberries and Cream, Baby Grand, New York,  New York

Dirty Little Shadows, SHAG, Brooklyn, New York

                       

2009

Katie Commodore: Scrimshaws, Baby Grand, New York, New York

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2015                Published by the Artist, IPCNY

                        New York, NY

The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2015, Grunwald Gallery of Art

                        Indianapolis, Indiana

The Saxxxy Show, AUTUS Collective

                        Portland, Maine

XXX, Manhattan Graphics Center

                        New York, New York

                        Unfolding Paths, 308at156 Project Artspace

                        New York, New York

                       

2014                Art Show Today, Planthouse

                        New York, New York

Work By: 1555 Minna

                        San Francisco, California

Male/Man: Women Artists Depicting Men, Las Laguna Gallery

                        Laguna Beach, California

                        SCOPE Art Fair, Magpie Productions

                        New York, Basel, Miami

 

2013                Published by the Artist, IPCNY

                        New York, New York

Park Avenue Garage Curated Sale, @60”

                        New York, New York

                        Seduction, North Light Gallery

                        Brooklyn, New York

Off the Walls, A Living Burlesque Art Show, Loft 594

                        Brooklyn, New York

                       

2012                1st Annual Holiday Art Shop, Rivington Design House

                        New York, New York

Le Bel Ebat, AM Gallery

                        New York, New York

Published by the Artist, International Print Center

New York, New York

Love (or Not), Temporary Contemporary Gallery

Asbury Park, New Jersey

                        2011 chaNorth Alumni Shown, chashama 461 Gallery

                        Harlem, New York

 

2011                Man as Object, Reversing the Gaze, SOMArts

                        San Francisco, California, continued on to the Kinsey Institute

London vs. New York, space fiftyfour

                        London, England

 

2010                Make Room, Spattered Columns

                        New York, New York

Summer Show, One Way Gallery

                        Narragansett, Rhode Island

Art + Architecture Show, The Gowanus Ballroom

                        Brooklyn, New York

 

2009                Fortress to Solitude, the Portrait Show, Fortress to Solitude

                        Brooklyn, New York

                        The New Romance, The Ada Street Gallery

                        London, England

The Love Show, Spread Art

                        Brooklyn, New York

Art on Records, APW Gallery

                        Long Island City, Queens, New York

 

2008                The Body as Image, the Philoctetes Center

                        New York, New York

Art.Fair 21, McCaig Welles and Rosenthal Gallery (Brooklyn and San Francisco)

                        Koln, Germany

RISD Biennial, The Old American Can Factory

                        Brooklyn, New York

Spring Group Show, Four Walls Gallery

                        Portland, Maine

XXX, Four Walls Gallery

                        Portland, Maine

 

2007                Girls! Girls! Girls!, Four Walls Gallery

                        Portland, Maine

Square Foot, Dieu Donne Paper Mill

          New York, New York

          Return to Wonderland, Wonderland Collective

          Queens, New York

 

2006                Kindling Letterpress, 193C Presents

                        Brooklyn, New York

AE Summer Group Show, Smith on Smithfield

                        London, England

RISD Biennial, Exit Art

                        New York, New York

 

2005                New Erotix, Art @ Large,

                        New York, New York (Honorable Mention Combined Media)

 

2004                Printmaking Portfolios and Thesis Books Exhibit, Sol Koffler Gallery

                        Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

fresh: the hottest new art from risd graduate students, Sol Koffler Gallery

                        Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

Masters Thesis Exhibition, The RISD Museum of Art

                        Providence, Rhode Island

Pulp: works on paper, Sol Koffler Gallery

                        Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

Contemporary Prints by African American Artists, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, Connecticut

                        Prints!, Temple University Rome

Rome, Italy

 

2003                NonSequitor, Tap Room

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island      

Printmaking and Digital Media Group Exhibition, Sol Koffler Gallery

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

                        Arches Student Print Show, 808 Gallery

Boston University, Massachusetts (catalogue)

                        Received Juror’s Commendation Award

 

2002                Girls! Girls! Girls!, Gallery 13

Danbury, Connecticut

                        Mixed Media Invitational 2002, Period Gallery

Omaha, Nebraska (catalogue)

 

 

 

Artist-In-Residence/Visiting Artist:

 

2011                Artist in Residence, ChaNorth, Pine Plains, New York

2011                Artist in Residence, One Night Residency, London, England

2009                Artist in Residence, Red Light Design, Amsterdam, Holland

2007                Visiting Artist print at Marginal Editions, Brooklyn, New York

2006                Visiting Artist print at Kindling Letterpress, Brooklyn, New York

 

 

Bibliography:

 

“Atlas 122-Katie Commodore-Artist Discussion” Interview with Jeff Bergman,  May 15, 2015, http://atlasartnews.com/2015/05/15/122-katie-commodore-atlas-discussion/

Otis, John. “An Artists Uses Humor as a Salve for Illness.” The New York Times, November 16, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/nyregion/an-artist-uses-humor-as-a-salve-for-an-illness.html?_r=0

“Behind the Canvas: Saatchi Online Interview with Katie Commodore” May 27, 2011

http://magazine.saatchionline.com/articles/artnews/behind-the-canvas-saatchi-online-interview-with-katie-commodore

Kamila, Avery Yale. “Girls! Girls! Girls!” The Maine Switch, January 31-February 6, 2008, pg. 18.
Van Siclen, Bill. “Less Politics, more playfulness in RISD grad student show,”  The Providence

Journal,  May 27-31, 2004, pg 12.

Tuohy, Laurel.  “Art exhibit examines ‘erotics’ of female form.”  The News-Times, March 1, 2002,

C1 and C6.

Brundage, Brita.  “Women on Women: three female artists take on sexuality, subjugation and

body image.”  Fairfield County Weekly, February 21-27, 2002, pg. 20.

Foche, Morizen.  “Commodore: Hell Bent on Creatin’ Art.”  Erotica Magazine, Winter

2000/2001, Volume 10, pg. 3.

 

 

Slide Registries:

 

The Viewing Program, the Drawing Center, New York, NY

Education:

2004                           

MFA in Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, Rhode Island

2000 

BFA in Illustration, Maryland Institute, College of Art

Baltimore, Maryland

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2020

Between Friends and Lovers, Untitled Space, New York, New York

2013               

Strawberries and Cream, Baby Grand, New York.  New York

Dirty Little Shadows, SHAG, Brooklyn, New York

2009               

Katie Commodore: Scrimshaws, Baby Grand, New York, New York

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2023

Do or Don’t Do it Yourself: A Paint by Number Show, Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery, Salve Regina, Newport, Rhode Island

Figuratively Speaking, De Blois Gallery, Middletown, Rhode Island

2022

Rebel, Untitled Space, New York, New York

Rubber City Prints Women of Printmaking Invitational 2022, Kent State University at Stark, North Canton, Ohio

2022 The Black Biennial, The RISD Museum Gelman Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

Stitch Fetish 7, Not So Innocent, Palm Springs, California

2021

The Social Fabric: Black Artistry in Fiber Arts, The Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey

NSFW, SpokeArt, accompanied by NSFW book release, San Francisco, California

DT & Friends, MGC, New York, New York

Art in 5 Hands, MGC, New York, New York

Unraveled, Untitled Space, New York, New York

One and Only, Untitled Space, New York, New York

2020

NSFW, SpokeArt, San Francisco, California

Miss Democracy, Planthouse Gallery, New York, New York

Art on a Postcard, International Women's Day auction, The AllBright Mayfair, London, England

2019

The Female Gaze, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, New York

IRL, Untitled Space, New York, New York

Southcoast Impressions, Art Scapes, New Bedford, Massachusetts

Obsessions, Palette Art Gallery, Asbury Park, New Jersey

2018   

Food Porn, Kelley Stellling Contemporary, Manchester, New Hampshire

FEMME, Spoke Art and Juxtapoz Magazine, Jersey City, New Jersey

Ten Marginal Years, Foxy Productions, New York, New York            

(Hotel)XX, Sping/Break, The Untitled Space, New York, New York

StitchFetish 6, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, California

Facing the Walls, The VETs Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

2017

Art on a Postcard, Ewbank's Burnt Common Auction Rooms, Surrey, England

Stitch Fetish 5, Center for Sex and Culture, San Francisco, California

NSFW, Spoke Art, San Francisco, California

Secret Garden, Untitled Space, New York, New York

The Orange Show, Benefit Auction, Houston, Texas

Members Show, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, New York

2016               

Victory Garden, Planthouse Gallery, New York, New York

Art on a Postcard, Maddox Gallery, London, England

2015  

Published by the Artist, IPCNY, New York, New York

The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2015, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana

The Saxxxy Show, AUTUS Collective, Portland, Maine

XXX, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, New York

Unfolding Paths, 308at156 Project Artspace, New York, New York

2014               

Art Show Today, Planthouse, New York, New York

Work By: 1555 Minna, San Francisco, California

Male/Man: Women Artists Depicting Men, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, California

SCOPE Art Fair, Magpie Productions, New York, Basel, Miami

2013               

Published by the Artist, IPCNY, New York, New York

Park Avenue Garage Curated Sale, @60”, New York, New York

Seduction, North Light Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

Off the Walls, A Living Burlesque Art Show, Loft 594, Brooklyn, New York

2012

1st Annual Holiday Art Shop, Rivington Design House, New York, New York

Le Bel Ebat, AM Gallery, New York, New York

Published by the Artist, IPCNY, New York, New York

Love (or Not), Temporary Contemporary Gallery, Asbury Park, New Jersey

2011 chaNorth Alumni Show, chashama 461 Gallery, Harlem, New York

2011               

Man as Object, Reversing the Gaze, SOMArts, San Francisco, California, continued on to the Kinsey Institute

London vs. New York, space fiftyfour, London, England

2010

Make Room, Spattered Columns, New York, New York

Summer Show, One Way Gallery, Narragansett, Rhode Island

Art + Architecture Show, The Gowanus Ballroom, Brooklyn, New York

2009               

Fortress to Solitude, the Portrait Show, Fortress to Solitude, Brooklyn, New York

The New Romance, The Ada Street Gallery, London, England

The Love Show, Spread Art, Brooklyn, New York

Art on Records, APW Gallery, Long Island City, Queens, New York

2008               

The Body as Image, the Philoctetes Center, New York, New York

Art.Fair 21, McCaig Welles and Rosenthal Gallery (Brooklyn and San Francisco), Koln, Germany

RISD Biennial, The Old American Can Factory, Brooklyn, New York

Spring Group Show, Four Walls Gallery, Portland, Maine

XXX, Four Walls Gallery, Portland, Maine

2007               

Girls! Girls! Girls!, Four Walls Gallery, Portland, Maine

Square Foot, Dieu Donne Paper Mill, New York, New York

Return to Wonderland, Wonderland Collective, Queens, New York

2006               

Kindling Letterpress, 193C Presents, Brooklyn, New York

AE Summer Group Show, Smith on Smithfield, London, England

RISD Biennial, Exit Art, New York, New York

2005               

New Erotix, Art @ Large, New York, New York (Honorable Mention Combined Media)

2004               

Printmaking Portfolios and Thesis Books Exhibit, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

fresh: the hottest new art from risd graduate students, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

Masters Thesis Exhibition, The RISD Museum of Art, Providence, Rhode Island

Pulp: works on paper, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

Contemporary Prints by African American Artists, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, Connecticut

Prints!, Temple University Rome, Rome, Italy

2003               

NonSequitor, Tap Room, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island      

Printmaking and Digital Media Group Exhibition, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

Arches Student Print Show, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Massachusetts (catalogue), Received Juror’s Commendation Award

2002               

Girls! Girls! Girls!, Gallery 13, Danbury, Connecticut

Mixed Media Invitational 2002, Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska (catalogue)

 

Artist-In-Residence/Visiting Artist:

2019 Artist Fellow, Getaway, Epsom, New Hampshire

2011                Artist in Residence, ChaNorth, Pine Plains, New York

2011                Artist in Residence, One Night Residency, London, England

2009             Artist in Residence, Red Light Design, Amsterdam, Holland

2007                Visiting Artist print at Marginal Editions, Brooklyn, New York

2006                Visiting Artist print at Kindling Letterpress, Brooklyn, New York

 

Publications:

El-Farouk Khaki & Troy Jackson, illustrated by Katie Commodore. Moon Dragon in the Mosque Garden. Published by Flamingo Rampant, 2017.

Slide Registries:

 The Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY