b.1985 Rockford, Illinois
Lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
2011 Rhode Island School of Design, MFA with Honors, Painting
2009 Knox College, Galesburg, IL. Post Baccalaureate Fellowship Program
2008 Knox College, Galesburg, IL. BA Degree Cum Laude with emphasis in Studio Art and Race and Gender Studies
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Edges in Search of Form, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Bulletins, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
2022 False Stage, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2021 ARENA, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Abstract Cabinet, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
2019 Standing Arrangement, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
A Place for Everything and Everything in Its Place, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Showroom, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH
2016 Stage Presents, Penn State, State College, PA
Backsplash, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Construct, Harper College, Chicago, IL
2014 Waver, Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJ
Face Off, Space Gallery, Portland, ME
Skewer Shower, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Peter Jay Sharp Building, Brooklyn, NY
Light Weight, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
2013 Shades, John C. Hutcheson Gallery, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN
2012 Familiar Grounds, Backspace, Peoria, IL
Day Dusting, Okay Mountain Gallery, Austin, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 XXS, County Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2024 Object/Boundary, Dieu Donne Workspace Residency Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Unstructured Play, Below Grand, New York, NY
2021 Surface is Only A Material Vehicle for Spirit, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
2020 Four Rooms, VSOP Projects, Greenport, NY
2019 Historically Hysterical, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2017 Builders, Circuit 12, Dallas, TX
Fantastic Facade, LVL3, Chicago, IL
Deconstructed, Terrault Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
2016 Helter Skelter, Launch F18, New York, NY
Transaction, Knockdown Center curated by Elijah Wheat Showroom, Queens, NY
Knife Hits, Spring/Break Art Show, New York, NY
Faulted Valley Fog, Transmitter, Brooklyn, NY
Painting Reassembled, SUNY Westchester Community College, Westchester, NY
2015 Surface Matters, Knockdown Center curated by Holly Shen and Sam Katz, Queens, NY
Handmade Abstract, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY
Object’hood, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
2014 Ultra Deep Field, Rockford University Art Gallery, Rockford, IL
Site Lab, Old Morton Hotel, Grand Rapids, MI
BRIC Biennial, BRIC Arts in partnership with LIU University, Brooklyn, NY
Insider Joke, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2013 Rushgrove House, Rushgrove House in conjunction with the Royal College of Art, London, UK
Limber: Spatial Painting Practices, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury UK and the Grandes Galleries de L’Erba, Rouen, France
Material, Storefront Bushwick, curated by Liz Dimmitt, Brooklyn, NY
Middle Zone, Projekt 722, curated by Corydon Cowansage, Brooklyn, NY
No Longer Preseidents But Prophets, Delicious Spectacle, Washington DC
Inside Voices, Parallel Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Contemporary Drawing Today, Fort Worth Drawing Center, Fort Worth, TX
Paint Things, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
2012 Bleach Blue, FJORD Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Primary, Nudashank, Baltimore, MD
Masculinisms, Garden Party/ARTS, Brooklyn, NY
Rockford Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Fakin It, Meyer Gallery, University of Cincinnati, OH
2011 Living Arrangements, PLUG Projects, Kansas City, MO
Off the Wall, Visceglia Gallery at Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ
Small Crowd, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
Out of Practice, Art Blog Art Blog curated by Nudashank, New York, NY
RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI
New Insights, Art Chicago with NEXT curated by Suzanne Ghetz, Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL
2010 Interriuer/Exterieur, Dubois Galerie, Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, France
Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston University
Totemic, The Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
AWARDS AND HONORS
2023 Dieu Donné Workspace Residency
2019 Brooklyn Arts Council Grant
2016 Saint-Gaudens Memorial Fellowship
2016 Young Alumni Achievement Award, Knox College
2015 Painting Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2013 Shortlisted, 100 Painters of Tomorrow, Thames and Hudson
2011 Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, Space Program, New York, NY
2011 St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award
2009 Rhode Island School of Design Graduate Fellowship and Honors
2009 Rhode Island School of Design Sonya Sklaroff Scholarship
2008 Knox College Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship
2008 Knox College Richter Memorial Scholar
LECTURES AND TEACHING
2024 Assistant Professor, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
2023 Visiting Assistant Professor, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
Artist in Residence, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
2022 Visiting Artist, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Visiting Artist, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
Visiting Artist, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Visiting Assistant Professor, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
2021 Visiting Artist, Southern Methodist University: Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX
Visiting Assistant Professor, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
2020 Visiting Artist, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Visiting Artist, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
2019 Visiting Artist, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2018 Visiting Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2017 Visiting Artist, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Visiting Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Visiting Artist, Denison University, Granville, OH
2016 Visiting Artist, Penn State, State College, PA
Visiting Artist, SUNY Westchester Community College
Artist in Residence, Harper College, Chicago, IL
Visiting Critic, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
2015 Visiting Artist and Critic, Virginia Commonwealth University, MFA Program
2013 Visiting Artist, University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Visiting Artist, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN
2012 Visiting Critic and Lecturer, Knox College
Visiting Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Printmaking Department
PRESS
2024 Vartanian, Hrag ‘Six New York Shows to Close Out Your May’, Hyperallergic, May 15
2023 Findlay, Michael 'The Picture: Volume 12, Minimalism in the 1960s' Acquavella Galleries Podcast, Feb 23Carey, Brainard 'Katie Bell' Interview with Yale Radio, Jan. 25Woolbright, Andrew 'The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program', The Brooklyn Rail Jan.222021 Keenan, Annabel, 'Katie Bell Brings Both Logic and Chance to her Playful "ARENA"', Cultbytes, June 9
Pobric, Pac, 'Editor's Picks: From Katie Bell's Joyful Ode to the Past to Young Space's Latest Online Show', Artnet News, May 31Howe, David Everitt, 'Controlled Chaos: Katie Bell at Spencer Brownstone', Art in America, May 28Donoghue, Katy, 'Katie Bell: Arena', Whitewaller, May 5 Leboeuf, Brooke, 'Katie Bell', Sculpture, July/August, Vol. 39 No.4 Kim, Demie, 'The Women Artists Who Deserve Our Attention, According to 9 Leading Artists', Artsy, March 12019 Krainak, Paul, 'Inland Art: Katie Bell', The Community Word, June 26
Morton, Maggie, 'The Law of Attraction: Katie Bell at University Galleries' Sixty Inches from Center, June 19 Donoghue, Katy, 'Katie Bell Creates Sculptural Landscapes with Hot Tubs and More', Whitewall, April 16 Pobric, Pac '18 Things Not to Miss in New York's Art World This Week', Artnet, March 112018 Alfred, Brian 'Sound and Vision Podcast', Episode 91, Jan 28
2017 Hawbaker, KT 'Fantastic Facades and Where to Find Them', Chicago Tribune, Aug. 31
Kozak, Guy, 'Picture Show', Season 1, Episode 12016 McMahon, Katherine 'Habitat: Moonlighting', Art News, Vol. 115, No. 4
Bui, Phong 'Artists to Artists', Volume 2, 25 Years of the Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program Mason, Isabella 'Katie Bell at Locust Projects, Miami', Blouin ArtInfo, Nov. 4th Kaiser-Schatzlein, Rob 'Katie Bell's Miami Breakthrough', Two Coats of Paint, Sept. 23 Saltz, Jerry, 'Never Has My Breath Been Taken Away Like It Was at Knockdown Center' Vulture, June 16 Final Fridays, Artist Interviews Podcast, Episode 172015 Namesake, 'Namesakes:Katie Bell', Oct. 19
Montem Magazine, Issue #5 (Tokyo, Japan) Pini, Gary, '10 Must-See Art Shows Opening this Week', Paper Magazine, Sept. 23 Salama, Cecilia, 'Artist Katie Bell Will Pull the Rug Out From Under You', Opening Ceremony Blog, Sept. 24 Johnson, Paddy, 'This Weeks Must See Events: Butch Queens and Dykes in Brooklyn, Regular Queens Has Everything Else', Art F City, Sept 21 Butler, Sharon, 'Revitalization by Contamination', Two Coats of Paint, Aug. 2 Mullis, Sidney, Maake Magazine, Featured Interview, Fall 20152014 BRIC Arts Media, ‘BRIC Biennial: Volume 1, Downtown Edition’, Sept 20 (Exhibition Catalog)
Steele, Marjorie, 'Reconstructing History: Artists Create Community inside Site:Lab', The Rapidian, Sept. 21 Konau, Britta, 'Gouge, Break, and Hammer', The Portland Phoenix, June 25 Eastabrooks, Erin, 'The Home-Wrecker: Interview with Brooklyn Artist Katie Bell', SHK Magazine, May 19 Scott, Megan, '18 Under 37', Knox Magazine, Spring 2014 Toomer, Helen, 'How Art World Insiders Started Their Must-See Collections', Refinery 29, March 25 Galgiani, Allison, 'Artist FlashCards: Why Katie Bell is Boss', Bushwick Daily, March 26 Kimball, Whitney, 'Color Wheel: Katie Bell', Art F City, March 12 New American Paintings, #110 , Northeast Edition, March 2014 Bell, Katie, 'IMG MGMT: Katie Bell, How We Met', Art F City, Jan 8 'The Form', Viewpoint Magazine UK, No. 33, p. 162-1632013 Smyth, Cherry and Jost Münster, ‘Limber: Spatial Painting Practices’, Sept. 13 (Exhibition catalog)
Katz, Samantha, 'Material', Gallery Glass, Episode17, Sept. 17 Steinhauer, Jillian, 'Art Rx', Hyperallergic, Sept. 3 'Material', Time Out New York, August 27 Sculpture Center Notebook, Featured Artist, 'Katie Bell', April 22 Cole, Lori, 'PAINT THINGS, Beyond the Stretcher', Critics' Picks, Art Forum, March 26 Johnson, Paddy, '8 Great Brooklyn Artists Under 30', The L Magazine, March 13-26, Vol. 11, No. 6 Capps, Kristen, 'No Longer Presidents but Prophets', Washington City Paper, March 22 Butler, Sharon 'Medium Unspecificity Prevails', Two Coats of Paint, Feb. 27 Peña, Art, 'Making [in] Dallas', New American Painting, Feb. 22nd Kimball, Whitney, 'This Week's Must-See Art Events', The L Magazine, Feb. 18th McQuaid, Cate, 'PAINT THINGS is off the wall', The Boston Globe, Feb. 7th Garza, Evan and Dina Deitsch, 'PAINT THINGS, Beyond the Stretcher', January 25 (Exhibition catalog)2012 ‘Katie Bell by John O'Connor’, Artists on Artists, BOMB, Number 121, Fall 2012
‘Primary’, City Paper, Baltimore, Aug. 16
Art F City, 'We're Going to Open Studios', Art F City, April 25 Labarre, Suzanne, 'Katie Bell, An Artist who Paints with Torn Apart Houses', Fast Company2011 Brennan, Valerie, ‘Katie Bell’ Studio Critical, October 17
Miranda, Lynnette, 'Living Arrangements at PLUG Projects', Make Space, Sept. 15 Garza, Evan, 'Small Crowd: RISD MFA Painting Grads at Mixed Greens', New American Painting Blog, June 28 Garza, Evan, 'New Insight: Top MFA Students on View at NEXT', New American Paintings Blog, April 29 Bergstein, Mary, 'RISD MFA Painting 2011', (catalog) Hamada, Jeff, 'Katie Bell', Booooooom!, Jan. 11