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Biography
Kat O'Connor earned a Bachelor of Arts in drawing with highest honors from Montana State University in 1990 and a Master of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1995. She has exhibited her work nationwide, including three solo shows at regional museums, and won numerous awards, including the Worcester Cultural Commission's 2002 Creative and Performing Artists Fellowship, the Jacob Knight Memorial Award (2003), and a 2003 Kinnicut Award for travel to Italy. Her work is currently represented by Joyce Paulson Associates of Cambridge, Massachusetts. O'Connor has shared her love of art with students at Southwest Texas State University, the University of Texas at San Antonio, and currently at Worcester State College, Worcester Art Museum in Worcester, Massachusetts, and DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln, Massachusetts. She has taught landscape painting workshops in Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Greece.
Artist's Statement
As an artist I am interested in manipulating the abstract quality of a realistic image to convey my experience. My paintings are true to nature only in that they are my interpretation of a moment; light and atmosphere, depth and reflection, but also emotion and vision. Painting allows me to focus on one quiet moment in time, to focus on the subtlety of color and light and to magnify what is beautiful in an ordinary object.
Select Exhibitions
Select Solo Exhibitions
2007 Art in the Garden: Paintings by Kat O'Connor, Tower Hill Botanic Gardens, Boylston, Massachusetts.
2002 Set in Glass: Paintings and Drawings by Kat O'Connor, Taber Gallery, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, Massachusetts.
2000 Kat O'Connor: Wistariahurst Revisited, Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, Massachusetts.
2000 Kat O'Connor: Recent Watercolors, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
1998 Windows, Goodstein Gallery, Casper College, Casper, Wyoming.
1997 Creature Comforts, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming.
1995-1996 Points of Reference/Reverence, Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Select Group Exhibitions
2006 Clinton Olde Home Days Juried Exhibition, (First Place, Watercolor) Clinton, Massachusetts. Sue Swinand, Juror.
2006 Arts in Bloom, (First Place Category: Oils/Acrylics) juried exhibition. Cultural Arts Alliance, Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Robert Aiello, Raymond Andreotti, Louise Melton, Jurors.
2003 Tri-City Art Exhibit, Work from Local Cultural Council Award Winners, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, Massachusetts, Statehouse in Boston, Massachusetts, ARTSWorcester, Worcester, Massachusetts.
2000 Kat O'Connor, Robin Johnson, Kim Tester, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, Connecticut.
1996 Wyoming Works, (Best of Show), Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming. Cathryn Mallory, Juror, Gallery Director, University of Montana.
1996 John Hyden and Kat O'Connor, CAM-PLEX Heritage Center Gallery, Gillette, Wyoming.
1995 not just another KAT AND PONY SHOW, Kat O'Connor and Pony Allen, Thesis Exhibition. UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas.
1995 Grabados, Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, Lima, Peru. Dennis Olsen, Curator.
1994 Scene Unseen III, (Honorable Mention), Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico. Several jurors including the artist Luis Jimenez.
Galleries
Joyce Paulson and Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Corporate and Private Art Dealers)
Current Exhibitions
Teaching
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park Classes
Worcester Art Museum Classes
Visit www.aorgallery.com, the AOR Gallery web site, founded by Kat's student Sheri Collins.
Quality of Materials
Kat O'Connor uses only the highest quality artist's materials available. Her paintings are created using only professional quality watercolors or oils. Only pigments rated at Extremely Permanent and Durable (the top two ratings) are used in creating these beautiful paintings. All paintings are created on acid free watercolor paper or high quality linen, ensuring the longevity of your treasure. Watercolor paintings should never be hung in direct sunlight.
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