About the Artist

about kate knox artist printmaker
Photo credit: Tammy Byron Photography

Kate Knox's New England roots are evident throughout her mixed media work. Working primarily with woodcut prints and beeswax, she borrows crumbling structures from New England’s agrarian history and re-employs them as materials for imaginative new constructions. Combining historic mediums with contemporary awareness, Knox delves into the pitfalls and possibilities of what it means to transcend one’s history.

Knox received her BFA in painting and printmaking from the New England College Institute of Art and Design in 2015, summa cum laude. She was the 2021 recipient of the Piscataqua Region Artist Advancement Grant and currently teaches printmaking and mixed media at the University of New Hampshire. Knox’s work can be found in public and private collections as well as many publications.

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Education:

December 2021
Institute of Art and Design at New England College, Manchester, NH
BFA – Painting and Printmaking, summa cum laude

Awards:

2021
Recipient Piscataqua Region Artist Advancement Grant
2011 - 2015
Gakidis Scholarship
2006 - 2010
Fuller Merit Scholarship

Exhibition Record:

2024 August
Portsmouth Print Exhibition: In This Moment, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH
2024 April
CELEBRATED: Selections from the 2023 North American Print Biennial, Juror: Michael Rose – Southern Graphics Council International, The Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2023 November
Bromfield Gallery, Small Works Show, Boston, MA
2023 Oct-Dec
Boston Printmakers 75th Biennial, Juror: Elizabeth M. Rudy – Curator of Prints at the Harvard Art Museums, 808 Gallery at Boston University, Boston, MA
2023 October
Compendium, Juror: Lauren Szumita – Curator, Fitchburg Art Museum, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
2023 April
Hand Me Down, Juror: Laisun Keane – Director, Laisun Keane Gallery, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2022 December
Maine Art Hill, Kennebunkport, ME
2022 July
New England Printmakers, Juror: Parker Potter, Robert Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2022 May
IMPACT: Piscataqua Region Artist Advancement Grant, UNH Museum of Art, Durham, NH
2021 April
Telephone: An International Arts Experiment, Juror: Nathan Langston, Seattle, WA
2020 September
Printmaking at the Edge, Juror: Sally Dion, The Art Center, Dover, NH
2019 January
Boston Printmaker's Biennial, Boston, MA
2018 September
Come Back, Come Back, Twiggs Gallery, Boscawen, NH
2018 September
Rochester Museum of Fine Art, Juror: Jeannie Motherwell, Rochester, NH
2018 June
Prints and Pots, Juror: Ned Roche, Chase's Garage, York, ME
2017 January
Boston Printmaker's Biennial, Boston, MA
2016 August
Complex 550, Juror: Dacia Martin, Studio 550, Manchester, NH
2016 July
On the Map: A Regional Juried Exhibition, Juror: Christopher French, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH
2016 June
Open Juried Exhibition, Juror: Kristina L. Durocher, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
2015 May
NHIA Senior Exhibition, Emma B. French Gallery, Manchester, NH
2014 March
After You, Art and Ekphrastics, Artstream Gallery, Dover, NH
2013 January
Mt. Washington Exibition, Eye Gallery, NH Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
2011 February
Boston Printmakers, Arches Student Print Show, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
2011 January
Prints of the Year 2010: What’s New in NH Printmaking, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH

Publications:

2024 July
The Hand magazine, issue #45, co-editors Adam Finkelston and James Meara, Prairie Village, KS
2022 November
Hole in the Head Review, Cover Feature No. 3 issue 4, editor Bill Shultz, Portland, ME
2021 April
"Conestoga Zen: An Anthology" Edited by Rustin Larson
2021 March
Ayris, Edited by Ryan Flahrety, Manchester, NH
2021 February
Art and Cake: A Contemporary Art Magazine, Los Angeles, CA
2018 March
Ayris, Edited by Ryan Flahrety, Manchester, NH
2016 Spring
Luna Luna, edited by Joanna C. Valente, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Winter
The Cafe Review, edited by Steve Luttrell, Portland, ME

Media

2024 May
ArtReach, "Buildings and Spaces", live online demo – photopolymer photogravure, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH
https://avagallery.org/event/kate-knox-buildings-and-spaces
2023 February
ArtReach, "Constructions", live online demo – coloring woodcuts with monotype, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH
https://avagallery.org/event/kate-knox-constructions-online-artist-demo
2022 June
Interview: Creative Guts Podcast, episode 6.1.22, Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman, Exeter, NH
https://www.creativegutspodcast.com/podcast/episode/2f04db70/kate-knox

Professional Experience:

2023 – Present
University of New Hampshire Faculty in printmaking and mixed media, Durham, NH
2024 June
Juror, Paper Trail: Juried Works on Paper, Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2020 – 2023
Director of Hanging, OAA Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
2011 – 2020
Gallery Assistant, OAA Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
2007 – 2015
Studio Assistant to Artist Kim Bernard, North Berwick, ME