KATE ASPINALL’S BIO

Born:
1983, Boston, Massachusetts.

Education:
First Class MA degree in Art History, 4.0: University of St. Andrews, Scotland: 2001-2005
-Specialized Honors modules included:
-English Art 1900-1939
-Social Themes in Scottish Art 1850-1910
-Eastern European Art Noveau
-Aspects of Surrealism
-Aspects of Modern Photography 1910-1939
-Art and Patronage in Renaissance Urbino
-Full year dissertation concentrating on Sculptural space and the relationship between
Pablo Picasso’s Guitar of 1912 and the Surrealist work of Giacomett
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Awarded the Tessa Trethowan Bursary

Presidents Award for Credits Completed, 4.0
University of Georgia – Summer Abroad, Cortona, Italy
-Training in Lost Wax casting and in Painting

Cum Laude Graduate (highest graduating distinction)
Dana Hall High School, Wellesley, Ma, USA: 1995-2001
-Awarded The Bryn Mawr College President’s Book Prize
-Awarded The Marguerite Aldridge Putnam Prize for Drawing
-Awarded the head of class certificate for Drawing four years in a row

Goethe Language Institute
Munich, Germany: June-July 2007, Intensive, Immersion Course
- Received full certificate of achievement

Memberships/Affiliations
Associate: Rocky Mountain Women’s Association, Denver Co, USA: June 2007 – May 2008
Incorporated in 1976, RMWI is a year long grant and art community that exhibit collectively and try to in turn enhancing awareness and appreciation of the arts in the wider community

Cover Contributor: Saltgrass Journal, New York City, NY, USA: 2006 -
A bi-annual literary journal in print and online featuring fiction and poetry

Associate Member : The Pirate Contemporary Art Gallery, Denver Co, USA: 2004 – (A member run cooperative gallery)

Exhibitions:
August 2003 and February 2004 – University of Georgia Student show
University of Georgia, Atlanta Ga


October 2004 – St. Andrews University Student Art Exhibition
St. Andrews Preservation Trust Museum, St. Andrews, Scotland

November 2004 – Solo Show, titled “Is It Intimate Space that Birds Fly Through?”, The Byre Theater, St. Andrews, Scotland

March 2006 – Jury Selected Internet exhibition, titled “Behind the Mask”
Caladan Gallery, Beverly, Ma


September 2006 – Solo Show, titled “The Thing with Feathers”
Pirate Contemporary Art Gallery, Denver, Co

October 2006 – Group Show, titled “Pirates on Santa Fe”
Capsule Arts Center, Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Co


January 2007 – Pirate Group Show
Pirate Contemporary Art Gallery, Denver, C
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May 2007 – Solo Show of Miscellaneous Drawings
The Outlook Hotel, Boulder Co


August 2007 – Jury Selected Annual Drawing Competition Show
Colorado Academy of Art, Boulder Co


October 2007 – Solo Show, titled “Stripped Paper”
Pirate Contemporary Art Gallery, Denver, Co


November 2007 – Dual Show – bronze and paper work
The Vertigo Gallery, Denver, Co

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