Profile
Kate Teale, artist, was born in Hampshire, England.
Kate’s recent solo survey show at Richmond Center for the Arts, Western Michigan University, and Opalka Gallery, Sage University, Albany, came with a catalog - with essays by Lucy R. Lippard, Don Desmett and Sarah Schmerler.
Other solo shows include Studio10, Bushwick, in 2013 & 2016, and group shows at Gallery Ho; Monya Rowe Gallery and Jim Kempner Gallery, all in Chelsea NYC. Group shows at Brooklyn galleries include The Boiler; Bushwick Basel with Valentine Gallery; Storefront; Sideshow and Schema Projects. Her work can be seen at Pierogi Gallery flat files, Brooklyn and at Studio10, Bushwick.
In 1992, Kate received a prestigious Winston Churchill Fellowship to travel to the US and study the teaching of drawing in the US, from which she developed a lecture series in the UK. She has also taught at Yale (Graduate drawing, School of Architecture), Pratt Institute, Hunter College, and elsewhere in the US and UK.
Kate received a Joan Mitchell Foundation artist development grant in 2013 and a New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship in Painting 2008. She has written feature articles for the UK art magazine Contemporary Art. She is also a curator, most recently at the Kerr Gallery, Western Michigan University, but mainly as founder/director of Big&Small/Casual Gallery where she has put on 14 shows.
Degrees Held
1998 MFA, Painting. Hunter College, New York, NY
1988 Diploma, Art. City and Guilds of London Art School, England.
1984 MA (Oxon), English Literature. Oxford University, England.
Professional Affiliation
Gallery: Studio 10, Bushwick
Performances and Appearances
Solo shows
2016 THE HOUSED Opalka Gallery, Sage University, Albany NY
I AM NOT EMPTY, I AM OPEN Studio 10, Bushwick NYC
2014 THE HOUSED Richmond Center for the Arts, Western Michigan University
2013 THE SEA IS ALL AROUND US Studio 10, Bushwick NYC
2003 KATE TEALE Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art, New York, NY
2001 PATTERNS OR PLEASURE & MODELS OF THE MIND Hampden Gallery, U.MASS, Amherst, MA
1998 KATE TEALE First New York, New York, NY
1997 NATURAL HISTORIES Yearsley Spring Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996 NEW WORK Spring Gallery, New York, NY
1994 THIS FLESH Square Tower, Portsmouth, UK
1992 PORTRAIT OF A LADY Brooklyn, New York, NY
Selected Group shows
2018 ART PRIZE, Grand Rapids – commissioned installation with Western Michigan University
2017 IN & OUT, Kate Teale and Marcy Rosewater, Studio10 Gallery, Bushwick, NY
TEXT/URE Shirley Fiterman Art Center at BMCC, NYC
DRAWING Wright Gallery, Northport, MI
2015 DESTROY, SHE SAID, curated by Saul Anton and Ethan Spigland. Pierogi Boiler, Brooklyn
MAKING HISTORY, Storefront, Bushwick
2014 VAPORS & SQUALLS, curated by Paul D’Agostino, Centotto, Bushwick NY
CIRCLE THE WAGONS, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2013 CLOUDS Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY
CALM BEFORE THE STORM 3-person show, Gallery Ho, New York, NY
DRAFTED Schema Projects, Bushwick NY
SIDESHOW NATION Sideshow, Brooklyn NY
TRIPSWITCH Nora York’s performance at Joe’s Pub
2012 BUSHWICK BASEL with Valentine Gallery, Brooklyn NY
BIG QUEENS DRAWING SHOW Jamaica Center for the Arts, Queens, NY
TRIPSWITCH Nora York at Joe’s Pub (with Nancy Spero, Leon Golub, Jane Dickson, and Jerry Kearns)
2011 DRAWN Storefront, Bushwick, NY
GROUP SHOW Gallery Muam, New York, NY
ITS ALL GOOD Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn NY
EXIT ART BENEFIT Exit Art, NYC
2010 IT’S A WONDERFUL 10th Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
BOTH SIDES OF THE PULASKI curated by Andrea Salerno, LIC, NY
WORKS ON PAPER Big&Small/Casual Gallery, LIC, NY
2009 GROUP SHOW Jim Kempner Gallery, New York, NY
2008 SAME OLD/SAME NEW Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY curated by Jane Harris
ON, OF, AND ABOUT PAPER Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, CA
NYFA AWARD WINNERS EXHIBITION Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
PAPERWORKS The Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, CA (prizewinner)
2007 KEEPING IT REAL with Sean Mellyn, Jane Dickson and others, at Richmond Center for the Arts, Kalamazoo, MI. Curated by Jerry Kearns
2006 ID CHECK The Lab Gallery, New York, NY
2004 FROM THE COLLECTION OF BROOKS JONES Greer Art Museum, Rio Grande, OH
2003 KATE TEALE & DAVID HENDERSON Parker Gallery, Fort Lee, NJ
2002 ABOUT PAPER Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art, New York, NY
with Amanda Guest and Maureen McQuillan.
1999 CHOICES ’99 Exit Art, New York, NY
CULTURAMA Gen Art, New York, NY
LONDON ART FAIR with NYLON Gallery, Contemporary Art Center, London, UK
1998 DRAWINGS Yearsley Spring Gallery, PA
1997 TEXT AND TOUCH Hunter Galleries, NYC with Kiki Smith, Roni Horn, Lesley Dill, Carolee Schneeman, Kathleen Kucka, and others
1996 C.A.A SHOW represented Hunter MFA, New York, NY
SPRING Spring Gallery, New York, NY Solo show
1995 THE HUMAN FORM Winchester Contemporary Art, Winchester, UK
1994 REXEL DERWENT NATIONAL DRAWING OPEN Cheltenham, UK
1993 777 Simultaneous exhibition in Amsterdam, Bratislava, Denmark, Dusseldorf, Moscow, Portsmouth and Reykjavik.
Reviews and Publications
2016 Featured in MAKING HISTORY BUSHWICK book
2016 THE BROOKLYN RAIL review by Taney Roniger of I AM NOT EMPTY I AM OPEN
2014 WILLIAMSBURG/GREENPOINT NEWS feature article by Sarah Schmerler on YOUR PLACE OR MINE curatorial project
2013 BROOKLYN RAIL Tom McGlynn on THE SEA IS ALL AROUND US
THE ART BLOG Elizabeth Johnson on THE SEA IS ALL AROUND US
2012 ART NEWS and ART ON PAPER for ABOUT PAPER December issue
2011 UP & COMING: AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO THE ART WORLD by Michael Steinberg.
1999 TIME OUT NEW YORK CHOICES ’99 Exit Art, New York, NY
1999 NEW YORK ARTS MAGAZINE CHOICES ’99 Exit Art, New York, NY
1997 REVIEW MAGAZINE TEXT & TOUCH, Hunter Galleries, New York, NY
1997 ART PAPERS TEXT & TOUCH, Hunter Galleries, New York, NY
1997 PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER NATURAL HISTORIES Yearsley Spring Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Critical Writing
2012 WHERE WE FELL TO EARTH inclusion in collection of essays and stories
1996 CONTEMPORARY ART MAGAZINE “Leon Golub” feature article
1995 CONTEMPORARY ART MAGAZINE “John Virtue” feature article
Curatorial/Gallery Director
2009 Founder/Director of BIG & SMALL/CASUAL GALLERY, Long Island City
Matt Freedman’s TWIN TWIN III: ARTISTS’ EDITION
BIG, SMALL & CASUAL Sculpture by Mary Carlson, paintings by Laura Newman
2010 FLOATING ROOM by Kristine Marx and FLOURESCANT PHASE by Nicedisc
HAPHAZARD COLOR MACHINE by Ken Devine and PLASMOIDAL VOIDS by Caroline Cox
WORKS ON PAPER (70 artists)
INLAND with Christian Legendre, Alistair Teale, Sonita Singwi, Rachel Urkowitz
2011 FROM OUR PERMANENT RECOLLECTION Barbara Friedman and Roger Sayre
⌘C/⌘V (CUT/PASTE) with Jerry Kearns, Rene Smith, Tim Spelios and Seher Shah
2012 PANORAMAS/FOLDS/LOSTHORIZONS with Linda Ganjian, Jesse Lambert, Jeremy Stenger
SMALL SCULPTURE (BY BIG PEOPLE) with Mike Ballou; Adam Brent; Mary Carlson;
James O Clark; Caroline Cox; Dido Crosby; Katharina Denzinger; Matt Freedman; Linda Ganjian;
David Henderson; Todd Lambrix; Bix Lye; Shari Mendelson; Christian Nguyen; Jim Osman;
Eung Ho Park; Jude Tallichet; Bill Thompson; Rachel Urkowitz, Scott Verhagen; David Weinrib; Natalia Zubko
COLOR/CONSTRUCT with Gene Benson; Mary Judge and Lawrence Swan
2014 YOUR PLACE OR MINE Kerr Gallery, Western Michigan University. Michael Ballou,
Paul D’Agostino and Janice Bridgers show their work alongside a slice of their homes. Paul, in re-creating his salon gallery, Centotto, shows work by Fred Valentine, Patricia Satterlee and Paul Gagner
Research Interests
architecture, drawing, illustration, exploration of materials, painting, site-specific installation, murals, writing, curating,
Awards And Honors
Awards
2013 Joan Mitchell Foundation artist grant
2008 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Painting
1994 Major project grants from Southern Arts, Hampshire County & Portsmouth City Councils, UK
Portfolio
Kate Teale, artist