Kathleen’s CV
EDUCATION
1972-1976 Rhode Island School of Design BFA
RESIDENCIES
2024 Vermont Studio Center
2019 Surf Point Foundation, York, Maine
1989-2019 Vermont Studio Center, ten residencies
2015 Fellow of the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 Fragile/Familiar Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2019 Night and Day, Now and Then: New Paintings by Kathleen Kolb Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, VT
2017 Into the Woods Festival Gallery, Waitesfield, VT
Thin Places, Long Light, West Branch Gallery, Stowe, VT
Shedding Light on the Working Forest with poet Verandah Porche: Paul Smith’s College in the Adirondacks, NY; Holden Arboretum, OH; Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Gallery, Hanover, NH
2016 Shedding Light on the Working Forest with poet Verandah Porche: Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, VT; Bangor Public Library, Bangor, ME; Norfolk Library, Norfolk, CT; Vermont Supreme Court, Montpelier, VT
2015 Shedding Light on the Working Forest with poet Verandah Porche: Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, VT
Houses, West Branch Gallery, Stowe, VT
2014 Galerie Provenance, Middlebury, VT
2012 Snow Light Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery, Stowe, VT
2011 Sanford Smith Fine Art, Great Barrington, MA
Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT
2009 Jackson Gallery Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, VT
Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT
2008 David Findlay Galleries, New York, NY
2007 Clarke Galleries, Stowe, VT
2006 David Findlay Galleries, New York, NY
2005 Clarke Galleries, Stowe, VT
2004 David Findlay Galleries, New York, NY
2003 Clarke Galleries, Stowe, VT
2001 Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Sterling College, Craftsbury, VT
2000 Clarke Galleries, Stowe, VT
1999 Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, VT
1998 Clarke Galleries, Stowe, VT
1996 Lewiston Auburn College, ME
Sheldon Museum, Middlebury, VT
Clarke Galleries, Stowe, VT
1995 T. W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, VT
1994 Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, VT
1993 Clarke Galleries, Stowe, VT
1992 Passepartout Gallery, Winooski, VT
1990 Passepartout Gallery, Winooski, VT
Catamount Art Center, Saint Johnsbury, VT
1987 Passepartout Gallery, Winooski, VT
1986 Catamount Art Center, Saint Johnsbury, VT
North Country Hospital, Newport, VT
1985 Passepartout Gallery, Winooski, VT
North Country Hospital, Newport, VT
1984 Fern Gallery, East Hardwick, VT
1983 Fern Gallery, East Hardwick, VT
Cardigan Mountain School, Canaan, NH
1982 Fern Gallery, East Hardwick, VT
Granite Hills Gallery, Hardwick, VT
1981 Fern Gallery, East Hardwick, VT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Solitude, Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2022 By Her Hand Eckert Fine Art, North Adams, MA
2020 Nor’easter Annual Exhibition, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Architecture at the Edge 2020, The Ballinglen Museum of Art, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland
Art on Paper Fair, with Jane Eckert Fine Art, New York, NY
Reflections, Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2019 83rd National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Buildings and Places: Mayo, Ballinglen Gallery, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland
2018 Nor’easter Annual Exhibition, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
New England NOW, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
2017 Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition, invited artist, Waitesfield, VT
2015 Nor’easter Annual Exhibition, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Country Life, Downing Youdain Gallery, North Stamford, CT
Summer Group Show, Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, VT
2014 City Days, Country Nights, Two person show, Sanford Smith Fine Art, Great Barrington, MA
Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition, juried show ELEANOR AHERN AWARD FOR THE USE OF COLOR, Waitesfield, VT
Working the Landscape: Vermont’s Fields, Trails and Forests, Bailey Howe Library, UVM, Burlington, VT
Landscape Traditions, West Branch Gallery, Stowe, VT
2013 Nor’easter Annual Exhibition, VIEWERS CHOICE AWARD New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Flowers, Sanford Smith Fine Art, Great Barrington, MA
New Visions, New Voices, Miller’s Thumb Gallery, Greensboro, VT
2012 Contemporary Realism M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
KOLB/LOMBARDI New England Oils/New York Watercolors, Sanford Smith Fine Art, Great Barrington, MA
The Working Landscape, Vermont State House, Montpelier, VT
Summer Group Show, Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, VT
Landscapes in 2012, Chandler Gallery, Randolph, VT
2011 Land Use/Misuse, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2010-11 Contemporary Voices from Vermont, Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT
National Fall Exhibition, invited artist, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT
Art in the Coach Barn, invited artist, Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT
2009-10 Art of Action, one of ten awarded artists, tour of 24 venues throughout Vermont
2009 A Beckoning Country, Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT
National Fall Exhibition, invited artist, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT
Champlain’s Lake Rediscovered, touring exhibition, Vermont, New York, Boston
Summer Group Show, Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, VT
2008 Counterbalance, Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, NY
National Fall Exhibition, invited artist, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT
Holiday Group Show, Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, VT
2007 Holiday Group Show, Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, VT
2002 The Image of Vermont Agriculture, tour of 8 Vermont venues for the Vermont Dept. of Agriculture
Painting=Poetry; Mainely Maine; Small Sizes, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary American Realism, M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Holiday Group Show, Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, VT
2001 Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan
Painting=Poetry; Mainely Maine, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary American Realism, M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2000 Four Seasons; Flowers in February; Painting=Poetry, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Summer 2000, NTWH Gallery, Belfast, ME
Contemporary American Realism, M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
1999 Four Seasons; Mainely Maine; The Poetry of the Hudson; Small Sizes, Sherry French Gallery, New York
The Great Outdoors, Manhattan Athletic Club, New York, NY
Group Show, M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Magic Realism: A Selection of Paintings 1925-1998, Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, MA
Small Pictures, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
1998 173rd Annual Exhibition, WILLIAM PATON PRIZE FOR WATERCOLOR, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
Director’s Choice, Members’ Gallery, Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Four Seasons; Mainely Maine; Pears and Other Pleasures; Small Sizes, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
On the Road, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Boston, San Francisco, Philadelphia
Small Pictures, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
1997 Director’s Choice, Members’ Gallery, Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Small Sizes; Mainely Maine, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
On the Road, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Boston, San Francisco, Philadelphia
Off the Beaten Track, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
Dwellings, Real and Imaginary, Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, VT
Small Pictures, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
1996 12 X 12, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, San Francisco, Palm Beach
Small Sizes; Mainely Maine, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Group Show, Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, VT
Small Pictures, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
1995 Small Pictures, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
1994 Group Show, Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, VT
Small Pictures, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
1993 12 X 12, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
In Praise of Vermont Landscape, T. W. Wood Art Gallery, Montpelier, VT
Group Show, Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, VT
Small Pictures, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
1992 In the Garden, T. W. Wood Art Gallery, Montpelier, VT
Three Person Show, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
Group Show, Passepartout Gallery, Winooski, VT
Small Pictures, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
1991 Turnings Into Night, Frog Hollow State Craft Center, Middlebury, VT
Summer Watercolors, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
Four Person Show, Webb and Parsons Gallery, Burlington, VT
Group Show, Passepartout Gallery, Winooski, VT
Vermont Harvest, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
Group Show, Gallery Two, Woodstock, VT
Small Pictures, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
1990 Group Show, Passepartout Gallery, Winooski, VT
1989 Winter Art: The Magic Mirror, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton, VT
Almost Miniatures, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Newbury Street, Boston, MA
1988 Developments in Watercolor, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton, VT
Almost Miniatures, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Newbury Street, Boston, MA
1987 Art in Vermont, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton, VT
1986 Group Show, Gallery Two, Woodstock, VT
DANCE/FILM/TV
2022 Melinda Moulton. “Moments with Melinda: Interview with Kathleen Kolb.” 20 October 2022
2011 Sangita Chandra. “Main Streets and Back Toads of Addison Count.” ABC Boston Channel 5 Feb 16, 2011
2003 Paintings for set of Strategies Stabilizing by Peggy Peloquin, Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY
1999 Paintings and studio furnishings used for set of What Lies Beneath
GRANTS
2015 For Shedding Light on the Working Forest: National Endowment for the Arts and Vermont Arts Council, Vermont Community Foundation, Stony Point Foundation, Plum Creek foundation, Windham Foundation, Vermont Performance Lab, International Paper Foundation
2009-2010 Art of Action, Lyman Orton and Vermont Arts Council, commission-touring exhibition project
2008 Vermont Community Foundation, Arts Endowment Grant
2000 Vermont Arts Council
1999 Vermont Community Foundation, Arts Endowment Grant
1998 Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation A.R.T. Fund
1995 Vermont Community Foundation, Arts Endowment Grant
Haymarket People’s Fund
Vermont Arts Council
1994 Vermont Community Foundation, Arts Endowment Grant
1986 Vermont Arts Council, Touring Exhibition Grant: four exhibits in public spaces
TEACHING
2012 Middlebury College, visiting professor, watercolor painting, winter term
Painting Workshop at the Brick House, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
2011 Painting Workshop at the Brick House, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
2009 Middlebury College, visiting professor, drawing, winter term
Painting Workshop at the Brick House, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
1990-2004 Faculty, drawing and painting, Governor’s Institute on the Arts, VT
Watercolor classes, Frog Hollow Craft Center, Middlebury, VT
1993-1994 Watercolor classes, T. W. Wood Art Gallery, Montpelier, VT
1978-1979 Art Teacher, Greensboro Elementary School, Greensboro, VT
1979 Art Teacher, Woodbury Elementary School, Woodbury, VT
1978 Watercolor teacher, Community College of Vermont
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mayer, Margot. “Vermont: A Love Story – Kathleen Kolb.” Vermont Magazine Autumn 2022.
Parini, Elsie. “Kathleen Kolb Details the Finer Point of Art.” Addison Independent 20 December 2018.
McQuaid, Kate. “This fall’s standout shows in museums throughout the six state region.” Boston Globe 11 October 2018.
Amore, B. “Art Out of the Ordinary.” Art New England November/December 2016.
Shedding Light on the Working Forest (exhibition catalogue) 2015.
Kadour, Ric Kasini. “Kathleen Kolb: Houses” (exhibition catalogue) West Branch Gallery, Stowe, VT 2015.
Rogulina, Anna. “Meet Kathleen Kolb: Winner of the 44th Annual Juried Members Exhibition Viewers’ Choice Award.” New Britain Museum of American Art blog 24 January 2014.
Bushnell, Mark. “In This State: Artist Kathleen Kolb finds moments of “sublime contact”.” VTdigger.org 2 December 2012.
Land Use/Misuse. (exhibition catalogue) Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2012.
Flagg, Kathryn. “Art of Action Work Lands in County.” Addison Independent 24 June 2010: 11A.
The Art of Action. (exhibition catalogue) Vermont Arts Council, Montpelier, VT 2009-2010: 60-65.
The Art of Lake Champlain. Verve Editions, 2009:18.
Slayton, Tom. “The Art of Logging.” Vermont Life Winter 2009-2010: 64 ill.
Kelley, Kevin J. “Picture Perfect.” Seven Days 4 November 2009: 62.
Champlain’s Lake Rediscovered (exhibition catalogue) The Willowell Foundation, 2009: 54-55.
Thornton, Clara Rose. “Winter Inspiration.” Southern Vermont Arts and Living Winter 2009:28, ill.
Flagg, Kathryn. “Lincoln Artist Wins Grant for Project.” Addison Independent 4 December 2008.
Tyrol, Adelaide. “The Outdoor Palette.” Northern Woodlands Winter 2007: 79, ill.
Price, Linda S. “Kathleen Kolb: Versatility in Vermont.” American Artist September 2007: 28-33, ill.
Artist’s Resource Trust, the First Ten Years. Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Great Barrington, MA 2006: 49.
Sherman, Michael, Gene Sessions and P. Jeffrey Pottash. Freedom and Unity: A History of Vermont. Vermont Historical Society, Barre, VT, 2004, p 620, ill.
Driscoll, John. The Artist and the American Landscape. Ed. Arnold Skolnick. Cobb, CA: First Glance Books, Inc., 1998: ill. 62.
Slayton, Tom. “Capturing Beauty in Unexpected Places.” Vermont Life Winter 1998.
Grindon, Leger. “Kathleen Kolb – Gathering Light.” Art New England 1997.
Slayton, Tom. “Kathleen Kolb: Defined by Light.” Exhibition catalogue 1995.
Seidman, Sarah. “Middlebury Artist Finds New Direction.” Times Argus 8 September 1995.
Polston, Pamela. “Kathleen Kolb: Paintings and Drawings.” Art New England 1995.
Polston, Pamela. “Night Visions.” Vermont Times 26 October 1994.
Kirgo, Julie. “Hope is Center of New Exhibit.” Addison Independent 27 May 1991.
Polston, Pamela. “Rites of Spring.” Vanguard Press 29 March 1990.
Polston, Pamela. “Tis the season and a Gallery Gets Down.” Vermont Times 20 December 1990.
Slayton, Tom. “Painting Winter into Spring.” Vermont Life Spring 1987.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland
Vermont State Art Collection
Lyman Orton and Janice Izzi Art of Action Collection, Manchester, VT
U.S. Department of State
Vermont Community Foundation, Middlebury, VT
Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, VT
University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
Bank North Group (Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts)
People’s United Bank, Burlington, VT
Merchants Bank, Burlington, VT
Hard Cider Company, Middelbury, VT
Pizzagalli Construction, Burlington, VT
Otis Elevator Company, Hartford, CT
Insulco Corporation, CT
Monumental Corporation, Baltimore, MD