Katie Wild CV
www.katiewild.com Email: katie.wild25@gmail.com Phone: (860) 449-2846
EDUCATION
M.F.A. UMass Dartmouth Fine Arts Painting graduate, 2013-2015
Post-Baccalaureate SMFA/Tufts certified, fall 2012-spring 2013
B.F.A. UConn Honors Fine Arts graduate, Illustration & Painting concentration, 2007-2012
B.A. UConn Honors English graduate, Creative Writing concentration, 2007-2012
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Bunker Hill Community College (Fall 2015-present)
Classes: Drawing I, Painting I for General Education, Drawing from Observation Mini Session, Figure Drawing
Other Responsibilities: SLOAP committee member, juror and curator for student shows
The Community College of Rhode Island (Fall 2015-present)
Classes: Drawing I, Drawing II, Color
Other Responsibilities: Art club advisor, juror and curator for student shows
Massachusetts College of Art and Design (Summers 2016-present)
Classes: 2D Fundamentals for the Summer Studios pre-college program
Other Responsibilities: juror and curator for student shows
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (Fall 2014-Spring 2015)
Classes Taught: Painting Studio, Life Drawing
SOLO & 2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
· WU·muhn, 2-person show at Bunker Hill Community College, 2019
· Borderline, 2-person show at A.I.R. Studio Paducah, KY, 2018
· Caged Colors solo show, the Community College of Rhode Island Gallery, Warwick, RI, 2016
· Revealing by Concealing solo show, Guts N Glory Ink’s Raven Tooth Gallery, Rosendale, NY, 2016
· Why So Series? 2-person show, Gallery 244, MA
· The Seven Deadly Sinners & The Seven Heavensent solo show, UMassD Corsair Café, 2014
· Wild Identity Crisis solo show, the Beanery at UConn’s Benton Gallery, CT, 2014
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
· Art Off the Wall 2020, Brookline Arts Center, MA
· CCRI Faculty Show, Knight Campus, Warwick, RI
· Heroes & Villains, Cotuit Center For the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2019
· Fay Chandler Emerging Art Exhibition 2019, City Hall, Boston, MA
· The Chelsea International Fine Art Competition Exhibition, Agora Gallery, NY
· Art Off The Wall, Brookline Arts Center, MA
· BHCC Faculty Show, BCNC’s Pao Arts Center, Boston, MA
· Avatars, the Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2018
· Artcetera Auction, one piece sold for the AIDS Action Committee, Boston MA
· ALL Colors Theme juried art competition, Contemporary Art Gallery Online
· 24th Annual Juried Exhibition, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA
· Fay Chandler Emerging Art Exhibition 2018, City Hall, Boston, MA
· No Theme Art Competition, the International Gallery of the Arts & Exquisite Arts Magazine
· Rituals & Identity, Ann Street Gallery, NY
· Three, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
· Focus on Figures Exhibit 2018, North River Arts Society, Marshfield Hills, MA
· CCRI Faculty Show, Flanagan Campus, Lincoln, RI
· 3rd Annual Leaves & Petals Art Exhibition, (February 2018) online at Fusion Art website
2017
· CCRI Faculty Show, CCRI Knight Campus, Warwick, RI
· The Notables “Best of the Best” at Pepco Edison Place Gallery, Washington DC
· The Summer Party juried silent auction exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA
· Projections II, juried gallery show and multi-media event, Jamaica Plain Brewery Complex
· Up/Rooted juried exhibition, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA
2016
· Salon Show, the Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA
· It’s Only Human: Exploring the Biases That Shape Our World, Warehouse XI, Boston, MA
· Fay Chandler Emerging Art Exhibition, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA
· CCRI Faculty group show, Flanagan Campus, Lincoln, RI
2015
· Certainty in Possibility, the Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston MA
· Artifacts pop-up exhibition, artist and co-curator, Troy NY
· Boston Young Contemporaries, Boston, MA
· MFA 2015 Thesis Exhibition, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
· MFA 2015 Thesis Exhibition, Star Store Galleries New Bedford, MA
2014
· Black, White, and Red juried show, Gallery 244, MA
· Off The Wall, Gallery 244, MA
· Sideshow, Guts N Glory Ink’s Raven Tooth Gallery, Rosendale NY
· New Works Exhibition at Gallery X, MA
· The Fear and Loathing in New Bedford, XS Night Club, New Bedford, MA
· The Asking Question, the Unity House, UMass Dartmouth, MA
2013
· Figure It Out, 3-person show in Gallery 244, MA
· Violence Transformed, Curator and artist, the Boston Statehouse and RCC, MA
· Strangers, Performer for Amalia Pica at MIT List Visual Arts Center, MA
· Fear, Pessimism, and Anxiety, Mission Hill Gallery and W. Van Alan Clark Jr. Library Exhibition, SMFA, MA
2012
· Focus Next selected artist for Paper New England show, Theater Works, CT
· Bradley International Airport Exhibit, Windsor Locks, CT
· BFA Show 2012, Artspace, Willimantic CT
2010
· Study Abroad Group Show, Palazzo Rucellai Gallery in Florence, Italy
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Spark Box Studio, ON Canada Summer 2019
A.I.R. Studio Paducah, KY Summer 2018
Second Artist Residency at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT Summer 2017
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT Summer 2016
Contemporary Arts Center at Woodside, Troy, NY Summer 2015
GRANTS, AWARDS & PROFESSIONAL HONORS
2nd place prize winner in “Art Off the Wall 2020” exhibition, Brookline Arts Center, MA March 2020
Finalist for Artist of the Year Award 2019, Circle Foundation for the Arts January 2020
Artwork purchased for the Permanent Collection at the Pao Arts Center, Boston, MA Summer 2019
3RD place in juried art competition “ALL Colors Theme,” Contemporary Art Gallery Online Fall 2018
Best of Show, "No Theme" Art Competition, the International Gallery of the Arts & Exquisite Arts Magazine, 2018
Second Grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Spring 2017
Gallery representation by the Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA Fall 2015-2018
Grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Spring 2015
2ND place award in “Black, White, and Red” juried show, Gallery 244, MA Fall 2014
UMass Dartmouth Dean’s Scholarship Award Fall 2013
PUBLICATIONS
“Tell: A Hot Cakes Publication” May 2018
Featured art in September Monthly Spotlight, Duende online literary journal September 2017
Art images published in Paint Pulse Magazine Spring 2015
Illustrations and paintings for Vanichi Magazine April 2014
INTERVIEWS & PRESS
Boston Home Magazine’s “Found Art” featured artist March 2019
Exquisite Arts Magazine featured article September 2018
Featured interview, “Life and Work with Katie Wild” in Boston Voyager Magazine August 2018
Mentioned in The Take Magazine as an Artist to Watch 2017 February 2017
Review in the Boston Globe by correspondent Cate McQuaid November 2015
Review in South Coast Today by critic Don Wilkinson Spring 2015
ACADEMIC SERVICE
· Co-Advisor of the Art Club at CCRI Spring 2018-2019
· Visiting Artist Critic at UMass Dartmouth February 2017
· Volunteer artist for Draw-a-go-go fundraiser and exhibition, Hera Gallery, RI Fall 2017
· Member of BHCC’s SLOAP Committee Fall 2016
· Organized/ taught middle school art class, donated proceeds to art classes for children in Uganda, Summer 2011
BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE COURSES
Figure Drawing – Spring 2019, Spring 2017
Drawing from Observation – Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Painting I – Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
Drawing I Mini Session – Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND COURSES
Drawing I – Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016
Color - Fall 2018
Drawing II - Fall 2015
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN COURSES
2D Fundamentals – Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016
THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH COURSES
Figure Drawing – Spring 2015
Painting Studio - Fall 2014
SKILLS
Drawing: Extensive experience in all drawing media, working with perspective, still life, portraiture, figure, mixed media and contemporary approaches
Painting: Extensive experience in oil-based, acrylic-based, water-based, and mixed media
Printmaking: Experience in woodcut, linoleum, and intaglio processes
Fiber Art: Experience with knitting, embroidery, hand and machine sewing
Carpentry: Experience with table saw, jigsaw, drill, electric screwdriver, sander, dremel, staple gun
Software: Proficient with Mac and PC operating systems working in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, iMovie, Photos
Design: Experience utilizing Adobe Creative Suite for creative projects, photo editing, and the design of promotional postcards etc.
Instruction: Experience with Blackboard platform, Moodle platform, traditional classroom, and on-line assignment platforms
Promotion: Experience preparing PR documents and professionally utilizing social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram
Curation: Experience organizing, jurying, installing and deinstalling artwork for student and professional exhibitions