KATE WILHITE, WATERCOLOR ARTIST
katewilhite.com
katewilhiteart@gmail.com
instagram.com/katewilhiteart
EDUCATION
BFA in Studio Arts, emphasis in Painting/Drawing
Minor in Sculpture/Intermedia
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Spiritual & Religious Art Springville Museum of Fine Art, UT
2024 Artistonish 50th Issue Artsy.net / online exhibition
2024 Vanishing World Artsy.net / online exhibition
2023* Queer Revolution Tarot Art Gallery Studios, Mexico City
2023 Radical Joy Finch Lane Gallery, SLC, UT
2023 Tu Eres el Universo Art Gallery Studios, Mexico City
2023 Bureau of Queer Art Art Gallery Studios, Mexico City
2022* Queer Revolution Tarot Artsy.net/PRPG, Mexico City
2022 Bodily Autonomy Sister Sister Zine
2022* Major Arcana Nostalgia Cafe, SLC, UT
2022 Semana de Arte CDMX PRPG, Mexico City
2022 Clavo Art Fair Clavo, Mexico City
2022 #irl PRPG, Mexico City
2021 Local Queer Artist Gallery Under the Umbrella, SLC, UT
2021 Manifiesto: el Futuro es Queer PRPG, Mexico City
2021 Utah Pride Union Square, SLC, UT
2021 Art Lab Project Dab Art Co. / online exhibition
2020 Art in the Time of Corona Artsy.net / online exhibition
2020 Synesthesia II The State House, Orem, UT
2020 Garden of the Dead Online exhibition
2020* “Without and Within” Coffee Garden, SLC, UT
2020* “Night Reflections” Nostalgia Café, SLC, UT
2020 “Social Distance” Online exhibition
2020 “Annual Student Showcase” Online exhibition
2020 “Things and Pictures of Things” Gittins Gallery, SLC, UT
2020 “FlowerxFlower Planter” Hyacinth Haus, SLC, UT
2020 “It Doesn’t Rain Enough” Performing Arts Building, SLC, UT
2020* “Ambiguity” Tailor Cooperative, SLC, UT
2019 “Winter Showcase” Gittins Gallery, SLC, UT
2019 “Annual Student Showcase” Gittins Gallery, SLC, UT
2019* “Silent Life” Coffee Garden, SLC, UT
2019 “Queer Spectra” Commonwealth Studios, SLC, UT
2019 “Phenomenal Women” Third Space Studios, Provo, UT
2018 “RAW: MAGNIFY” The Complex, SLC, UT
2018 “Connect” Draw Inc., SLC, UT
*Solo exhibitions
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2023 Tattoo Apprenticeship
2022 Ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund artmaking
2022 Commercial fabricator for Pumpkin Nights
2021 Curator for Coffee Garden’s gallery walls
2021 Art instructor at Utah Valley University
2021 Art instructor/guest lecturer at the University of Utah
2021 PRPG Mexico City artist residency
2020 FlowerxFlower—a community queer art collective
2020 Commission artist—half my income comes from selling art
2020 Muralist for community-based nonprofit
2020 Community art teacher
2019 Art Department scholarship
2019 Grid Zine Fest
2017 Camp art instructor
PUBLICATIONS:
2023 “The World” Cycling Utah
2022 “Galerias celebran la semana de arte en la CDMX” La Razon de Mexico
2021 Nostalgia Issue Lesbians are Miracles Magazine
2020 Winter Equinox Zine Mobile Moon Co-op
2020 Commission Art Gallery Vol-Up-2 Magazine
2020 “How you can help: Share your Utah art via Instagram while you’re stuck at home” Salt Lake Tribune
2019 “A new space for queer art from the minds of University of Utah alumni” University of Utah CFA News
STATEMENT:
My work centers around queer identity and radical authenticity. I use color and light to explore spaces between binaries. My paintings seek to examine questions such as where does the boundary lie between enjoyment and indulgence? When can self-medication become self-harm? Does reality exist? How can one find stability in a world of constant change and impermanence? At what point does self-expression become a charade? I use co-existing opposites, contrasting colors and values, and a combination of organic shapes and patterns to explore these questions. My goal is to relay universal themes— isolation, self-medication, constructed identities, etc — through specific snapshots of a particular subculture. I live and work in Salt Lake City, Utah, and my community is a vital part of my work. The queer artist subculture is so unique here. Because the state is religiously oppressive, queer and trans people tend to collect in the city, creating a queer bubble where we can live authentically and safely. I paint people in my community who live between binaries as a way to explore my own identity and to show the world how beautiful queer radical authenticity is.
