EDUCATION

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA                                                    Courses in painting and drawing.                                

MFA, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, NYC                                                          Graduate Film and Television Program                            

BA, Wesleyan University, Middletown CT                                                           Studio Art major, graduated with High Honors

                                                                                              SELECTED EXHIBITS                                                           

2008, 05    “12 x 12,” Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA 

2008    "Off the Wall" Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham MA, Juror: Carol Anne Meehan

2008    "Mementoes of Celebration," Salem Art Association, Salem MA, Juror: Paula Richter

2008    JP Open Studios Juried Show, Juror: Carol Anne Meehan

2008    “Figured,” Scollay Square Gallery, Boston MA  

2007    “Postcards from the Edge,” James Cohan Gallery, NYC                                     

2007    “Venusian Expressions,” Art Futures Gallery, Miami FL            

2000-08  JP Open Studios, Jamaica Plain MA  

2007     JP Open Studios Juried Show, Juror: Pamela Clark Cochrane        

2006    “Little Women,” Gibbs Gallery, Arlington MA, curator & artist  

2006     JP Open Studios Juried Show, Juror: Beth Kantrowitz                        

2005     JP Open Studios Juried Show, Juror: Dean Nimmer                     

AWARDS                                                                  

Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant for “Little Women"          

Warner Brothers Production Grant, NYU                            

Teaching Assistantship, NYU, full scholarship for two years, created two award-winning 16mm short films, screened in film festivals and on British television                            

Lew Wasserman Scholarship, NYU

Elizabeth Verveer Tischler Award, Wesleyan University

STATEMENT                                                                         

My current work is concerned with the edge between drawing and painting, and the crossroads and boundaries that mark human experience. The subject matter is an attempt to distill an emotional experience into its barest representation, including only the most meaningful details.

I’m fascinated by the way our bodies and gestures can telegraph meaning so eloquently. Technically I’m interested in maintaining the sensual, graceful or forceful line of a drawing while also developing a lushly painted surface which creates space and volume. My most recent works are created with oil, ink and charcoal, with areas of raw linen functioning as a neutral ground.

The figures are carefully drawn and painted with an expressive use of color, and situated in loosely painted or invented spaces, allowing experimentation with texture, color and light. In the content of my paintings I want to go beyond narrative portrayal to a more symbolic realm. The viewer is engaged by a suggested rather than delineated iconography. My hope is to create a bridge between drawing and painting, and to invest this space with the emotions inherent in our threshold experiences.

Kate True

January 2008

Above: The Green Robe (detail), oil on canvas 4 x 6 inches, 2005