Katelyn Alain
Katelyn Alain is an emerging talent who has burst onto the contemporary art scene. The figures in Alain’s paintings exist in a visually tumultuous world that dissipates as it comes into being. Alain’s paintings are psychological landscapes exploring the nature of self-perception and how humans interpret experiences throughout the passing of time.
Alain’s paintings first gained national attention through a 2007 Wall Street Journal article while she was a graduate student in Wisconsin. Her latest body of work has garnered the attention of galleries, curators, and a growing base of collectors around the globe.
Alain holds Master of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Hartford Art School that included one year of study at the Marchutz Painting School in Aix-en-Provence, France. Academic awards include the Lois G. Roberts Scholarship and the Kenneth Brown and Robert Kaentje Award for painting as well as a faculty nomination for the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant. She has also attended the Vermont Studio Center.
EDUCATION:
2008 - MFA, Studio Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MA, Studio Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2001 - BFA, Studio Art, Magna Cum Laude, Hartford Art School
1999 - 2000 Painting, Art History, French - Marchutz Painting School- Aix, France
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:
2008 - Nominated for Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant by UW-Madison Faculty
2007- 08 Lois G. Roberts Scholarship for painting, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2006 - 07 Kenneth Brown and Robert Kaentje Award for painting, UW-Madison
2007- Resident Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2006 - Best of Show, Juried Invitational, State Street Gallery, Madison, WI
2001 - Rudolph Zallinger Painting Award, Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT
2000 - Constantine Christofides Art History Prize, American Institute, Aix, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2009 - Skotia Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (forthcoming in October)
2008 - Discovering Delirium, MFA Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
2007 - How We Get Carried Away, ARTspace, Madison, WI
2005 - The Self-Portraits, Women’s Studies Research Center, Madison, WI
2001 - Senior Thesis Exhibition, Taub Hall Gallery, University of Hartford, CT
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2009 - My New Country, curated by Rita Gonzales of LACMA, Gallery 825, Los Angeles
2008 - Stricoff Fine Art, New York, NY treasure hunt, Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
2007 - O Fortuna!, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
The Third Graduate Review, Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
UW-Madison Traveling Exhibition, University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh
2006 - MaOAS Exhibition, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
Ten in Common, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
First Base, Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
Juried Invitational, State Street Gallery, Madison, WI
Spring Art Showcase, Promega Gallery, Madison, WI
2005 - UW-Madison Graduate Painting Show, ARTspace, Madison, WI
RESIDENCIES:
2009 - Pouch Cove Foundation, Newfoundland, Canada (forthcoming July-August)
2007 - Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Crow, Kelly. “A Work in Progress: Buying Art on the Web.” The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 10, 2007, D1
Czubkowski, Kristin. “Sale Showcases Student Potential.” The Wisconsin Week, Nov. 14, 2007
Lynch, Kevin. “Art Will Carry You Away.” The Capital Times, Sept. 14, 2007
GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS:
National Association for Women Artists, Los Angeles Art Association