Catherine Kernan
Catherine Kernan is a printmaker, painter and author. She is co-founder, and partner of Mixit Print Studio, a professional open rental printmaking studio in Davis Square, Somerville, Massachusetts, and co-author of, "Singular & Serial: Contemporary Monotype and Monoprint".
“Working at the interface between printmaking and painting, I use large scale woodblocks in unorthodox ways as a transfer tool to build images layer by layer in a painterly process of controlled accident. No longer a purist, I exploit any available tool or means to transfer color and form to surface. Interruption and interference with the “perfect transfer” are integral to the process.”
Education
University of Wisconsin / Madison, WI /MFA 1980.
Cooper Union / New York, NY / BFA 1974
Wellesley College / Wellesley, MA
Representation
Soprafina Gallery / Boston, MA
Cynthia Reeves / North Adams, MA
George Marshall Store Gallery/ York ME
Boston Art / Boston MA
Stewart & Stewart / Bloomfield Hills, MI
Carla Massoni Gallery / Chestertown, MD
Integrated Art Group / Madison, WI
Moore Fine Art / Cambridge MA
Fellowships / Grants / Residencies
Pollack Krasner Foundation Grant / 2018
Scuola Internationale de Grafica / Boston Printmakers Fellowship / 2017
Blanche E. Coleman Foundation Grant / 2017
Mass Cultural Council Grant Finalist / 2016
Venice Print Workshop / Venice, Italy / June 2013
Somerville Arts Council / Visual Artist Fellowship / 2010
Anderson Ranch Art Center / Snowmass CO / Spring 2008
Ballinglen Arts Foundation / Ballycastle, Co. Mayo Ireland /1992, -93,-94,-96,-97,-99, 01, -02,-03, -04, -05, -07, -09
Julia and David White Artists Colony / San Juan, Costa Rica / 2005
Artist’s Resource Trust Fund of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation /2002
Somerville Arts Council / Visual Artist Grant 2002
Winchester Foundation for Educational Excellence / Artist in Residence Grant /2002
Professional Positions
Partner Mixit Print Studio / Co-founder & partner professional print studio / Somerville MA / 1987—present
Director Maud Morgan Arts / Community arts center / Cambridge MA / 2010- 2017
Course Teaching
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/ Visiting Instructor /1993-5, -97-8, -02, -07
Workshop Teaching
Chases Garage Studio / York ME / 2019
New Art Center / Newton MA / 2017, -18
Rostow & Jung Studio / Brooklyn NY / 2019
MakingArtSafely / Santa Fe, NM / 2003, - 05, -06, -07, -08, -09, -10, -12, -14, -15, -16, 17, -18
Two Rivers Studio / White River Junction, VT / 2017, -18
Zea Mays Printmaking Studio / Florence MA / 2017. - 18
Center for Contemporary Printmaking / Norwalk, CT / 1997, -98, -00, -01, ‘07, -08,’09, -10, -15, -18
Ballinglen Arts Foundation Workshop / Ballycastle, Co. Mayo Ireland / 2016
Quartz Mountain / Oklahoma Arts Institute / 2015
Kate Mahoney Memorial Visiting Artist / Peregrine Press / Portland ME / 2013
Fine Arts Work Center / Provincetown MA / 2013
1st International Moku Hanga Conference / Kyoto Japan / 2011/ Presenter
3rd International Moku Hanga Conference / Honolulu Hawaii / 2017 / Presenter
Maud Morgan Arts / Cambridge MA / 2011 / 2012 / 2014
North Country Studio Workshops / / Bennington, VT /2009
Mass Art/ANE / Bennington, VT /1991,-94, -96, -98, 01,-02, -04,- 06, -08, -10, -12, -14, -16
Anderson Ranch / Snowmass, CO / 2000, -03, -05, -07
Open Air Museum / Punta Islita, Costa Rica / 2005
North Mayo Press / Primary School Workshop / Ballycastle, Ireland 2005
Pyramid Atlantic / Riverdale, MD / 2000
Monotype Guild of New England / 1992, 2000, -04, -05, -07
Published Prints / Portfolios and Books / Illustration Projects
Singular & Serial: Contemporary Monotype and Monoprint / Kernan & Rooney / Schiffer Publications / 2019
Tracking Changes / Flint Institute of Art Print Club Commission/ 2018
Invisible Cities/ Constellation Studios / Collaborative Artists Book / 2016
Contemporary American Printmakers / Rooney & Standish / 2015
100 Boston Artists / C. Frenn / 2013
reThink INK: Twenty-five Years at Mixit Print Studio / A Portfolio of Prints / 2012
Between Ink and Paper: Printmaking with Catherine Kernan and Akua Inks / Biographical and instructional DVD / Waterbased Akua Inks, publisher / 2011
My Old People’s Stories: A Legacy for Yukon First Nations / suite of woodcuts of Yukon animals / editing and organization / Heritage Branch Government of the Yukon, Canada Hypsipyle: A Reconstructed Play by Euripides / book cover design and illustrations / The Greek Institute / Cambridge, MA / 2006
Proof in Print: A Community of Printmaking Studios / The Boston Public Library and Mixit Print Studio / 2001
Public Collections
Achenbach Foundation
Hood Museum / Dartmouth
Ballinglen Arts Foundation
Grunewald Collection/ UCLA
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Honolulu Academy of the Arts
Botosn Public Library
Library of Congress
Cleveland Museum of Art
Madison Art Center
Davison Art Center / Wesleyan University
Moravian College Collection
DeCordova Museum
National Museum of Am. Art
Detroit Institute of Art
New York Public Library
Elvehjem Museum of Art / U of Wisconsin
Scott Collection / Bryn Mawr
Fogg Museum of Art / Harvard University
U.S.State Dept Art Bank Program
Flint Institute of Art
Private / Corporate Collections
Edward Kaloust
Grahm Gund Collection
BNE Associates
MMM
Harvard Management
Selecterm
Honeywell
Lister/Butler
Computers in Medicine
New England Journal of Medicine
Fiduciary Trust
Morgan Stanley
Nolan Norton
Project Software Bank of New England
First Federal Savings of Detroit
Moravian College Collection
Bay Colony - Waltham
Honolulu Academy of the Arts
Property Capital College Art Association Collection
Fairchild Industries
Mediq
DTSS
Bank of Boston
Saunders Associates Fidelity
Hallmark Knight Publishing Co.
Cisco Systems
Roche, Carens and DeGiacomo
Mellon Bank Sun Oil
Ernst & Young Atlantic Richfield
The Baine Co IBM
Fairchild Industries Fidelity Trust
Equitable Life New England Medical Center
Smith Barney Northern Trust Co.
Prudential Equitable Life North Carolina National Bank
SOHIO Miller Brewing Co.
Continental Telephone Museum of Texas Tech University
Berkshire Partners
Federal Reserve Bank / Boston
Polsinelli Shughart/ChicagoRacine
Art Museum / Racine WI
Selected Group Exhibitions
Boston Printmakers Biennial Davis Museum / Wellesley MA / 2019
Arts Connect at Catamount Arts / St. Johnsbury VT / 2018
Ink, Paper, Press: Mixit Print Studio /Soprafina Gallery/ Juror C. Ackley/ Boston 2018
Big Print Little Print / Mosesian Center for the Arts / Watertown MA 2017
Madison Mafia / Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design, Georgia State U/ 2016
Musicology / Gallery Blink / Lexington MA 2016
First Impressions / Gallery Blink / Lexington MA 2016
Gaia’s Garb / Three Stones Gallery / Concord MA 2016
ImprintOne / VAM Austin Oaks Gallery / Austin TX / 2016
Invitational Printmaking / Mill Brook Gallery / Concord NH 2016
Insight / Lesley University College of Art & Desien / Lunder Art Center / 2015
Pulling Together: Garber/Goldman/Kernan / Loomis School /Windsor CT / 2016
Monotypes: Painterly Prints / Cleveland Museum of Art / J. Glaubinger, juror / 2015
Invitational Printmaking / Mill Brook Gallery / Concord NH / 2015
Off on a Tangent / Washinton Art Association / Washington Depot CT / 2014
Affordable Art Fair / Asterisk Projects / The Tunnel / New York NY / 2014/ 2015
Community of Artists / Danforth Art / Framingham MA / 2014
Pushing the Limits / Central Booking Gallery / New York NY / 2014
Women in Print / Ruth Chandler Williams Gallery / Scripps College / Claremont CA 2014
Abstract American Mokuhanga / Sheehan Gallery / Walla Walla WA 2014
XXX – Mingyuan Woodcut Exhibition / Mingyuan Museum / Shanghai China 2014
SAGA Members Exhibition / The Old Printshop / New York NY 2014
Impressions: Selections from Stewart & Stewart / Kalamazoo Institute of Arts / Kalamazoo MI 2013-14
Boston Printmakers North American Biennial / 808 Gallery / Boston U. / Boston MA / 2013 / Zea Mays Prize
Currents / Gallery 119 / Lowell MA 2013
Paper Band / Jason McCoy Gallery / New York, NY/ 2012
reThink INK: Mixit Print Studio 25th Anniversary Exhibition / Boston Public Library / Karen Shafts, Curator / 2012 and Cantor Gallery at Holy Cross / Worcester MA 2013
20 Artists / 20 Views / Japan 2013
Mokuhanga Prints: Riding the Great Wave / Richard f. Brush Gallery / St. Lawrence U. / Canton NY 2013
reThink INK: Mixit Print Studio 25th Anniversary Exhibition / Boston Public Library / Karen Shafts, Curator 2012
International Collaborations /Johannesburg Art Gallery/ Johannesburg, SA 2012
The Boston-Joburg Connection: Transformation and Exchange at Artist Proof Studio Johannesburg, 1995-2010 / Tufts University Gallery / Medford MA / Pamela Allara, Curator 2012
American Impressions: Contemporary Printmaking/ Shanghai China / Elizabeth Cooley, Curator 2012
Process and Purpose / Ink Shop Printmaking Center / Ithaca NY /Alan Singer, Curator 2012
Chain Letter / Samson Project / Boston MA / July 13. 2011
A Community of Artists / Danforth Museum of Art /Framingham MA / Katherine French, Curator / June- August 2011
Trees /Concord Art Association/Concord MA /Manolson, Curator/June- August, 2011
Moku Hanga International Exhibiton / Kyoto Japan May – June 2011
Great Impressions: The Print Club of Rochester Turns 80 / Memorial Art Gallery / U of Rochester Dec 2010 – March 2011
MGNE 2nd National Juried / Fitchburg Art Museum / Fitchburg, MA / J. Moser, Juror 2010 / Merit Award
thINK Boston Printmakers Memebers Show / Traveling Exhibition 2010
Relationships / Soprafina Gallery / Boston MA 2010
Seven Printmakers / Soprafina Gallery / Boston MA 2009
Tufts Art Gallery Summer Show / Tufts University Art Gallery / Medford MA 2009
Printmakers North American Print Biennial / Gallery 808 / Boston University / Boston, MA / Roberta Waddell, juror. 2009
Seven Printmakers / Soprafina Gallery / Boston MA 2009
The Unique Print / Concord Art Association / Concord MA / Dorothy Thompson, Curator. 2009
Seven Printmakers / Soprafina Gallery / Boston, MA 2009
Field Report / Gallery 297 / Bristol, RI 2008
New England Impressions: Woodcut / Concord Art Association / Concord, MA 2008
Options in Realism / Jason McCoy Gallery / New York, NY / 2007
Hot off the Press: Mixit Print Studio / Arsenal Center for the Arts / Watertown, MA 2007
Printmakers Invitational / Soprafina Gallery / Boston, MA / 2007
Giving Artists Freedom to Create: MacDowell Centennial / Brickbottom Gallery / Somerville, MA 2007
SAGA 73 rd Members Exhibition / Ringling School of Art / Sarasota, FL / 2006 Prizewinner
Soapbox Prints Traveling Exhibition / American Print Alliance 2006-7
Arabas, Holt, Kernan @ Thomas Moser / Boston, MA 2006
Mass Convention Center Art Program / Boston, MA 2006
Drama of Scale: Work from Mixit Print Studio / Carney Gallery / Regis College / Weston, MA / Rosemary Noon, Curator 2006
New Acquisitions: The Workshop Portfolios / DeCordova Museum / Lincoln, MA 2006
New Landscape: Alternative Approaches / Danforth Museum / Framingham, MA / K. French, Juror 2006
Roddy Open Competition / Concord Art Association / Katherine French juror 2005 Prize winner
Beyond the Categories: A Paint/ Print Dialogue / Concord Art Association / Concord, MA 2005
Boston Printmakers North American Biennial / 808 Gallery / Boston, MA 1979, -83, 84, -88, -89, -93, -95, -01, -03, -05
Balance of Nature / Willoughby & Baltic Gallery / Somerville, MA 2005
Contemporary American Art Invitational / National Academy of Design / NY, NY 2004
Take Five: Badenhausen, Garber, Kernan, Siebel, Warner / Soprafina Gallery / Cambridge, MA / 2004
Una Comunidad de Talleres de Grabado / Espacio Abierto / Habana, Cuba 2004
Points of view: New England Artists in Ireland / The New Art Center / Newton, MA 2004
Eire/Land McMullen Museum of Art / Boston College / chestnut Hill, MA 2003
Nature Interpreted / Concord Art Association / Concord, MA 2002
Impression: Printmaking I / Carla Massoni Gallery & Pyramid Atlantic / Chestertown, MD 2002
Proof in Print: A Community of Printmaking Studios / Wiggin Gallery / Boston Public Library / Boston, MA 2001
Studio Traditions / Boston University Art Gallery / Boston, MA 2001
Stewart & Stewart: Twenty Years of Printmaking / Paula Broqn Gallery / Toledo, OH 2000
23rd National Print Biennial / Silvermine Guild Galleries /New Canaan, CT 1980, 83, -88, -92, -96, -00
Painterly Prints / Rhode Island School of Design Museum 2000 Proof in Print / Glencore Gallery / RAU University / Johannesberg, South Africa 2000
Selected One, Two, and Three Person Exhibitions
Time and Again / Soprafina Gallery / Boston MA 2019
Kernan & Aspinwall / The Yard at Bryant Park / Site: Brooklyn / 2018
Recent Work: SG Gallery / Scuola Internazionale di Grafica / 2017
Catherine Kernan: Perimeters / Soprafina Gallery / Boston MA 2015
Catherine Kernan: Breathing Space Soprafina Gallery / Boston MA 2015
Verdant /Trustman Gallery at Simmons College / 2015
Catherine Kernan: AfterImages / Soprafina Gallery / Boston MA 2013
Catherine Kernan: Caught in the Current / Danforth Museum of Art / Framingham MA 2012
Catherine Kernan: New Work / Soprafina Gallery / Boston MA 2010
Catherine Kernan: Selections / Freedman Gallery / South Worcester, NY 2010
Time and Again: New Work by Catherine Kernan / Soprafina Gallery / Boston, MA 2008
Listening Water: Catherine Kernan / Jason McCoy Gallery / New York, NY 2008
Natural Elements / Flinn Gallery / Greenwich, CT 2007
Kernan & Goldman / Mindspring Gallery / Brattleboro, VT 2005
Works on Paper by Catherine Kernan / Soprafina Gallery / Boston, MA 2004
At the Water’s Edge: Goldman,Kernan, Manolson / Regis College / Weston, MA 2004
Nature as Muse: Kernan, Goldman, and Manolson / Laura Erlich Gallery / Marblehead, MA 2004
Art On Display in Office of the Director of the NEA / Washington D.C. 2002
Art in the Embassies Program / Ambassador’s Residence / Athens,Greece 2002-04
Catherine Kernan and John Rozelle / Locus Gallery / St. Louis, MO 2000
Catherine Kernan: An Artist in Greece / The Greek institute / Cambridge, MA 2000
