Kathleen Florance

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As a primarily self-taught artist, Kathleen’s work has grown steadily for over 30 years. It has been during this time that the work she has created has been pushed to an ever higher level of quality of thought, execution, and presentation. Her two dimensional work has been exhibited in multiple national and regional venues and has been the recipient of several awards, including three grants from the Maine Arts Commission. She has also completed several Environmental installations that were developed and executed either by herself or in partnering with another artist. As Kathleen’s work has matured, it has expanded to infuse the many issues of our times. Lines, forms, the relationship of color and components all play a role in how she chooses to speak about both her curiosity and her concern for the natural world and how we, as a society, are responding.

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2019 - Paperwork, Cove St. Arts, Portland, ME
    Three Person Show, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME

  • 2018 - Back to Nature, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME

  • 2017 - Group Show, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME Abstraction, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
    LBIF National Works on Paper Juried Exhibit, Long Beach, NJ Structured, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME

  • 2016 - Red, Cambridge Art Association juried exhibition, Cambridge, MA
    CWA 86th Annual National Juried Exhibit, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT, “Juror’s Award” Invitational Art Meets Science, MDI Biological Labs, Bar Harbor, ME
    Harlow Gallery, 21st Annual Juried Exhibition, Hallowell, ME, “Juror’s Choice” Award

  • 2015 - Rocky Mountain National Watermedia 42nd exhibition, Golden,CO
    Craft Gallery, Rockland, Maine

  • 2014 - Hydrologic, Univ. of Maine Farmington ME
    Blue Marble Project, Waterfall Arts, Belfast ME
    Choosings, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell ME
    Pollination, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay ME

  • 2013 - Significant Works, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
    Pollination: evolving miracles, Atrium Gallery, USM/Lewiston Auburn

  • 2011 - Drawing On, Lord Hall Gallery, University of Maine, Orono

  • 2009 - Spineless Wonders, Atrium Gallery, USM/Lewiston Auburn, Maine

  • 2008 Drawings, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
    On Paper II, Paper New England at the Bushnell Promenade Gallery, Hartford, CT

  • 2007 - Bird Sightings, Atrium Art Gallery, USM/Lewiston Auburn, ME

  • 2006 - Maine Print Project, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME

  • 2005 - Water, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME

  • 2001 - Interconnections, The Art of Compassion, Boston, MA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2015 - Tango, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME

  • 2009 - The Source and The Energy, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME

  • 2001 - Protection, American Cultural Center, Sophia, Bulgaria

Environmental Installation Projects

  • 2002 – 2007 “CIRCADIA” located on the Richards Preserve in Lincolnville, Maine

  • 2001 - “EYE OF THE ELK” in Kingdom Falls in Maine
    American Cultural Center in Sophia, Bulgaria

Reviews and Publications

  • Kany, Dan – art review, “Three artists at Harlow make strong case for the here and now”, Maine Sunday Telegram, Aug. 24,2014

  • Konau, Britta – “Capturing the Forces of Nature”, Maine Home and Design, May 2014

  • Little, Carl – “Bees Do It, Artists Do It – Let’s Do It, Let’s Pollinate”, Working Waterfront, June 2013

  • Konau, Britta – “Double Feature” Maine Home and Design, May 2013

  • Keyes, Bob – “L/A Show a True Force of Nature”, Portland Press Herald, May 5,2013

  • Little, Carl - “Kathleen Florance: The Source and The Energy”, Art New England Oct./Nov 2009

Special Programs

  • Invitational slide presentation UMVA Ellsworth, Maine April 2004

  • Invitational presentation of the “Protection” project at Unity College, Maine – March 2002

  • Invitational presentation of “Protection”, Colby College, ME October 2001

  • Invitational presentation of “Protection”, National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria 2001

  • Presentation of “Protection”, Center for Maine Contemporary Arts, Aug. 2000

Featured
Kathleen Florance, Flight Of Ideas #6 (2020)
Kathleen Florance, Flight Of Ideas #6 (2020)

Relief ink on yupo
60" x 82"
$5,200

Kathleen Florance, Crushed
Kathleen Florance, Crushed

Litho crayon relief ink
67" x 59"
$4,800

Kathleen Florance, Milkweed Pod (2020)
Kathleen Florance, Milkweed Pod (2020)

Litho crayon on yupo
26” x 22”
$1,500

Kathleen Florance, Spent
Kathleen Florance, Spent

Charcoal on bfk paper
56" x 40"
SOLD

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