Katherine Rosing Biological Information

Katherine Steichen Rosing’s work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries nationally and internationally, including: Chicago, Washington D.C., Tokyo, Beijing, and New York. Rosing's work in the non-profit arts sector includes two years as Exhibition Curator and Vice-President of A.R.C. Gallery/Educational Foundation in Chicago. In 1995, she represented A.R.C. Gallery on a panel of artists at the NGO Forum of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on
Women in Beijing (Huairou,) China.
Rosing holds an Adjunct Faculty position at MATC where she teaches college transfer art courses, and teaches Painting and Color Workshops for UW-Madison Continuing Studies in the Arts.
A Wisconsin native, Rosing earned an MFA in Painting at Northern Illinois University- DeKalb, a BFA in Painting at the University of Colorado -Denver and a BA at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Katherine Rosing

Artist Statement


Walking through a forest I notice the rhythmic patterns of tree trunks against the color and texture of the forest and sky. The quiet patter of raindrops against leaves sharpens my awareness. Rippling reflections and flowing water in the streams and puddles focuses my gaze. For many years I have explored various means of abstracting these patterns, pondering the parallels between nature and human existence. The reduction to abstraction clarifies and focuses an idea, in stark contrast to the complexity and chaos of daily life, allowing both nuance and layers of interpretation. In my paintings, I push texture and color relationships while playing with different levels of abstraction. These abstractions yield vertical “scroll” paintings, suggesting flowing water and rhythmic forest panoramas of tree trunks seen from eye level. In recent work I have stepped closer to the individual tree, isolating and exploring its bark pattern and texture.

My painting process begins with a texture “drawing” using acrylic medium to develop the relief surface and pattern which forms the foundation of the painting. This is followed by many layers of color to form subtle relationships between texture, color, and light. I usually work on birch panel, but occasionally work on unstretched linen, incorporating the organic qualities of the strands at the edges of the painting. The scroll format is inspired by Chinese and Japanese landscape paintings which could be rolled and transported in a small bundle, yet have a large presence when displayed.

Katherine Steichen Rosing
January 23, 2009

Katherine Rosing

Artist Resume

EDUCATION

M.F.A. Northern Illinois University - DeKalb, 1992
B.F.A. University of Colorado - Denver, 1984
B.A. University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1978

EXHIBITION RECORD

SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Wisconsin Arts Board Gallery, Administration Building, Madison, WI, “Elemental” Katherine Steichen
Rosing and David Sear, Two Person, December 2008 – February 2009
A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, “Silences,” Ohsono & Rosing, Two Person, April 2008
West Bend Art Museum, Solo, May 2006
W. H. Moring, Jr. Art Center, Asheboro, NC, Solo, April 2004
Gallery Toki, Saitama-shi, Japan Two person Exhibition with Kohji Ohsono, March 2003
Arts Club of Washington, Washington, D.C., Solo, March 2002
Klammer Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Two person Exhibition with Kohji Ohsono, September 2002
ACME Art Company, Columbus, OH, Solo, November,1999
De Ricci Gallery, Edgewood College, Solo, Madison, WI, January 1999
CitiARTS Space, Madison Municipal Building, Solo, Madison, WI, May 1998
A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, Solo, April1996
Contemporary Art Center, Arlington Heights, IL 1995
A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, Solo, June 1994
A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, Solo, November 1992
Hinsdale Art Center, Hinsdale, Solo, IL 1989
Prairie Arts Center, Schaumburg, Solo, IL 1988

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Two Cultures/One Spirit. Saitama Modern Art Museum, Saitama, Japan, July 2008
High Street Gallery, Mineral Point WI, April – December 2008
Gallery 734, University of Wisconsin, Diasporic Art Practices, Madison, WI, 2006
West Bend Art Museum, Two Cultures/One Spirit, Japan/Wisconsin Exchange, West Bend, WI, 2005
Wisconsin Union Galleries, University of Wisconsin Madison, Two Cultures/One Spirit,
Japan/Wisconsin Exchange, Madison, WI, September - October 2005
Overture Center Community Gallery, Layered Intentions, Madison, WI July - September, 2005
Grace Chosy Gallery, Art of Note, Madison, WI, May 2005
Madison Area Open Studios, October 2004
A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL, 30th Anniversary Exhibition, March 2003
Madison Area Technical College, MATC Faculty Exhibition, Madison, WI, March 2003, 2004, 2005
Gallery 218, Milwaukee, WI, War & Peace: Artists Voices,April 2003
Inoue Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Wisconsin/Japan Exchange, September 2002
Saitama Modern Art Museum, Saitama, Japan, Wisconsin/Japan Exchange, September 2002
Tomioka Museum, Tokyo, Japan, Wisconsin/Japan Exchange, September 2002
Madison Area Technical College, MATC Faculty Exhibition, Madison, WI, March 2002
Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI, Wisconsin Artists Biennial 2001, January 2002
(Exhibition originated at Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI in November 2001)
Prairie State College Christopher Art Gallery, Twelve Squared, Chicago Heights, IL 2001
Porter Butts Gallery, Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Japanese/American Exchange Exhibition, October 2000

West Bend Art Museum, Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors Centennial Exhibition, West Bend, WI 2000
Kleine Galerie, German-American Exhibition, Chemnitz, Germany, June 2000
Silicon Gallery, Elements 2000, Brooklyn, New York, January 2000
University Art Gallery, UW-LaCrosse, Spring Painting Invitational, La Crosse, WI, March 1999
Charles Allis Art Museum, Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI, 1998
A.R.C. Gallery, Silver Salon, A.R.C. Gallery=s 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Chicago, 1998
Amos Eno Gallery, Thirteenth Annual Small Works International, New York, NY, August 1998
Pearl Conard Gallery, (Drawings in Paint and Charcoal, Three Person Show) Ohio State University,
Mansfield, Ohio, January 1997

United Nations, NY (Traveling Exhibition,) Other Venues included:, Leiber House, NY, University of
Texas at Dallas, TX, OMNI Gallery, NY, Mills College, Oakland, CA, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago,
IL, Beijing and Beyond: Women Artists Respond to the UN 4th World Conference on Women, 1996

Beijing, PRC, Global Focus: Women in Art and Culture, September 1995
Willow Building, Huairou, China, Tell Me a Story -- Personal Narratives from the Women's Caucus for Art
Delegation to NGO Forum, UN 4th World Conference on Women September,1995

Quincy Art Center, 45th Annual Quad State Exhibition, Quincy, IL Two Purchase Awards, 1995
Reicher Gallery, Modern Icons, Barat College, Lake Forest, IL, 1995
Moraine Valley Community College, Moraine Valley Faculty Exhibition, Palos Hills, IL, January 1994
Amos Eno Gallery, Chicago/New York Exchange, New York, 1993
North Lakeside Cultural Center, Inner Meaning & Spirituality, Chicago, IL 1993
From Above Gallery, Chicago, IL, Drawing Show, 1992
R.H. Love Gallery, Chicago, Stars & Stripes, Forever, Catalog. 1992
A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL, A.R.C. Gallery Members Annual Exhibition, 1992
Contemporary Arts Center, Arlington Heights, IL Collective Imagery, 1992
Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK, Seeing Red, White or Blue, Catalog.1992
David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, IL, Open Spectrum, 1992
Contemporary Arts Center, Arlington Heights, IL, Artists for the Earth, 1992
Contemporary Arts Center, Arlington Heights, IL Painting, 1992
University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse, La Crosse, WI, Visions of the Heart, 1991
Columbia College, Columbia, MO, Paper in Particular,1991
Core New Art Space, Denver, CO, 10th Anniversary Show, 1991
Norris Cultural Arts Center, Wheaton, IL Watercolor Invitational, 1991
Lannon Gallery, Chicago, IL, Symbol of Diversity, 1989
Artemisia Gallery, CWCA Board, Chicago, IL 1989
LA ArtCore, Los Angeles, CA, Five Denver Artists, 1986

LECTURES & PANELS

Lecture, "Structuring Chaos, An Artists View," University of Wisconsin-Madison Chaos/Complexity Seminar, Invited Lecture, April 23, 2002.

Visiting Artist/Juror, Lecture & Painting Demonstration, Monroe Arts Center, Wisconsin Regional Arts Program Workshop, June 3, 2000.

Visiting Artist,, University of Wisconsin La Crosse, La Crosse, WI, April 7, 1999. Critique and lecture.

Exhibition Lecture, De Ricci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, WI January 29, 1999.

Panelist, "Collaborating Women: Organizational Models for Artists Past, Present, Future," A.R.C. Gallery
representative, Chicago, and the National Women's Caucus for Art, NGO Forum of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Huairou, China, September 1995.

Lecture. "Over the Edge in Double Time: Exhibition Lecture," A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, June 18, 1994.

Guest Lecturer, "Artist Run, Nonprofit, Cooperative Galleries," College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL,
May 17, 1994.

Panelist, "Censorship in the Arts," Eyes on Our World, Brookfield High Cable Television, May 1991.

ABBREVIATED TEACHING HISTORY

1999 - Present Madison Area Technical College, College Transfer Art Program, Madison, Wisconsin,
College Transfer Art, Part-Time Faculty (Design Fundamentals, Watercolor I & 2)
1999 - Present University of Wisconsin, Department of Continuing Studies, Liberal Arts, Madison, Wisconsin, Art--Instructor (Painting, Color Theory)
2007 - 2008 Woodside Elementary, Sussex, Wisconsin, Artist-in-Residence (funded by grants from the
Woodside Home & School Association and the Hamilton Education Foundation)
2000 - 2001 University of Wisconsin B Madison, Art Department, Madison, Wisconsin, Lecturer
1993 - 1996 College of Du Page, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Part-Time Faculty
1992 - 1994 Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois, Part-Time Faculty

 

ARTICLES & REVIEWS

“Cultural Exchanges underway at Memorial Union art galleries,” Wisconsin Week, September 21, 2005.

"Gallery 218 show examines War and Peace: Artists Voices," Sarah Van Harpen, OnMilwaukee.com, April 25, 2003

"A Walk on the Female Side," The Fitchburg Star, Ann Waters, April 22, 1999.

"DeRicci Gallery Spring Exhibition," Edgewood College Today, Tom Linfield, Winter 1999.

"Interlude: Works by Katherine Steichen Rosing," Isthmus, C.R. Gabriel, p. 20, Vol. 24, No. 2,
January 8 14, 1999.

"Artist to Attend China Conference," Darien Progress, p. 20, August 10, 1995.

"Artists Abroad," Chicago Tribune, WomanNews, August 20, 1995.

"Highlights: Twins' Mother paints a portrait of double time life and art," Chicago Tribune, WomanNews,
Margaret Carroll, p. 2, June 12, 1994.

"Local Artist takes us 'through the looking glass,'" Sally Mauritzen, Darien Progress, p. 17, July 7, 1988.

"11 AGA artists offer self portraits; 5 focus on flora," Appleton Post Crescent, p. C12, September 27, 1987.

"Core New Art Space," The Denver Post, Weekend Section, March 28, 1986.

EXHIBITION CATALOGS

A.R.C. Gallery, 30th Anniversary Exhibition Catalog, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2003.

Wisconsin Art History: Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors/Wisconsin Artists in All Media Centennial
Exhibition Catalog, West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI, 2000.

Statements: Outrageous Acts (and little intimacies), exhibition catalog of the 1998 CWWCA Membership
Exhibition at Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI 1998.

The 45th Annual Quad-State Juried Art Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL 1998.

A.R.C. 1973 - 1993: A.R.C. Gallery 20th Anniversary Exhibition Catalog, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1993.

Seeing Red, White, or Blue, Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, 1992.

Stars & Stripes Forever, The Flag in Contemporary American Art, R.H. Love Gallery, Chicago, 1992.