SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 The Gatehouse, Gatehouse at The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, St. Helena, CA
Amid The Whispering Leaves, Falcon Art Gallery, Del Rio, TX
Lingering Light, Collaborative works with Carol Imes Luscombe, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
2017 Rushes, Sedges and Grasses, Collaborative works with Carol Imes Luscombe, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
Naturselbstdruck, Café Borrone, Menlo Park, CA
2016 Outdoors Close Up, Alderworks Artist and Writers Retreat, Alaska, Dyea, AK
2015 Cottage Views, ArtSeed Cottage Residency Program, San Francisco, CA
Arcadian Duet: Collaborative Works By Kathryn Kain & Kara Maria, Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
2013 Gone to Wild, Mohr Gallery, Community School of Music and Arts, Mountain View, CA
Kathryn Kain, Cafe Borrone,Menlo Park, CA
2011 Recent Work, Cafe Borrone, Menlo Park, CA
2009 Harvesting Myths, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
2006 Kathryn Kain, Cafe Borrone,Menlo Park, CA
La ironia inocente de la rosa, Ex Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, Mexico
2005 Flor Sylvestre, Galeria Irma Valerio, Zacatecas, Mexico
2004 Kathryn Kain: Recent Works on Paper, Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
2003 An Artist’s Artist, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Kathryn Kain Paintings & Prints, Bill Gould Design, San Jose, CA
2002 Radius 2002, Palo Alto Art Center Foundation, Palo Alto, CA
Passionaria, Markham Vineyards Gallery, St. Helena, CA
1999 SoloExhibition, Globe Restaurant, San Francisco, CA
1997 Passiflora Incarnata: Recent Monotypes, Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
1994 Monotypes and Collages, Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 Works on Paper, Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Retrospective 11, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Devoted Obsession, two-person show, Siskiyou Arts Museum, Dunsmuir, CA
Contemplation and Musings, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 Pacific Prints, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
Oda a La Muerte, Juan R. Fuentes Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Flora & Fauna, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Unique and Multiple: Selections from Smith Andersen Editions, The Legacy of Paula Z. Kirkeby, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Pressing On: Contemporary Printmaking, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Dart For Art 2017, San Mateo Events Center, San Mateo, CA
Material Matters, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Codex Book Fair & Symposium,Craneway Pavilion, Richmond, CA
2016 Skin Deep: The Art of Tattoo, The JCCSF Katz Snyder Gallery, CA
Nothing is Here; Dada is its Name, Branner Spangenberg Gallery, Redwood City, CA
Serenity: Sanctuary, UCSF Women’s Health Center, San Francisco, CA
Impulse, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 Books: An Exhibition of Unique Handmade Books and Portfolios,Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
Pressed: a Printmaking Exhibition,Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
2014 2014: Current Projects, Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
Indelibly Yours, Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
Indelibly Yours, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
BAYcentric, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA
(n)collage: a mixed media collage exhibit, Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA
Building Forward/Looking Back,de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
20th AnnualArtik Anniversary Exhibit,Artik, Art & Architecture, San Jose, CA
2013 Creativity, Change, Commitment,Smith-Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
Legacy: 100 Years of Teaching Artists to Teach Art, The Gallery at San Jose City College, San Jose, CA
Inclusions 5, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Indelibly Yours,Donna Beam Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
The Hogarth Project, Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
2012 Gender Specific, Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
Let Strange Flowers Burst Forth: The Wild Nature of Inspiration, a. Muse Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Altered Book/Book Arts Show, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
The Art of the Book, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Indelibly Yours: Smith Andersen Editions and the Tattoo Project,de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
2011 Limited Edition: Prints from Artists-Collectors, Pima County Community College District, Center for the Arts, Tucson, AZ
Taste of Tattoo, Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
Selections from the Smith Andersen Editions Archive,de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Arthouse Print Fair, San Jose, CA
2010 sf2FLATSHOW, Hamamjian Modern, San Francisco, CA
FIVE From Folsom Street, Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
92nd Annual Toledo Area Artist’s Exhibit, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
From Matrix to Migration, La Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
...Birds, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
On Site/In Sight: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Winter Exhibition, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2009 Painterly Prints, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
2008 Dealer’s Choice, Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
Faculty For Art II, The Heritage Bank Fine Arts Collaborative Fall Exhibition, San Jose, CA
Out-of-the-Bag Carnival, 7th Annual Altered Barbie Show, Art 94124 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
90th Annual Toledo Area Artist’s Exhibit, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2007 Out of the Box: 5th Annual Altered Barbie Show, AgeSong Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Faculty Show, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
89th Annual Toledo Area Artist’s Exhibit, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Monotype Marathon Exhibition, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Source: Americas, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2006 Women Beyond Borders: The Art of Building Community, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
Graficas Gallery, Two-Person Exhibition, Tucson, AZ
Bay Area Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
2005 Hot Summer - Cool Art, Miramar Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Latin Spirit, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 The Ceremony of Tea, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Hearts in San Francisco, selected artist, public art piece, San Francisco General Hospital benefit, San Francisco, CA
Recent Paintings and Works on Paper, Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
Large Format, Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
2003 The Painterly Print, CFA Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
Global Elegies: Art and Ofrendas for the Dead, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Introductions South, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
New to Sarasota, Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, FL
The Big Tree Project, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
2001 Objects Considered, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
2000 Two Person Exhibition, Mucca Restaurant, Glen Ellen, CA
Visiting, Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA
1999 81st Annual Toledo Area Artist’s Exhibit,Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
The Art of Collaborative Printmaking, Smith Andersen Editions, De Saissett Museum, Santa Clara, CA,
The Art of Collaborative Printmaking, Smith Andersen Editions, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
1998 Mix, Gallery Route 1, Point Reyes Station, CA
500 Years of Art on Paper Fair, Los Angeles, CA, with Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
1997 4th Artistbook International New Editions Fair,New York, with Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
When the World Was Green (A Chef’s Fable) exhibition in conjunction, Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Alumni Printmakers, University Art Gallery, CSUH, Hayward, CA
1996 Bay Area Printmaking, artist/curator, Grace Albrecht Gallery, Sauder Visual Arts Center, Bluffton, OH
A Woman’s View, 20 North Gallery, Toledo, OH
1995 Diminutive Pairs,Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Napa, CA
Monotypes, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Napa, CA
Hotel Triton Art Fair, with Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Something for Everyone, Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Valentine Show, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
LA International Art Fair, with Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Barbie and Beyond,Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 Assemblage/Collage,Belmont Art Center, Belmont, CA
24th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Heuser Art Center, Bradley University, Peoria, IL LA International
Art Fair, Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 Heartworks, YWCA, Toledo, OH
Double Feature, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
1991 Morphos Presents,Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1990
Works on Paper, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
RESIDENCIES
2016 Alderworks Artist and Writers Retreat, Alaska, Dyea, AK
2016 Mass MOCA, North Adams, MA
2015 ArtSeed Cottage Residency, San Francisco, CA
1999 Vermont Studio Center,Full Fellowship, Johnson Vermont, VT
1996 Bluffton University, Visiting Artist & Exhibition Curator, Bluffton, OH
LECTURES
2017 Oda a La Muerte, panel descussion, Juan R. Fuentes Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Unique and Multiple: Selections from Smith Andersen Editions, The Legacy of Paula Z. Kirkeby, Panel discussion, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2016 Outdoors Close Up,Alderworks Artist and Writers Retreat, Alaska, Dyea, AK
2015 Kathryn Kain: Artist Introduction,Visiting Artist Talk, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
2014 Indelibly Yours: The Tattoo Project, Lecture, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
2009 Harvesting Myths, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
2006 La ironia inocente de la rosa, panel discussion,Ex Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, Mexico
2002 Radius,Artist Talk,Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
COMMISSIONS, PUBLICATIONS& AWARDS
2012 CWAJ Annual Print Exhibit, Invited Juror, Tokyo, Japan
2008 Second Award 90th Annual Toledo Area Artist’s Exhibit, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2002 Radius 2002 Award, Palo Alto Art Center Foundation, Palo Alto, CA 2001
Globe, Commission, Venice Beach, CA
2001 Best of Show Award, 83rd Annual Toledo Area Artist’s Exhibit, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
1997 PurchaseAward 79th Annual Toledo Area Artist’s Exhibit, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
1994 Magical Blend Magazine, Artist Profile
1992 Heartworks, Commission of 200 lithographs, YWCA, Toledo, OH
1989 Winter Pear, Commission Edition,Pasquale Iannetti Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1983 Pacific States Print and Drawing Exhibition, Purchase Award, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
COLLECTIONS
Stanford Hospital, Stanford, CA
Hoover Pavilion Permanent Collection, Palo Alto, CA
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Sonoma Museum, Sonoma, CA
Walnut Creek Civic Center, Walnut Creek, CA
Toledo Arts Commission, Toledo, OH
The Lion and Lamb Peace Art Center, Bluffton University, Bluffton, OH
Numerous private collections
EDUCATION
MFA in Printmaking, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Printmaking Post Baccalaureate Coursework, California State University, Hayward, CA
BFA Cum Laude Degree in Printmaking, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Monoprinting, Fall 2013
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Intro to Printmaking,Summer 2007, Spring 2008-9, 2011-13, Fall 2015, Winter 2009-10, Spring 2016,
Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Drawing Instructor, Fall 2008
University of California,Davis, CA
Lithography Instructor, Winter 2014
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Etching Instructor, Spring 1999,
Drawing & Printmaking Instructor, team taught, Summer 2002,
Lithography Instructor, Winter 2006-14, Spring 2017, Winter 2018, Spring 2019
Intro to Printmaking Instructor, Fall 2008-14,
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Monoprint, Lithography and Screenprint Instructor, Spring 2006-07, 2009, Fall 2007-08
Dominican University,San Rafael, CA
Etching Instructor, Spring 1999, Fall 2000, Fall 2001
Bluffton University, Bluffton, OH,
Plate Lithography Instructor, Visiting Artist invited to initiate the program, 1996