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1. If we grew out our hair we could be one, 2007, paper, graphite, 20" x 14"
2. If we grew out our hair we could be one, detail
3. The thin line, 2008, paper, fabric, gouache, ink, vinyl faux wood tack paper, 20" x 14"
4. Why do you ignore me the closer I get?, 2007, paper, ink, gouache, 20" x 14"
5. The things I dream about sometimes scare me, 2008, paper, graphite, colored pencil,
     gouache, tea wash, 40" x 28"
6. The things I dream about sometimes scare me, detail

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I keep you here to stare at you when no one is looking, 2007, sugar,
     faux plants, water, wood, 40' x 25' x 13'
1. Exterior view
2. Exterior detail
3. Exterior detail
4. Exterior detail

I keep you here to stare at you when no one is looking, interior detail,
     2007, mixed media, 8' x 8' x 12'
5. Exterior/Interior view
6. interior detail
7. interior detail
8. interior detail

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9. Forrest Study, 2006, sugar, deer antlers, faux flowers. 3' x 2' x 2-1/2'
10. Savory and the Sweet, installation view, 2006, sugar, table, glass, wax, paper,
       dimensions vary
11. Savory and the Sweet, detail, 2006, sugar, cast deer heart in wax, paint, glass,
       wood, 5' x 2' x 1-1/2'

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Contact Information
e-mail: katherinekaminski@hotmail.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
I find excitement in temptation and glimpses of unattainable fulfillment in the forms of “maybes” and “what ifs.”  I hunt for the sensibility of want, and yearn over the price of longing. Personal in nature, my work becomes a diary- encoded with commentary and laced in veiled desires.  Layers of memories transform and manifest into a personal mythology. This mythology creates a representation of people and happenings in my life, which composes a parallel fantasy environment where my everyday human counterparts become characters that reside and evolve within this landscape.

With an interest in making drawings, prints, objects, and environments that reflect this receptivity, I find myself attracted to a macabre sense of design. My work appears enchanting, yet upon closer inspection reveals an ironic darkness. Material choices such as sugar and collectable relics act as metaphors for desire. These objects of desire explore a relationship between a healthy fulfillment and a sickly excess. The pattern of “hunting and gathering” of objects continually transpire in my work, though these matters of longing remain inherently impossible to satisfy.

Education
2007
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
MFA, Sculpture

2002
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
BA, Major, Art Education; Minor, History

Professional Experience
2004-2007   
Instructor, School of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

2004-2005
Art Teacher, K-8 Summer School, Riverside Jr. High School, Riverside, IL

Awards and Honors
2007
Best in Show, Illinois Emerging Artist Exhibition, State Exhibition for M.F.A. candidates, Mclean County Art Center, Bloomington/Normal, IL

2007-2005
FullTuition Wavier, Awarded by School of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Teaching Assistantship, Awarded by School of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

2005
International Sculpture Conference Grant, Awarded by School of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

2002-1998
Merit Award, Annual Student Art Show, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL

Partial Tuition Wavier, Appointed by School of Art, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2007
I Keep You Here To Stare At You When No One Is Looking, MFA Thesis Show, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University, IL

2006
Meet the Busy Bunnies, Vergette Gallery, Southern Illinois University, IL

Group

2007
Interart Exhibition Series, Great Basin Gallery, Great Basin College, Elko, NV
Invitational

Illinois Emerging Artist Exhibition, State Exhibition for MFA Candidates, Mclean County Art Center, Bloomington/Normal, IL

Experimental Kitten Print Show, Fort Gondo, St. Louis, MO

2006
Corpus, Interpretations of the Human Form, Gallery 33,
Chicago, IL
National Exhibition

Art St. Louis XXII, The Exhibition, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Regional Exhibition

Anthropomorphism, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
International Exhibition

Neology, Sculpture Exhibition, Nu-Art Series Gallery, St Louis, MO

Threshold, MFA Exhibition, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

On the Fence: Inside and Out, A multimedia Smithsonian companion exhibit featuring graduate students from the School of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Joan Banks Gallery, Murphysboro, IL

2005
Equipoise, Sculpture Graduate Exhibition, Owl Creek Vineyard, Cobden, IL

International Pony Show, Graduate Exhibition, HQ Gallery, Makanda IL

Making Space, Graduate Exhibition, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Trip the Trigger, MFA Exhibition, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

R.P.M., Sculpture Graduate Exhibition, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Annual Members Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004
Around the Coyote, A Chicago Exhibition Festival, Gallery 1633, Chicago, IL

Myths, Gallery 1633, Chicago, IL