Kathy Moss

My goal is to make beauty. The impetus to make paintings is motivated in part by my desire to the express the inexpressible: the inescapable dualities of existence.

I use botanicals as archetypes in my work. I was aware of the suggestiveness of, and psychological meaning attached to some flowers. They are ambiguous, mysterious, a way to get to the paint. and in large scale represent heads, beats, landscape. I use these objects as subject matter, in silhouette. I also refer to my imagery as ‘girlie’ as the motifs and even mere suggestions of flowers and hearts are usually associated with being female, and feminine. My work addresses issues of power, solipsism, hierarchies by presenting imaginary orders, arrangements that would not occur in the natural world; I am working in response to and partly inspired by both external and internal chaos. I have turned them- flowers, seed pods, skeletons of pine cones, thistles into icons. The motifs are beards; their arrangement a poetic depiction of the internal self.

The work has evolved over the last twenty years into a personal iconography, a

world of glistening, minimalist surfaces, with floating objects employed as signs. The paintings play with bridging the two worlds of the conceptual and the representative, delicate, minimal amounts of paint oozing and floating on the muscular chalk and oil surface while the subject matter exists in deep space. I am making a beautiful image and simultaneously commenting on the nature of paint and the act of making. This is, in part, the text and the subtext of my work. Influenced by work as a surface designer I have come to see repetition as a type of abstract structure; one which infers less linear narrative even as a narrative is added by the inferred denial of it. I imply pattern as a way of giving meaning- suggesting a rhythm, and then breaking that rhythm. I am interested in the edge, dark on light, and its stark effect of push and pull, the situation of figure on ground. Color is subtle, implicitly referential. The paintings are formal in orientation. I think of my work as situational haiku: a rare, tightly held moment. Ultimately the works must succeed formally, hold the surface, have a discreet narrative, and be beautiful.

Kathy Moss

Untitled #478Oil on linen52” x 52”KaM 41

Untitled #481Oil on linen

48” x 48”KaM 44

Untitled #494Oil on linen94” x 63”KaM 73

Untitled #480Oil on linen

48” x 48”KaM 63

Untitled #491Oil on linen84” x 56”KaM 65

Untitled #493Oil on linen

84” x 56”KaM 66

Untitled #476Oil on linen78” x 70”KaM 67

Untitled #456Oil on linen

72” x 72”KaM 68

Untitled #457Oil on linen72” x 72”KaM 69

Untitled #475Oil on linen

62” x 62”KaM 70

Untitled #492Oil on linen44” x 44”KaM 71

Untitled #488Oil on linen

94” x 63”KaM 72

Untitled DrawingCharcoal on paper27.75” x 16” FramedKaM 61

Untitled DrawingCharcoal on paper24” x 18”KaM 62

Untitled DrawingCharcoal on paper24” x 18”KaM 55

Hearts, beats drawingCharcoal on rag paper

23.375” x 12.25”KaM 54

Untitled DrawingCharcoal on paper31.25” x 30.125” FramedKaM 60

Study for WoodcutCharcoal on rag paper

15” x 29.75” FramedKaM 56

AfterlifeCharcoal on rag vellum paper22.125” x 13.5”KaM 52

Untitled, Black Drawing #1Charcoal on paper

7.5” x 11.375”KaM 50

Black Dot Drawing #5Charcoal on paper11.75” x 12”KaM 48

Untitled, Black Drawing #2Charcoal on paper

7.5” x 11.375”KaM 49

Untitled, Black Drawing #14Charcoal on paper9” x 11”KaM 45

Untitled, Black Drawing #10Charocal on paper

11.75” x 12”KaM 46

Untitled, Black Drawing #12Charcoal on paper11.875” x 12”KaM 47

EDUCATION2002 New York Studio School, New York, NY1976 SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS2018 Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID2016 - 2017 Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID2013 Secret/Garden, PS 209, Stone Ridge, NY2007 Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ2005 Two Person Exhibition, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA 2003 Scott White Contemporary Art, Telluride, CO Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA2002 Two Person Exhibition, Scott White Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY Luminous Nature, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO Kathy Moss: New Paintings, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY 2001 Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY2000 Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY1999 O’Hara Gallery, New York, NY1995 Frameworks, New York, NY1992 Cleveland Editions, Brooklyn, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2016 October residency group exhibition, Arteles Oy, Haukijarvi, Finland Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA, Gail Severn Gallery2015 Winter Dreams, Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT Summer Group Show, Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT2014 Fete, Diehl Gallery, Jackson, WY Spring Group Show, Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT Winter Show, Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT

2014 LA Art Show, Cumberland Gallery, Los Angeles, CA2013 Splendor, Diehl Gallery, Jackson, WY Winter Group Show, PS 209, Stone Ridge, NY UV Portfolio Show, Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY Fete, Diehl Gallery, Jackson, WY Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN Summer 2013, Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT2012 Lo and Behold, Diehl Gallery, Jackson, WY Affordable Art Fair, Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA Paintings, Alan Avery Art Company, Atlanta, GA Some Girls, Howland Center, Beacon, NY Paintings, Argazzi Art, Lakeville CT2011 Fete 2011, Diehl Gallery, Jackson, WY New Works, Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT Group Show, Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT2010 Winter 2010, Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT Nexus, Stephen Haller Gallery, NY, NY Summer Show, Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT Fete, Diehl Gallery, Jackson, WY2009 Small Works Show, Diehl Gallery, Jackson, WY In Context, Stephen Haller Gallery, NY, NY 5th Annual Fete, Diehl Gallery, Jackson, WY Spring 2009, Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT Continuum, Stephen Haller Gallery, NY, NY Holiday 2009, Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT2008 New Work, Alan Avery Art Company, Atlanta, GA Group Show, Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT Flourish, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO Women’s Work, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY Group Show, Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA2007 Retrospective/Prospective, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID New York Studio School 2007 Benefit Dinner & Auction, (by invitation)

Kathy Moss

2006 Art of Feasting, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID Celebration of Fall, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID Compendium, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY Through the Trees, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID Solstice, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY2005 Group Exhibition, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA Serial, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Focus, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY Summer Salon, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA Art for Animals, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY Elements of Nature, Bulldog Studios, Beacon, NY Constant Aesthetic, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY2004 Constant Aesthetic 2004, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY2003 Narrative Abstraction, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY Coda, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY Constant Aesthetic 2003, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY2002 Beyond Botanica, Scott White Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA Surface Fragments, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY Signals, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 25 Years A Celebration, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID The Eloquent Flower Show VI, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID Two Person Exhibition, Scott White Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA Surface IV, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID Women at Work Gala 2002, The New 42nd St. Studios, New York, NY Luminous Nature, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO Surface Fragments, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY2001 Introductions, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID Noel Night, Scott White Contemporary Art, Telluride, CO Constant Aesthetic 2001, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY Aesthetic Boundaries, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY

2000 Simple Truths, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY Paintings, Anderson Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM Surface Tension, Part I, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY Constant Aesthetic 2000, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY1999 Inclusions, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY Three Person Exhibition, Soma Gallery, La Jolla, CA New Talent, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA1998 Selected Works, O’Hara Gallery, New York, NY The Art Show, ADA: Annual Young Collectors Evening, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY1996 Seventh National Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists Inc., New York, NY The lyrical, the expressionist, and the poetic, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY1995 A Grand Affair, Michael Walls Gallery, New York, NY Thirty Years of Drawing, New York Studio School, New York, NY1994 Window on Nineteenth, New York, NY Strictly Drawing, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, NY Nature Morte: A Current View, New York Studio School, New York, NY1989 In Search of the American Experience, Museum of the National Arts Foundation, New York, NY

TEACHING2013 Spring Semester Part Time Faculty, Parsons School of Design2012 Summer Semester Part Time Faculty, Parsons School of Design

CIVIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONSSaks Fifth Avenue, New York, NYState Department of the United States of America, United States Embassy, Ciudad Juarez, MexicoUAE Embassy, United Arab EmiratesPhillip Morris, New York, NYThe Equitable Collection, New York, NYGeneral Electric, New York, NY

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2016 Arteles Catalog, Arteles Oy, Haukijarvi, Finland2014 Natural Sanctuaries, Eliza Cross WESTERN ART & ARCHITECTURE, August- September 2014 Argazzi Art’s Winter Show, Carola Lott THE MILLBROOK INDEPENDENT, January 24, 20142013 DESIGN BROOKLYN: Renovation, Restoration, Innovation, Industry, Anne Hellman, ABRAMS, October 22, 2013 Woodcut Prints Form Matteawan Gallery’s UV Portfolio, Alison Rooney PHILIPSTOWN.INFO, November 3, 2013 A Sure Eye for Texture, Beauty and Tone, Leon Graham THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL, June 6, 20132012 Some Girls of Beacon Show, Jennifer Warren HUDSON VALLEY PRESS ONLINE, March 7, 20122011 A Pied-a-Terre for East Coast Sojourns, Joyce Cohen THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 1, 20112010 Getting out in Lakeville, Daniela Forte THE LITCHFIELD COUNTY TIMES MONTHLY, July 20102009 Gallery signals summer with a celebration of art, Katy Niner JACKSON HOLE NEWS AND GUIDE, July 1-7, 2009 Saks Fifth Avenue Revamps Its New York Flagship Third Floor CONTRACT MAGAZINE, August 31, 20092008 Art Roundup for May, THE COUNTRY AND ABROAD, May, Flourish opens at Robischon Gallery, Rachel ColeDENVER CULTURE FEED, May 10, 2008 Making All the Parts Fit, Mary Voelz Chandler ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, May 29, 2008

2008 Robischon’s Flourish to Whither Away, Michael Paglia DENVER WESTWORD BLOGS, June 20, 20082006 A Summer Sampler of Refined Abstraction, Maureen Mullarkey THE NEW YORK SUN, July 13, 2006 Tried &True, Chris Macbride BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS, Decorating, Spring 20062005 Old Dominion Showhouse, Jill Kirchner Simpson SOUTHERN ACCENTS, November-December 2004 A Clean Palette, Alice Leccese Powers HOME & DESIGN, Spring 20042003 Painter Kathy Moss: Berries..., Elizabeth Covington THE TELLURIDE WATCH, July 11-14, 2003 Painter Kathy Moss’ Obsession with Form & Light, Susan Viebrock TELLURIDE DAILY PLANET, July 11, 20032002 Painting Succeeds at Evergreen Status, Mary Voelz Chandler ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, January, 2002 Early Thaw, Michael Paglia DENVER WESTWORD JOURNAL, February 10, 2002 Ambitious Moves, Michael Paglia, ART NEWS (January 2002)2000 Kathy Moss at Stephen Haller Gallery, Jonathan Goodman ART IN AMERICA1999 Field of Vision, Peter Plagens HOUSE & GARDEN Kathy Moss, J. Bowyer Bell, REVIEW1998 Kathy Moss, J. Bowyer Bell, REVIEW

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Kathy Moss