Kate Nartker lives and works in San Francisco, CA

katenartker@gmail.com


 Exhibitions

2012   Stop & Go Show, Amsterdam, NL, Berlin, DE, Pula, HR, Zagreb, HR
            4x4, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
            MFA Now, Root Division, San Francisco, CA

2011   Shot Through, Hordaland Art Center, Bergen Norway
            In Motion, College Avenue Galleries, Oakland, CA
            Proof, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
            Frontrunners, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
            Aire Biennial, Museo Diego-Anahuacalli, Mexico City, Mexico
            Dying Salon, North/South Galleries, CCA, Oakland, CA
            Craft Forward, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2010   HELLO, North/South Galleries, CCA, Oakland, CA
            International TECHstyle Art Biennial, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
            Innovations in Contemporary Crafts, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
            Textiles in 3D, Rock Paper Scissors Collective, Oakland, CA
     
2009   Again and Again and Again: Repeat Pattern Now and Then, SF State University, San Francisco, CA
            SFSU 20th Annual Juried Stillwell Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
 


Education

2012   MFA, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2007   Certificate in Pattern Making, Apparel Arts, San Francisco, CA
2002   BA, Comparative Studies, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2001   Certificate Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL


Awards

2011   Design Sponge Scholarship Finalist
            Creative Promise Award, Surface Design Association 
            Phelan, Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship
            Northwest Area Arts Council Fiber and Textiles Arts Scholarship
            AAUW Women's Career Development Grant

2010   Charlene Burningham Scholarship, Split Rock Arts Program

2009   Penland School of Crafts Work-Study Scholarship