Katharine Noe

Artist Statement

My work is inspired in part by my dreams and by growing up in the midst of the Navajo and Zuni cultures. I use the monotype medium because it allows me to incorporate personal iconography, work in layers and explore positive and negative space. 

I seek to transform the poetry of my dream journal into a visual representation that is accessible to the viewer. To achieve this I incorporate symbols which have a connection to my childhood, and I combine them with numbers and automatic writing. Monotype has allowed me to explore the fluidity of both thought and materials.  It is a new process for me and I am still at the "learning the limits" stage. The science and chemistry of printmaking has always appealed to me.

My work fills my need for a certain order within the precariousness of my dreams. I express my sense of connectedness to other cultures while recording my personal journey through a life that does not always seem to be mine. 

Biography

Date and Place of Birth: 1948, Gallup, New Mexico

Education:  BA, History and Anthropology, UNM. 1970

            post-graduate work- lithography, drawing, painting, UNM  1980-88

Awards and Grants:

2003  Tamarind Workshop

1990  Director's Choice, Chicago- Rt. 66 Show 

Major collections:

New Mexico Governor's Mansion

RMCHCS

City of Gallup

Gallup Cultural Center

Southwest Indian Foundation

Major group exhibitions:

1989-2007 - Crashing Thunder Gallery, Gallup, NM

2005 Ingham Chapman Gallery, UNM,G

2002 Ingham Chapman Gallery, UNM,G

1994- Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colo.

1993- The Downtown Studio, Colorado Springs, Colo.

1992 Carol Sayre Gallery, Thoreau, NM

1991- Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colo.

1990- Governor's Lobby, Santa Fe, NM

1989-1995- Red Mesa Art Center, Gallup, NM

1988- UNM Traveling Student Show

1986- UNM Student Gallery

Publications:

Red Mesa Review, editions 1-4, UNMG