KATE WENDT
Kate Wendt, a distinguished fine artist, earned her design degree from Harrington College of Design and enjoyed a 37-year career as an Architectural Interior Design Director in Chicago, Kansas City, and Boston. Throughout her expansive career, her expertise included interior design, custom interior product design, and environmental graphics, while she continued to explore painting, photography, and jewelry design. In retirement, Kate has continued to paint, drawing deeply from her background in art, design, architecture, and her lifelong passion for dance, particularly Argentine Tango.
From an early age, Kate was drawn to the expressive potential of physical movement through dance. This early fascination evolved into a distinctive artistic style that utilizes the paint medium to convey motion through vibrant, emotive brushwork. Her paintings, characterized by a rhythmic cadence, capture the fluidity of dance and, combined with her background in design, create a portfolio that showcases both technical skill and profound emotional depth.
Kate Wendt's work has been featured in exhibitions at Creative Pinellas Gallery, Morean Art Center, Tampa Regional Arts Center, Warehouse Arts District, and the Dali Museum volunteers show. Her art is also showcased online by the Florida Watercolor Society, Las Laguna Art Gallery, and Gallerium.
KATE WENDT
Saint Petersburg, Florida
Education
1970 BS Loyola University, Chicago, Ill
1979 AA Harrington College of Design, Chicago, Ill
Additional Art Education
1989-1993 Photography,Jewelry Design, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Ill
1998-1999 Fabric Design, Kansas City Art Institute
2001-2003 Painting, Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge, MA
2017-2024 Watercolor, Acrylic Painting, Morean Arts Center, St. Pete, FL
2018-2022 Watercolor Painting, Old Hyde Park Center, Tampa, FL
2023 & 2024 Nicholas Wilton’s Creative Visionary Program
2024 The Skilled Colorist by Andrea Wedell
2023-2024 Nicholas Wilton’s Art2Life Academy
Group Exhibitions
2019 “100 Sunsets” Morean Art Center
2021 “Pond & Sea 1”, Morean Art Center
2021 “Shimmer” Warehouse Arts Exchange, Abstract Show
2021 “Yellow Butterflies” Warehouse Arts Exchange, Winter Solstice Show
2022 “Red-Blue” & Morning Light” Morean Art Center
2022 “Cactus Abstracted”, Las Laguna On-Line Gallery Show
2023 “Circles & “Circles & Rectangles” Florida Watercolor Society On-LIne
2023 “Sea & Sky Series” Morean Art Center
2023 “Patch” Gallerium Art On-Line Show
2023 “Morning Light & Pattern Play” Old Hyde Park Center Bay Area Show
2024 “Serenity” Old Hyde Park Center, Art in the Garden Show, 3rd Place
2024 “Look & You will See & Tide” Old Hyde Park Center, Bay Area Show
2024 “Inception” Florida Watercolor Annual Show at Creative Pinellas Gallery
Professional Organizations
Warehouse Arts Exchange Member
Morean Arts Center Artist Member
Tampa Regional Arts Member
Florida Watercolor Society Member
Art2Life Academy Member
