KATE WENDT
I am a painter and former design leader in major architectural and interior design firms; training in multiple disciplines shaped my sense of composition, materiality, and spatial thinking and continues to inform how I structure color, form, and surface. I have shown in local and national exhibitions.
Inspired by modernist painters—especially the Abstract Expressionists—my paintings investigate the tension between abstraction and suggestion: layered paint, collage, and surface manipulation create textured, tactile fields where color, texture, and motion converge. Working experimentally with acrylic, watercolor, gouache, oil, cold wax, and mixed media, I balance disciplined structure with spontaneous mark‑making to develop an evolving visual language that sits between memory and observation.
Education
1970 BS Loyola University, Chicago, Ill
1979 AA Harrington College of Design, Chicago, Ill
Professional Art Organizations
Warehouse Arts Exchange Member and Studio Artist Studio 105
Morean Arts Center Artist Member
Tampa Regional Arts Member
Florida Watercolor Society Member
Florida Suncoast Art Society Member
North American Watercolor Society Charter Member
Art2Life Academy Member
Art Center of Sarasota Member
Herrig Art Center Manatee Member
National Association of Women Artists, Inc.
Group Exhibitions
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
2025 “Pa Bailar, NY Peony, & Ephemeral Bloom Old Hyde Park Center
2025 “Pattern Play” Herrig Art Center, Honorable Mention
2026 “Blue” Herrig Art Center 12x12 Show, 2nd Place Award
2026. “Sunfire” Art Center Sarasota Members Show
2026 “Look & You will See & Stillness Below, Warehouse Arts, State of Mind
2026 “The Edge of Knowing” Old Hyde Park Center Bay Area Show
2026. “Pattern Play”NAWA Annual Signature Member Exhibit 2026 Leonovich Gallery,Chelsea, New York
