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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


kmwendt@mac.com

 

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

2024 Florida Watercolor Painting at Creative Pinellas

Inception
Watercolor & Gouache
18 x 24 

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