Kate's work explores the notions of escape and shelter through paintings, works on paper and installation. She received her MFA from The University of Pennsylvania in 2003 and a BA from Dickinson College in 1998. She has exhibited her work locally and internationally, including The Art Institute of Philadelphia, Guizhou University in Guiyang, China, Intersection for the Arts in San Francisco, Pageant Soloveev Gallery in Philadelphia, Long Beach Island Foundation for Arts and Sciences in New Jersey, and will exhibit in the fall of 2008 at P.S.122 in New York. Her work has been featured in the publication New American Paintings in 2003 and 2008. She was a finalist for the PEW grant for artists in 2008, a Terra Foundation nominee in 2002,received a Fleisher Challenge exhibition in 2005, and participated in artist residencies at Vermont Studio Center in 2002 and 40th Street Artist in Residence in Philadelphia in 2006. She has been an adjunct member of the faculty in the Art Department at West Chester University since 2006. For more information, please visit: www.katestewart.xbuild.com email Kate