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Education

2022-Present  BFA in Studio Art, University of Minnesota (Graduation, May 2025)
                              Minor in Gender Women and Sexuality Studies

                              Minor in Museum and Curatorial Studies

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 Notan, Cicada Curatorial, https://www.cicadacuratorial.com/notan

         Collective ALCHEMY IV, Burl Gallery, St. Paul, MN ​

         The Skin Exhibition, Fresh Eye Gallery, Minneapolis, MN ​

         Body Language, Paul Wilson Larson Art Gallery, St. Paul, MN​

2023 Undergraduate Scholarship Exhibition, Quarter Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

​         Stay Human, Quarter Gallery, Regis Center for Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

​         The Periphery of Power, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

​         Untitled, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN

​         Portals, Barbara Barker Center For Dance, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

​2022 BFA Undergrad Scholarship Exhibition, Quarter Gallery, Regis Center for Art, University of            Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

​         Click for Art, Northrop, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

​         Chiaroscuro Portrait, Regis Center for Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

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Awards 

2024  Grand Opening Contest Winner, MoonLit Getaway International Literary Journal ($100)
2024  Winston Visual Arts Scholarship, National Society of Arts and Letters ($2,000)
2023  First Grant, Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation ($12,600)​

2023  Brown McKenzie Scholarship, University of Minnesota ($2,000)​

2023  Individual Artist Award, The McKnight Foundation ($3,000)​

2023  Student Arts Scholarship, Central Minnesota Arts Board ($1,500)​

2022  Individual Artist Award, The McKnight Foundation ($3,000)​

2022  Student Arts Scholarship, Central Minnesota Arts Board ($1,500)​

2022  Carter Prize Scholarship, University of Minnesota ($5,000)​

2021  Student Arts Scholarship, Central Minnesota Arts Board ($1,500)​

2021  Silver Key Portfolio, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

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Publications 

Featured artwork, “Entangled in My Roots”. MoonLit Getaway International Literary Journal.  Issue 001. Fall 2025. https://www.moonlitgetaway.com/art/entangled-in-my-roots.

 

Featured artwork, “A Perfect Commotion Shed Its Light of Me”. Harvard Undergraduate Journal of Art. Issue 002. Fall 2024. 

Featured artwork “Change of Season.” The Tower Literary and Art Magazine. Volume 18. Spring 2024

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Featured three Artworks, Suboart Magazine: International Art Magazine for Emerging Artists, Issue oo6. Spring 2023

Featured artwork, “Love From Somebody Else.” The Tower Literary and Art Magazine. Volume 17. Spring 2023

 

Featured artwork “Daisy Fresh Girl” in “An Englishman’s Obeah: Bringing a Zombie to New England” by Emily White. Resistance. University of Wisconsin-Madison Journal of Literary Criticism. Volume 13. Fall 2023  https://issuu.com/themjlc/docs/themjlcresistancedigital

Featured five artworks and a personal essay, “The Perpetual Cycle of Misogyny.” Yale Journal of Art and Art History, Issue 005. Spring 2022

 

Media/Interview

Artist Interview. Moonlit Getaway International Literary Journal. Fall 2024 https://www.moonlitgetaway.com/post/artist-interview-kathryn-blommel

Exhibition review. Horner, Sarah. “Art exhibit ‘Periphery of Power’ celebrates existing in the margins.” The Minnesota Daily, July 26, 2023. https://mndaily.com/278132/arts-entertainment/art-exhibit-periphery-of-power-celebrates-existing-in-the-margins/

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Curated Exhibitions

2023, Stay Human, Quarter Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

 

Professional Experience

2024-Present, Gallery Preparator, Katherine E Nash Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN​

2023-24 Gallery Preparator Intern, Katherine E Nash Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN​

2021-23 Gallery Assistant, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota​

2024  Assistant Teacher Intern, Total Arts Day Camp, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN​

2023  Events Crew Employee, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN