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Cincinnati, Ohio  45202

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M. Katherine Hurley is from a small town in Midwest Ohio called Gates Mills. It is known for its New England – like charm, rolling hill and horse farms. Horses were her first love and for the 17 years of Katherine’s life, she cared for and trained them. The barns became a sanctuary. Riding through the beautiful hills and valleys was a serene and soulful experience for her. These roots are the reason Hurley is so passionate about landscape painting. She believes we all need to be surrounded by this kind of beauty and peace and Katherine tries to portray this in her work.

Katherine concentrated in art in high school at Notre Dame Academy in Chardon, Ohio and in 1974 received a BFA at The College of Mt. St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio. She continued her studies at The Art Academy of Cincinnati and worked with renowned colorist and landscape painter, Wolf Kahn. For over 30 years, she has been a working artist in Cincinnati, Ohio and has raised her family there. M. Katherine has exhibited in Europe and is represented in several premier galleries in the U.S.A. Her work is in numerous private and corporate collections throughout the United States. Hurley is a Signature member of the Pastel Society of America.

Katherine was honored to have a solo exhibit of her pastels at The Butler Institute of American Art in 2005. Her work has been featured in The Pastel Journal and most recently in The Artist’s Magazine (Jan./Feb. 2008 and June 2008). Hurley also enjoys teaching, primarily by giving workshops and mentoring young art students. Cincinnati art historian, critic and writer, Daniel Brown writes:

“Hurley’s work is the search for essences, not likenesses…and symbolically represents nature/ life, growth and beauty. The synchronicity of styles – between her own art and that of the American Luminists and the Song painters of the Northern and Southern dynasties- brings her to the forefront, in my opinion, of America’s contemporary landscape artists.”

 

 
Gallery Representation
Cincinnati, Ohio
-Hurley Fine Art Studio/Gallery
 The Pendleton Art Center
 Studio 701

Columbus, Ohio 
-Art Access

Cleveland, Ohio 
-Bonfoey Co.
Martha's Vineyard,
Massachusetts

-North Water Gallery
Cincinnati, Ohio
-5th Street Gallery
Knoxville, Tennessee
-Liz-Beth Gallery
 

Solo Exhibits
2005 - The Butler Institute Museum, Youngstown, Ohio
2005 - Gardner-Colby Gallery, Edgar town, Mississippi
1993-2005 - Hurley Fine Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2003 - Art Access Gallery, Bexley, Ohio
2002 - "Transitions", Art Access, Columbus, Ohio
2000 - Bittners, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Indiana University, Richmond, Indiana
1999 - The Bonfoey Co., Cleveland, OH
- "Luminous Landscapes", Art Access, Columbus, OH
1998 - Studio 701 (studio/gallery of the artist)
- Town Club, Cincinnati, OH
- Art Access, Columbus, OH
- Mr. & Mrs. James Kaufman, Russell, OH-
  "Nature's   Drama"
1995-98 - Pendleton Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
1994 - Frame Concepts, Cincinnati, OH
- Studio 701, Pendleton Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
- Atelier, Cincinnati, OH
- Treasures, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
1993 - Pendleton Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
1989-93 - Atelier, Cincinnati, OH


Two-Person Exhibits
2007 - Art Access, Columbus, OH
2006 - Gardner Colby Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA
2006 - Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples, FL
2005 - The Butler Institute Museum, Youngstown, Ohio
2005 - Gardner-Colby Gallery, Edgar town, Mississippi
1993 -
05
- Hurley Fine Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

 

Group Exhibits
2008 - 5h Street Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2008 - Studio 701/703 Pendleton Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
2008 - "Evening in the Garden"-Taft Museum, United Way Invitational, Cincinnati, OH
2008 - United Way Invitational, Cincinnati, OH
2008 - "Calligraphic Expression", Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
2008 - Art Gallery Indian Hill Church, Cincinnati, OH
2008
- Invitational Hillside Trust - Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
2008
- "Java, Jazz, and Art", New Richmond, OH
2008
- "Hidden Truths" Gallery 42, Mason, OH
2008
- "Vibrations in the Landscape" Art Access Gallery, Columbus, OH
2008
- "The Law, the Land & the People" Ohio Judicial Center, Columbus, OH
2008
- North Water Gallery, Edgar town, Mass.
2006 - 07
- "Back to Beauty", University Cincinnati OH
  - "Back to Beauty", United Way, Cincinnati OH
  - "Back to Beauty", Cincinnati Women's Club, Cincinnati OH
2006
- Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2005
- "33rd Annual Exhibition for Pastels Only"
                 Pastel Society of America in New York
2003
- Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NYC, NY
2003
- American Gallery, Sylvania, OH
2002
- Maple Knoll Village, Cincinnati, OH

2001

- "A River Runs Through It", YWCA Womens Art Gallery,
  Cincinnati, OH

2001

- Fifth Third Bank Home & Garden Show, Cincinnati, OH

2001

- "Realism to Extraction", Art Access, Columbus, OH

2000

- "Two Women"- Art Access, Columbus, OH
- Munich, Germany
- Coldstream Country Club, Cincinnati, OH

1999

- The Best of Cincinnati Women Artists, University Club,
  Cincinnati, OH

- "The Best of the Best", Art Access, Columbus, OH
- The Artists of Bittners, Bittners Design Gallery,
  Cincinnati, OH

1998

- "Three Women Exhibition", Blue Wolf Bistro,
  Cincinnati, OH

- Lyndon Fine Art, Chicago, IL- "Three Women Exhibition"
- College of Mt. St. Joseph, Alumni Invitational,
  Cincinnati, OH

- KZF Gallery- 10 Year Retrospective Invitational-
  Art Access- "Small Works"

- Interiors, "What I Did On My Summer Vacation",
  Cincinnati, OH

1997 - 98

- Hurley Fine Art Studio- Works by M. Katherine Hurley and
  Wolf Kahn

1997

- University of Cincinnati Medical Library
- Ensemble Theater, Cincinnati, OH
- Fifth Third Bank Home and Garden Show, Cincinnati, OH
- "Outside In II", KZF Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

1996 - 98

- Interiors, Cincinnati, OH

1996

- "Outside In", KZF Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
- "Eleven", Cincinnati Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
- Fifth Third Bank Art on the Square, AOS Invitational,
  Cincinnati, OH

1995

- Clermont College, Batavia, OH (3 woman shoe)
- Studio San Guisseppe, "At Issue: Our Environment",
  College of Mt. St. Joseph, Cincinnati, OH

- Studio 701 (studio/gallery of the artist),
  Pendleton Art Center, Cincinnati, Oh

- "Flowers and Garden Dreams", YMCA, Cincinnati, OH
- "Ohio Scapes", Hammond Galleries, Lancaster, OH
- "Outside In", KZF Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
- 5/3 Art On The Square, Independent Salon, Cincinnati, OH
- "Viewpoint '95", Cincinnati Art Club, Cincinnati, OH

1994

- Art On The Square, (regional juried exhibition),
  Cincinnati, OH

- "Viewpoint '94", Cincinnati Art Club, Cincinnati, OH
- Mason Fine Art Gallery "Longing", Mason, OH
- Alternative "Christmas Exhibit", Cincinnati, OH
- Ault Park Garden Show (national exhibition),
  Cincinnati, OH

1993

- Mason Fine Art Gallery (juried show), Cincinnati, OH
- Studio San Guiseppe- College of Mt. St. Joseph,
  Cincinnati, OH

1992

- Pendleton Center Invitational, Cincinnati, OH

1989 - 92

- Atelier, Cincinnati, OH

1989

- Miller Gallery, "City by Six" (curator), Cincinnati, OH

1988

- Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

1987

- WCET "Two Women", Cincinnati, OH

1986

- Carnegie Art Center Women's Caucus

1985

- Studio San Guisseppe "Three Women", College of
  Mt. St. Joseph, Cincinnati, OH

1978 - 84

- The Framery, Cincinnati, OH

1978 - 80

- Hyde Park Art Show, Cincinnati, OH
The images of M. Katherine Hurley oil and pastel landscape paintings
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