EXHIBITIONS
The Thinking Body, exhibition curated with Anya Kivarkis, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, California
Frippery, Stein Gallery, Cardinal Stritch University, Fox Point, Wisconsin – New Mexico and Taiwan
Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Beyond the Body: Northwest Jewelers at Play, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
Arrowmont Summer Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Inventing Contemporary Ornament, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
A View From the West, Haynes Fine Arts Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, October- November
The Ring, National Invitational, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, traveling USA
SOFA Chicago at Navy Pier, International sculpture, objects, fine art expo, represented by Mobilia Gallery
Vanity of Vanities, National Invitational, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
SOFA Chicago at Navy Pier, International sculpture, objects, fine art expo, represented by Mobilia Gallery
Boston Tea: A Party, National Invitational, Mobilia Gallery, in conjunction with the Society of North American Goldsmith’s annual conference, Boston, Massachusetts
18 Points of view, UO Faculty Exhibition, University of Oregon Museum of Art
50 Years of Studio Jewelry: A Survey of Contemporary Work 1950’s - present, Mobilia gallery, Boston MA
American Sculptural Jewelry, National Invitational, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
SOFA Chicago at Navy Pier, International sculpture, objects, fine art expo, represented by Mobilia Gallery
University of Oregon Faculty Exhibition, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Self-Portrait: Postures in Metal, National Invitational, Center of Contemporary Arts (COCA), St. Louis, Missouri
Inspired by Nature, National Invitational, Craft Alliance, Center for the Visual Arts, St. Louis, Missouri
Benchmarkers, Women in Metal, National Invitational, traveled to: Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
Somewhat Over-wrought, Solo exhibition, Bona Keane Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Signals: Late Twentieth Century American Jewelry, National Invitational shown in conjunction with Messengers of Modernism - American Studio Jewelry, 1940-1960: Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Museum des Artes Decoratifs, Montreal, Parsons School of Design, New York
3 Generations: Mentors, Teachers, Students, Modern Jewelry 1940’s to the Present, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
SOFA Chicago at Navy Pier, International sculpture, objects, fine art expo, represented by Mobilia Gallery
Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith Magazine, featured artist, Juried Competition presented as a fifth issue of Metalsmith Magazine (published quarterly)
American Revelations, A Contemporary Survey of Jewelry, exhibition jointly sponsored by the Shipley Gallery, Gateshead, England, and the Society of North American Goldsmiths; Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, England, Birmingham School of Jewelry and Silversmithing, Birmingham, England, Surrey Institute of Art, James Hockey Gallery, Farnham, England, Cleveland Craft Centre, Middlesbrough, England, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
New Jewelry from the USA, Exhibition of 17 American jewelers, curated by Charon Kransen, opening at the Edinburgh Festival, touring to: Hipotesi Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, Lesley Craze Gallery, London, England, Artbox, Waregem, Belgium
A Penchant for Pendants, National Invitational, Bona Keane Gallery of Decorative Arts, Portland, Oregon
Art Jewelry: An Historical View, National Invitational, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
50th Anniversary Faculty Invitational Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Jewelry: Varied Visions, National Invitational Exhibition, Art Tables Gallery, Houston, Texas
Modern Metals: Objects of Contemplation, National Invitational, Main Gallery, University of Texas, El Paso
Chaos Exhibition, National Invitational, University Museum, Northern Kentucky University
Metallic: An Exhibition of Metal Sculpture and Jewelry, National Invitational, Lee Hall Gallery, Northern Michigan University
Op Art: Eyeglasses by Jewelers, International Invitational, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Traveling throughout the U.S.
Metals Invitational 1994, National Invitational, University Art Galleries, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
Metalsmith Invitational Exhibition, National Invitational, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, Wisconsin
Another View, Work by Visiting Artists in Clay, Metal, Fiber and Wood, University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Masters in Contemporary Craft, National Invitational, Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Arrowmont Summer Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Contemporary Metal: Form and Narrative, National Invitational, I Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign – Urbana
Articles of Faith, National Invitational, Nightingale Gallery, San Diego, California
Group Exhibition (with Rachelle Thiewes, Leslie Leupp, Beverly Penn, and Julia Barello), Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, Texas
Stories, The Narrative Art in Contemporary Crafts, Luckenbach Mill Gallery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania,
Expressions, Jewelry in the 1990’s, National Invitational, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Tea Party, National Invitational, Faith Nightingale Gallery, San Diego, California
Sculpture to Wear (five person exhibition with William Harper, Beverly Penn, Joyce Scott, and Rachelle Thiewes), National Invitational, Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, Texas
Silver: New Forms and Expressions II, Fortunoff Exhibition, one of twenty invited artists whose work was shown in conjunction with 100 competitive entries. National traveling exhibition, Fortunoff, New York, N.Y., Schick Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, Society of North American Goldsmith’s Conference, Atlanta, Georgia
Tables and Jewelry, a Paradox of Beauty and Use, International Group Invitational, Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, California
Summer Exhibition, Regional Group Invitational, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Five in One: Christina Smith, Mac McCall, Linda Threadgill, Kate Wagle, Helen Shirk, National Invitational, Zollar Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Summer Exhibit ‘89, National Invitational, Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland, Maine
Contemporary Jewelry ‘89, National Invitational, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Kate Wagle, New Directions in Jewelry, Solo Exhibition, Faith Nightingale Gallery, San Diego, California
Metaphor in Metal, National Invitational (in conjunction with Conversations ‘89, annual regional symposium at the University of Southern Illinois), Carbondale, Illinois
National Jewelry Invitational Exhibition, Drake University Art Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
Five Contemporary American Jewelry Artists (with Jamie Bennett, Eleanor Moty, Earl Pardon, and Alan Burton Thompson), Franklin Parrasch Galleries, Washington D.C.
Ten Years After, National Invitational (in conjunction with tenth anniversary of Yuma Symposiums), Yuma Art Center, Yuma, Arizona
Tea and Ceremony, Invitational Exhibition, Faith Nightingale Gallery, San Diego, California
Two American Sculptural Jewelers (with Rachelle Thiewes), Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, Texas,
Exposition, New Art Forms: 20th Century Decorative and Applied Arts, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
12th Biennial National Invitational Exhibition, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
Kate Wagle, Linda Threadgill, Pat Flynn, Quadrum Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Goldsmithing: New Concepts and Ancient Traditions in Jewelry, National Invitational, Union Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Arte en la Frontera, National Museum of Art, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Kate Wagle, Solo Exhibition, Quadrum Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Poetry and Professionalism, Crafts in the Post-Industrial Age, National Invitational Exhibition of the American Craft Council, Southeast Region, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Precious Objects, Invitational Exhibition, Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Contemporary American Metals, National Invitational, Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, Texas
Japanese Metalsmithing Traditions, National Invitational, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, April – June, 1986; Georgia State University of Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Statement 86: A Perspective on Contemporary Art in New Mexico, Regional Invitational, Fine Arts Gallery, New Mexico State Fairgrounds, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Form Beyond Function: Recent Sculpture by North American Metalsmiths, National Invitational, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, Illinois, touring U.S.A.
Metals: Production/One of a Kind, National Invitational, Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California
American Jewelry Now, National Invitational, United States Information Agency and American Craft Museum, New York, New York, Traveling throughout Asia
Jewelry USA, National Juried, American Craft Museum, New York, New York, Traveling throughout U.S.A.
Metal Invitational, Jewelry, Sculpture, Marian Art Gallery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Metals Invitational, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Points of View, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
National Metals Invitational, Fine Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona, November
25 Jewelers + Isadora, Gallery Eight, La Jolla, California
Metals Invitational, National Invitational, Art Gallery, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
Metalwork, National Invitational, Visual Arts Gallery, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama
Production Jewelry, National Invitational, Grove Gallery, University of Southern California Craft Center, Los Angeles, California
Heavy Metal, National Invitational, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
National Metal Invitational Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
National Crafts Exhibition, Juried, Galveston Arts Gallery, Galveston, Texas
Small Sculpture & Drawings, Two-Person Exhibition with Richard Gehrke, Artifacts Gallery, Bozeman, Montana
Metalsmith ‘81, National S.N.A.G. Juried Exhibition, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas; Award of Merit
COLLECTIONS
Farago Collection, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Dorsky Collection, Samuel Dorsky Art Museum, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, New York
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon
Robert Pfannebecker, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Anne Davis, El Paso, Texas
Rachelle Thiewes, El Paso, Texas
PUBLICATIONS
(authored articles, curated publications)
“Curator and Critic Tours, Connective Conversations – Inside Oregon Art, 2011-14, The Ford Family Foundation and University of Oregon, Editor
White Box biennial exhibition catalogs, 2012 and 2014, comprehensive exhibition documentation, funded by Ford Family Foundation grants, Editor
“Vernacular of the Miraculous”, essay and editor catalog of the exhibition, “If It Please You Lord”, collection and work of printmaker Keith Achepohl, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, February-April 2014
“Resonant Objects, Spiritual Materialism”, Graces Received, Painted and Metal Ex Votos from Italy, pp. 52-67, Edited by Rosangela Briscese and Joseph Sciorra, John D. Calandra Institute, Queens College, NY, 2012
"Votive Influences: Four American Artists, P.G.R. Per Grazia Ricevuta, Paolo Malagrino Editore, Italy, 2011
“The Thinking Body”, catalog, editor and curator statement (with Anya Kivarkis), June, 2008
“China Notes”, Metalsmith, Winter 2008
"Blind Spot: Anya Kivarkis", catalog essay. Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA, September, 2007
"Seriously Absurd: Maywa Denki", Metalsmith , Winter 2007
"Bettina Speckner: Negotiations”, Metalsmith, Fall 2006
”Studio Visit, Gary Griffin at Cranbrook”, Metalsmith , Summer, 2005
“Christina Smith, the Luxury of Stolen Images,” cover article Metalsmith, Vol. 19, No. 2, Spring, 1999
“Vernacular of the Sacred, Laminae Ex Voto in Southern Italy,” Metalsmith, Vol. 18, No. 2, Spring, 1998, pp. 28-37
American Revelations, Exhibition catalog, 1996
“Kathleen E. Wagle, Contemporary Jewelry in the U.S.A.”, Four Seasons of Jewelry, No. 77 (Japanese Publication), January, 1988
american jewelry now, Exhibition catalog, United States Information Agency and American Craft Museum, New York, New York, 1985
“1994 Exhibition in Print,” Metalsmith, co-curator with Metalsmith Editorial Advisory Committee
(articles on work, notices, reviews, catalogs of exhibitions)
“Inventing Contemporary Ornament", review and photograph, Metalsmith, Vol. 23, No. 3, summer 2003
“Kate Wagle: Signs and Memory,” by Lois Allan, cover article Metalsmith, Vol. 18, No. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 18-29
“Somewhat Over Wrought,” Ornament, Vol. 21, No. 4, Summer, 1998, review and photograph
“Signals: Late Twentieth Century American Jewelry,” Metalsmith, Vol. 18, No. 1, Winter, 1998, work featured, pp. 19, 21
Jewelry, Fundamentals of Metalsmithing, Tim McCreight, Davis Publications, 1998, photograph “Timepiece: Memento Vita,” p. 19
Benchmarkers, Women in Metal, curated by Rosanne Raab, Exhibition catalog, 1998
“Penchant for Pendants,” Metalsmith, Vol. XVII, No. 1, Winter, 1997
1996 Exhibition in Print,” Metalsmith, Vol. XVI, No. 4, 1996, photographs and artist statement, p.8
“Signals: The Body as the Ultimate Medium of Worldly Exchange,” American Craft, Vol. 57, No. 2, April/May, 1997, photograph, p. 55
“Metals Invitational ‘94,” Metalsmith, Vol. XIV, No. 4, Fall, 1994, review and photograph (“Vanitas, Stone and Divers”), pp. 45-45
“The Narrative Impulse in Contemporary American Metal,” Metalsmith, Vol. XIII, No. 2, Spring, 1993, article and photographs, pp. 22-23
“Sculpture to Wear,” Metalsmith, Vol. II, No. 3, Summer, 1991, photograph “Rose (Images of Perfection),” review
Silver, New Forms and Expressions II, 1990 Fortunoff Exhibition, photograph (“Tea Rose”), catalog
“Kate Wagle: More Drawings of Roses,” Metalsmith, Vol. X, No. 1, Winter, 1990, review and photograph
New Art Forms: 20th Century Decorative and Applied Arts, September, 1988, photograph (“Shangrila” brooch), catalog
Ornament, Vol. II, No. 4, Summer, 1988, photograph (“Classic Corsage: brooch”)
“The Recognized Image: Representation in Contemporary Metals,” Metalsmith, Vol. VIII, No. 1, Winter, 1988, photograph (“Just a Mirage”)
“Contemporary American Metals,” Metalsmith, Vol. VII, No. 3, Summer, 1987, review
“The Modern Ache,” Metalsmith, Vol. VII, No. 2, Spring, 1987, review
“Portfolio, KateWagle,” American Craft, Vol. 46, No. 6, December, 1986/January, 1987, pp. 54-55, artist profile
“Fusion Patterns,” Metalsmith, Vol. V, No. 1, Winter, 1985, article
“Women in Crafts, Thirty-two of America’s Finest,” Women Artists News, Vol. X, No. 2, Winter, 1985, article
“Jewelry Today,” Christian Science Monitor, July 5, 1984, review
“Metalwork,” Metalsmith, Vol. IV, No. 3, Summer, 1984, review
Jewelry: Contemporary Design and Technique, Charles Evans, Davis Publications, 1983, book
“Metalsmith ‘81,” Metalsmith, Vol. II, No. 2, Spring, 1982, review
“Contemporary Metal,” Metalsmith, Vol. II, No. 1, Winter, 1981-82, review
HONORS
National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, Arts Midwest
PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES
“Resonant Objects, Spiritual Materialism”, lecture, John D. Calandra Institute, Queens College, NY
Metalsmithing and Jewelry, Work from the University of Oregon, Visiting Artist, lecture and critiques, California College of Art, Oakland, California, October, 2008
“The Thinking Body,” gallery tours and lectures, San Francisco Museum of Art and Design, October, 2008; Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon, June, 2008
Communicate with the World of Metal Arts, Symposium, Taichung, Taiwan, August 2008
“The Thinking Body,” slide lecture and workshop, Communicate With the World of Metal Arts, Symposium, Taichung, Taiwan, August 2008
“Shifting Pedagogies in the Field”, Panel Discussion, Annual Conference, Society of North American Goldsmiths, Savannah, Georgia, February 2008
”American and Chinese Folk Art,” Panel, Shandong University of Art and Design, Jinan, China, September, 2007
"Work," Visiting Artist, slide lecture and graduate critiques, Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, November 2001
“Art and the Body,” Visiting Artist, slide lecture and graduate critiques, one of two artists presenting in a series sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, University of Montana, Montana State University – Bozeman, Montana State University – Billings. One week lecture tour to all three state universities, April, 1999
“It’s Not Personal; Ideas of the Personal and Topical as Subject Matter in Current Metalsmithing,” debate moderator, Society of North American Goldsmith’s conference, Seattle WA, May, 1998
“Multiplicity,” Workshop, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, August, 1997
“Embossing,” Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, July, 1997
Visiting Artist, Slide-talk on personal work and Italian Ex Voto, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, April, 1997
“Adornment,” slide lecture, University of Texas, El Paso, April, 1997
Visiting Artist, Slide-talk on personal work and Italian Ex Voto, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, October, 1996
“Adornment, Form and Meaning,” slide lecture, Jewelry and Metals Symposium, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, October, 1995
Visiting Artist, “Conceptual Adornment,” Paper and workshop, University of Illinois, Champaign – Urbana, February, 1995
“Die-forming Embossed Multiples,” Workshop, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, July, 1994
Visiting Artist, “Beyond Adornment,” Workshop, Kent Blossom Festival School, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, June, 1994
“Extensions of Adornment,” public lecture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, November, 1993
“Transient Adornment,” Workshop, Seattle Metals Guild, Pratt Art Center, Seattle, Washington, November, 1993
“Quality,” panel presentation and discussion, New Art Forms Expo, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, October, 1993
Visiting Artist, slide presentation and graduate critiques, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, October, 1993
Visiting Artist, Die-forming Embossed Multiples, slide lecture/workshop, Pennsylvania State University, February, 1993
EDUCATION
1981 M.F.A., Jewelry and Metalsmithing, Arizona State University
ADMINISTRATIVE/ACADEMICEXPERIENCE
2008-2015
Associate Dean and Director, School of Architecture and Allied Arts, UO Portland
Launch of School of Architecture and Allied Arts, UO Portland, Fall 2008. Participated in design, planning, programming for new White Stag Block facility. Administrative support for A&AA Portland programs, including Masters of Architecture, BFA in Product and Material Studies, BFA in Digital Arts. Launch of UO White Box exhibition space Fall 2009. Summer in the City and Summer Design Camp programs launched in Summer 2009. The latter focuses on recruiting students from diverse and underserved communities. UO/Ford Family Foundation Analysis and establishment of annual working budget. Proposed and received approximately $200,000 funding for Ford Family Curator and Critic Tours, inviting writers and curators like Anne Ellegood, Helen Molesworth, George Baker, Suzanne Ramljak and others to meet with Oregon artists in their studios throughout the state, 2010-2019. Responsibility for multiple events, lectures, exhibitions. Maintain communication between and develop programming with Portland and Eugene campus. Oversee development, communications, promotion, outreach and fundraising responsibilities for all. Work closely with A&AA and UO Development staff.
2012-13
Acting Vice Provost, University of Oregon in Portland, sabbatical appointment - including oversight of School of Architecture and Allied Arts, School of Journalism and Communications, School of Law, events and programming for White Stag Block facilities
1999-2008
Head, Department of Art, University of Oregon
Policy development and administration of studio art programs including BA/BS/BFA/MFA in ceramics, jewelry and metalsmithing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, textiles. 600 Art majors, including 200 Digital Arts majors, 50 MFA students, eight buildings, multiple shop facilities, Developed and launched new Digital Arts program, a related Multimedia Minor (with Music, Computer Science and Journalism/Communications), and a Product and Material Studies major (with Architecture).
1994-1999
Department of Art, University of Oregon, Professor 2001; Assistant Head, 1996-97
Developed programmatic initiatives to increase communication and transparency, build community and increase the quality of Art graduate programs in all media areas.
1988-94
University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Associate Professor, Department of Art; tenured 1989; Head of Graduate Studies in Art, 1990-1994. As Head of Graduate Studies, managed all aspects of a 100 student MA and MFA program in a comprehensive art department. Responsibilities included application review, advising, TA assignment and evaluation, communication with large and diverse faculty.
1982-88
New Mexico State University, Associate Professor, 1988, In addition to establishing Jewelry and Metalsmithing undergraduate and graduate programs, organized public film series and visiting artist program, with visitors including Vito Acconci, Marcia Tucker, Judy Pfaff, John Buck, Debbie Butterfield, April Greiman, Lynda Benglis, Betty Woodman, Gary Griffin among others. Also organized Southwest Metalsmithing symposium and A Mano, jewelry and metalsmithing exhibition, supported by a successful grant proposal to the State of New Mexico.
1981-82
Montana State University, Assistant Professor and Director, Haynes Fine Arts Gallery
P R O F E S S I O N A L A C T I V I T I E S / S E R V I C E
Editor with Brian Gillis, Connective Conversations, Curator Critic Tours and Lectures, book documenting program 2015-19
Board member, Ditch Projects, Springfield, OR
Lake Oswego Gateway, Selection Committee, Arts Council of Lake Oswego
Panelist, Oregon Arts Commission Opportunity Grant
Advisory Council, Ford Family Foundation, Hallie Ford Endowment
Accreditation Evaluator, National Association Schools of Art and Design
Selection committees, multiple Oregon Percent for Arts projects
Steering Committee Member, Converge 45, Portland Arts Congress and Festival
NASAD Workshop Presenter
Chair, Committee on Nominations, NASAD
selection panel, Arts Innovator Award, Artist Trust, Seattle WA
Board Member and Chair, Membership Committee, NASAD
Secretary, Executive Committee, NASAD
Executive Committee, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon
Chair, Editorial Advisory Committee, Metalsmith Magazine
Professional Practices Committee, College Art Association
Committee on Nominations, NASAD
Juror Arizona Arts Commission Grants in Art, Music and Writing
Juror Nevada Arts Council Visual Arts Grants
Juror Utah Arts Council Visual Arts Grants
Oregon Arts Commission public arts selection committees
Chair, Editorial Advisory Committee, Metalsmith Magazine