Bio

Kate Teale was born in Hampshire, England. She received her MA from Oxford University, England; her Art Diploma from City and Guilds of London Art School and her MFA from Hunter College, C.U.N.Y.

Teale’s 2014 solo survey show comes with a catalog including essays by Lucy L Lippard, Don Desmett and Sarah Schmerler. http://issuu.com/dondesmett2/docs/kate_teale_ebook/0

Other shows include solo shows at Studio10, Bushwick, in 2013 & 2016, and group shows at Gallery Ho; Monya Rowe Gallery and Jim Kempner Gallery, all in Chelsea NYC. Group shows at Brooklyn galleries include The Boiler; Bushwick Basel with Valentine Gallery; Storefront; Sideshow and Schema Projects. Her work can be seen at Pierogi Gallery flat files, Brooklyn and at Studio10, Bushwick.

In 1992, Teale received a Winston Churchill Fellowship to travel to the US and study the teaching of drawing in the US, from which she developed a lecture series in the UK. She has also taught at Yale (Graduate drawing, School of Architecture), Pratt Institute, Hunter College, and elsewhere in the US and UK.

In 2013 Teale received a Joan Mitchell Foundation artist development grant; a New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship in Painting 2008, and one for Drawing in 2023. She has had a subsidized studio space as part of the Two Trees Cultural Space Subsidy program since 2019. She has written feature articles for the UK art magazine Contemporary Art. She also curates: at Platform in 2022, at the Kerr Gallery, Western Michigan University in 2014, and mainly as founder/director of Big&Small/Casual Gallery where she put on shows and events over five years www.bigandsmallcasual.net

Solo and 2-person shows

2022   HOLE with Jillian McDonald at Undercurrent, Brooklyn NY

2021  AT HOME with David Henderson at John Molloy Gallery, NYC

2019  OPENINGS two-person show at Studio10, Bushwick with Larry Greenberg

2016  THE HOUSED Opalka Gallery, Sage University, Albany NY

2016   I AM NOT EMPTY, I AM OPEN Studio 10, Bushwick NYC

2014  THE HOUSED Richmond Center for the Arts, Western Michigan University

2013   THE SEA IS ALL AROUND US Studio 10, Bushwick NYC

2003   KATE TEALE Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art, New York, NY

2001  PATTERNS OR PLEASURE & MODELS OF THE MIND Hampden Gallery, U.MASS, Amherst, MA

1998  KATE TEALE First New York, New York, NY

1997  NATURAL HISTORIES Yearsley Spring Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1996  NEW WORK Spring Gallery, New York, NY

1994  THIS FLESH Square Tower, Portsmouth, UK

1992  PORTRAIT OF A LADY Main Window, DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York, NY

Selected Group shows

2022  BLURR with Jimbo Blachly, Sunny Kim and David Scher at Platform, NYC

2020   PASSING BITTERSWEET, Lafayette College, Easton PA, curated by Elizabeth Johnson

2019  PICTURING SPACE at F.I.T. Gallery, curated by Anne Finkelstein

2018   GOING DARK Major installation commissioned for Art Prize, Grand Rapids MI

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS, curated by Andrew Robinson and Jim Osman in conjunction with the Earth Manual Project and Disaster Preparedness in Constructed Environments The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, The NewSchool University, NYC

2017  IN & OUT 2-person show, Studio 10 Gallery, Brooklyn

2015  DESTROY, SHE SAID, curated by Saul Anton and Ethan Spigland. Pierogi Boiler, Brooklyn

MAKING HISTORY, Storefront, Bushwick

2014   VAPORS & SQUALLS, curated by Paul D’Agostino, Centotto, Bushwick NY

CIRCLE THE WAGONS, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn NY

2013  CLOUDS Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY

CALM BEFORE THE STORM 3-person show, Gallery Ho, New York, NY

DRAFTED Schema Projects, Bushwick NY

SIDESHOW NATION Sideshow, Brooklyn NY

TRIPSWITCH Nora York’s performance at Joe’s Pub

2012  BUSHWICK BASEL with Valentine Gallery, Brooklyn NY

BIG QUEENS DRAWING SHOW Jamaica Center for the Arts, Queens, NY

TRIPSWITCH Nora York at Joe’s Pub (with Nancy Spero, Leon Golub, Jane Dickson, and Jerry Kearns)

2011   DRAWN Storefront, Bushwick, NY

GROUP SHOW Gallery Muam, New York, NY

ITS ALL GOOD Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn NY

EXIT ART BENEFIT Exit Art, NYC

2010   IT’S A WONDERFUL 10^th Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

BOTH SIDES OF THE PULASKI curated by Andrea Salerno, LIC, NY

WORKS ON PAPER Big&Small/Casual Gallery, LIC, NY

2009   GROUP SHOW Jim Kempner Gallery, New York, NY

2008  SAME OLD/SAME NEW Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY curated by Jane Harris

ON, OF, AND ABOUT PAPER Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, CA

NYFA AWARD WINNERS EXHIBITION Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

PAPERWORKS The Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, CA (prizewinner)

2007  KEEPING IT REAL with Sean Mellyn, Jane Dickson and others, at Richmond Center for the Arts, Kalamazoo, MI. Curated by Jerry Kearns

2006   ID CHECK The Lab Gallery, New York, NY

2004  FROM THE COLLECTION OF BROOKS JONES Greer Art Museum, Rio Grande, OH

2003  KATE TEALE & DAVID HENDERSON Parker Gallery, Fort Lee, NJ

2002  ABOUT PAPER Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art, New York, NY

with Amanda Guest and Maureen McQuillan.

1999  CHOICES ’99 Exit Art, New York, NY

CULTURAMA Gen Art, New York, NY

LONDON ART FAIR with NYLON Gallery, Contemporary Art Center, London, UK

1998  DRAWINGS Yearsley Spring Gallery, PA

199 1997   TEXT AND TOUCH Hunter Galleries, NYC with Kiki Smith, Roni Horn, Lesley Dill, Carolee Schneeman, Kathleen Kucka, and others

1996   C.A.A SHOW represented Hunter MFA, New York, NY

SPRING Spring Gallery, New York, NY

1995  THE HUMAN FORM Winchester Contemporary Art, Winchester, UK

1994  REXEL DERWENT NATIONAL DRAWING OPEN Cheltenham, UK

1993  777 Simultaneous exhibition in Amsterdam, Bratislava, Denmark, Dusseldorf, Moscow, Portsmouth and Reykjavik.

Awards

2023  NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Award in Drawing

2023  Two Trees Cultural Space Subsidy 3 year studio recipient renewed

2019   Two Trees Cultural Space Subsidy 3 year studio recipient

2013  Joan Mitchell Foundation artist grant

2008   New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Painting

1994  Major project grants from Southern Arts, Hampshire County & Portsmouth City Councils, UK

1992  Winston Churchill International Travel Fellowship, UK

Education

1998  MFA, Painting. Hunter College, New York, NY

1988  Diploma, Art. City and Guilds of London Art School, England.

1984  MA (Oxon), English Literature. Oxford University, England.

Reviews and Publications

2022  Review of HOLE in by Jonathan Stevenson for Two Coats of Paint https://twocoatsofpaint.com/2022/08/undercurrent-hibernation-and-emergence.html

2019   Interview with Etty Yaniv, Art Spiel https://artspiel.org/kate-teale-landscapes-of-void/

2016  Featured in MAKING HISTORY BUSHWICK book

2016  THE BROOKLYN RAIL review by Taney Roniger of I AM NOT EMPTY I AM OPEN

2014  WILLIAMSBURG/GREENPOINT NEWS feature article by Sarah Schmerler on YOUR PLACE OR MINE curatorial project

2013  BROOKLYN RAIL Tom McGlynn on THE SEA IS ALL AROUND US

THE ART BLOG Elizabeth Johnson on THE SEA IS ALL AROUND US

2012  ART NEWS and ART ON PAPER for ABOUT PAPER December issue

200 2011  UP & COMING: AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO THE ART WORLD by Michael Steinberg.

1999  TIME OUT NEW YORK CHOICES ’99 Exit Art, New York, NY

1999  NEW YORK ARTS MAGAZINE CHOICES ’99 Exit Art, New York, NY

1997  REVIEW MAGAZINE TEXT & TOUCH, Hunter Galleries, New York, NY

1997  ART PAPERS TEXT & TOUCH, Hunter Galleries, New York, NY

1997  PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER NATURAL HISTORIES Yearsley Spring Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Critical Writing

2012  WHERE WE FELL TO EARTH inclusion in collection of essays and stories

1996  CONTEMPORARY ART MAGAZINE “Leon Golub” feature article

1995   CONTEMPORARY ART MAGAZINE “John Virtue” feature article

Curatorial/Gallery Director

2009  Founder/Director of BIG & SMALL/CASUAL GALLERY, Long Island City

Matt Freedman’s TWIN TWIN III: ARTISTS’ EDITION

BIG, SMALL & CASUAL Sculpture by Mary Carlson, paintings by Laura Newman

2010  FLOATING ROOM by Kristine Marx and FLOURESCANT PHASE by Nicedisc

HAPHAZARD COLOR MACHINE by Ken Devine and PLASMOIDAL VOIDS by Caroline Cox

WORKS ON PAPER (70 artists)

INLAND with Christian Legendre, Alistair Teale, Sonita Singwi, Rachel Urkowitz

2011  FROM OUR PERMANENT RECOLLECTION Barbara Friedman and Roger Sayre

⌘C/⌘V (CUT/PASTE) with Jerry Kearns, Rene Smith, Tim Spelios and Seher Shah

2012  PANORAMAS/FOLDS/LOSTHORIZONS with Linda Ganjian, Jesse Lambert, Jeremy Stenger

SMALL SCULPTURE (BY BIG PEOPLE) with Mike Ballou; Adam Brent; Mary Carlson; James O Clark; Caroline Cox; Dido Crosby; Katharina Denzinger; Matt Freedman; Linda Ganjian; David Henderson; Todd Lambrix; Bix Lye; Shari Mendelson; Christian Nguyen; Jim Osman; Eung Ho Park; Thaddeus Radell; Jude Tallichet; Bill Thompson; Rachel Urkowitz, Scott Verhagen; David Weinrib; Natalia Zubko

COLOR/CONSTRUCT with Gene Benson; Mary Judge and Lawrence Swan

2014   YOUR PLACE OR MINE Kerr Gallery, Western Michigan University. Michael Ballou, Paul D’Agostino and Janice Bridgers show their work alongside a slice of their homes

Paul, in re-creating his salon gallery, Centotto, shows work by Fred Valentine, Patricial Satterlee and Paul Gagner

2019  A DAY IN THE LIFE, Sjoerd Doting. HOME SWEET (PSYCHO) HOME, Jillian McDonald.

Public Collections

SOUTHERN ARTS COLLECTION Russell Coats Museum, Bournemouth, England.

PORTSMOUTH CITY ART GALLERY Portsmouth, England.

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Washington D.C.

Catalogs

2014  THE HOUSED with essays by Lucy L Lippard and Sarah Schmerler, and an interview with curator, Don Desmett – Richmond Center for the Arts, Western Michigan University, MI http://issuu.com/dondesmett2/docs/kate_teale_ebook/0

2010   INLAND Big and Small/Casual Gallery, LIC, NY

2001  PATTERNS OF PLEASURE AND MODELS OF THE MIND U.MASS, Amherst, MA

1996  SPRING Catalog, Spring Gallery, New York, NY

1993  777 7 artists in 7 countries

Teaching

2002 - now Assistant Professor, Integrative Studio and Drawing, Parsons School of Design

2001 - 04 Adjunct Professor in Graduate Drawing, Yale School of Architecture

2003 - 04 Professor, Yale School of Architecture, Graduate Summer program in Rome

2005 - 08 Adjunct Professor, Foundation Drawing, Pratt Institute

2004 Adjunct Professor, Drawing, S.U.N.Y. Purchase Summer Program, Pisciotta, Italy

2002 Adjunct Professor, Drawing and Painting, S.U.N.Y. Purchase College

1989 - 95 Prof. Painting, Drawing and Foundation Studies. Including degree and graduate level Fine Art Portsmouth University, UK

1993 - 04 Visiting Lecturer. Winchester Art School; St. Albans College of Art; University of Trent; University of Sunderland and University of Northumbria, UK

Other Employment

1996 – 2012 Photo Editor, Donald Martin & Co./The European Travel Commission, New York, NY

Finding and commissioning photographs for 3 national publications and website 1996 – 2012

1988 – 90 Founder/Director of Forcey, Teale & Co. Mural and decorative arts business.

Collectors (selected)