KATIE GENTNER
b. 1993.
Lives and works in Knoxville, Tennessee.
EDUCATION
2019 MFA candidate, Painting & Drawing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2015 BA, Studio Arts. Psychology Minor. University of Wisconsin, Parkside
Study Abroad Italy, Art History and Drawing, May-June, UWP
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Runaway Dreamhouse, Knoxville Center Mall, Knoxville, TN
2017 If Lost, Please Return To:, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2015 Transcendence: A Senior Exhibition, Foundations Gallery, UWP
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2018 Sleep with Me, collaboration with April Marten, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN (August)
Culture Salon, collaboration with Reid Arowood, Culture Salon, Knoxville, TN. (May)
Clam Slam: Barter Kings and Craigslist Queens, The Edge, Knoxville, TN. (May)
Femissance, juried by Women’s Coordinating Council, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN (April)
Sculpture Clubby II, juried by Sculpture Club, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Orange 6, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA
71st Annual Student Art Competition, juried by Pat Badt and Scott Sherk, Ewing
Gallery, UTK
Clam Slam: The Birds and the SHEs, The Edge, Knoxville, TN
Artist in Residence Biennial, collaboration with Dana DeGiulio, Ewing Gallery, UTK
2017 Handheld Festival, juried by time based arts faculty, UTK
Back for Seconds, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Mall Walker, curated by Ezra Tessler, Knoxville Center Mall, Knoxville, TN
Sculpture Clubby, juried by Sculpture Club, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2016 Top Soil: Body Farm, UT Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN
10th Annual Au Natural: The Nude in the 21st Century, Juried by Lisa Harris, Royal Nebeker Art Gallery, Astoria, OR
2015 58th Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI
Local Artist Showcase, Envi Lounge, Racine, WI
Gender Perceptions, Public Craft Brewery, Kenosha, WI
Kenosha Pop Up Gallery, Fusion, Kenosha, WI
Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Juried by Shane Walsh, Foundations Gallery, UWP
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2018 Buck Ewing Fellowship, $2000, UTK
Nominated for Thomas- Penley Fellowship, UTK
Best Graduate Video, $100 for Doll Face, 71st Annual Student Art Competition, UTK
2017 Faculty Award for Outstanding Graduate Work, $50 for Doll Face, Handheld Festival, UTK
Dorothy Dille Materials Grant, $900 for Runaway Dreamhouse, UTK
Chancellor’s Fellowship, UTK
2016 Chancellor’s Fellowship, UTK
2015 Artist in Residence Living Resource Center, Mount Pleasant, WI
Outstanding Graduate Art Department, UWP
Teresa Peck Award for Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies, $600 for Gender Perceptions series, UWP
1st Place, Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, $300 for Ian #1, Juried by Shane Walsh, Foundations Gallery, UWP
Wisconsin Study Abroad Grant, $1500, University of Wisconsin, Parkside
TEACHING
2018 Instructor of Record, Art 103: Introduction to Studio Arts II, Spring, UTK
2017 Instructor of Record, Art 101: Introduction to Studio Arts I, Fall, UTK
Graduate Teaching Assistant, to Ezra Tessler for Painting III, Spring, UTK
2016 Graduate Teaching Assistant, to Jered Sprecher for Painting IV, UTK
Graduate Teaching Assistant, to Josh Bienko for Drawing IV, UTK
Graduate Teaching Assistant, to Natalie Petrosky for Painting I, UTK
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2018 AIR Takeover, collaboration with Holly Kelly and April Marten, UTK
Curator, Send Nudes ;) UTK Sex Week Art Exhibition, The Birdhouse, Knoxville, TN
Public Lecture, Go 4ourth: Fourth Semester Graduate Lectures, UTK
Associate Gallery Director, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Graduate Student Representative, School of Art Diversity Committee, UTK
2017 Graduate Figure Model Coordinator, Painting & Drawing Department, UTK
Associate Gallery Director, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Graduate Student Representative, School of Art Diversity Committee, UTK
Artist Lecture, Phoenix Literary Arts Magazine Showcase, TN
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Tennessee – Chattanooga
Best Practices in Teaching Certificate, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Workshop Assistant, to Jered Sprecher, Project funded by National Endowment for the Arts, Challenge Grant, South Doyle High School, Knoxville, TN
2016 Graduate Student Representative, School of Art Diversity Committee, UTK
2015 Artwork Specialist, Uline, Kenosha, WI
Intern Expose Kenosha, Kenosha, WI
Arts and Crafts Program Director, Camp Anokijig, Plymouth, WI [Summers 2011-2015]
PUBLICATIONS
2017 Present Perfect Tense, Collaborative Newspaper, Edition of 2,000, Knoxville, TN
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 Phoenix Literary Arts Magazine Issue 60, Volume 1, Knoxville, TN
Phoenix Literary Arts Magazine Issue 59, Volume 2, Knoxville, TN
2015 Straylight Literary Arts Magazine Volume 9.1, Kenosha, WI