EDUCATION:
Cooper School of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968-1973 (Certificate, 1973)
Art Students’ League, New York, NY, Spring 1972, Spring 197
Further Study: Albert Handel, Pastel. Daniel Greene, Pastel
AWARDS:
The President’s Award–American Artists Professional League, NYC, 1993
Finalist—Portrait Society of America Members Competition, 2018
Finalist—Martha’s Vinyard Drawing Prize International Competition, 2020
Honorable Mention—Pastel 100 Competition, 2006
Honorable Mention–Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Annual Exhibition, NYC, 1993
Finalist—The Artist’s Magazine National Portrait Competition, 1998, 1992, 1989
Honorable Mention–All Ohio, The Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH, 1990
Gold Medal of Honor–Allied Artists of America Annual Exhibition, NYC, 1989
Pastel Society Plaque–Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Annual Exhibition, NYC, 1989
First Prize–Beck Center Proscenium Juried Show, Lakewood, OH, 1983
Mae Berlind Bach Award–Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Annual Exhibition, NYC, 1983
Second Prize–Beck Center Proscenium Juried Show, Lakewood, OH, 1983
Certificate of Merit–Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Annual Exhibition, NYC, 198l
Honorable Mention–TAG Annual, Trumbull Art Guild, Warren, OH, 1980
Finalist–American Artist Magazine’s First National Art Competition, 1978
First Prize–Baycrafters Juried Show, Bay Village, OH, 1974
Honorable Mention–Jewish Community Center Show, Cleveland Hts., OH, 1972
Cooper School of Art Student Concours–1st-Life Drawing, 2nd-Portrait Painting,
3rd-Life Drawing, Honorable Mention-Life Drawing (1968-1973)
EXHIBITIONS:
Solo:
Moreland Courts Gallery, Paintings and Studies by Kathleen McKenna, Cleveland, OH, 2024
Western Reserve Land Conservancy, “Narratives” Moreland Hills, OH, 2021
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, “Women+Paint” (two-person show) Cleveland OH, 2009
Howson Gallery, “Individuality Interpreted” Cleveland OH, 2015
Intown Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, 2007
Lakeland Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Kirtland, OH, 2002, 1996
Cleveland Play House Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 1991, 1986
Chime Art Gallery, Summit, New Jersey, 1985
Kennedy Center Art Gallery, Hiram College, Hiram, OH, 1980
Women’s City Club Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 1979
Baycrafters’ Gallery, Bay Village, OH, 1975
Central National Bank, Cleveland, OH, 1975
Selected Group Invitational:
3 Angles, A History of Cleveland Art, CAN Triennial, 78 th Street Studios, Cleveland OH, 2018
Virtual Invitational Exhibition, Art Essex Gallery, NYC 2020
52Weeks-52Works, Fawick Gallery, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea OH, 2018, 2019
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, “Majority Rising”2015, “Looking Inward”2011, Cleveland OH
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve and University Hospitals Atrium Gallery, “Art Interprets Autism” 2013
Lakeland Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, 1996-2012, Kirtland OH
U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies Program, 2004-2011
Cleveland Artists Foundation, “A Century of Portraiture” Cleveland Oh, 2002
Brenda Kroos Gallery at WKYC TV Bldg., “A Celebration of Cleveland Art” Cleveland OH, 2001
Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH, “Ohio Artists Paint Themselves” 1998, “Interiors” 1990
Butler Institute of American Art, “The Flower in American Art” Youngstown, OH, 1991
Lakeside Gallery, “Best of All Ohio” Lakeside MI 1991
BP America Gallery, “Art in the Atrium” Cleveland OH, 1989
Willoughby Fine Arts Association, “Working Portrait Artists” Willoughby OH, 1981
The Intown Club Gallery, “Six Points of View” Cleveland OH, 1980
Circle Gallery, “American Artist Magazine First National Competition” NYC 1978
Cain Park Gallery, Cleveland Heights OH, 1973
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS 1973-2014:
National
Butler Institute of American Art Mid-Year Show, Youngstown, OH
September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Louisiana
Real People, The Old Courthouse Figurative League, Crystal Lake IL
Allied Artists of America Annual, National Arts Club, NYC
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Annual, National Arts Club, NYC
American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Club, NYC
Three Media Realism Exhibition, Farrington-Keith Creative Arts Center, Dexter, MI
Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, Studio of Long Grove, Illinois
Regional
Ohio Annual Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville OH
The New Masters-Women Artists of Northeast Ohio, Wasmer Gallery, Pepper Pike OH
My Treasures Lie Within, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
The New Now, The Best of the Western Reserve
Good Neighbors, Beachwood and Shaker Arts Councils, Beachwood Community Center Gallery
All Ohio, The Canton Art Institute
Self Portrait Competition, Massillon Museum
TAG Annual, Trumbull Art Guild
COLLECTIONS:
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland State University
The Cleveland Play House
InterContinental Hotel and Conference Center, Cleveland, OH
United Cerebral Palsy Association
Koenig Sporting Goods, Solon, OH
Rav Financial, Beachwood, OH
Becker & Mishkind & Co. LPA, Elyria, OH
Carney & Carney, Westlake, OH
Numerous Private Collections in CA, CO, FL, IL, ME, MI, MN, NJ, NC, OH, SC, TN, TX, VA
PUBLICATIONS:
The Archives Speak: Insights and Images of Ohio Artists
Looking Inward, The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve
The Pastel Journal
United States Embassy Quito, Ecuador ART in Embassies Exhibition
Art in Embassies Program United States Embassy Chisinau
Cardiovascular Diagnosis & Therapy, Art and Medicine, The Power of Painting
Art in Embassies Program 2006 Desk Diary
Weeks-52Works Desk Calendar Featuring Northeast Ohio Artists
Marquis’ Who’s Who of American Women
Marquis’ Who’s Who in America
Marquis’ Who’s Who in the Midwest
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Archived Artist
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, Regional Museum
Peer Review Committee
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, 2009-Present
Faculty Member
Fine Arts Department, Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, OH, 1996 – 2013
Portrait and Figure Painting, Bay Arts, Bay Village, OH, 1976-1979
Juror
National and regional exhibitions, 1993-2024
Invited Speaker
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, Studio Tour, 2015
Women’s City Club, Cleveland, OH, Art Appreciation Course Studio Tour, 1996
Akron Society of Artists, Akron, OH, 1993
Board of Trustees
Young Audiences of Cleveland, 2002-2006