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KATHRYN OBERDORFER
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  • Works on Paper
  • Exhibits
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BIOGRAPHY
​Kathryn Oberdorfer is an abstract artist rooted in the era of Abstract Expressionism. 
She is a long-time resident of Denver Colorado and is affiliated with SPARK Gallery where she exhibits regularly. 


E D U C A T I O N       
1998     University of Denver, BFA
1970     University of Denver, BA
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025     Art Gym, To See Takes Time 
2024    
SPARK Gallery, Remembering August
2023    
SPARK Gallery, Whereabouts
2021     
SPARK Gallery, Narrative - Reflective of the Pandemic Era
2018     SPARK Gallery, In and Of Itself 
2016     
SPARK Gallery,
Coming Full Circle 
2011     
EDGE Gallery, Transition 
2010     
EDGE Gallery, Quietplace 
2008     
EDGE Gallery, Interior Landscapes
2007     
EDGE Gallery, Flow
2006     
EDGE Gallery, Abstract Paintings II
2005     
EDGE Gallery,
Abstract Painting I

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026     Spark Gallery, Spark Members Annual Exhibit
2026     Davis Gallery University of Denver, Journey - DU Alumni Artists 1987-2025

2025     Edge Gallery, Alumni Show 
2025     Spark Gallery, Spark Members Annual Exhibit
2025     Spark Gallery, Little x Little
2025     D'art Gallery West, Pleiades-Constellation of Artists
2024     Art Gym, 
Art Gym Members Printmaking Exhibit
2023     Dancing Grains Woodworks - Boulder, Art Gym Members Show
2023     SPARK Gallery, 41st Annual Members' Show
2022     SPARK Gallery, Members' Exhibition - Small Works

2022     RedLine Contemporary Art Center, One Square Foot
2022     SPARK Gallery, Members' Exhibit: Part 1
2021     931 Gallery, Voices
2020    
SPARK Gallery, Visual Relief
2019    
SPARK Gallery, 40th Annual Members' Show
2018    
SPARK Gallery, 39th Annual Members' Show
2018     
SPARK Gallery, Sidekick
2018     
SPARK Gallery, Underground
2017    
SPARK Gallery, 38th Annual Members' Show: This is SPARK
2016    
SPARK Gallery, 37th Annual Members' Show
2015    
SPARK Gallery, 36th Annual Members Show 
2015     Republic Plaza: Unicorn Gallery, 
InSight
2014     Gallery at Studio J, Paper Extravaganza
2013     
Art Students League, Happy Accidents
2010     
Teal Art Gallery-Breckenridge, Past and Future: DU Alumni Show
2010     
EDGE Gallery, Pairing: Side-by-Side
2009     
Adams State College-Alamosa, EDGE Goes South
2009     EDGE Gallery,
Northern Migration
2008     EDGE Gallery, 6" x 36”
2008     
EDGE Gallery, Electoral Collage: Democratic National Convention
2007     
EDGE Gallery, EDGESTREMIST
2005     
EDGE Gallery, 
BOXED: EDGESTREMIST
2001     Women's Caucus for the Arts
 

JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2005    Curtis Arts & Humanities Center, Annual Juried Show
2002    SPARK Gallery, Annual Juried Show
2001    Art Students League, Expo 2001
 
PRESS
2025    Poloma Jimenez, DARIA, Kathryn Oberdorfer  - To See Takes Time
2025    Raymundo Munoz, DARIA,
This is Spark -  Annual Member's Show
2021    Livy Snyder, DARIA, Kathryn Oberdorfer/Madeleine Dodge/Patricia Miller
2016    Michael Paglia, Westword, Three Impressive Solos at Spark Gallery
2006    Mary Chandler, Rocky Mountain News, Abstract Rules
2006    Michael Paglia, Westword, Industrial Growth, Direction in Abstraction

2006    Kyle MacMillian, The Denver Post, Room to Room, A Lovely Collision of Methods

 
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2022            SPARK Gallery, Co-Chair, Reverse Image, Juried Printmaking Exhibition
2018            SPARK Gallery, Co-Chair, Co-ops: Past, Present and Future, Panel Discussion
2015-18       University of Denver: DU Art, Board Member/Secretary       

2009            Turnverein Dance & Cultural Center Art Show, Juror
1994 & 96    Dance Teacher Now Magazine, Mt. Morris, Illinois, Contributing Writer, Katherine Dunham & Cleo Parker Robinson



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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