BIOGRAPHY
Kathryn Oberdorfer is an abstract painter living and working in Denver Colorado.
Following a career in the computer industry as a technical writer, she pursued the arts and was awarded her BFA from the University of Denver in 1998.
She affiliated with SPARK Gallery where she exhibits regularly. SPARK is Denver's oldest contemporary cooperative gallery.
E D U C A T I O N
1998 University of Denver, BFA, Denver CO
1970 University of Denver, BA, Denver CO
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 SPARK Gallery, Denver CO, Whereabouts
2021 SPARK Gallery, Denver CO, Narrative - Reflective of the Pandemic Era
2018 SPARK Gallery, Denver CO, In and Of Itself
2016 SPARK Gallery, Denver CO, Coming Full Circle
2011 EDGE Gallery, Denver CO, Transition
2010 EDGE Gallery, Denver CO, Quietplace
2008 EDGE Gallery, Denver CO, Interior Landscapes
2007 EDGE Gallery, Denver CO, Flow
2006 EDGE Gallery, Denver CO, Abstract Paintings II
2005 EDGE Gallery, Denver CO, Abstract Painting I
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 SPARK Gallery, Denver CO, 41st Annual Members' Show
2022 SPARK Gallery, Denver CO, Members' Exhibition - Small Works
2022 RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Denver CO, One Square Foot
2022 SPARK Gallery, Denver CO, Members' Exhibit: Part 1
2021 931 Gallery, Denver CO, Voices
2020 SPARK Gallery, Denver CO, Visual Relief
2019 SPARK Gallery, Denver CO, 40th Annual Members' Show
2018 SPARK Gallery, Denver CO, 39th Annual Members' Show
2018 SPARK Gallery, Denver CO, Sidekick
2018 SPARK Gallery, Denver CO, Underground
2017 SPARK Gallery, Denver CO, 38th Annual Members' Show: This is SPARK
2016 SPARK Gallery, Denver CO, 37th Annual Members' Show
2015 SPARK Gallery, Denver CO, 36th Annual Members Show
2015 Republic Plaza: Unicorn Gallery, Denver CO, InSight
2014 Gallery at Studio J, Denver CO, Paper Extravaganza
2013 Art Students League, Denver CO, Happy Accidents
2010 Teal Art Gallery, Breckenridge CO, Past and Future: DU Alumni Show
2010 EDGE Gallery, Denver CO, Pairing: Side-by-Side
2009 Adams State College, Alamosa CO, EDGE Goes South
2009 EDGE Gallery, Denver CO, Northern Migration
2008 EDGE Gallery, Denver CO, 6" x 36”
2008 EDGE Gallery, Denver CO, Electoral Collage: Democratic National Convention
2007 EDGE Gallery, Denver CO, EDGESTREMIST
2005 EDGE Gallery, Denver CO, BOXED: EDGESTREMIST
2001 Women's Caucus for the Arts, Denver CO
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2005 Curtis Arts & Humanities Center, Greenwood Village CO, Annual Juried Show
2002 SPARK Gallery, Denver CO, Annual Juried Show
2001 Art Students League, Denver CO, Expo 2001
PRESS
2021 Livy Snyder, DARIA, Denver CO, Review - Kathryn Oberdorfer/Madeleine Dodge/Patricia Miller
2016 Michael Paglia, Westword, Denver CO, Three Impressive Solos at Spark Gallery
2006 Mary Chandler, Rocky Mountain News, Denver CO, Abstract Rules
2006 Michael Paglia, Westword, Denver CO, Industrial Growth, Direction in Abstraction,
2006 Kyle MacMillian, The Denver Post, Denver CO, 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, Kathryn Dunham & Cleo Parker Robinson