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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



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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