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