Kathleen Piunti


Biography


B O R N

April 25, 1928


S T A T E M E N T

Our visual world gives me great pleasure. A subject may attract me because of its color, contrasts of light or its geometry. Painting the human presence in the real world and the way it is revealed by light is my celebration of life. The real world has much more beauty and infinite variety of form and color than that which can be imagined.


E D U C A T I O N

Drake University, 1969–70 (Graduate Assistant)
Northern Illinois University, 1967
Illinois Institute of Design, 1966
Eastern Illinois University, 1948–50, B.S. in Art Education, 1950
Art Institute of Chicago, 1945–46, 1951
University of Chicago, 1945–46


E X H I B I T I O N S
    One Person Shows

  • Uptown Gallery, New York, NY, October, 1989, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2002
  • Ziegenfuss Gallery of Fine Art, Sarasota, FL, 1997, Featured Artist December 1999
  • Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1983, 1981, 1987, 1994
  • Gallery 30, Gettysburg, PA, 1994
  • Tangerine Fine Arts, October 1993
  • Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA, 1978, 1993
  • Jewish Community Center, Harrisburg, PA, 1986
  • Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, 1985
  • The Gallery, York, PA, 1985
  • City Center, Harrisburg, PA, 1985
  • Pennsylvania State University, York, PA, 1984
  • Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA, 1984
  • Doshi Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA, 1982
  • Reading Area Community College, Reading, PA, 1982
  • Wm. Ris Galleries, Camp Hill, PA, 1981
  • Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, PA, 1978

    Group Shows

  • Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL, Cityscapes, 2003
  • Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, Annual Juried Membership Exhibit, 1999
  • Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, A Diverse Gathering: Highlights of Local Collections, 1998
  • Harrisburg Arts Council, Celebration of Women, 1993
  • Tangerine Fine Arts, Harrisburg, PA, Prints '93, Harrisburg, PA
  • Bald Eagle Art League, National Art Exhibition, 1993, Williamsport, PA
  • Mechanicsburg Art Center, Mechanicsburg, PA, Instructors Retrospective, Lifelong learning through the arts, 1992
  • Founders Hall, Hershey, PA, Gallery 33 - WITF Limited Edition Collection
  • Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA, Harrisburg Arts Council, Celebration of Women, 1993; Women in the Arts Salute to Women's History Month, 1990.
  • Gallery 30, Gettysburg, PA, Women Artists & Artisans, 1990
  • Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, Five Women, 1991
  • Uptown Gallery, New York, NY: Three Person Show, January 1989; Summer Selections, July 1988; Contemporary Realism, May 1987
  • Gallery Henoch, New York, NY: New York—City by Day, City by Night, February 1989; Holiday Group Show, December 1988; Toys, February 1988; 1987, January 1987;
  • Selected Gallery Artists, December 1987, Summer 1989
  • Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA: Painting and Sculpture Annual, 1989, 1988, 1991
  • Joan Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL: A Sense of Place, Three Person Show, February 1988
  • Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA: Annual Summer Exhibit, July 1989, 1990, 2000;
  • Small Works, December 1988; In Celebration of Philadelphia, August 1988, 1989, 1991; Landscapes, July 1987; Summerscapes I, 1986; Director's Choice, December 1985; City Art, November 1985; Ten Realists, August 1985; Four Realists, 1982; Realist Drawings, Watercolors & Prints, 1981; Summer in the City, 1989
  • Bronx Museum of the Arts, Krasdale Foods Satellite Gallery, New York, NY: The Food Show, 1987
  • Shippensburg University Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg, PA: Contemporary Women Painters, November 1987; Women Painters of Pennsylvania, 1997
  • Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT: Food Show, 1987
  • Wycoff Gallery, Wycoff, NJ: Summer Show, 1989
  • Old Bergen Art Guild, Bayonne, NJ: Pennsylvania Group Traveling Show, 1987 Tour; Pittsburgh State University, Pittsburgh, KS; Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO; University of Delaware, Newark, DE; University of Portland, Portland, OR; State University of New York, Alfred, NY; Medford Media Center, Medford, NJ; Wicomico County Library, Salisbury, MD; Mt. Aloysius College, Cresson, PA
  • Wm. Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, PA: Greater Harrisburg Arts Festival, All Pennsylvania Juried Exhibition, 1987, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976; Pennsylvania Artists and Craftsmen Invitational, 1976; Women in the Arts, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978
  • Harrisburg City Center, Harrisburg, PA: Doshi Invitational, 1983
  • Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA: Contemporary Women Artists of Philadelphia, September 1986. Traveling Show: Northwestern Institute, Fort Washington, PA; Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA; Hebrew Home for the Aged, Riverside, NY; Elderhouse, Norwalk, CT; Jewish Hospital & Rehabilitation Center, Jersey City, NJ; Radford University, Radford, VA; Crozier-Chester Hospital, Chester, PA
  • Pennsylvania State University Heindel Library, Middletown, PA: Mechanicsburg Art Center
  • Printmakers, January 1986
  • Mechanicsburg Art Center, Mechanicsburg, PA: A Tribute to Women in the Arts, 1986; Best of 1982; Annual Juried Exhibition, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977; Members Show, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983; Print Show 1998; Group Instructors Exhibition, 1992
  • Doshi Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA: New Directions/Printmaking,
  • Photography, June 1986; Doshi Center Calendar Show, October 1986; Words, Letters & Numbers III, June 1985; The City, September 1984; Urban Facades, 1981, 20/20, Doshi's 20th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition, 1992; Contemporary-Realism, 1997; Annual Juried Show, 1997, 1999
  • Pennsylvania Watercolor Society 8th Annual Juried Exhibition, York College of Pennsylvania, Cora Miller Art Gallery, 1986; 5th Annual Hershey Museum of American Life, November 1983; 4th Annual, Art Association of Harrisburg, 1982; 3rd Annual, Central Pennsylvania Business School, Summerdale, PA, 1981; 2nd Annual, Wm. Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, PA, 1980; 1st Annual, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA, 1979; 19th Bucknell Annual University, Lewisburg, PA, 1998; Members Show,
  • Shippensburg University of PA, 1997; 18th Anniversary, Hershey, PA 1997
  • Gallery 30, Gettysburg, PA: Mechanicsburg Art Center Printmakers, 1985
  • Messiah College, Grantham, PA: Susquehanna Valley Invitational Painting Exhibit, January 1985
  • Washington & Jefferson University, Washington, PA: W&J National, 1985
  • Michigan Watercolor Society, Midland Center for the Arts Inc., Midland, MI: Waterworks 1985. Traveling Show: Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI; Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI: Traverse City Arts Council, Traverse City, MI; Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI; Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI; Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI; Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, MI; Museum of Arts & History, Port Huron, MI; Jesse Besser Museum, Alpena, MI
  • Jewish Community Center, Harrisburg, PA, Mechanicsburg Art Center Printmakers, 1984
  • Wm Ris Galleries, Camp Hill, PA, Mechanicsburg Art Center Printmakers, 1984; Group Shows, 1981, 1979, 1978, 1977
  • Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA, By the Sea, June 1984, Three Person Show, 1983
  • National Arts Club, New York, NY, Audubon Artists 41st Annual Exhibition, March 1984; 40th Annual Exhibition, 1983
  • Park Lane Galleries, Camp Hill, PA, Mechanicsburg Art Center Printmakers, March 1984
  • Reading Museum & Art Gallery, Reading, PA, Berks Art Alliance Annual, 1982, 1980
  • Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA: Annual Juried Exhibition 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976; Five Woman Show; Members Show, 1977, 1981, 1983; Flower Show, 1978; Figuratively Speaking, 1980, 1981; An Exhibition of the Permanent Collection, 1990; The Art of Food, 1997, 1998, 1999
  • Villanova University, Villanova, PA: Works on Paper, 1981
  • Tremellen Gallery, Lancaster, PA: First National Exhibition, 1980
  • Pennsylvania State Capital Building, Harrisburg, PA: Women in the Arts, 1980, 1979
  • Governor's Mansion, Harrisburg, PA: Doshi Invitational, 1980
  • Salmagundi Club Open Juried Exhibition, New York, NY, April 1979
  • Lebanon College Annual, Annville, PA: 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976
  • Knickerbocker Artists of America, National Arts Club, New York, NY: 29th Annual, October 1979
  • Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL: Alumni Invitational, 1978
  • Sholem Aleichem, Birmingham, MI, 1978
  • York Art Association, York, PA: 7th Annual, 1977
  • Livonia Michigan Arts Commission, Livonia, MI: Spring Show, 1975
  • Grosse Pointe Artists Association, Grosse Pointe, MI: Garden Show 1975
  • Detroit Artists Market, 1975
  • Farmington Artists Association, Farmington, MI: Annuals 1975, 1974
  • Indianapolis 500, Civic Center, Indianapolis, IN: 1973
  • Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN: Tippecanoe Regional, 1973, 1965
  • Hoosier Salon Annual, Indianapolis, IN, 1973
  • Anderson Fine Arts Center, Anderson, IN: Winter Show, 1973, 1972
  • Indiana Artists, Indianapolis, IN: 100, 1972
  • Whitewater Valley Arts Association, Connersville, IN: 10th Annual 1972
  • Indiana National Bank, Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Printmakers 1972
  • Northern Illinois Gas Company, Elgin, IL: Best of 1968, 1966
  • Union League Club, Chicago, IL: 6th Union League Show, 1965

A W A R D S

  • Visual Art Center, Sarasota, FL: Members' Show, Best of Show, 1999
  • Bald Eagle Art League, Williamsport, PA, National Art Exhibition 1993, Honorable Mention
  • Wm. Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, PA: Annual Juried Exhibition, Third Place 1983; First Place 1980
  • Women in the Arts, Wm. Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, PA: First Place 1982, 1980
  • Pennsylvania Watercolor Society: Honorable Mention 1982, Purchase Award 1979, Materials Award, 1998
  • Michigan Watercolor Society: Michael Shamat Award 1985
  • Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA: Annual Juried Exhibition, Second Place 1981, 1979; Third Place 1980; Honorable Mention 1978, Honorable Mention 1977; Members Show, Third Place 1977, 1983; Flower Show, Third Place 1978; Figuratively Speaking, First Place and Honorable Mention 1981; The Art of Food, Second Place,
  • 1997; Best of Show, 1998; Second Place, 1999
  • Reading Museum & Art Gallery, Reading, PA: Berks Art Alliance Annual, First Place 1980
  • Tremellen Gallery, Lancaster, PA: First National Exhibition, Second and Third Place 1980
  • Mechanicsburg Art Center, Mechanicsburg, PA: Annual Exhibitions, First Place 1986, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1980; Second Place 1986, 1985, 1981; Honorable Mention 1979
  • Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA: Annual Exhibition, Second 1976
  • Livonia Arts Commission, Livonia, MI: First Place 1975
  • Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN: Tippecanoe Regional, Second Purchase Award 1965
  • Union League Club, Chicago, IL: 6th Union League Show, Purchase Award 1965
  • Fine Arts Gallery, Exposition Building, Indianapolis, IN: Honorable Mention 1973
  • Town & Country Art Show, Urbana, IL: First Place 1961


C O L L E C T I O N S

    Public & Corporate

  • Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
  • Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN
  • Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
  • Wilmington Trust, Wilmington, DE
  • Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
  • Bell Savings Bank, Philadelphia, PA
  • Blank, Rome, Klaus & Comisky, Philadelphia, PA
  • Brandywine Country Club, Wilmington, DE
  • Cal-Togs, Los Angeles, CA
  • City of Bradley, IL
  • City of Park Forest, IL
  • Cynthia, Inc., Bala Cynwyd, PA
  • Ernst & Whinney, New York, NY
  • Farmers Trust & Savings, Carlisle, PA
  • Federal Realty Investment Trust, Chevy Chase, MD
  • First Florida, Tampa, FL
  • Giant Food Stores, Inc., Carlisle, PA
  • United Airlines, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA
  • Hanneman Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Hay Associates, Philadelphia, PA
  • Hershey Foods Corporation, Hershey, PA
  • Hershey, Philbin & McMillan, Harrisburg, PA
  • Kidder Peabody Collection, New York, NY
  • Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
  • Peninsula United Methodist Homes, Wilmington, DE
  • Pennsylvania Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Philadelphia, PA
  • Phico Corporation, Mechanicsburg, PA
  • Phoenix Contact Corporation, Harrisburg, PA
  • Senator Don Riegle, Michigan & Washington, DC
  • Smith Kline French Collection, Philadelphia, PA
  • Subaru Corporation of America, Philadelphia, PA
  • The Fidelity Bank, Philadelphia, PA
  • TLC Publications, Philadelphia, PA
  • Robert Morris Associates, Philadelphia, PA
  • Vinson & Elkins, Dallas, TX


B I B L I O G R A P H Y  (partial listing)
  • Cover Painting, Seven Arts, Philadelphia, PA, June 1995
  • Blank, Barbara, Food is Seen, Not Eaten, at Art Exhibit, The Sentinel, Carlisle, PA, January 16, 1997
  • Piunti, Kathleen, Capturing the City in Oils, The Artist's Magazine, September 1995.
  • Joan Altabe, Art Review, Artists' Landscapes Excite the Senses, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, February 21, 1988
  • Alan Milstein, Around the Galleries, Visions: From Inside Out, From Outside In, The Bulletin, November 22, 1981, Philadelphia, PA
  • Smith Klein Catalog, 1981
  • Victoria, Donahoe, Art, Ten Realist Artists, Philadelphia Inquirer, September 6, 1985
  • Tony Perry, A Way With Light, Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA, December 22, 1985
  • Artist's Magazine Calendar, 1997
  • Irwin Richman, RX for the Urban Blues, Harrisburg, A City Magazine, 125th Anniversary Edition, 1985
  • Candyce H. Stapen, Mid-Atlantic Visions, Mid-Atlantic Country, November, 1987
  • Candyce H. Stapen, Regional Art, What Is It? Why Collect It?, Palm Beach Illustrated, Fall Number Six, 1989
  • Calendar, Permanent Collection, Wilmington Trust, Wilmington, DE
  • Jane Maulfair, Contemporary Women Artists Delivers More Than Its Promise, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, January 23, 1987
  • Suzanne Cassidy, Seeking Easel Rights Amendment—A Tribute to Pennsylvania Women Painters, Lancaster New Era, Lancaster, PA, October 6, 1987
  • Diana J. Sims, A Look at Forgotten Painters—Conference Explores Pennsylvania's Women in Art, The Morning Herald, Hagerstown, MD, October 6, 1987
  • Sandy Cullen, Exhibit Focuses on Giving Women Artists Their Due—Age Old Inequity of Display Space Questioned—Shippensburg Presents Works of Diversity, Sunday
  • Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA, October 18, 1987; Strawberry Square Exhibit Celebrates Women in Arts, Patriot-News, March 15, 1990
  • Dennis Wepman, Uptown Gallery Catalog, Kathleen Piunti, Sidewalks of New York, 1989

P R O F E S S I O N A L   A C T I V I T I E S
  • Resident Fellow, Vermont Studio Colony, February 1988
  • Guest Lecturer, Lebanon Valley Arts Council
  • Guest Lecturer, Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, PA, 1987, 1993
  • Guest Lecturer, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, 1985
  • Guest Lecturer, School of the Arts, Lancaster, PA, 1984
  • Instructor in Painting & Printmaking, Mechanicsburg Art Center, Mechanicsburg, PA,
  • 1980-1987
  • Painting Instructor, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA, 1979
  • Past President, Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, 1980
  • Board Member, Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, 1979–1987, Recording Secretary, 1981–1987
  • Board Member, Art Association of Harrisburg, 1979
  • Board Member, Mechanicsburg Art Center, 1986–1989
  • Painting Instructor, Dundee Art Center, Dundee, IL, 1968
  • Painting Instructor, Park Forest Art Center, Park Forest, IL, 1967
  • Board Member, Livonia Arts Commission, Livonia, MI, 1975
  • Art Instructor, DesMoines Public Schools, DesMoines, IA, 1970
  • Art Instructor, Whitefish Bay Public Schools, Whitefish Bay, WI, 1969
  • Art Instructor, Elgin Public Schools, Elgin, IL, 1968
  • Art Instructor, Kankakee Public Schools, Kankakee, IL, 1951

G A L L E R Y   A F F I L I A T I O N S

  • Uptown Gallery, New York, NY, 1986-
  • Ziegenfuss Gallery of Fine Art, Sarasota, FL, 1997-
  • Gallery Henoch, New York, NY, 1986-1990
  • Joan Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL, 1988-1989
  • Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1980-
  • The Gallery, York, PA, 1984-1988
  • Gallery 30, Gettysburg, PA, 1981-
  • Delaware Museum of Art Members Gallery, Wilmington, DE, 1987-
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Sales & Rental Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1981-
  • Wm. Ris Galleries, Camp Hill, PA, 1977-1984
  • Detroit Museum of Art Sales & Rental Gallery, 1975
  • Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI, 1975
  • Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 1983
  • Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN, 1973
  • La Borie Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1965-1966
  • Levitte Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1965-1966
  • Reis Gallery, Charlevoix, MI, 1975

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