Resume

EDUCATION

1978	B.A. in Art, Summa Cum Laude, Minnesota State University-Moorhead, Moorhead, MN

 

SOLO EXHIBITS                                                                                 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS  (juried or invitational)

2022	All Women, All Wyoming  Horizon Fine Art, Jackson, WY
2021	22nd Annual Will Creek Exhibition, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD
2020	Governor’s Capitol Art Exhibition, Cheyenne, WY
2019	Women Artists of the West 49th National Exhibition, Boulder, CO
2019	Pikes Peak Watercolor Society International Watermedia, Colorado Springs, CO
2013 – 2019	Wyoming Watercolor Society annual national juried exhibit, Sheridan, WY
2012 – 2023	Horizon Fine Art, group exhibit, Jackson Hole, WY
1998 – 2020	National Sumi-e Society of America – included in 16 annual international juried exhibits at various USA locations
2017	44th annual Rocky Mountain National Watermedia, Evergreen, CO
2017	Minnesota Watercolor Society, Dancing with Color and Light, Minneapolis, MN
2017	Chinese Culture and Community Center, West Meets East, Gaithersburg, MD
2017	Tubac Center for the Arts, Flight, Tubac, AZ
2016	Women Artists of the West annual national juried exhibit, Fredericksburg, TX
2010	Trio Fine Arts, Resonance, two-person exhibit, Jackson Hole, WY
2006	Strathmore Hall Arts Center, three-person exhibit, Bethesda, MD
2004, 2005	Strathmore Hall, Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Engravers Society of Washington, DC, international juried exhibition, Bethesda, MD
2004	MFA Circle Gallery, American Landscapes, national juried exhibit, Annapolis MD
2003	Fine Arts Building Gallery, Landscape Unlimited, Chicago, IL
2002	BlackRock Center for the Arts, Works on Paper, Germantown, MD
2002	Touchstone Gallery National All Media Show, Washington DC
2002	Gallery West, national juried exhibit, Alexandria, VA
1996	The Art League Gallery, American Landscapes, Alexandria, VA
1995, 1997	Naples Art Gallery, two-person exhibit, Naples, FL
1993	Meadow Creek Gallery, two-person exhibit, Edina, MN

 

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

2024	Spirit of Wyoming, winner, Wyoming Arts Council and Jackson Hole Still Works, sponsors of label art competition
2020	Ming Chiao Award, Sumi-e Society of America juried exhibit
2019	First Place – Lynn Thomas Memorial art exhibit, Big Piney WY
2019, 2020	Wild Walls, inclusion in Jackson Hole Public Art mural project
2018	Best Wyoming Artist Award, Watercolor Wyoming 33th Annual National Exhibit
2017	Blick Art Materials Award, Sumie Society of America exhibit, Tallahassee, FL
2017- 2020	Featured “WyoView” artist, painting properties protected by Jackson Hole Land Trust in Wyoming
2017	Best In Show, Wyoming Watercolor Society small works exhibit
2017	“2nd Honors”, Minnesota Watercolor Society spring exhibit
2016	Achieved Wyoming Watercolor Artists signature member status
2016	Acceptance into Women Artists of the West, associate member
2015	Best Wyoming Artist Award, Watercolor Wyoming 30th Annual National Exhibit
2015	Blue Heron Art Award, Sumie Society of America exhibit, Mobile, AL
2010	National Capital Area Award , Sumi-e Society of America exhibit, Washington, DC
2008	Ming Chiao Award for Non-Traditional Painting, Sumi-e Society of America exhibit, Bethesda, MD
2006, 2005	Paul Schwartz Memorial Award, Sumi-e Society of America exhibit, Bethesda, MD, Clearwater, FL
2003	Irving Affias Award, Sumi-e Society of America exhibit, Bethesda, MD
2002	Honorable Mention,Touchstone Gallery annual national juried All Media exhibit, Washington, DC
2001	Tesshin Sasaki Award, Sumi-e Society of America juried exhibit, Portsmouth, VA
1999	Winsor-Newton Award, Sumi-e Society Exhibit, Long Island, NY
1998	Ming Chiao Award for Non-Traditional Painting, Sumi-e Society Exhibit, Mobile, AL
1998	1st  Place Award, Sumi-e Society National Capital Area Chapter juried members show, Alexandria, VA
1992	Purchase Award, Wausau Festival of Arts, Wausau, WI

 

GRANTS

2016	Ringholz Foundation Visual Art Grant
1991	Minnesota State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant

 

PUBLICATIONS

2021	The Artists’ Field Guide to Yellowstone, Katie Shepherd Christiansen editor, Trinity University Press publisher
2019	The Quarterly of the Sumi-e Society of America, Fall 2019 edition, Interview with Kay Stratman
2017	JacksonHoleArtBlog.com, July 2017, Kay Stratman’s Natural Abstractions
2016	www.jonimitchell.com, June 2016, Wyoming Artist Connects with Inner Joni Mitchell
2016	Travel Dreams Magazine, June 2016, Wyoming Artist Connects with Inner Joni Mitchell
2012	Images West Magazine, summer ed., Wondrous Watercolor by Brielle Schaeffer
2011	The Christmas Crown (book), author Maria Martin, illustrations by Kay Stratman
2010	Jackson Hole News and Guide, September 8, Opportune Introduction by Caitlin Clark
2009	Images West Magazine, summer edition, Beyond Paint and Bronze by Katy Niner
2007	The Japanese Ink Painting Handbook by Susan Frame, Fall Rivers Press
2006	Washington Post, December 28, Best Bets
2006	Art Business News, May, Emerging Artists – Trendsetters
2001	The Artist’s Illustrated Encyclopedia by Phil Metzger, North Light Books

 

COLLECTIONS

Jackson Hole Land Trust, Jackson, WY

BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown MD

Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Chesapeake Bay, MD

Grand Teton Association, Jackson Hole, WY

ITT Life Insurance, Minneapolis, MN

Lockheed Martin

Montgomery County Government, Rockville, MD

Naples Design Collections, Naples, FL

Venable, Baetjer and Howard Law Firm, McLean, VA

Wausau Insurance Company, Wausau, WI