ABOUT
Los Angeles-based painter Kate Muehlemann-Cataldo incorporates themes of care into figurative painting informed by work as a hospice nurse and death doula. Working primarily in oil and watercolor, her practice is influenced by the vulnerability and empathy cultivated in caregiving, and themes of queer identity.
Muehlemann-Cataldo studied portraiture and figure painting at The Art Student’s League of New York with Sharon Sprung, and watercolor and digital painting at The New York Academy of Art with Marcelo Daldoce. Kate completed a residency and critical feedback program at Trestle Gallery, in Brooklyn, NY, and most recently participated in the NYC Crit Club Visiting Critic Program with Clarity Haynes.
Select exhibition venues include Van Der Plas Gallery, SoMad Gallery New York City; Slushbox Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL; Trestle Gallery, 440 Gallery, La Bodega Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
STATEMENT
Kate Muehlemann-Cataldo creates portrait and figurative paintings that convey an intimacy and knowing of their subject. Muehlemann-Cataldo's paintings are informed by their work as a nurse and aim to examine the trust and vulnerability they have found while caring for patients. Her models range from hospice patients, her spouse, and to the broader queer community. Models are often depicted in their home environments, while often in positions of rest and repose.
The Constellation’s Project is a queer, intergenerational, art and storytelling project that documents the stories of queer elders through oral histories and portraiture. Queer youth are engaged through listening to the recorded stories and making art in response to elements that inspire them for their own future. The project uses art as a vehicle for deeper connection in the queer community, to address issues of LGBTQ+ aging and caregiving.
You can learn more about The Constellations Project here.
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KATE MUEHLEMANN-CATALDO (b. 1983) | Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
Visiting Critic Program with Clarity Haynes, NYC Crit Club, 2022
Advanced Digital Drawing and Painting, New York Academy of Art, 2021
Portraiture Painting in Oil, The Figure in Watercolor, The Art Student’s League of New York, 2016-2021
Drawing & Painting 1 & 2, Graphic Design, Color Theory, Onondaga Community College, 2005
Workshops:
Using Photo Reference Creatively with Liz Adams-Jones, The Art Student’s League of New York, 2016
Painting the Figure in Watercolor with Timothy J. Clark, The Art Student’s League of New York, 2016
Figure Drawing: Construction & Rendering 5 Day Workshop with Steve Huston, 2015
Figure Painting with Steve Huston 3 day Online Workshop, 2016
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 ‘Subtle Anatomy’ Liverpool Art Center and Gallery, Liverpool, NY
2014 ‘Subtle Anatomy’, Maxwell Memorial Library, Camillus, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 ‘Body Politic’, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2022 ‘(UN)FIXED’, SoMad Gallery, New York, NY
2022 ‘Creating Reality’, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY
2017 ‘Small Works’, La Bodega Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 ‘Let It Burn’, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 ‘On Site’, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 ‘Annual Student Exhibition’, The Art Student’s League of NY, New York, NY
2015 ‘Snow Show’, pop-up gallery and fundraiser, Syracuse, NY
2015 ‘Anatomically Correct’, Slushbox Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
EXPERIENCE
Freelance Artist, 2017- present
Registered Nurse, Syracuse/Brooklyn/New York, NY, 2004-present
Private art instruction - Syracuse, NY, 2014-2015
Youth & Teen art instructor - Syracuse, NY 2014- 2015
Freelance graphic/web design - 2011-2015
RESIDENCIES
Side Street Projects, Pasadena, CA January 2024 - June 2024
NYC Crit Club Visiting Critic Program with Clarity Haynes, May - June 2022
Trestle Critical Feedback Program, 62 18th St., Brooklyn, NY – March 2018 - March 2019
Trestle Artist Residency, 850 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY – January 1st 2018 – June 30th, 2018
New York State Fair, Artist in Residence, Syracuse, NY – August 2014