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Biography

Kate Stewart is an artist and educator who lives and works in Pennsylvania. Stewart received an MFA from The University of Pennsylvania, and a BA from Dickinson College. She is currently Professor of Art at West Chester University, where she was instrumental in bringing a pigment garden to the E.O. Bull Center for the Arts.

​Kate’s work has been included in group exhibitions at TATE Modern in London, Plug Projects in Kansas City, Arlington Arts Center in Virginia, Towson University Center for the Arts Gallery, Pageant Soloveev Gallery, and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. Her solo shows include P.S. 122, Vox Populi Gallery, Seraphin Gallery, Moore College of Art, West Chester University, Drexel University, Gettysburg College and Ejecta Projects. She has created public murals in collaboration with Sprocket Mural Works in Harrisburg, PA, with Arlington Cultural Affairs in Arlington, VA and with Dickinson College’s Goodyear Gallery and Organic Farm. She was selected for the annual Fleisher Wind Challenge Exhibition Series in 2005, was a Finalist for the PEW Artist Fellowship in 2008, and she received the Meyer Family Award for Contemporary Art in 2015. Stewart has attended creative residencies at Vermont Studio Center, the 40th Street A.I.R. in Philadelphia, and was an Artist in Residence at the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation Exploratory Residency in 2019.