Published by Ken Saunders Gallery 230 West Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654 www.kensaundersgallery.com © 2018 Ken Saunders Gallery All Rights Reserved Design by Amy Stieve Photography by Kate Clements
Published on the occasion of the exhibition KATE CLEMENTS: SHADOWLANDS September 7 - October 27, 2018
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Kate Clements is a talented young artist from Iowa City who lives and works in Philadelphia. Clements creates sculpture with kiln fired glass, constructing evocative montages that are visually reminiscent of delicate lace patterns. The objects seem to refer to all things old and delicate; things that are steeped in nostalgia, that are dusty-perhaps even ghostly. There is a strange fastidiousness to this work, the fact of the obvious fragility of the artist’s tableaus is reinforced by the complicated patterns the artist has “weaved�. In her most ambitious works the glass elements seem to be hung in thick layers, monofilament threads holding everything together invisibly, entire works seeming to float in space. While there is plenty of beauty in these works they do feel tinged with an eerie sadness, like something precious and long lost, discovering these pieces invites rumination and retrospection. The gallery is thrilled to be mounting Shadowlands, an exhibition of artworks by Kate Clements. Please enjoy this catalogue documenting the exhibition. Ken Saunders, September 2018
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Fashion, adornment, and ornament all have insidious life cycles- newness is simultaneously associated with demise and death. Though fashion and adornment are closely related to the body, ornament can expand to architecture and environment. Philadelphia-based artist, Clements, constructs delicate and ornate installations that create vulnerable shadowlands between states of emotions. Inviting the viewer in with the seductive material of glass, there is however, a darkness underneath the surface. A snake in the grass, bloodstains in the pattern, a world on fire. The fragility of the glass becomes metaphorical for the fragility of the body. Ornaments beyond nature, transparent and ephemeral. Kate Clements, 2018
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BLACK CLOUD (THANATOS) kiln fired glass, paint 60 x 70 x 6 inches 2017
SLOW BURN
kiln fired glass, paint 115 x 60 x 2.5 inches 2018
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SLOW BURN (detail)
kiln fired glass, paint 115 x 60 x 2.5 inches 2018
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BUTTERFLY / kiln fired glass / 8 x 8 inches / 2018 15
STAIN (detail)
kiln fired glass, monofilament 90 x 96 x .25 inches 2016
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STAIN
kiln fired glass, monofilament 90 x 96 x .25 inches 2016
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GARDEN
kiln fired glass, monofilament 60 x 45 x 30 inches 2017
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GARDEN
kiln fired glass, monofilament 60 x 45 x 30 inches 2017
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EDUCATION 2015 MFA / Tyler School of Art / Philadelphia, PA 2014 Graduate Seminar in Aesthetics and Cultural Studies: Vision and Rationality / Temple University / Rome, Italy 2011 BFA / Kansas City Art Institute / Kansas City, MO SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 ShadowLands / Ken Saunders Gallery / Chicago, IL 2016 A Long Goodbye, Wind Challenge / Fleisher Gallery /Philadelphia, PA 2015 Fa|eint / Sherry Leedy Contemporary / Kansas City, MO FROUFROU / MFA Thesis Exhibition Temple Contemporary / Philadelphia, PA Charade / Philadelphia Art Alliance / Philadelphia, PA Unnatural Beauty / Philadelphia International Airport / Philadelphia, PA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2018 Air|S12 A Retrospective / S12 Gallery / Bergen, Norway 2017 Head Gear / Houston Center for Contemporary Craft / Houston, TX 2017 GAS Members Juried Exhibition / Glass Wheel Studio / Norfolk, VA BECon: Transformations / Bullseye Projects / Portland, OR Emerge/Evolve / Bellevue Arts Museum / Bellevue, WA New Work: The Urban Glass MFA Exhibition / Agnes Varis Art Center / Brooklyn, NY Idle Hands, Pilot Projects, Philadelphia, PA 2016 Original Voices / Ken Saunders Gallery / Chicago, IL Emerge 2016, International Juried Kiln Glass Exhibition / Bullseye Projects / Portland, OR DCCA MFA Biennial / Delaware Center of Contemporary Arts / Wilmington, DE 2015 No Meat in Team / Crane Arts Ice Box / Philadelphia, PA Emerge/Evolve / Bellevue Arts Museum / Bellevue, WA 2014 Beware of False Prophets / Stella Elkins Gallery / Philadelphia, PA Emerge/Evolve / Pittsburgh Glass Center / Pittsburgh, PA Bullseye Glass Resource Center Bay Area / Emeryville, CA Fresh Batch / Stella Elkins Gallery / Philadelphia, PA Emerge 2014, International Juried Kiln Glass Exhibition / Bullseye Gallery / Portland, OR 2013 River Market Regional Exhibition / Kansas City Artist Coalition / Kansas City, MO The I, The Cover, The Vice & Their Home / Paragraph and Project Space Gallery / Kansas City, MO Money / Leedy-Volkus Gallery / Kansas City, MO Secret Salon / Spyn Gallery / Kansas City, MO 2012 XOXO / Spray Booth Gallery / Kansas City, MO HOME Show / The Writer’s Place / Kansas City, MO 2011 River Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City Artist Coalition / Kansas City, MO Natural/Habitual / Dodge Painting Gallery / Kansas City, MO 2010 E-merge 2010, International Juried Kiln Glass Exhibition / Bullseye Gallery / Portland, OR SELECT AWARDS 2016 Bullseye Glass Emerge 2016 / Academic Gold Award Awarded Artist for S12 Glass Studio Residency / Bergen, Norway Pilchuck Glass School Full Scholarship 2015 Wind Challenge Exhibition Series 2016 / Selected Artist and stipend 2014 GAS International Student Online Exhibition / Second Place Bullseye Glass Emerge 2014 / Academic Award 2013 Dean’s Grant Recipient University Fellowship / Tyler School of Art 2010 Pilchuck Glass School Partnership Scholarship
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RESIDENCIES & PROGRAMS 2016 Artist in Residence / S12 Glass Studio / Bergen, Norway Michael Hernandez Neon Workshop / Pilchuck Glass School / Stanwood, WA 2015 Artist Studio Residency / Museum of Arts and Design / New York, NY 2011 Urban Culture Project Studio Residency / Charlotte Street Foundation / Kansas City, MO 2010 Roberta Echinberg & Patrick Martin Glass Casting Workshop / Pilchuck Glass School / Stanwood, WA PUBLICATIONS 2016 Featured Artist “New Glass Review 37” / Corning Museum of Glass / Corning, NY 2015 The Review Panel Philadelphia, A Night of Critical Debate Moderated by David Cohen / Guest panelists David Demplewolf, Judith Stein, and Joan Waltemath / Discussed CHARADE Featured Artist “New Glass Review 36”/ Corning Museum of Glass / Corning, NY American Art Collector / February 2015 / Issue 112 “Rising Talents in Kiln-Glass” / pg 148-149 Bullseye Glass for Art and Architecture Catalog 10 / Spotlight Artist 2014 Fall 2014 GAS International Student Online Exhibition / Second Place Kurt Shaw / “Kiln-formed works take center stage in Glass Center showcase” / TRIB: Total Media / December 13, 2014 Bullseye Glass Co. E-merge 2014: A Showcase of Rising and Evolving Talents in Kiln-Glass / Bullseye Glass Co., 2014 / pg 16-17 “Unconventional Portraits” Italian Vogue Gioiello / Photography by Luciana Val & Franco Musso / May 2014 / Issue N.126 / pg 93 2013 “Choose Your Style” Italian Vogue Gioiello / Photography by Johan Sandberg / December 2013 / Issue N.124 / pg 125 Jene Guiterrez “Kate Clements’ Stunning And Fragile Glass Crowns” Beautiful/Decay / September 24, 2013 / http://beautifuldecay.com 2010 Bullseye Glass Co. E-merge 2010: A Showcase of Rising Talents in Kiln-Glass / Bullseye Glass Co., 2010 / pg 28
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