Curriculum Vitae

Kathryn LienPhiladelphia, PA


Professional Experience
2021–

Associate Director of Fine Arts and Design, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

2022–

Board Chair, Board of Directors, The Arts League

Philadelphia, PA

2016–2018

Instructor, Virginia Commonwealth University Sculpture

Richmond, VA

2015

Visual Arts Program Coordinator, Vermont Studio Center

Johnson, VT

Education
2018

MFA, Sculpture + Extended Media — Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

2012

BFA, Sculpture — University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Selected Exhibitions
2025

from above, I am a golden apple bobbing in a five-gallon bucket., The Arts League

Philadelphia, PA

2025

First, then, next, finally, Vox Populi

Philadelphia, PA

2023

Ornaphorism, Flux Factory

New York, NY

2020

Geografia Relativa, guadalajara901210

Mexico City, MX

2019

Architectural Bodies, Office Space 2

New Brunswick, NJ

2018

By Toast I Mean Sugar, Southern Exposure Project Space

St. Augustine, FL

2018

Always Already, The Anderson, Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

2018

of the crickets, The Anderson, Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

2017

In Consequence of Everything, Also, Random Access Space, Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

2017

Room Before, Visual Arts Center, University of Texas Austin

Austin, TX

2016

Eight Hour Projects, The Galleries at Allegheny College

Meadville, PA

2015

The Woodmere Annual, The Woodmere Art Museum

Philadelphia, PA

2015

This is Where We Live Now, Gallery II, The Vermont Studio Center

Johnson, VT

2014

White Girls, Blindfold Gallery

Seattle, WA

2014

Longing, Gray Gallery

Philadelphia, PA

2012

Of Place and Time, UW 3D4M Gallery

Seattle, WA

2012

American Royalty, The Pine Box

Seattle, WA

Publications
2024

"dead one" Risograph Book

2023

"LACK" Risograph Book

2019

"Of the Crickets." VCU Scholar's Compass

2017

"Soap Egg Grapes." Haunt Journal of Art, vol. 4, pp. 22–25

Performances & Events
2020

Fogs | Foams | Jellies with augustine zegers, Rillette on Toast (collaborative private Supper Club)

Philadelphia, PA

2019

One, Rillette on Toast (collaborative private Supper Club)

Philadelphia, PA

2018

Of the Crickets with Joy McMillian, Natasha Kuring, Keri Schnaumann, and Michelle Koppl (live choreographed performance)

Richmond, VA

Residencies & Workshops
2026

Penland Winter Residency, Penland School of Crafts

Bakersville, NC

2025

"Get Your Flow On" Workshop, Penland School of Crafts

Bakersville, NC

2024

"Reimagining Historical Furniture" Workshop, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Deer Isle, ME

2023

"Coopered by Design" Workshop, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Deer Isle, ME

2022

"Working in a Vacuum" Workshop, Penland School of Crafts

Bakersville, NC

2017

Pollock-Krasner Fellow, Vermont Studio Center

Johnson, VT

2016

The Make Your Own Loneliness Project

Murrell's Inlet, SC

2014

Visual Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center

Johnson, VT

2014

"Molds and Mayhem" Workshop, Pilchuck Glass School

Stanwood, WA

Teaching
2025

Silkscreens and signatures, printmaking for the people

mural arts, philadelphia, pa

2026

Foiled Again!, The Artist Convening

The Arts League, Philadelphia, pa