kathrynllien@gmail.com | @katekatekatekatekatelien
lives and works in Philadelphia, PA
Professional Experience
Associate Director of Fine Arts and Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2021-Present)
Board of Directors, The Arts League, Philadelphia, PA (2022-Present)
Instructor, Virginia Commonwealth University Sculpture, Richmond, VA (2016-2018)
Visual Arts Program Coordinator, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (2015)
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture + Extended Media 2018
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture 2012
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
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
Always Already, The Anderson, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
of the crickets, The Anderson, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2017 In Consequence of Everything, Also, Random Access Space, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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
This is Where We Live Now, Gallery II, The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2014 White Girls, Blindfold Gallery, Seattle, WA
Longing, Gray Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Of Place and Time, UW 3D4M Gallery, Seattle, WA
American Royalty, The Pine Box, Seattle, WA
Publications
2024 “dead one” Risograph Book. December 2024.
2023 “LACK” Risograph Book. August 2023.
2019 “Of the Crickets.” VCU Scholar’s Compass. May 2018.
2017 “Soap Egg Grapes.” Haunt Journal of Art, vol. 4, 15 Oct. 2017, pp. 22–25.
Performances and 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
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
"Molds and Mayhem" Workshop, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA