Kathryn Nobbe is a painter and mixed media installation artist based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Ms. Nobbe earned her MFA in Studio Arts from the University of Minnesota. She was awarded a scholarship to the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture where she studied with Connie Fox, Leon Golub, William King, Jacob Lawrence, Judy Rifka, and Terry Winters.

Ms. Nobbe has created a number of public artworks including a large-scale outdoor mural for the Pillsbury House in Minneapolis, which involved a unique dialogue and collaboration with the local community. Other projects include a set design for the new music opera Mirabell’s Book of Numbers, by composer Marjorie Hess and writer James Merrill and a "painting performance" in collaboration with composer Homer Lambrecht and the Ancia Quartet. She also produced a series of paintings for Eugene Garber's award-winning novel, The Historian, published by Milkweed Editions.

Her most recent project is a national tour of her work entitled Underflesh: Exploring Human Fragility and Resilience. In this exhibition of digital photography, painting, mixed media and installation, Ms.Nobbe presents meditations on her own encounter with disease as well as her appreciation of the mysteries of life’s renewing forces and the interconnectedness of all things. The first exhibition in the tour will open at the Catherine G. Murphy Gallery in the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul Minnesota in January 31, 2003.

Over the years Ms. Nobbe has received awards and commissions from Forecast Public Artworks, the Jerome Foundation, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and Robert Rauschenberg’s foundation, Change Inc.. Most recently, she was awarded the Minnesota State Arts board Artist Fellowship (2002), a McKnight Artist Fellowship (2001-2002) and a fellowship from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation (2000). Her work is represented by Dolly Fiterman Fine Arts in Minneapolis, and her paintings and drawings are in numerous public and private collections in the United States and abroad.

Ms. Nobbe makes her home in St. Paul, Minnesota with her husband Fritz Bergmann, a composer, and her sons Hardt and Colin.

KATHRYN NOBBE
1274 Earl Street
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55106
651-231-5339
kathrynnobbe@comcast.net

EDUCATION

MFA - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-1990
Major field: Drawing and Painting
BFA - summa cum luade, University of Minnesota-1982
Major field: Drawing and Painting
Minor Field: Art History
Residency, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture,
Skowhegan, Maine -1989
Art History Seminar in Europe (England, France, Greece, Italy)
Concordia College, Moorehead, MN. 1980

SELECTED GRANTS, AWARDS, HONORS

Minnesota State Art Board Artist Assistant Fellowship, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2002
McKnight Fellowship, McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2001
Pollock-Krasner Fellowship, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation. New York, New York. 2000
Artists’ Fellowship, Artists’ Fellowship Inc. New York, New York. 2000
Change Inc., Grant (Robert Rauschenberg Foudation), Captiva, Florida. 1999
Minneasota State Art Board Artist Assistant Fellowship,. 1993
Jerome Foundation/Public Art Affairs Project Grant, Forecast Public Artworks, Minneapolis. 1993
Jerome Foundation/Public Art Affairs R & D Grant, Forecast Public Artworks, Minneapolis. 1992
Juried Selection for one-person show at W.A.R.M. Gallery, Minneapolis. 1990
Minnesota State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant. 1989
Skowhegan International Fellowship
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Skowhegan, Maine. 1989
Katherine E. Nash Scholarships. University of Minnesota
Studio Arts Department. 1987 - 1990
Jerome Foundation Exhibition Grant- W.A.R.M. Gallery
Invitational Show. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1983
Honors Research Grant. University of Minnesota. 1982

SELECTED COMMISSIONS AND PROJECTS

Mural Commission: A Mural for Children’s Cancer Research. Pine Tree Apple Classic, St. Paul MN. 1999
Mural Commission: A Community Collaboration. Pillsbury House, Minneapolis. 1993-1994
Milkweed Editions Book Project: Commission of 12 paintings for The Historian, by Eugene Garber
Published by Milkweed Editions, Mpls. 1992
Desert Wind: A Painting/Performance Collaboration.. Collaboration with composer
Homer Lambrecht, Augsburg College, Mpls. 1992
Set Design, Mirabell’s Book of Numbers, Corn Palace Productions. Southern Theater
Minneapolis. 1991
Public Art Commission, FORECAST Public Artworks and Edina Properties Inc. Edina, Minnesota. 1991

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

College of Associated Arts, St. Paul, Minnesota. 1993 -1996
Anoka Ramsey Community College, Anoka, Minnesota. 1993 -1996
Inver Hills Community College, Invergrove Heights, Minnesota. Sabbatical replacement 1992-1994
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, 1991-1992
Minnesota Museum of Art, St, Paul, Minnesota, 1990-1992
Visiting Artist. Anoka Ramsey Community College. 1989, 1992
Visiting Artist. Intro. to Studio Arts. University of Minnesota. 1987
Teaching Assistant. Drawing, Painting, Color, and Introduction to Studio Arts
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 1986-1988

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Artist-in-Residence, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN. 2003
Instructor, Summer Arts Camp. Pillsbury House, Minneapolis, MN. 1994
Juror, Annual Student Exhibition, Concordia College. St. Paul. 1993
FORECAST Public Artworks. Project Director of Education Programs
Minneapolis, MN. 1990 - 1991
Walker Art Center. Education Department. Minneapolis. 1989-1990
West Bank Union: Performing and Literary Arts Programs. Program Coordinator
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 1986-1989
Katherine E. Nash Gallery. Assistant Gallery Coordinator
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 1980-1983

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Underflesh: Exploring Human Fragility and Resilience Catherine G. Murphy Gallery,
College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Mn. 2003
McKnight Artists, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MCAD, Mpls., Mn. 2002
Crossing Boundaries, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota. February, 1995
Myth/History Paintings. Dolly Fiterman Fine Arts, Minneapolis. May, 1994
New Work. Concordia College, St. Paul. 1993
Mixed Media Works by Kathryn Nobbe. College of St. Benedict’s. St Joseph, MN. 1991
Selected Work. Southern Theater, Minneapolis. September, 1991
Fault Line: Reality/Illusion. Sonia's Gallery. Minneapolis. May, 1991
Unseen Realities/Witnessed Illusions. No-Name Gallery, Minneapolis. 1991
Reality onto Illusion. Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis. 1990
The Loft/Playwright's Center presents New Work by Kathryn Nobbe. Minneapolis. 1987
Invitational Exhibition. W.A.R.M. Gallery, Minneapolis. 1983

SELECTED GROUP AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS

Painting at the Nash. Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 1994
Mixed Media. The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1992
Beyond Painting. Gallery I, East Madison, Maine. 1989
Eight Women Artists. Coffman Union Gallery, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis. 1988
Red Spot Outdoor Slide Theater: New York/Minnesota Show. Film in the Cities
New York/Minneapolis. 1987
Women '90,Women '87, Women '85, Women '84, W.A.R.M. Gallery. Minneapolis. 1990, 1987, 1985, 1984
Works on Paper. Paul Whitney Larson Gallery, University of Minnesota. St. Paul, Minnesota. 1987
13th Annual Juried Art Exhibit. 12th Annual Juried Art Exhibit. Bloomington Art Center
Bloomington, Minnesota. 1987, 1986
30 Below: A Juried Competition for Young Minnesota Artists. University Art Museum
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 1986
Juried Show for Minnesota Artists. Art Center of Minnesota. Wayzata, Minnesota. 1985, 1984, 1983
Northern Lights Exhibition. Lakewood, Minnesota. 1985, 1984
Gender Art. W.A.V.E. Gallery. St. Paul. 1984
M. Shelton Artisans: Group Exhibition. Minneapolis. 1984
Midwest Miniature Show. Dakota Center for the Arts. Dakota County, Minnesota. 1983

PUBLICATIONS (Partial Listing)

Divining the Future of a City One Mural at a Time, by Kieth Harris/photos by Michael Dvorak.
City Pages, September 12, 2001
New American Paintings (Midwest edition). Open Studios Press, Needham, Massechusetts. 1996
juried by Clare Bell, Assistant Curator at the Guggenheim Museum
Public Art and Commumity Collaboration by Kathryn Nobbe. Dimensions, A Design Journal of the Society for Environmental Design, Vol. 3. No. 1. SEGD Boston/San Fransisco. 1996
Public Art Review, (review of Pillsbury Mural), published by Forecast Public Artworks, St. Paul, MN. Spring, 1999

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