Kathleen King
kathleenking.carbonmade.com
510 701 4620
kittyking@yahoo.com
SOLO + 2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
Assisted Living, curated by Selby Sohn, Your Mood Projects, San Francisco, CA
Vexed Insurrection, Dream Farm Commons Annex, Oakland, CA
Wood Vibrations, Asher Grey Gallery, Venice/Joshua Tree, CA online on Artsy
2024
Lost in Things, Inner Room at GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA
2023
Between the Lines, with Rachel Major, GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA
2022
An Event in the Form of Questions, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
Strong Ties, Asher Grey Gallery, Venice/Joshua Tree, CA online on Artsy
After Re-Use, with Morgann Nieto, Your Mood Projects, San Francisco, CA
2021
Other Lives, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2017
Desert Gathering, Joshua Tree Highlands Residency, Joshua Tree, CA
Around + About, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016
Square Peg, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015
Scrap Variations, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014
Street View, NIAD Gallery, Richmond, CA
Wood Vibrations, Mercury 20 Gallery
2013
Out Here, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2010
Tongue & Groove, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2009
Last Waltz, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2008
Slipping (Into Something), Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2007
Natural Impulse, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2005
Spirit of the Moment, Muddy’s, San Francisco, CA
2003
October, Jazz House, Berkeley, CA
Soul Tracing, 66 Balmy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Momentum, Juror: Dimitri Broxton, GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA
2025
At Dawn, At Dusk, juror: Anthony Graham, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Pyramid Scheme 2, Bass + Reiner, San Francisco, CA
2024
A Question of Balance, Sonoma Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
She/They, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
Transmissions, EcoArtSpace, online
Time After Time, with Jo Ann Biagini & PK Frizzell, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
ACCESS: An Ordinary Notion curated by Elizabth Addison + Karen Gutfreund, Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, Arc Gallery, San Francisco
Women Create Space curated by Elizabth Addison + Leah Andrews, Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
Woodworks, Village Theater Art Gallery, Danville, CA
MipMapMop with Natasha Loewy, Your Mood Projects, San Francisco
Low Dust with Natasha Loewy, Soil, Seattle, WA
2023
Pyramid Scheme, Bass + Reiner, San Francisco, CA
Open Up, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
Hardly Strictly Mini, Bolinas Museum, CA
A Winter Solstice, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland
2022
SEA, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
2021
JTHAR Residency 15th Anniversary show, San Bernadino County Museum, Redlands, CA
Who Happened? Your Mood Projects, San Francisco, CA
Whirlwind, Asher Grey Gallery, Venice/Joshua Tree, CA, on Artsy
ISC Chapter Members' Showcase, International Sculpture Center on Artsy
XX@XV: 15th Anniversary show, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
Collage Variations, with Raymond L. Haywood + Jessica Cadkin, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2020
20/20 Re: Vision, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
Tell Me More, Asher Grey Gallery, Venice/Joshua Tree, CA on Artsy
2019
Art + Movement, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA – juror: Maria Porges
Matter of Form, Shoh Gallery, Berkeley, CA - juror: Christine Koppes, San Jose ICA
Self Portraits in the Age of Selfies, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
Truth/Dare, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
All Summer All Stars, Asher Grey Gallery, Venice/Joshua Tree, CA, on Artsy
2018
Here, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Monuments to the Precariat, Dream Farm Commons, Oakland, CA
Magic of Collaboration, Adobe Gallery, Castro Valley, CA – with Laura van Duren – curated by Leah Virsik
ISC Members Showcase, International Sculpture Center at Zona Maco, Mexico
Decennial, Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA – curated by Matt & Lena Reynoso
Room for Thought, SPACE 151, San Francisco, CA. - juror: Jack Fischer
Generations, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA – juror: Farley Gwazda
Melting Point, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA – curated by Nick Dong & Johanna Poethig
2017
Turing’s Echo, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA – curated by Natalia Mount
Radical Hope, Three Girls Theater Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016
Sculpture in the Garden, Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA
Mercury 20 at 10, Mercury 20Gallery, Oakland, CA
#Pattigram photo show in conjunction with Root Connection: 20 Years of
The Patti Smith Collection, Mills College, Oakland
Supporters Show, Krowswork, Oakland, CA
2015
Common Thread, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013
Transformation of Connectivity, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2012
After the Fall, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
Abstraction: Pull and Sway, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
ArtPadSF, Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
2011
The Gyre, collaboration with Laura van Duren and Dave Meeker,
Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2010
Civic Art Exhibition at City Hall, Berkeley, CA – curated by Archana Horsting
Inside/Out, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA – curated by Cathy Coe
Don’t Look Back, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA – with Margaret Chavigny, Charlie Milgrim, Jill McLennan
2009
Forecast, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA – with Julie Alvarado, Joan Weiss, Aaron Geman
Elemental, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2006
Fall Exhibition, MobiTV, Emeryville, CA – with Jane Norling and Lorrie Fink, Curated by Cynthia Lait
Mercury Rising, Mercury 20, Oakland, CA – curated by Robert Tomlinson
Deep Space, Space Gallery, San Francisco - curated by Elizabeth Starr
Mad River Post, San Francisco – curated by William Torphy
2005
Collective 9: Off the Grid, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Holiday Invitational, California Modern Gallery, San Francisco CA
Contemporary Abstraction, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA – juror: Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle
She Creates, Off-Market Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
Collective 9: Grouping, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Whimsy 2, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Jack London Invitational, Oakland, CA – with Andy Black, Mary Ann Hayden, Carin Rehbinder, Rosemary Allen – curated by Joanna Adler, Jamie Brunson, Claudia Marseille
Meditations, Los Medanos College Art Gallery, Pittsburg, CA – with Maya Kabat, Carianne Mack – curated by Heidi Neff
At Club Six, San Francisco – curated by Elizabeth Starr
2003
Jupiter Outdoor Art Show – Berkeley
Whimsy – ACCI Gallery, Berkeley
The Art Show – Start Soma Gallery, San Francisco
Artists' Valentines – Barbara Anderson Gallery, Berkeley
2002
National Juried Annual – Berkeley Art Center - juror: Nancy Mizuno Elliott, Exhibitions Director, Richmond Art Center
Artists' Valentines – Barbara Anderson Gallery, Berkeley
2001
New Artists – Hang Gallery, Palo Alto
Juried Annual – Gallery Route One, Point Reyes - juror: Karen Tsujimoto, Senior Curator of Art, Oakland Museum
2000
Juried Annual – Pro Arts, Oakland – juror: Larry Rinder, Curator of Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum
Residency + Registry
2021-present
White Columns Artist Registry, New York City, NY
2017
Joshua Tree Highlands Residency, Joshua Tree, CA, October resident
Education
1981, BA Fine Arts, University of California, Berkeley
Publications
2024
Women Create Space, catalog of exhibition published by Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art
Access: An Ordinary Notion catalog of exhibition published by Northern
California Women’s Caucus for Art
2022
XX @ XV, 15th Anniversary Exhibition, catalog of exhibition published by Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2020
MFA Never, catalog of exhibition published by Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2018
Aided, Inspired, Multiplied, catalog of exhibition published by Pro Arts Gallery + Commons, Oakland, CA
Full Blede Magazine, Issue 4, March: The Pattern, published an image of “Rust Index”
2017
The Light That Elongated the Day, booklet in collaboration with Carrie Hott and 13 participants for the Museum of Capitalism
Writing
2023
Tara Esperanza: A Bee’s Perspective, exhibition essay
2022
Elizabeth Sher: Mark My Words, catalog essay
Professional organizations
2024-present Member, EcoArtSpace ecoartspace – Transmissions 2024
2017-present Member, Pacific Rim Sculptors
2017-present Member, International Sculpture Center
Press
2021
SF/Arts, June issue, Review of “Other Lives” by Mark Taylor
2019
Featured Artist – Berkeley Art Center website
2018
East Bay Express, August First Friday Guide
2014
Meredith May, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 artists toast Oakland with found objects from hometown
2013
Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Area visual arts picks, July 4
2011
DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, Going the Distance at Swarm, Royal NoneSuch, and Mercury 20
2010
DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, Tongue & Groove, October
2010
Mary Eisenhart, 96 Hours SF Chronicle, Don’t Miss
Curatorial
2023
Open Up, 16 artists in conjunction with East Bay Open Studios, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland CA
2021
XX @ XV, 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland CA, with Jessica Cadkin and Christine Meuris
2018
It’s Complicated, NIAD Gallery, Richmond, CA
2016
City in Mind, NIAD Gallery, Richmond, CA
2007
Big Bang, Mercury 20, Oakland, CA, with Maya Kabat