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Artist's Statement
The experience of living in South America (Bogota, Colombia) for about four years while I was young and subsequently having lived most of my life in the Colorado Rocky Mountains and Front Range greatly affected my aesthetic vision. While in Colombia my parents purchased clothing and decorative items made by the native South American people which had a great primitive and pre-columbian influence on me. I still have some of these items and refer to them for artistic inspiration. I have also been greatly influenced and inspired by the arts and crafts of the native people of the American West and Southwest, and by the natural flora and fauna of the wild and not-so-wild places I have encountered throughout my life. I find great peace and spirituality in experiencing the natural world. Working as a professional ski patroller and park ranger as my "day jobs" for a number of years while pursuing my art offered me the opportunity of spending large amounts of time with nature.
Awards
-Best of Show, Chaffee County Council on the Arts (CCCA) Open Awards Show, 2000
-Best of Show, Colorado State Fair (CSF), 1997
-Juror's Choice Award, CSF, 1997
-Sangre De Cristo Art Center Award, CSF, 1997
-1st Place: 3-Dimensional Art, Salida Artworks Registry Art Show, 2009
-1st Place: Professional Mixed Media, Art of Rockies Assoc. Open Awards Show (ARA-OAS), 2005
-2nd Place, 3-D Mixed Media Professional, CCCA-OAS, 1999
-Honorable Mention, Arts Longmont Gallery's "EcoCreations 7" Show, 2016
-Honorable Mention, Colorado State Fair, 1999, 2000
-Meritorious Award, Colorado State Fair, 1999
-Business Award: Glenwood Springs Fall Arts Festival, The Artist's Mercantile, 2004
-Business Award; ARA-OAS, The Gem Factory, 2004
-Business Awards, CCCA-OAS, Circle S Ranch, Grant Heilman Photography, 1999
-Marcia Lampert Prize for a Construction, Pa. Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), 1994
-Edna Pennypacker Stauffer Memorial Prize, PAFA, 1993
-Fellowship of PAFA Honorable Mention, 1993
Juried Shows / Gallery Representation
-Gallery Representation: Gallery K; Salida, CO: 1999-2006 / Cultureclash; Salida, CO: 2006-2020 / Crestone Artisans Gallery; Crestone, CO: 2008-2012, 2016-Present
-CherryArts Festival at Stanley Marketplace: Aurora, CO: 2015
-Holiday Art Market: Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO: 2014
-Ridgway Rendezvous: Ridgway, CO: 2014
-Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center, Salida CO: 2014
-Holiday Art Market: Foothills Art Center, Golden CO: 2013
-Summerfest/Center for the Arts Evergreen: Evergreen, CO: 2013
-North American Sculpture Exhibition/Foothills Art Center: Golden, CO; 2006
-Wild Women Show/Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts: Glenwood Springs, CO, 2005
-Colorado State Fair: Pueblo, CO, 1997-2002, 2004, 2005
-Sculpture on Loan/City of Greeley, CO: 1999-2000
-Sangre De Cristo Art Center; Pueblo, CO (One-Woman Show - CSF Award): 1998
-Ground Works Gallery: Denver, CO: 1995, 1996 (one-person show)
-Ec-Lec-Tic Art Gallery: Denver, CO, 1990, 1995
-Core New Artspace: Denver, CO, 1991, 1995
Education
-Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Philadelphia, PA: 1991-1994
-Art Students League of Denver: Denver, CO, 1989-1991
-University of Colorado/Boulder: BS-Finance, 1984
On the Web: GalleryK-KayLitz.com; GalleryK.KayLitz@gmail.com
The experience of living in South America (Bogota, Colombia) for about four years while I was young and subsequently having lived most of my life in the Colorado Rocky Mountains and Front Range greatly affected my aesthetic vision. While in Colombia my parents purchased clothing and decorative items made by the native South American people which had a great primitive and pre-columbian influence on me. I still have some of these items and refer to them for artistic inspiration. I have also been greatly influenced and inspired by the arts and crafts of the native people of the American West and Southwest, and by the natural flora and fauna of the wild and not-so-wild places I have encountered throughout my life. I find great peace and spirituality in experiencing the natural world. Working as a professional ski patroller and park ranger as my "day jobs" for a number of years while pursuing my art offered me the opportunity of spending large amounts of time with nature.
Awards
-Best of Show, Chaffee County Council on the Arts (CCCA) Open Awards Show, 2000
-Best of Show, Colorado State Fair (CSF), 1997
-Juror's Choice Award, CSF, 1997
-Sangre De Cristo Art Center Award, CSF, 1997
-1st Place: 3-Dimensional Art, Salida Artworks Registry Art Show, 2009
-1st Place: Professional Mixed Media, Art of Rockies Assoc. Open Awards Show (ARA-OAS), 2005
-2nd Place, 3-D Mixed Media Professional, CCCA-OAS, 1999
-Honorable Mention, Arts Longmont Gallery's "EcoCreations 7" Show, 2016
-Honorable Mention, Colorado State Fair, 1999, 2000
-Meritorious Award, Colorado State Fair, 1999
-Business Award: Glenwood Springs Fall Arts Festival, The Artist's Mercantile, 2004
-Business Award; ARA-OAS, The Gem Factory, 2004
-Business Awards, CCCA-OAS, Circle S Ranch, Grant Heilman Photography, 1999
-Marcia Lampert Prize for a Construction, Pa. Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), 1994
-Edna Pennypacker Stauffer Memorial Prize, PAFA, 1993
-Fellowship of PAFA Honorable Mention, 1993
Juried Shows / Gallery Representation
-Gallery Representation: Gallery K; Salida, CO: 1999-2006 / Cultureclash; Salida, CO: 2006-2020 / Crestone Artisans Gallery; Crestone, CO: 2008-2012, 2016-Present
-CherryArts Festival at Stanley Marketplace: Aurora, CO: 2015
-Holiday Art Market: Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO: 2014
-Ridgway Rendezvous: Ridgway, CO: 2014
-Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center, Salida CO: 2014
-Holiday Art Market: Foothills Art Center, Golden CO: 2013
-Summerfest/Center for the Arts Evergreen: Evergreen, CO: 2013
-North American Sculpture Exhibition/Foothills Art Center: Golden, CO; 2006
-Wild Women Show/Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts: Glenwood Springs, CO, 2005
-Colorado State Fair: Pueblo, CO, 1997-2002, 2004, 2005
-Sculpture on Loan/City of Greeley, CO: 1999-2000
-Sangre De Cristo Art Center; Pueblo, CO (One-Woman Show - CSF Award): 1998
-Ground Works Gallery: Denver, CO: 1995, 1996 (one-person show)
-Ec-Lec-Tic Art Gallery: Denver, CO, 1990, 1995
-Core New Artspace: Denver, CO, 1991, 1995
Education
-Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Philadelphia, PA: 1991-1994
-Art Students League of Denver: Denver, CO, 1989-1991
-University of Colorado/Boulder: BS-Finance, 1984
On the Web: GalleryK-KayLitz.com; GalleryK.KayLitz@gmail.com
