About
Kate Muehlemann-Cataldo (she/her) is a visual artist, Hospice nurse, and Death Doula/Guide, living and working in Brooklyn, NY.
Kate studied portraiture and oil painting at The Art Student’s League of New York under Sharon Sprung from 2016-2018, receiving Honorable Mention for her work at the League’s Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery in 2017. She has also studied watercolor and digital painting with Marcelo Daldoce at The League and NY Academy of Art. She was accepted to, and completed a 6-month residency with Trestle Gallery 2017-2018, and was also accepted into their Critical Feedback program March of 2019-March 2020. Her work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions in New York City, Brooklyn, Upstate, NY, and Florida, and is currently on view at Van Der Plas Gallery in Manhattan, NY.
Statement
As a Hospice Nurse and Death Doula, I advocate and create space for the conversation around mortality in our death-denying culture. As an artist, I am interested in creating work that brings the subject of death to the forefront, and approaching with curiosity and openness. My artwork focuses on transience, mortality, and what of a relationship remains when one person is no longer physically present.
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KATE MUEHLEMANN-CATALDO | Brooklyn, NY 11215
EDUCATION
Advanced Digital Drawing and Painting, New York Academy of Art, 2021
Portraiture Painting with Sharon Sprung, The Figure in Watercolor with Marcelo Daldoce, The Art Student’s League of New York, 2016-2021
Drawing & Painting 1&2, Graphic Design, Color Theory, Onondaga Community College, 2005
A.S. Nursing, St. Joseph’s College of Nursing, 2004
Anatomy & Physiology I&II, St. Joseph’s College of Nursing, 2002
Workshops:
Using Photo Reference Creatively with Liz Adams-Jones, The Art Student’s League of New York, 2016
Painting the Figure in Watercolor with Timothy J. Clark, The Art Student’s League of New York, 2016
Figure Drawing: Construction & Rendering 5 Day Workshop with Steve Huston, 2015
Figure Painting with Steve Huston 3 day Online Workshop, 2016
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 ‘Subtle Anatomy’ Liverpool Art Center and Gallery, Liverpool, NY
2014 ‘Subtle Anatomy’, Maxwell Memorial Library, Camillus, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 ‘Creating Reality’, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY
2017 ‘Small Works’, La Bodega Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 ‘Let It Burn, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 ‘On Site’, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 ‘Annual Student Exhibition’, The Art Student’s League of NY, New York, NY
2015 ‘Snow Show’, pop-up gallery and fundraiser, Syracuse, NY
2015 ‘Anatomically Correct’, Slushbox Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
EXPERIENCE
Freelance Artist, 2017- present
Registered Nurse, Syracuse/Brooklyn/New York, NY, 2004-present
Private art instruction - Syracuse, NY, 2014-2015
Freelance graphic/web design - 2011-2015
Youth & Teen art instructor - Liverpool Art Center, 2015
RESIDENCIES
Trestle Critical Feedback Program, 62 18th St., Brooklyn, NY – March 2018 - March 2019
Trestle Artist Residency, 850 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY – January 1st 2018 – June 30th, 2018
New York State Fair, Artist in Residence, Syracuse, NY – August 2014