Education
1998 Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Masters Degree in Architecture
1994 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, Bachelors of Science
Grants, Residencies and Awards
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2021-2022
Halo Artist Fellowship, Halo Arts Project, Sarasota, Florida 2020-2021
Knight Neighborhood Challenge Grant, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and The Community Foundation of Central Georgia 2014
USA Projects, an online initiative of United States Artists 2011
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2009-2010
Art in Embassies Program of the United States Department of State 2008-2010
Artist in Residence, Everglades National Park, December 2008
Selected Exhibitions
2025
Now You See Us: Sarasota’s Own Petticoat Painters, 1953 - 2025, March 2025-March 2026, The City of Sarasota Cultural Heritage Exhibit, City Hall, Sarasota, Florida
Petticoats Are Showing, Arts Advocates Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
2024
Women Artists: Courage in the Lifelong Pursuit of Art Making, SPAACES, Sarasota, Florida
Zest: New Work by the Petticoat Painters, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
2023
Vitruvian Triad, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida
2022
Distance and Arrival, Petticoat Painters, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
Enduring Paths, Petticoat Painters, Dunedin Art Center, Dunedin, Florida
2021
Compose, Recompose, Decompose, SPAACES, Sarasota, Florida
She Persisted, Petticoat Painters, Art Center Sarasota
Rough Around the Edges, Spaaces Exhibitions, Sarasota, Florida
2020
Collaboration by SArtQ, Spaaces Exhibitions, Sarasota, Florida
Women’s Work: The Petticoat Collective, Crescendo Gallery, Art Ovation, Sarasota, Florida
2019
Home, New College Florida and Origami Air Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
Petticoat Painters Annual Exhibition, Kellogg Gallery, Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, Florida
Uptown Views, Art Uptown Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
2018
Foundations, Gallery 221, Tampa, Florida
Le Salon Tout Inclus, M Chapel Projects / SPAACES, Sarasota, Florida
Petticoat Painters Exhibition, Basch Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
Petticoat Painters Annual Exhibition, Art League of Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach, Florida
Small Works, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
2017
Hot Summer Shows I,II,III, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Small Works, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
2016
Hot Summer Shows I,II,III, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Small Works, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Annual Ringling College Staff and Instructors Exhibition, Ringling College of Art and Design
2015
Creators and Collectors Tour, Galleria, Fine Art Society of Sarasota
Hot Summer Shows I,II,III, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Small Works, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Annual Ringling College Staff and Instructors Exhibition, Ringling College of Art and Design
2014
Homescapes, 3 Person Show, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
6 Emerging, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia
First Impressions, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Small Works, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Annual Ringling College Staff and Instructors Exhibition, Ringling College of Art and Design
2013
Call of the Wildacres, Clothesline Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
Small Works, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Untitled, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Annual Ringling College Staff and Instructors Exhibition, Ringling College of Art and Design
2012
(Solo) Labyrinths, caverns and sloughs..., Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Then and Now, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Through Your Eyes, National Parks Service, nps.gov
Hot Summer Shows I,II,III, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Annual Ringling College Staff and Instructors Exhibition, Ringling College of Art and Design
2011
(Solo) Abstract Landscapes, Mitchell Gallery, Englewood, Florida
The Elements, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Abstract Art Symposium, The Studio at Gulf and Pine, Anna Maria Island, Florida
Wild: The Artists and Animals of Myakka, Art Center Sarasota
The AIRIE Collection, Ernest Coe Gallery, Everglades National Park
2010
(Solo) The Everglades Project, Ernest Coe Gallery, Everglades National Park
Expanded Visions, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Bizaarchitect, AIA Tampa Bay, Tampa, Florida
Annual Ringling College Staff and CSSP Faculty Show, Ringling College of Art and Design
2009
(Solo) Flux. Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Art in Embassies Program of the United States Department of State, United States Embassy, Sofia, Bulgari
Small Works, a Holiday Group Show, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
2008
(Solo) Current Work, Macon Arts Alliance, Macon, Georgia
Art in Embassies Program of the United States Department of State, United States Embassy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Hot Summer Shows I,II,III, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
2007
(Solo) Landscapes II, Paradox Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
Introducing.... Kate Norris, Claudia Ryan, Kathy Wright, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Sunday in the Arts, Las Damas de Artes, Tampa, Florida
2006
(Solo) Landscapes I, Paradox Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
Small Works Holiday Show, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Local Landscapes, le leysin, Sarasota, Florida
2005
(Solo) New Paintings, le leysin, Sarasota, Florida
McMillan Gallery, Greenville, South Carolina
Two to Watch, le leysin, Sarasota, Florida
2004
Summer Show, Kaos Gallery, Bradenton, Florida
Block Gallery, Greenville, South Carolina
Penland Gallery, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
2003
(Solo) La(n)dscape, Primitive Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
Paint, Arte Rara, Sarasota, Florida
Celebrate Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida
The Gallery on Pineapple, Sarasota, Florida
Public Art
2021
Art in Common Places: Sonnet 14, broadside collaboration with Poet Dawn Potter, Portland Maine/ Sarasota,
Florida
2014
Circles in the Park, a permanent sculptural installation at Coleman Hill Park, Macon, Georgia. Funded by a KnightNeighborhood Challenge Grant from The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and administered by TheCommunity Foundation of Central Georgia. Budget $60,000
Selected Bibliography
studio visit Magazine, volume 46, 2019
Women Artists Take The Spotlight In Sarasota-Manatee, https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/post/women-artists-take-spotlight- sarasota-manatee
‘From Homeless Hangout to Kid Filled Park’, LA Letter, GAASLA Q1/Q2 2015
‘Art Space: Kathy Wright’, Sarasota Observer, Sarasota, Florida, June 17, 2015
'Artseen:The Everglades Project', Sarasota Magazine, Sarasota, Florida, April, 2010
'Sarasota artist Kathy Wright wins Pollock-Krasner grant', MSN Money, NYDailyNews.com, Tampa Bay Business Journal, November 30, 2009, 11:56 AM EST
'Echappees Belles' (Beautiful Escapes), La Floride', France 5 TV, April 11, 2009
'Stepping in to Look Out: Clayton Galleries, TECO Public Art Gallery, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art exhibits
celebrate nature', St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Florida, Thursday, April 9, 2009
'Doodles & Dream Worlds:Three women artist produce works that energize and soothe', Creative Loafing, Tampa, Florida, March 7, 2007
'Hot Hot Heat: A series of summer shows at Clayton Galleries', Creative Loafing, Tampa, Florida, July 26, 2006
Professional Experience (Painting)
2011-2015 Ringling College of Art and Design, Instructor, CSSP, Sarasota, Florida, Painting
2010-2015 Ringling College of Art and Design, Instructor, Wildacres, North Carolina, Painting
Professional Experience (Architecture)
Payette Associates, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, 1999
Zaha M. Hadid, Architect, London, England, 1999
Farjadi Farjadi Architects, London, England, 1998
Mack Scogin, Merrill Elam Architects, Atlanta, Georgia, 1994-1995