EDUCATION
1998 Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Masters Degree in Architecture
1994 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, Bachelors of Science
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Labyrinths, caverns and sloughs..., Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
2011 Abstract Landscapes, Mitchell Gallery, Englewood, Florida
2010 The Everglades Project, Ernest Coe Gallery, Everglades National Park
2009 Flux. Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
2008 Current Work, Macon Arts Alliance, Macon, Georgia
2007 Landscapes II, Paradox Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
2006 Landscapes I, Paradox Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
2003 Landscape, Primitive Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
GROUP EXHIBITIONS - SELECTED
2021 Rough Around the Edges, Spaaces Foundation, Sarasota, Florida
2020 Collaboration by SArtQ, Spaaces Foundation, 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
Uptown Views, Art Uptown Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
2018 Foundations, Gallery 221, Tampa, Florida
Petticoat Painters Exhibition, Basch Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
2017 Hot Summer Shows I,II,III, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Small Works, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
2016 Annual Ringling College Staff and Instructors Exhibition, Ringling College of Art and Design
Small Works, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
2015 Creators and Collectors Tour, Galleria, Fine Art Society of Sarasota
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
2013 Call of the Wildacres, Clothesline Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
Untitled, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
2012 Then and Now, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Through Your Eyes, National Parks Service, nps.gov
2011 Abstract Art Symposium, The Studio at Gulf and Pine, Anna Maria Island, Florida
The AIRIE Collection, Ernest Coe Gallery, Everglades National Park
2010 Expanded Visions, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Bizaarchitect, AIA Tampa Bay, Tampa, Florida
2009 Art in Embassies Program of the United States Department of State, United States Embassy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Small Works, a Holiday Group Show, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
2008 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 Introducing.... Kate Norris, Claudia Ryan, Kathy Wright, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Sunday in the Arts, Las Damas de Artes, Tampa, Florida
2006 Small Works Holiday Show, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida
Local Landscapes, le leysin, Sarasota, Florida
2005 McMillan Gallery, Greenville, South Carolina
Two to Watch, le leysin, Sarasota, Florida
2004 Block Gallery, Greenville, South Carolina
Penland Gallery, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
2003 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.
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, AWARDS
2020 Halo Artist Fellowship, Halo Arts Project, Sarasota, Florida
2011 USA Projects, an online initiative of United States Artists
2009 Pollock - Krasner Foundation Grant
2008 Art in Embassies Program of the United States Department of State
2008 Artist in Residence, Everglades National Park
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Sarasota Housing Authority, Sarasota, Florida
Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida
Public Art Collection, City of Macon, Macon, Georgia
Hillsborough Community College, Gallery 221, Tampa Florida
Everglades National Park, Homestead, Florida
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 Studio Visit Magazine, vol. 46, 2019
2019 Women Artists Take The Spotlight In Sarasota-Manatee, https:// wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/post/women-artists-take-spotlight-sarasota-manatee
2015 ‘From Homeless Hangout to Kid Filled Park’, LA Letter, GAASLA Q1/Q2
2015 ‘Art Space: Kathy Wright’, Sarasota Observer, Sarasota, Florida
2010 'Artseen:The Everglades Project', Sarasota Magazine, Sarasota, Florida
2009 'Sarasota artist Kathy Wright wins Pollock-Krasner grant', MSN Money, NYDailyNews.com, Tampa Bay Business Journal
2009 'Echappees Belles', La Floride', France 5 TV
2007 'Doodles & Dream Worlds: Three women artist produce works that energize and soothe', Creative Loafing, Tampa, Florida,
2006 'Hot Hot Heat: A series of summer shows at Clayton Galleries', Creative Loafing, Tampa, Florida
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - PAINTING
2011-2015 Ringling College of Art and Design, Instructor, CSSP, Sarasota, Florida
2010-2015 Ringling College of Art and Design, Instructor, Wildacres, North Carolina
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - ARCHITECTURE
2019- Present Yoemans Work Architecture, Sarasota, Florida
1999 Payette Associates, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
1999 Zaha M. Hadid, Architect, London, England
1998 Farjadi Farjadi Architects, London, England
1994-1995 Scogin Elam Architects, Atlanta, Georgia