Katherine Armacost

Artist - Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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KATHERINE ARMACOST
4 Oakwood Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
919.937.7525
katherinearmacost@gmail.com

Katherine Armacost has been showing her work since 1987 in solo and group shows in North Carolina, New York, and California. 
She has received an emerging artist grant from the Durham Arts Council, first place awards from jurors Joan Snyder and Willie Cole,
and merit awards from Dore Ashton, Sarah Faunce, Charles Hinman and Josh Wu. 
Her works are in public and private collections in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

REPRESENTATION

FRANK Gallery
Chapel Hill, NC
www.frankisart.com

Light Art+Design
www.lightartdesign.com

Craven Allen Gallery
Durham, NC
www.cravenallengallery.com

OneOneOne Gallery
Chapel Hill, NC
www.oneoneone.gallery

AWARDS/GRANTS/SOLO SHOWS

2019

Frank Gallery

Invitational

2018

One One One Gallery

Invitational

2017

LIGHT: Art + Design

Summer Show

2016

LIGHT: Art + Design

Solo Show

2015

Frank Gallery

Invitational - Edge of White

2014

LIGHT: Art + Design

Solo Show

2013

Durham Art Guild 59th Juried Show

Juror: Edie Carpenter, Director of Art, Greenhill Gallery, Greensboro, NC

Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, NC

Featured Artist
Lin Barnhardt, Visual Arts Director

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

Art of the Auction Show – Juried

Frank Gallery

Self-Portrait Collaboration, with Barbara Tyroler

LIGHT: Art+Design

Paper-Wood Invitational

Frank Gallery

OFF the Wall – Invitational

Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC

Unfettered Show - Juried

2012

LIGHT: Art + Design

Featured artist

Frank Gallery

Wings - juried show

LIGHT: Art + Design

Red White Black and Blue - Invitational

Compass Center for Women

Invitational

LIGHT: Art + Design

Spring Opening - Invitational

Greenhill Gallery

Winter Show - Invitational

2011

LIGHT: Art + Design

Opening - Invitational

Frank Gallery

Black + White Show - Juried

Women's Center

Invitational

LIGHT: Art + Design

Re: Again and Again - Invitational

Visual Art Exchange

Invitational

Craven Allen Gallery

Frank Gallery

Dining Show - Juried

2010

The Raleigh Fine Arts Society Raleigh NC

Juried by John Beerman, Artist

The Women's Center - Chapel Hill, NC

Juried by Jane Tyndall, Gallery Owner

Craven Allen Gallery - Durham, NC

Sitzer Spuria Design Studio - Carrboro, NC 

Cindy Spuria, Owner and Curator

2009

Durham Art Guild, 55th Juried Show - Durham, NC

Juried by Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Artist

Green Hill Gallery Winter Show Invitational - Greensboro, NC

2008

Sitzer Spuria Design Studio Invitational - Carrboro, NC         

Cindy Spuria, Curator

2007

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artist Gallery - San Francisco

Marian Parmenter, Curator and Director

Durham Art Guild - Durham,NC   Solo Show

Raleigh Fine Arts Society Juried Show - Raleigh NC

Juried by Brian Dursum, Director, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami

Durham Art Guild 53rd Juried Show - Durham, NC 

Juried by Barkley Hendricks, Artist

Sitzer Spuria Design Studio Invitational - Carrboro, NC

Cindy Spuria, Curator

2006

Mixed Media in The Triangle Invitational - Chapel Hill, NC

Juried by Luna Lee Ray, Artist

"Through Women's Eyes" Orange County Women's Center - Chapel Hill, NC  

Juried by John Rosenthal, Photographer

Durham Art Guild 52nd       Juried Show - Durham, NC

Juried by Petah Coyne, Artist

Raleigh Fine Arts Society Juried Show - Raleigh, NC

Juried by Alison de Lima Green, Curator of Contemporary Arts,   Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

2005

Sizl Gallery, Carrboro, NC   Solo Show,

Karen Shelton, Curator and Owner

Durham Art Guild 51st Juried Show - Durham, NC,

Juried by Judy Chicago, Artist

"Through Women's Eyes" Orange County Women's Center - Chapel Hill, NC

Juried by Beth Grabowski, Artist and Professor at University of North Carolina

2004

Associated Artist of Winston Salem 

Juried Show - Winston Salem, NC        PURCHASE AWARD, Juried by Josh Wo, Savannah College of Art and Design

Durham Art Guild EMERGING ARTIST GRANT RETROSPECTIVE 

Durham Art Guild 50th Juried Show- Durham, NC

2003

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artist Gallery - San Francisco

Marian Parmenter, Director and Curator

Sizl Gallery - Carrboro, NC, Solo Show  

 Karen Shelton, Curator and Owner

Durham Art Guild 49th Juried Show - Carrboro, NC

Juried by Faye Gold, Owner Faye Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2001

Durham Art Guild 48th Juried Show - Durham NC

FIRST PLACE AWARD, Juried by Willie Cole, Artist

Durham Art Guild - Durham, NC solo Show

2000

Green Hill Art's Center - Greensboro, NC

Juried by Lee Hansley,Gallery Owner

"Through Women's Eyes" Orange County Women's Center - Chapel Hill

Juried by Dorothy Hodges and Lawrence Wheeler, Gallery Owners, Winston Salem, NC

Raleigh Fine Arts Society Juried Show - Raleigh, NC

HONORABLE MENTION, Juried by Charles Hinman, Artist

1999

Chapel Hill Arts Center - Chapel Hill, NC Solo Show

Raleigh Fine Arts Society - Raleigh, NC

Juried by Dr. Lee Hall, Historian and Author

1998

Raleigh Fine Arts Society - Raleigh, NC

Juried by Wolf Kahn

1995

The Painting Center- New York, NY

1994

Duke Arts Council - Durham, NC, Solo Show Award

1993

EMERGING ARTIST GRANT     Durham Arts Council

Durham Art  Guild - Durham, NC Solo Show Award

1992

Durham Art Guild Juried Show - Durham, NC MERIT AWARD,       

Juried by Dore Ashton, Author, Critic, Historian

1990

Greensboro Traveling Art Exhibit – Greensboro, NC 

FIRST PLACE AWARD, Juried by Joan Snyder, Artist

Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY

FIRST PLACE AWARD, Juried by Joan Snyder

Durham Art Guild Juried Show - Durham, NC MERIT AWARD,

Juried by Sarah Faunce, Chair, Department of Painting and Sculpture, Brooklyn Museum

"Sculpture in the Garden" - Chapel Hill, NC 

 University of North Carolina Botanical Garden

1989

Durham Art Guild Juried Show – Durham, NC

Juried by Irving Sandler, Professor

"Sculpture in the Garden"- Chapel Hill, NC,

University of North Carolina Botanical Garden

EDUCATION

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1986-1989)

University of California at Berkeley (1964-1966)

University of Maryland at College Park (1957-1959)