education

1995Brown University, Providence, RI - Masters of the Arts of Teaching (MAT) in English

1994Brown University, Providence, RI - BA in English and American Literature

awards/scholarships

2010Professional Development Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR

2009Short-listed, Zelli Porcelain Award 2009, Zelli Porcelain, London, UK

Best of Show, Feats of Clay 2009, Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, Gladding McBean Factory, Lincoln, CA

Winner, Ceramics: Hand-built/Molded, 2009 NICHE Awards, Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA

2008Visionary Award of Excellence, CraftForms 2008, international juried exhibition, Wayne ArtCenter, Wayne, PA

First Prize, Honorable Mention, Viewpoint: Ceramics 2008, Hyde Art Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA

Best of Show, Clay? II, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA

2007Individual Merit Award, 2007 Craft Biennial: A Biennial Review of NW Art and Craft,Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

2nd place, Oregon Potters Association Ceramics Showcase, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR 

Bob & Peggy Culbertson Scholarship– full funding award, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

Kiln God Residency– full funding award, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME

20065th place, Oregon Potters Association Ceramics Showcase, Oregon Convention Center,Portland, OR 

exhibitions

2010BAM Biennial 2010: Clay Throwdown! juried group exhibition, Bellevue Arts Museum,Bellevue, WA (August)

NEXT Chicago, group exhibition, Patrajdas Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (April)

Bright and White, small group exhibition, Mindy Solomon Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL (April)

Earth Matters, NCECA Invitational Exhibition, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA (March)

Summer Workshop Preview Exhibition, group exhibition at Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM (March)

CERAM-A-RAMA, Ceramics Research Center gala fundraiser live auction/exhibit, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ (March)

Corporeal Manifestations, group invitational exhibit in conjunction with NCECA, MutterMuseum, Philadelphia, PA (February)

2009Sitka Art Invitational, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR

Proverbial Porcelain, short-listed sculpture exhibit for the Zelli Porcelain Award, Zelli Porcelain, London, UK

Art Fest of Clay and Fire, juried Oregon Potters' Association inclusion in Hokkaido Pottery Society's exhibition, Sapporo Contemporary Museum, Sapporo, Japan

CURIOSITIES, four person exhibition, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Feats of Clay 2009, Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, Gladding McBean Factory, Lincoln, CA

A Mixed Bag of Small Ceramic Wonders, invitational group exhibition, Crossman Gallery,University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI

2009 NICHE Awards, group exhibition, Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA

2008CraftForms 2008, international juried exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

Envisioning a Future, group exhibition, South Seattle Community College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

After Eden, solo exhibition, Beet Gallery, Portland, OR

Sculpted Green, 2008 Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue City Hall, Bellevue, WA

Blackfish Gallery Window Project, two-person exhibition, Portland, OR  

Viewpoint:Ceramics 2008, national juried show, Hyde Art Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA  

Clay? II, US and Canada ceramics exhibition, jurors: Jamie Walker, Akio Takamori, and Doug Jeck, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA  

2007Supernatural, juried group show for Portland Institute of Contemporary Art's TBA:07Swigert Commons, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

2007 Craft Biennial: A Biennial Review of NW Art and Craft, Hoffman Gallery, OregonCollege of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

Gresham Art Advisory Committee's 10th Annual Juried Show, Juror: Laura Russo, GreshamCity Hall Visual Arts Gallery, Gresham, OR

Oregon Potters Association Ceramics Showcase, gallery exhibition, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR 

The Figure: transcribing the human form, national juried show, Campbell Hall Gallery, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR 

2006Oregon Potters Association Ceramics Showcase, gallery and lobby exhibition, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR               

Membership Has Its Benefits: Oregon Potters Association juried exhibition in conjunction with NCECA conference, Skutt Ceramic Supplies, Portland, OR

selected publications

2010Featured in the following design and art websites in Nov-Jan, notcot.org, streetanatomy.com, formfiftyfive.com, abduzeedo.com, paulbaines.co.uk, etsy.com/storque/, treehugger.com and many others from around the world

New York Times Sunday Magazine, "Is There an Ecological Unconscious? ", photo illustrations accompanying article by Daniel B. Smith, January 31, 2010, p. 36

2009Lobster and Canary (blog), “6 + 1 Interview: Kate D. MacDowell”, by Daniel A. Rabuzzi,September 19

Ceramics Monthly, "Curiosities", Upfronts section, September, p. 18

The: Santa Fe’s Monthly Magazine for the Arts, "Curiosities", by Marin Sardy, August, p. 56

500 Ceramic Sculptures, Juror: Glen R. Brown, Editor Suzanne Tourtillott, Lark Books

2008 425 Magazine, "Sustainable Sculptures - Seeing Green in Bellevue", by Jenny LynnZappala, Vol. 2, No. 5, Sept/Oct, pp. 151-154

teaching experience

2010Transforming the Natural World, summer workshop, August 16-20, Santa Fe Clay,Santa Fe, NM