Kathy Strauss earned her degree in Art from Westminster College (Pennsylvania)
and has been making and exhibiting both fiber art and works on
paper for 25 years. She has shown work in many Baltimore area
venues including Maryland Art Place, the Creative Alliance, and
at Baltimore’s annual arts festival
ArtScape. She has also exhibited work in Pittsburgh, Washington,
DC and New York. Her work has been included in various publications
such as Link, A Critical Journal on the Arts in Baltimore and
the World and she has worked with the staff at the Textile Museum
in Washington, DC demonstrating and lecturing on fiber art techniques.
Kathy Strauss
436 W. Greenwood Road, Linthicum, Maryland 21090
SELECTED EXHIBITS
19th National Drawing and Print Competitive Exhibition, College of Notre Dame of Baltimore, Baltimore MD
(2008)
(Selected for the Purchase Prize)
39th Annual Textile Exhibition (Juried); Olive
Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont CA (2007)
Roots (Invitational); SoWeBo Arts, Baltimore MD (Coming
Sept 2007)
PieceWork (Invitational); Minas Gallery, Baltimore
MD (2006)
ArtScape (Juried); Theatre Project; Baltimore
MD (2006)
Nat’l Juried Bead and Fiber Exhibit (Juried);
Delaplaine Visual Arts Ctr, Frederick MD (2005)
Global International Competition (Juried); Gallery
International, Baltimore MD (2004)
Material World (Juried); Target Gallery; Alexandria
VA (2004)
ArtScape (Juried); Maryland Art Place; Baltimore
MD (2003, 2004)
FoodScape (Invitational); Baltimore MD (2003,
2004)
Evolutionary Threads (Three Person Showl); Maryland
Hall for the Creative Arts; Annapolis MD (2002)
SubSurface (Three Person Show); Creative Alliance;
Baltimore MD (2002)
Two Views of the Forest (Two Person Show); Space
Telescope Science Institute; Baltimore MD (2000)
Big Show (Group); Creative Alliance; Baltimore
MD (1995 – 2008)
Fiber/Art/Science (Two Person Show); Space Telescope
Science Institute; Baltimore MD (1999)
Knot as They Seam (Invitational); Maryland Art
Place; Baltimore MD (1998)
And the Cloth Makes Me Sing (Invitational);
Adler Gallery; Baltimore MD (1996)
Diane Kuthy/Kathy Strauss (Two Person Show);
Creative Alliance; Baltimore MD (1996)
Beyond, Within (Solo Show); Space Telescope
Science Institute; Baltimore MD (1996)
Beneath the Surface (Solo Show); Park School;
Baltimore MD (1995)
Above and Below (Juried); Baltimore Life Gallery;
Baltimore MD (1995)
Arts & Crafts (Juried); Maryland Hall for
the Creative Arts; Annapolis MD (1994 and 1995)
Eastern Shore Invitational (Invitational); Academy
of the Arts; Easton MD (1993)
Curious Creatures (Solo Show); Dorchester Arts
Center; Cambridge MD (1991)
Perception/Presence/Progression (Three Person
Show); Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts; Annapolis MD (1991)
FiberArts '89 International (Juried); FiberArts
Guild of Pgh; Pittsburgh PA (1989)
Kathy Strauss and Tzu-Wen Kwok (Two Person Show);
Frank Katz Gallery; Baltimore MD (1989)
A Different View of the Sea (Solo Show); Corner
Gallery; New York NY (1988)
Maryland's Best 1987 (Juried); Howard Co. Center
for the Arts; Ellicott City MD (1987)
Kathy Strauss (Solo Show); American Assoc. for
the Advancement of Science; Washington DC (1987)
Alumni Show (Invitational); Westminster College;
New Wilmington PA (1985)
Untitled Show (Two Person Show); Tuttle Memorial
Gallery; Baltimore MD (1985)
ART INCLUDED IN
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk
Issue 7 of Link, A Critical Journal on the Arts in Baltimore
and the World (2001)
Textile Museum, Celebration of Textiles (2001, 2004, 2005,
2007, 2008)
EDUCATION
Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA, BA in Art, 1978
Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA, Scientific Art, 1978
Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC, 1980
Science Applications International Corp., Wildlife International,
Ltd., and University of Maryland, 1978-Present as a Chemist
PERSONAL STATEMENT
Working in both science and art as I do (and have done for
25 years), I have a continuous urge to peer beneath the surface of things.
Quilts I’ve made in previous years imposed grid-like patterns on natural
images, almost classifying or quantitating. My work of the past six years,
however, has been constructing batik sculptures of silk gauze layers. The
work was best described by Jed Dodds, Visual Arts Director of the Creative
Alliance (Baltimore MD) for the “Subsurface” exhibit, October
2002:
“The urge to peer below the surface of things is at
the root of all intellectual inquiry. We look under the hood, dig deep, peer
within – all our attempts to understand the nature of things. Artists
understand this, as do scientists….When one lift the veils, one must
be prepared to see what’s beneath….Kathy Strauss constructs
diaphanous batik sculptures which begin with the idea of scientific inquiry,
but raise the emotional ante….Searching for clues, the viewer plays
the role of archeologist, digging below the surface to confront not just
the abstract story of an ancient culture or complex organism, but of individuals
who stood the same ground as they.”
