Curriculum Vitae
Education
2002 BFA Visual Art with Honors, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2005 MFA Book Arts & Printmaking, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Dust to Dust (Upcoming), MRKT Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 The Golden Bough, Four Chicken Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 Bargain With The Devil, The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA
2022 Re-source, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Array, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Katie Murken, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 Fight Well Against the Future, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
2013 GreenLight: Katie Murken, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
2013 The Forest for the Trees, Ben Shahn Galleries at William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2011 Continua, 2J Pop-Up Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions
2024 Synthetic Nature, Upstart Modern, Sausalito, CA
2024 WORD, MAG Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2023 Navigation, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA
2023 The 36th Parallel, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Maternal Waters, Idolwild Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Venus, Mrkt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 Resilience | A Visual Proclamation, Upstart Modern, Sausalito, CA
2022 LAND/ ADAPTATIONS, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
2022 Remains To Be Seen, an.a.log gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 Tectonic Shifts, Juried by Edie Overturf, The Tippetts Galleries at Utah State University, UT
2021 Slice, An Exhibition of Regional Art, Juried by Faith J. McKinnie, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2021 The Red Wood, Virtual Exhibition, curated by Julia Westerbeke.
2020 Assemblage: 20 Years of Environmental Art at the Schuylkill Center, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Lit, Barbara Crawford Gallery, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia, PA
2019 39th Annual Connect and Collect Exhibition and Auction, San Jose ICA, CA
2018 Ffound 2018, Woolff Gallery, London, UK
2018 Into the Light, Benefit Exhibition for Rail Park, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2018 California Open Exhibition, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Array, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 105th Annual, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 R.U.R., The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Garden of Forking Paths, Contemporary Art Center Las Vegas, NV
2012 Object Play, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012 Fresh Impressions, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Color National Juried Exhibition, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
2012 American Impressions, William Paterson University Gallery, Wayne, NJ
2010 Outloud: Artist Books Performed, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Emergence, Bahdeebahdu Gallery, Curated by Brooke Hine, Philadelphia, PA
2010 CBAA Juried Members Exhibition, School of Fine Arts Gallery at Indiana University, IN
2010 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival/Philly Fringe, site-specific installation, Philadelphia, PA
2009 The Messenger is Already Dead, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Text, Image and the Life of the Page, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Offerings: A Collaborative Exhibition, Little Berlin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Grants and Awards
2016 Nancy Bernstein and Robert E. Schoen Award, The AAP105th Annual, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Grand Prize and Purchase Prize, Fresh Impressions Exhibition, The William Paterson University Galleries, Wayne, NJ
2011 Alumni Travel Grant, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Independence Foundation Fellowship in the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowships and Residencies
2022 Southern Exposure Mentorship Program, San Francisco, CA
2021 Artist in Residence, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2020 In Cahoots Printmaking Residency, Petaluma, CA
2011 Babayan Culture House Residency Program, Cappadocia, Turkey
2009 Career Development Fellowship, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Mid-Atlantic Creative Fellowship, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
2002 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Artist Residency, Venice, Italy
Collections
The Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
William Paterson University Art Collection, Wayne, NJ
Special Collections, J. Edgar Louise S. Monroe Library, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
Special Collections, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Artist’s Book Collection, Venice, Italy
Bibliography
AAP 105th Annual Exhibition Catalog, Carnegie Museum of Art. Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Press. 2016
Book Art. Picture Book Press, Cotsen Children's Library Newsletter. Princeton University Libraries. 2013
Freshman Friendship Leads to Professional Collaboration for SoVA Alumni. Penn State College of Arts and Architecture Newsletter. Penn State University. 2013
Contemporary Artists and the Book, JAB: The Journal of Artist’s Books No. 22. Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts. 2007
Press
2024 Artist Profile, This goes out to the moms struggling with mental health, 48hills, San Francisco, CA
2023 August Editor’s Pick, The 36th Parallel at Track 16, Carla, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Formalism Dominates at the 105th Associated AAP Annual, The Glass Block, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 Katie Murken: Fight Well Against the Future at Space 1026, Title Magazine, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Garden of Forking Paths Thrills, Even as it Bewilders, Las Vegas Weekly, Las Vegas, NV
2011 Continua: Interview with Katie Murken, WhiteHot Magazine, Online
2011 Continua Astounds on Many Levels, KnightArts.org, Online