Bio
Kathleen O’Connell is an educator, printmaker, book artist, type and lettering enthusiast, seasoned traveler, recent mother and stepmother, amateur garden grower, perpetual organizer, and former ferry boat deckhand—all of which inform her artworks and artistic practice. She is a tenured Associate Professor (Print Media) in the Department of Art and Design at Middle Tennessee State University.
For over a decade she has collaborated with artists/studios in Lima, Peru, including multiple international artist’s book projects with Cristina Dueñas (through Taller 72 and TRESS.Taller de Grabado). O’Connell’s collaborations include several series of prints with longtime friend/mentor, Diane Fine. Her artworks have been exhibited nationally and internationally, and are part of the collections at the University of California–Berkeley, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Vanderbilt University, Yale, and the Target Corporation, among others.
Kathleen O’Connell was born and raised in Plattsburgh, New York. She holds a BFA degree from SUNY Plattsburgh and an MFA degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Solo Exhibitions
2021-22 Word for Word, Gorecki Gallery, College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, MN
2017 Alterations & Revisions (collaborative prints with Diane Fine), Pouring Light Gallery, Malone, NY
2013 New and Recent Works, Meadows Gallery, Gadsden State Community College, Gadsden, AL
2012 Crossing Time and Space, James E. Walker Library, Special Collections, Murfreesboro, TN
2010 Observations from the New World, Rockford College Art Gallery, Rockford, IL
2009 Travel Without Record, Raw Oyster Project, Everett Station Lofts, Portland, OR
2006 Toward New Invisible Cities, Porter Butts Gallery, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI
Collections
Baylor University Libraries, Moody Memorial Library
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Kennesaw State, Zuckerman Museum, Southern Graphics Council International Collection
Middle Tennessee State University, Walker Library Special Collections
Oregon College of Art and Craft
Pratt Institute Libraries
Taller 72
Target Corporation
TRESS.Taller de Grabado
University of California–Berkeley, Environmental Design Library
University of Denver, Special Collections
University of Hawaii–Hilo
University of Louisville, Ekstrom Library
University of Texas at El Paso
University of Washington, Special Collections
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Kohler Art Library
University of Wisconsin–Madison Research Park
Vanderbilt University Library
Numerous Private Collections
A brief CV can be found here.