About the Artist

Kate Hendrickson is an artist and educator who divides her time between Chicago and Sarasota. She earned her MFA from the University of Denver and has shared her expertise as a teacher at Barat College and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her commitment to mentorship and education has included serving as a visiting artist at West Virginia University's School of Art and Design, participating on the Visiting Committee of the College of Creative Arts and Media, and working as a creative consultant for their mentorship program. 

Her work has been widely exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States. Exhibitions include group shows at Madron Gallery, ARC Gallery, and the Bridgeport Art Center in Chicago, as well as Grace Howl Contemporary Art, the Art Center of Sarasota, 502 Gallery, SPAACES, and the Lois + David Stulberg Gallery at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota. Through Mesh Gallery, her drawings have also been featured at print fairs at major institutions, including the McNay Art Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. She has exhibited at the Heller Museum in New York and completed a public art commission in Sarasota through Art in Common Places, a collaboration with poet Mary Ladany.

After earning her MFA, Hendrickson shifted from teaching to working in galleries for several years, eventually becoming an international art dealer specializing in works on paper from the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. This experience enhanced her understanding of materials, historical context, and the art market, which continues to inform her work today as both an artist and mentor.