Katelyn Alain

medium: painting

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Self Portrait about Fear 2005 Painting	Self Portrait as Proserpine 2005 Painting	Self Portrait Holding the Strings 2005 Mixed media
Self Portrait Iconic 2004 Painting	Self Portrait Stripes 2005 Painting	Self Portrait with Weight on Head 2004 Painting
Self Portrait with Window 2004 Painting	Self Portrait with Glasses 2004 Painting	Still Life with Apple and Knife in Frame 2003 Painting
Still Life with Reflections 2005 Painting

Contact information
3248 Milwaukee St. #2
Madison, WI 53714
Email Address: katelynalain@yahoo.com
Web site: www.katelynalain.com

Artist statement
My latest series of mixed media self-portraits focuses intensely on the subjects of femininity, self-conflict, stereotype and strength. I use the image of my own portrait to study and understand the psychological effects of society's pressures on women. Each painting analyzes a specific theme such as fear, women's rights, a mythological character, or a personal experience.

Painting is at once a means of expressing something that I feel strongly about in everyday life, and a means of understanding what I didn't even know was there. It is in these surprise revelations that I find excitement and creative reward.

Biography
Education:
Hartford Art School, BFA Painting, Art History Minor, Magna Cum Laude, 2001

Marchutz Painting School, one-year study, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1999-2000

Guided Museum Study, France, Italy, 1999-2000

Group Exhibitions:
Soprafina Gallery, Somerville, MA, 2003-2004
Cambridge Framery Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 2003
Founders Exhibition, Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, MA, 2002
Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA, 2002
Mill Art Gallery, Lawrence, MA, 2001
Taub Hall Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, 2001
Mount Sinai Hospital, Hartford, CT, 2000
Marchutz Atelier, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2000

Awards and Achievements:
Third in Show, juried exhibition, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA, 2002
Honorable Mention, Founders Exhibition, Cape Cod Art Association, 2002
Rudolph Zallinger Painting Award, Hartford Art School, 2001
Visiting Artist, Watkinson School for Inventive Learning, CT, 2001
The Constantin Christofides Art History Prize, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2000
Boston Globe Scholastic Art Award, Silver Key Winner, Boston, MA, 1997