Born in Buffalo, NY
Lives and works in Arlington, MA
EDUCATION
MFA Maine College of Art & Design, Portland ME
BS Ithaca College, Ithaca NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
LEAN, STAND, COLLAPSE, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham MA
2018
WHERE EDGES MEET?, Co-Creative Center, New Bedford MA
2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022
IS IT WEDNESDAY YET?, LaiSun Keane Gallery, Boston MA
2019
BE/COME, Fort Point Gallery, Boston MA
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
PAINTING&, Boston University Stone Gallery, Boston MA
RESHAPING ABSTRACTION, Concord Center for the Visual Arts, Concord MA
2023
MOTHER ART PRIZE, Zabludowicz Collection, London England
TROVE | Flat File, Deanna Evans Projects, New York NY
IN THE 4TH TRIMESTER, The barn at 18 Mill Lane, Arlington MA
THE INVISIBLE LABOR, Firefolk Arts, Waitsfield VT
2022
CARTOGRAPHY OF CARE, Spilt Milk Gallery, Edinburgh Scotland
A LONG LINE, Gallery 263, Cambridge MA
POETICS OF PROCESS, ICA at Maine College of Art + Design, Portland ME,
Juror: Kate McNamara, Curator-at-Large, Providence College Galleries
2021
ALCHEMIZED DIMENSIONS, Praise Shadows Art Gallery, Boston MA
JOYFUL | SPACES OF GATHERING, Kimpton Nine Zero Hotel, Boston MA
2020
NATIONAL PRIZE SHOW, Kathryn Shultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Juror:
Sharon Butler, artist/writer/publisher "Two Coats of Paint"
2019
FIELD NOTES: LOVERS, TEACHERS + THE CONSCIOUSNESS IN BETWEEN,
Mills Gallery, Boston MA
PAPER, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT, Juror: Jennifer Farrell, Associate
Curator Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY
BRUSH, COAT, COVER: 2019 WHEATON BIENNIAL, Beard and Weil Gallery,
Wheaton MA
2018
NATIONAL PRIZE SHOW, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge MA, Jurors:
Michelle Grabner, Crown Family Professor in Painting + Drawing, Art Institute of
Chicago, Jessica Hong, Assistant Curator ICA Boston + Jamillah James, Curator,
ICA Los Angeles
IN-DEPTH, Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA
2017
THE GARDEN, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston MA
WINTER WORKS, Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA
OBJECTIFIED, Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA
2016
ON THE MAP, 3S ARTSPACE, Portsmouth NH
15TH NATIONAL PRIZE SHOW, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge MA, Awarded
‘Best in Show’, Juror: Paul C. Ha, Director, LIST Visual Arts Center at MIT
2015
ON THE EDGE, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, Second Place Prize, Juror:
Denise Markonish, Curator, MASS MoCA | Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
2007
MFA THESIS EXHIBITION, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland ME
COLLECTIONS
Google’s permanent collection, Cambridge MA (2022)
Commission for Google’s permanent collection, Cambridge MA (2021)
HONORS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
Finalist – Mother Art Prize, Procreate Project, international exhibition for self-
identifying women and non-binary visual artists with caring responsibilities (2023)
Jenny Family Residency, New Edinburgh Nova Scotia (Summer, 2023)
Best in Show – 15TH NATIONAL PRIZE SHOW, awarded by Paul Ha, Director,
List Visual Arts Center at MIT, Cambridge MA (2016)
Finalist – SOLO 2017, Bromfield Gallery, MA selected by Sarah Montross,
Associate Curator, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln MA (2015)
Second Place Prize, ON THE EDGE, awarded by Denise Markonish, Curator,
MASS MoCA | Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams MA (2015)
AEVY Fellowship, Archventures, Boston-based design-build non-profit (2008)
Outstanding Achievement MFA Thesis Defense, Maine College of Art & Design (2007)
Albert K. Murray Education Grant, Adamsville OH (2005, 2006, 2007)
MFA MECA Merit Award, Portland ME (2005)
PUBLICATIONS
"Missives from the Care Bubble," Cate McQuaid Substack | Ocean in a drop, https://catemcquaid.substack.com/p/missives-from-the-care-bubble , November 19, 2023
“Fragments of Home: In Conversation with Kate Holcomb Hale” Boston Art Review, Issue 09:Burnout, Fall/Winter 2022
“Drawing from the past” The Boston Globe, https://www.bostonglobe.com/2019/12/13/arts/artists-draw-teachers-lovers-past-annual-bca-show/
December 13, 2019
“Powerful drawing show debuts at BCA’s Mills Gallery” Bay State Banner, https://www.baystatebanner.com/2019/11/13/powerful-drawing-show-debuts-at-bcas-mills-gallery/November 13, 2019
“Went There: Be/Come @ FPAC Gallery,” Boston Hassle, https://bostonhassle.com/went-there-be-come-fpac-gallery/, June 27, 2019
“Meet the Artist, Kate Holcomb Hale,” Boston Voyager Magazine, http://bostonvoyager.com/interview/meet-kate-holcomb-hale/, August 6, 2018
“Installation Art with Kate Holcomb Hale”, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery Blog, http://www.abigailogilvy.com/blog/2017/7/6/12w3vl3dcykwyndkydyfyjcf9xxd4k,
July 6, 2017
“CAA Artist of the Week: CAA Interview with Kate Holcomb Hale”, Cambridge Art Association Blog, http://www.cambridgeart.org/caa-blog/, August 10, 2016
“CAA 15th Open Juried Show: National Prizes for a wealth of talent”, Artscope Magazine, May/June 2016
“Questioning the Real”, The Phoenix, Portland, ME, May 18, 2007
LECTURES/TALKS/PERFORMANCES
Artist Panel moderated by Mallory Ruymann, curator, Boston University, Boston, MA (2024)
Artist Talk with Dr. Noelle Roop, psychologist + educator, The Danforth Art Museum, Framingham MA (2024)
WE ALWAYS GET BACK UP, Encore performance + talk in collaboration with Nora Stephens and MacKenzie LeTorré, The Danforth Art Museum, Framingham MA (2024)
WE ALWAYS GET BACK UP, perfomance + talk in collaboration with Nora Stephens and MacKenzie LeTorré, The Danforth Art Museum, Framingham MA (2023)
Artist conversation + demonstration with Cicely Carew moderated by Leah Triplett
Harrington, LaiSun Keane Gallery, Boston MA (2022)
POETICS OF PROCESS Artist Conversation, ICA, Portland ME (2022)
NATIONAL PRIZE SHOW Artist talk, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge MA (2017)
15TH NATIONAL PRIZE SHOW Artist talk, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge (2016)
WHERE EDGES MEET? Artist talk, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset MA (2015)
THE SPACE OF SENSITIZATION artist talk, Northeastern University, Boston MA (2013)
DOMESTICITY INTERRUPTED artist talk, ICA Portland, ME (2007)
THE PRACTICE OF DOMESTIC CRUELTY, MFA Lecture Series, ICA, Portland ME (2007)