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Kathleen (Cathy) DeMeo
Artist Specializing in Monotypes

Selected Exhibitions

Upcoming
Views from a Matrix, Brookfield Craft Center Gallery, Brookfield, CT April 28 - June 2
Fence Artists Show at the Midsummer Festival, Old Lyme Inn, Old Lyme, CT July 27

2024
Verified By Proof, Southern Graphics Council International Conference, Providence RI
New Haven Paint & Clay Club 123rd Juried Exhibition, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
Strictly Abstract, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT, Third Prize Award for Thought Process by juror, Deborah Dancy
Changing Seasons, Valentine Zahn Gallery, Shoreline Medical Center, Westbrook, CT
First Impressions, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT

2023
Five Points Small Works Juried Exhibition, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
Members Show, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, Sill Gallery @ Lyme Academy, Old Lyme, CT
Land+Sea: Art by Kathleen DeMeo, (solo exhibition) Friends & Company, Madison, CT
The Heat Is On, Essex Art Association, Essex, CT
Madison Art Society 48th Annual Juried Exhibition, Scranton Memorial Library, Madison, CT
Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Five Points Art Center, Torrington, CT
Kathleen DeMeo: Changing Light, (solo exhibition) Lyme Public Library, Lyme, CT
Elected Artists Exhibition and By the Beautiful Sea, Essex Art Association, Essex, CT
Land and Sea: Abstracts of the Imagination, Hygienic Art Gallery, New London, CT
Artists Showcase, (One of five featured artists) Print Club of New York, New York, NY
Sense of Place, Alexey Von Schlippe Gallery, University of CT Avery Point, Groton, CT
Connecticut Women Artists Annual Juried Members Show, Art League of New Britain, New Britain, CT
Off the Press, and Abstracted, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Sound & Vision II: For the Record, The Gallery Upstairs, Institute Library, New Haven, CT
First Impressions, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Of the Moment, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Madison Art Society 48th Members Exhibition, Scranton Library Gallery, Madison, CT

2022
Deck the Walls, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
River Valley Artists Holiday Show, Promethea Arts, Deep River, CT
Latitudes of Myth, (two person show) Mitchell Library, New Haven, CT
Scenes of Chester, Deep River and Essex, Back Gallery at The Space, Chester, CT
Active Members Exhibition, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, Hilles Gallery at Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Visions, Valentine Zahn Gallery, Westbrook, CT
Art in Relief: New Works from the CAW Studios, Hilles Gallery at Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Contemporary Works, Back Gallery at The Space, Chester, CT
Fence Artists Show, Old Lyme Inn lawn, Old Lyme, CT
Ship to Shore: A Marine Show, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Abstract Works, Ben Parker Gallery, Essex, CT
All You Need is Love; Elected Artists Exhibition; Meet Me Here; Inner Visions; and Force of Nature, Essex Art Association Gallery, Essex, CT
Expanding Visions, Traditional and Beyond, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
New Year, New Work, Valentine Zahn Gallery, Westbrook, CT
Four Acts, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
First Impressions, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler, Grace Shanley Gallery at CCP, Norwalk, CT
Our Towns, SoMA Gallery, Deep River, CT

2021
Peace on Earth, Spectrum Gallery, Centerbrook, CT
Priority Prints, Stone Valley Arts, Poultney, VT
Hello Yellow, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
New Haven Paint & Clay Club Active Members Exhibit, Sill House Gallery, Lyme Academy of Fine Art, Old Lyme, CT
River Valley Artists Exhibit, Earth & Fire Gallery, Essex CT
Splashes, Drips and Drops, Spectrum Gallery, Centerbrook, CT
Clinton Art Society 72nd Annual Juried Summer Exhibition, Clinton Town Hall, Clinton, CT
NHP&CC 120th Annual Juried Exhibition, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT (Juror: Hollis Dunlap)
Emerging, Break Through, Viewpoint and Brand New Day, Essex Art Association Gallery, Essex, CT
Abstracting Nature, Spectrum Gallery, Centerbrook, CT
First Impressions, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
77th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT (Juror: Kenneth E. Silver)
Expanding Visions: Traditional and Beyond, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT (Juror: Melanie Carr)
Connecticut Women Artists Members Show, Art League of New Britain, New Britain, CT (Juror: Roxanne Stachelek)

2020
True Vision, Gallery One CT's Virtual Exhibition
7th Biennial FOOTPRINT International, Center for Contemporary Printing, Norwalk, CT
USPS Art Project, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Land and Sea, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Local Vision V: Take a Breath, Valentine H. Zahn Gallery, Shoreline Medical Center, Westbrook, CT
76th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT (Juror: Mark D. Mitchell, YUAG)
Yin and Yang, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Elected Artists Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
All In: Contemporary Student Work, Hilles Gallery at Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
First Impressions, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT

2019
Pressing Matters - Monotypes by Kathleen DeMeo, Keyes Gallery, Willoughby Wallace Library, Branford, CT
Older But Younger, Artspace, New Haven, CT
SUPERTOPIA: Wee Faerie Superheroes’ Headquarters and Hideaways, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT
Anticipation, Earth and Fire Gallery, Essex, CT
Fresh Expressions, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Connecticut Women Artists 90th National Juried Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
The Space Between, Essex Art Association, Essex, CT
Members Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
Converge (Juried), Essex Art Association, Essex, CT
Becoming, Essex Art Association, Essex, CT Best Any Medium Award for Quietude
Elected Artists Exhibition, Essex Art Association, Essex, CT
75th Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT (Juror: Douglas Hyland)
Creative Matters, Hilles Gallery at Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Hommage A, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT (Juror: Brad Guarino)
Four Acts, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Chromaphilia, Artspace, New Haven, CT

2018
Six Women Painting, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT
Wellbeing - CWOS 2018, Artspace Gallery, New Haven, CT
62nd Juried Regional Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
Connecticut Women Artists 89th National Exhibition, Barnes-Franklin Gallery, Tunxis College, Farmington, CT
6th Biennial FOOTPRINT International, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Expressions in Print, Susan B. Hilles Gallery, New Haven, CT
American Waters, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Contemporary Look, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Elected Artist Exhibition, Essex Art Association, Essex, CT
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 107th Annual Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
74th Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT (Juror: Michelle Hargrave)
Paint/Print Winter Exhibition, Hoxie Gallery, Westerly, RI
Third Juried Exhibition, Maple & Main Gallery, Chester, CT
Silence Breakers, John Slade Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT

2017
Crossed Lines: SoHo to Shore, (solo exhibition) Christopher Martins, New Haven, CT
Lovestruck, mActivity Fitness Center, New Haven, CT
Winter: Its Beauty and Secrets, Spectrum Gallery, Essex, CT
Spatial Relations, River Street Gallery, New Haven, CT
CT Academy of Fine Arts 106th Annual Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
Local Vision II, Valentine H. Zahn Gallery, Westbrook, CT Best in Show Award
Whether, Weather, Anything You Want, and Up in the Attic, Essex Art Association, Essex, CT
Contemporary Look, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Paris, Texas, Artspace Gallery, New Haven, CT
The Crossing, Hygienic Art Gallery, New London, CT
Nasty Women Exhibition, The Institute Library, New Haven, CT
Mixmaster @ The Matt, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT (Juror: Meg White)
73rd Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT (Juror: Patricia Hickson)
Pulled and Pressed: An Exhibition of Fine Contemporary Prints, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Workshop Artists Exhibition, Susan B. Hilles Gallery, New Haven, CT

2016
Postcard Show, Chester Gallery, Chester, CT
The Magic of Christmas, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall Exhibitions and Holiday Exhibition, Maple and Main Gallery of Art, Chester, CT
Five Women Painting, Essex Art Association Gallery, Essex, CT
City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
Painting Connecticut, Stone Gallery, Chester, CT
Re: Location, Grace Ross Shanley Gallery, Norwalk, CT
Back to the Future, Artspace Gallery, New Haven, CT
Members’ Show, ArtRageUs1 Collective, Brattleboro, VT
Shake, Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery, New Haven, CT

2015
Selections from FootPrint International, JVS Project Space, New York, NY
Whimsical Kingdoms, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT
Summer, Fall, and Holiday Exhibitions, Maple and Main Gallery of Fine Art, Chester, CT
Kindred, Grace Ross Shanley Gallery, Norwalk, CT

2014
4th Biennial FootPrint International, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Uncommon Ground, Keyes Gallery, Branford, CT
Selections from FootPrint International, NEST Arts Factory, Bridgeport, CT
Wee Faerie Village in a Steampunk’d Wonderland, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT
Art Guild of Middletown Juried Exhibition (Honorable Mention), Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT
Black and White, Essex Art Association Gallery, Essex, CT Prize for Best in Printmaking

2013
Connecticut Women Artists 84th National Juried Exhibition, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT
New Haven Paint & Clay Club 112th Annual Juried Exhibition, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Wee Faerie Village in the Land of Oz, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT
Welcome to the Light, Scranton Memorial Library, Madison, CT
Focus, Essex Art Association, Essex, CT Prize for Best in Printmaking
Mixtape, Artspace, New Haven, CT

Collections:
Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT
Private collections in ten US states and Switzerland
Global corporate collection of leading financial services firm

Education:
B.F.A., University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
graphic design, visual art
Graduate coursework, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
20+ years advanced printmaking, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT

Affiliations:
Secretary, Board of Directors, Creative Arts Workshop, 2019-present
Member, Board of Directors, Artspace New Haven, 2011-2018
Council Member (2021) and Elected Member, Essex Art Association
Elected Member, Mystic Museum of Art
Associate Member, Lyme Art Association
Member, Connecticut Women Artists
Artist Member, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Studio Monitor, Lyme Academy of Fine Art, Old Lyme, CT