Katie Anne Sharpe
Biography
Katie Anne Sharpe received her B.F.A. at Idaho State University in May 2018, while in school she also competed on the ISU rodeo team in the intercollegiate rodeo association. She spent the next three years in Oregon competing in amateur and professional rodeos, and using a grant to bring art to the rural kindergarten through twelfth grade school in the area. She now lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, working as a Studio Technician at Arrowmont School of Craft for a year and a half before transitioning into Arrowmont's ArtReach Programs Manager role. She is a multimedia sculpture artist and mostly works with clay and paper as her primary mediums. All her artwork surrounds the themes of rodeo and Cowboy Culture.
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Education
2018
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Idaho State University. Pocatello, ID
Teaching Experience
March 2023
Underwater?! Basket Weaving, Arrowmont ArtReach on the Road, Abingdon, Virginia
Handmade Stationary and Stab Binding Books, Adult weekend class, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Underwater?! Basket Weaving, Adult day class, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Handmade Paper Stationary Sets, Adult three night class, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Underwater?! Basket Weaving, Arrowmont Sevier County ArtReach, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Underwater?! Basket Weaving, Arrowmont ArtReach on the Road, Harlan, Kentucky
Boise Art Museum Field Trip Project: Elements in Clay, Harper Charter School, Harper, Oregon
Christmas Ornament Project, Harper Charter School, Harper, Oregon
Block and Mono-printing on Paper and Clay, Harper Charter School, Harper, Oregon
Coil Pot Project, Harper Charter School, Harper, Oregon
Mother’s Day Mug Project, Harper Charter School, Harper, Oregon
Traveling Tokens Project, Harper, Oregon
Pinch Pot Creatures Project, Harper Charter School, Harper, Oregon
Colorful Caterpillars Project, Harper Charter School, Harper, Oregon
Juried Exhibitions
2023
Surrounding(Self), Gallery 1202, Gilroy, California
New Frontiers Juried Art Show and Sale, Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Horse Power, Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood Village, Colorado
Idaho State University Undergraduate Show, Printmaking Award, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
Idaho Falls Art Council 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Willard Arts Center, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Idaho State University Undergraduate Show, Best Print, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
February 2023
January 2023
December 2022
March 2022
Spring 2020
Fall 2019
Spring 2019
2022
Group Exhibitions
2023
January Showcase, Arrowmont Gallery in Knoxville, Tennessee
The Eleventh Hour, Jerry Drown Wood Studio Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Arrowmont Staff Show, Arrowmont Gallery in Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee
Touchstone, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
2019
2018
2016
2022
2017
Two Person Exhibitions
2018
Familiar: Senior Exhibition, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho