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Seattle painter, curator and social artist Kate Vrijmoet lives and works in Seattle, WA. She received her MFA from Syracuse University. Her paintings and installations focus on the human body and the human condition, and on issues of consciousness, boundaries, scale and access. Vrijmoet was one of 16 American artists participating in the 2012 5th Beijing International Biennial. Her sound installation, Mother May I…? was awarded Best Installation in the Brooklyn Wide Open exhibit by Charlotta Kotik, Curator Emerita Brooklyn Museum of Art. And it was exhibited at Orange County Center on Contemporary Art–a show endorsed by Nicolas Bourriaud. Vrijmoet has exhibited in shows juried by curators of the MOMA (Paulina Pobocha), the Met (Anne Strauss) and the Guggenheim (Nat Trotman). She received 3rd Prize in 2010 Ecuador Biennial. Her work has been published in the 2014 book Ufora, New American Paintings, The Seattle Times, Catapult Magazine. She is published in numerous catalogs including her CoCA Seattle solo exhibit catalog: Kate Vrijmoet: Essential Gestures. She has exhibited locally at the Linda Hodges Gallery, and has recently been awarded both GAP and Department of Neighborhoods Grants. Vrijmoet is the curator of The Incredible Intensity of Just Being Human, an art & social change exhibit examining the stigma and silence surrounding mental illness.
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Kate Vrijmoet is a Seattle-based painter, curator and social artist whose work explores the human body and condition, consciousness, boundaries, scale and access. She holds an MFA from Syracuse University and creates paintings, installations, social sculpture and conceptual art. Her work spans portraits and painting series, as well as projects that use art to examine personal and social experience.
Vrijmoet has exhibited internationally, including as one of 16 American artists at the 2012 Beijing International Biennial, and received third prize at the 2010 Ecuador Biennial. Her sound installation Mother May I…? won Best Installation at Brooklyn Wide Open and was later shown at the Orange County Center on Contemporary Art. Her work has appeared in publications including New American Paintings and The Seattle Times, and in the catalog for her solo exhibition at CoCA Seattle.
As a curator, Vrijmoet organized The Incredible Intensity of Just Being Human, an exhibition addressing stigma and silence around mental illness. Her site presents her artwork, exhibitions, events, writing, biography and contact information.
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