EDUCATION
2020 Temple University / Tyler School of Art / MFA, Painting
2019 Temple University Rome / MFA, Painting
2010 Rutgers University / Mason Gross School of the Arts / BA, Visual Art & Sociology
AWARDS
2020 MFA Project Completion Grant / Temple University
2018 Honorable Mention / From The Heartland / Indianapolis Art Center
2017 Third Place Award / Whitewater Valley Art Exhibition / Indiana University East
2009 Ruth Crockett Prize Award / BA/BFA Art Open / Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021 Surveilled Silence / Temple Contemporary / Philadelphia, PA
2020 By Proxy / Automat / Philadelphia, PA
2017 Seen & Unseen / Clara Arts Gallery / Jersey City, NJ (with Tom Day)
2016 Signal:Noise / Azarian-McCullough Gallery, St. Thomas Aquinas College / Sparkill, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 AXA Art Prize Exhibition / San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA /
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL / New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
(curated by Ian Alteveer, Jennie Goldstein, Cara Manes, and Massimiliano Gioni)
2019 Festa Di Roma / Stella Elkins Gallery / Philadelphia, PA
2019 Up For Interpretation / Prime Gallery / Jersey City, NJ
2019 Low-looks / Temple University Rome Gallery / Rome, Italy
2019 Now & Forward Part II / Temple University Rome Gallery / Rome, Italy
(curated by Tiziana Musi & Shara Wasserman)
2018 From The Heartland / Indianapolis Art Center / Indianapolis, IN (curated by Mike Barclay)
2018 Superfine! Art Fair / Clara Arts Gallery / New York, NY
2018 Stranger Than Fiction / BG Gallery / Santa Monica, CA
2017 Social Thoughts / Union Street Gallery, Indiana University / Kokomo, IN
2017 Whitewater Valley Art Exhibition / Tom Thomas Gallery, Indiana University East / Richmond, IN
2016 Personality Test / Mikhail Zakin Gallery / Demarest, NJ
2015 Summer Group Exhibition / Elizabeth V. Sullivan Gallery / Sparkill, NY
2015 Resident Group Show / 313 Gallery / Jersey City, NJ
2014 Personal & Universal / Merseles Gallery / Jersey City, NJ
2010 Make Yourself at Home / BETA Spaces / Brooklyn, NY
2010 First World Problems / Mason Gross Gallery / New Brunswick, NJ
PUBLICATIONS
2018 Tinge Magazine / Cover Image / Issue 15: Fall 2018
2017 Jessica Tribble / Kathryn Mecca: On Showing Less & Seeing More in Portraiture / Clara Arts (blog)
November 15, 2017 / www.claraarts.com/kathryn-mecca-on-showing-less-seeing-more/
2015 Sally Deering / Art & Grace / River View Observer / April 2, 2015
2020 Temple University / Tyler School of Art / MFA, Painting
2019 Temple University Rome / MFA, Painting
2010 Rutgers University / Mason Gross School of the Arts / BA, Visual Art & Sociology
AWARDS
2020 MFA Project Completion Grant / Temple University
2018 Honorable Mention / From The Heartland / Indianapolis Art Center
2017 Third Place Award / Whitewater Valley Art Exhibition / Indiana University East
2009 Ruth Crockett Prize Award / BA/BFA Art Open / Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021 Surveilled Silence / Temple Contemporary / Philadelphia, PA
2020 By Proxy / Automat / Philadelphia, PA
2017 Seen & Unseen / Clara Arts Gallery / Jersey City, NJ (with Tom Day)
2016 Signal:Noise / Azarian-McCullough Gallery, St. Thomas Aquinas College / Sparkill, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 AXA Art Prize Exhibition / San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA /
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL / New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
(curated by Ian Alteveer, Jennie Goldstein, Cara Manes, and Massimiliano Gioni)
2019 Festa Di Roma / Stella Elkins Gallery / Philadelphia, PA
2019 Up For Interpretation / Prime Gallery / Jersey City, NJ
2019 Low-looks / Temple University Rome Gallery / Rome, Italy
2019 Now & Forward Part II / Temple University Rome Gallery / Rome, Italy
(curated by Tiziana Musi & Shara Wasserman)
2018 From The Heartland / Indianapolis Art Center / Indianapolis, IN (curated by Mike Barclay)
2018 Superfine! Art Fair / Clara Arts Gallery / New York, NY
2018 Stranger Than Fiction / BG Gallery / Santa Monica, CA
2017 Social Thoughts / Union Street Gallery, Indiana University / Kokomo, IN
2017 Whitewater Valley Art Exhibition / Tom Thomas Gallery, Indiana University East / Richmond, IN
2016 Personality Test / Mikhail Zakin Gallery / Demarest, NJ
2015 Summer Group Exhibition / Elizabeth V. Sullivan Gallery / Sparkill, NY
2015 Resident Group Show / 313 Gallery / Jersey City, NJ
2014 Personal & Universal / Merseles Gallery / Jersey City, NJ
2010 Make Yourself at Home / BETA Spaces / Brooklyn, NY
2010 First World Problems / Mason Gross Gallery / New Brunswick, NJ
PUBLICATIONS
2018 Tinge Magazine / Cover Image / Issue 15: Fall 2018
2017 Jessica Tribble / Kathryn Mecca: On Showing Less & Seeing More in Portraiture / Clara Arts (blog)
November 15, 2017 / www.claraarts.com/kathryn-mecca-on-showing-less-seeing-more/
2015 Sally Deering / Art & Grace / River View Observer / April 2, 2015