TEACHER'S STATEMENT | EDUCATION | ARTIST'S STATEMENT
EXPERIENCE | SHOWS/PUBLICATIONS | AWARDS

I believe in a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary approach to teaching studio art, one which engages many aspects of students' lives and points to both universal truths and individual discoveries. In the studio we develop "seeing" skills, visual communication skills, and the technical skills necessary to work with a variety of materials and tools. We explore the ways ideas can shape images and fill them with meaning. Sequential projects, slide talks, group discussions, team projects, reading assignments, and museum visits encourage students to examine many possibilities at a variety of levels. Group and individual critiques of student work build critical thinking skills, self-confidence, and professionalism. It is important to keep the class flexible and adaptable to change, not only because the art world changes but also because each student is an individual and brings something new to the class. The underlying structure of the classroom environment and course work allows for spontaneity and unexpected discoveries.

Through careful guidance I hope to provide students with a broad knowledge of art, its relationship to society and culture, an in-depth study of skills, and, based on this solid foundation, the freedom to experiment and search for a personal vision of the highest quality.

M.F.A., Painting and Drawing, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1986

B.F.A., summa cum laude, Studio Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1984

Paintings in the Popol Vuh Series are based on my readings of the Popol Vuh, the Quiché Maya book of cosmogony. This sacred text describes the creation of the heavens and the earth, humans, animals, and plants. It narrates the adventures in the underworld of the Hero Twins, Xbalanque and Hunahpu. Underlying it all is a sense of the universe in which life and death are part of a continuous, cosmic cycle, a cycle in which the dark interior of the Underworld/cave/womb holds the seeds of new life.

In this series of paintings, the undulating Halha ha Zimah (River of Churning Spikes) separates the lighter colored upperworld from the dark underworld realm of the dead. Quiché words and their English translations identify the subjects of the paintings and provide the works with titles. My approach to image making in no way reflects the refined elegance of Maya art.

The Popol Vuh paintings are dedicated to two important teachers who shaped my life: Dan Wingren, Professor of painting, design, and color theory at SMU, and Linda Schele, Maya scholar and epigrapher, Professor of Mesoamerican art history at UT. Both souls are in the afterlife.

In addition to painting, I spend a great deal of time drawing from life, particularly from archaeological sites and ancient monuments around the world. For me, seeing is rooted in drawing, and there is no end to the practice. I also do installations and other site-specific works in a variety of indoor and outdoor contexts throughout the United States. One of my annual creative actions is the construction of traditional ofrendas for the dead during the celebration of Los Días de los Muertos, and these have been shown in numerous museums, galleries, and alternative spaces. I find the ritual of gathering and making the materials and organizing them as offerings is a healing and centering activity and is a way for me to combine my interests in art, culture, religion, and the cosmos.

Shows
Picante, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (ATHICA), Athens, Georgia, May 21st - July 10th, 2004

¡Lotería! El Dos, Bath House Cultural Center invitational, Dallas, Texas, May 2004

Ofrenda installation: Altar in rememberance of Linda Schele, Texas Tech University School of Art, South Gallery: October 27 - November 2, 2003

the yellow line, The Art Corridor II, Tarrant County College, Arlington, Texas 2002
Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead, an installation in the exhibition, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, October and November, 2002

Picture Yourself, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, August 2002

¡Lotería, Lotería!, Bath House Cultural Center invitational, Dallas, Texas, 2002

Recent Work, Quorum Gallery, Dallas, Texas, December 7, 2001- January 12, 2002

Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead, an installation in the exhibition, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, October 7 - November 11, 2001

Dallas Soars! Pegasus Project, one horse for Children's Medical Center and one for Scottish Rite Hospital, 2001

Departure/Return, Meadows Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, October 13 - November 19, 2000
Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead, an installation in the exhibition, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, October 3 - November 26, 2000

Masquerade, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas, December 1999 - January 2000

Palette '99, Cain Center, Athens, Texas (invitational exhibition curated by Paul Rogers Harris and Nancy A. Cohen, 1999

Halha ha zimah, Eastfield College Gallery, Mesquite, Texas, 1999

20x500, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1998

The Popol Vuh, Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, Lima, Peru, 1997

Kathy Windrow, L.A. Thompson Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1996

DARE Members Exhibition, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, 1995

1995 Art in the Metroplex, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, 1995 (Juror: James Surls)

Timespan: The Fourth Dimension in Art, Irving Arts Center, Main Gallery, Irving, Texas, 1995 (Jurors: Anita Valencia and Alvia Wardlow)

Showing Off the DCCCD, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, Texas, 1995

New Texas Talent, The Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1995 (Jurors: Nancy Chambers, Gallery Coordinator, Richland College; Jeanne Lil Chvosta, Collections Documentalist, Dallas Museum of Art; Paul Rogers Harris, free-lance curator)

Tenth Anniversary National Fine Arts Exhibition/Main St. '95, Continental Plaza Building, Fort Worth, Texas, 1995 (Jurors: William Campbell, William Campbell Contemporary Art; Percy Henderson, Profiles in Pride; Kenneth Kahn, President, Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County; Robert McAn, Membership Director, Kimbell Art Museum; Marla Price, Director, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth), Awards Juror: Sue Graze, Director, Center for Research in Contemporary Art, UTA, Juror's Award

A Show of Hands, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1994-1995

Wrap It Up, Albuquerque United Artists, Harwood Center Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1994 (Jurors: Karen Rudd, L.A. Thompson, Laurel Wallace)

Wise Women Speak, DWCA National Juried Exhibition, Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, Texas, 1994 (Juror: Mary Vernon, SMU), Award: L.A. Thompson Gallery Solo Exhibition

Bucking the Texan Myth: A Contemporary Redefinition of Who We Are, AVAA, St. Edwards University, Austin, Texas, 1994 (Juror: James L. Fisher, free-lance curator, San Francisco, former curator for Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth)

The Exquisite Corpse, inaugural exhibition, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, 1994

9th Annual December Competition, The Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, Texas, 1994 (Juror: Patrick McCracken, Director, Amarillo Art Center)

La Virgen de Guadalupe, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1994

Día de los Muertos, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, 1990-1997, 2002, 2003

Contemporary American Artists, Pesterzsébeti Museum in Budapest and Székesfehérvár, Hungary, 1994-1995 (Jurors: Beata Szechy, President, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Alan Govenar, and Kalita Doolin)

Summer Small Works '94, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1994 (Juror: Alison de Lima Greene, Curator of 20th Century Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)

World Colors, Dallas City Hall, Dallas, Texas, 1994, invitational

El Corazón, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, 1994, 1998

EXPO '94, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1994 (Juror: Jeffrey Moore, Director, Blue Star Arts Complex, San Antonio, Texas)

Texas Biennial, Dallas, Texas, 1993 (Jurors: Chris Cowden, Director, Women and Their Work, Austin; Al Harris F., Director, Center for Research in Contemporary Art, UTA, Arlington; Benito Huerta, artist, Houston; Marti Mayo, Director, The Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston)

Carolyn Dailey, Gary Richardson, and Kathy Windrow, Durango Arts Center, Durango, Colorado, 1993

Kathy Windrow: Reading the Toa, Galeria Molessini, Cortona, Italy, June 1993

Tenth Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Warehouse Living Arts Center, Corsicana, Texas, 1993 (Juror: Joan Davidow, Director, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas)

Crossroads, Hickory Street Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1993

Cimarron National Works on Paper, Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, 1993 (Juror: Dennis R. Barrie, Director, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio)
El Corazón, Club Dada, Dallas, Texas, 1993 (Curator: José Vargas)

Expo '93, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1993 (Juror: Dr. Annegreth Nill, Curator of Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Art)

Dimensions '92: 29th Annual National Juried Art Competition, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1992 (Juror: David N. Lauderdale, Director, Alexander Brest Museum, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida)

unConventional Visions, Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, Texas, 1992 (Jurors: Irene Perez, Director of Galeria Sin Fronteras, and Lawrence W. Speck, Acting Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin)

Seventh Annual Fine Arts National Exhibition, Main St. Fort Worth Arts Festival, Fort Worth, Texas, 1992 (Juror: Dianne Vanderlip, Founding Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art for the Denver Art Museum)

Navarro Council of the Arts Ninth Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Warehouse Living Arts Center, Corsicana, Texas, 1992, Honorable Mention (Juror: Sharon Beard Chastain of the Kimbell Art Museum)

Altars and Shrines, Durango Arts Center, Durango, Colorado, 1992 (Curator: Donna Fleming)

Kathy Windrow: Works on Paper, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas, 1992

Tri-State 1992: Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Beaumont Art League, Beaumont, Texas, 1992 (Juror: Suzanne Delahanty, Director, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas)

Dishman Competition, The Dishman Art Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, 1992 (Juror: Marti Mayo)

Dimensions '91: 28th Annual National Juried Art Competition, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1991 (Juror: Susie Krasnican)

Art in the Metroplex, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1991 (Juror: Marilyn Zeitlin, Director of the Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.)

Piñatas, solo, Eastfield College Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1988

Paper Works '88, 4100 Gallery/Paper Routes, Dallas, Texas, 1988

Global Peace: From Vision to Reality, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1988

Annual Open Shows, 500 X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1986-1988

SMU Salon, The Crescent Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1988

For the Birds, Clifford Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1987

Deep Ellum Artists, Club Clearview, Dallas, Texas, 1987

Two Women: Paintings and Drawings by Pat Culler and Kathy Windrow, 3200 Main, Dallas, Texas, 1987

DCCCD Alumni Invitational Exhibition, Brookhaven Forum Gallery, Brookhaven College, Dallas, Texas, 1987

Kathy Windrow: Recent Drawings and Paintings, Eastfield College Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1987

Art in the Metroplex, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, 1986 (Juror: Peter Frank)

M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Meadows Museum Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1986

Meadows School of the Arts Juried Exhibition, 3200 Main Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1985 (Jurors: Bill Jordan, Irene Martin, Sam Gummelt)

The Cow Show, Clifford Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1984

Censored Show, 500 X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1984

B.F.A. Qualifying Exhibition, Meadows Museum Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1984

SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
In Dallas, Texas unless indicated: Southern Methodist University, Arizona State University (formerly coll. Stanley Marcus), Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (Lima, Peru), Scottish Rite Hospital of Dallas, Michelle Herling, Drs. Diane and Gregory Warden, Kaleta Doolin, Pat Culler, Melinda Johnson, John Lunsford, Dr. and Mrs. John Hillebrand, Nancy Berry, Drs. Geoff and Cate Orsak, Michael and Amy Ricker, Brandt Heitzman, Clifford and Pat Bourland, Allen and Sue Cobb, Julie and Steve Cochran, Julie Butler, David Hanschen, Brooke Burns, Michael Thomas (Austin and Dallas), Robert Youngs (New York, New York), Joe Arredondo, Jr. (Boulder, Colorado), Stephanie Vernon (Carmel, California), Robert Donald and Jennifer Crohn (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Michael Grauer (Amarillo, Texas), Claudio Zambianchi (Rome, Italy), Brianna Kahle (Taos, New Mexico), Kathy Burns (New Orleans, Louisianna), Dr. Dorothy Johnson (Iowa City, Iowa), Dianne Schlies (Albuquerque, New Mexico), and Fernando Llosa Porras (Lima, Peru), Susan Georges (New York, New York), Thomas and Mary Tatum (Heath, Texas).

PRESS AND REPRODUCTIONS:
Compton, J.R. and Kathy Dello Stritto, "¡Lotería, Lotería!" (an exhibition review and reproduction), Dallas Arts Revue, www.dallasartsrevue.com/cal/calendar.shtml, May 25, 2002.

Fierro, Rosa Amelia, "Kathy Windrow y el arte precolombino," El Comercio, Lima, Peru, November 8, 1997, p. C12

"Kathy Windrow expone en el ICPNA muestra que recrea el mágico mundo quiché: Popol Vuh - de la palabra a la forma y el color," El Sol, Lima, Peru, November 5, 1997, p. 7B.

"Artista norteamericana Kathy Windrow presenta su particular versión del librosagrado de los quichés: Retorno a la inocencia," Gestion, Lima, Peru, p. 2B.

Marquis Who's Who in American Women 1997- present

E.A.S.L. Artists' Coloring Book, reproduction of "River of Churning Spikes II." Dallas, TX: E.A.S.L., 1994.

Bass, Shermakaye, "Tributes to the Dead," The Dallas Morning News, October 20, 1993, p. 35A

Ornish, Laurel, "Frida Fetish," The Dallas Morning News, June 24, 1993, pp. 1-2C
Winter, Roger. On Drawing. San Diego, CA: Collegiate Press, 1991. Reproductions p.vii, p. 34 fig. 3.9; p. 15

Kutner, Janet, "Paper art: Deep Ellum's exhibition pushes medium's limits," The Dallas Morning News, July 27, 1988

Marvel, Bill, "Censored presents banished art" (review of Censored Show, 500 X Gallery), Dallas Times Herald, October 14, 1984

Marvel, Bill, "Art Censored," Dallas Times Herald, June, 1984

Real, David, "Marcus Buys Controversial Drawing of Pigs," Dallas Morning News, May 5, 1984

Publications
Windrow, Kathy, Robert Motherwell: The Open Door, Fort Worth: InterCultura and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 1992.