Katherine Stanek, sculptor

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Biography

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Katherine Stanek was born in Oak Park, Illinois and lived in the Chicago area until her early twenties.  Pursuing work and education, Katherine relocated to Philadelphia where she held a full time corporate management position while attending classes part time at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.   

In 2002 Katherine became disenchanted with the corporate culture and resigned her management position to enroll full time at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts receiving a 4-year merit scholarship for her studies.  While attending the Pennsylvania Academy, Katherine exhibited her work at the Pennsylvania Convention Center and several open and juried group shows at The Academy where she was twice honored with The Perez and Mary Epstein Prize in Figurative Sculpture and received several merit awards in sculpture and draftsmanship including; The Pennsylvania Academy Fellowship Trust Award for Outstanding Achievement, The Plastic Club Membership Prize, The Stimson Sculpture Award, The Mindel Caplan Kleinbard Award for Outstanding Student  and The Ramborger Prize for Draftsmanship.   

In 2006, immediately upon graduation, Katherine exhibited eight bronze and concrete works as a solo sculptor at the JMS Gallery in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania and her work was selected for outdoor public exhibition in downtown Ithaca, New York.  Katherine has been invited to exhibit in several group and juried shows throughout New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania receiving merit awards from The Plastic Club in Philadelphia and The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.  

Katherine’s recent exhibitions include a solo show at The Rosenfeld Gallery in Philadelphia and her public installations include the sculpture gardens of Burlington County College and the The Noyes Museum of Art in NJ.  In 2010, Katherine was awarded the George and Helen Segal Foundation Grant and will be attending a residency in Turkey to share her work and techniques in concrete sculpture with an international community of artists. 

Katherine currently lives and works in New Jersey and is represented by The Rosenfeld Gallery in Philadelphia. 

Katherine Stanek
Stanek Studios, LLC
Paulsboro, NJ 08066
kstanek@comcast.net