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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 enrolled in the certificate program 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 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts where she was twice honored with The Perez and Mary Epstein Prize in figurative sculpture (2005, 2006) and received several merit awards in sculpture and draftsmanship including; The Pennsylvania Academy Fellowship Trust Award for Outstanding Achievement (2006), The Plastic Club Membership Prize, (2006), The Stimson Sculpture Award (2006), The Mindel Caplan Kleinbard Award for Outstanding Student (2006) and The Ramborger Prize for Draftsmanship (2003). 

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.  Throughout 2007 and 2008 Katherine exhibited her sculpture in several group and juried shows including Soho20 Chelsea in New York and The Plastic Club in Philadelphia where she was awarded the Leona Karp Braverman Award at the 110th Annual Invitational Exhibition of the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (2008) and received honorable mentioned for two different works at The Plastic Club's 96th Annual Members' Medal Show (2008).

Katherine's work can be seen at The Rosenfeld Gallery in Philadelphia, The Noyes Museum  of Art Gallery in downtown Hammonton, NJ and in the sculpture gardens of Burlington County College in Pemberton, NJ as well as the gardens of The Noyes Museum in Oceanville NJ.


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