Kate Kretz
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Kate Kretz | |
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Born | 1963 Grove City, Pennsylvania |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Georgia (MFA) |
Occupation | artist |
Kate Kretz (born 1963) is an American artist born in
Kretz attended the Sorbonne in Paris, and obtained a BFA in drawing and painting from Binghamton University in New York and was accepted into the Hoffberger School of Painting, but attended and earned an MFA from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.
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Kretz also creates fiber-based art work, that has been featured at The Museum of Arts & Design in New York, The Van Gijn Museum in the Netherlands, Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University in Beijing, The San Jose Museum of Textiles, the Society for Contemporary Craft, the Frost Art Museum and the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art. Her Psychological Clothing series includes a Defense Mechanism Coat with 150 lb (68 kg) of roofing nails pushed through the surface, and a Vagina Dentata Purse. Another textile series features obsessive human hair embroideries that look like intricate drawings. In 2012, she began a series called "#bullyculture," a prescient body of work that focused on the U.S. culture that gave us Trump. Her MAGA Hat series featured the iconic red caps that she ripped apart and refashioned into "physical manifestations of the truth." The series was banned on Facebook and Instagram, and led to threats against the artist from right wing extremists.
Kretz wrote a book, "Art From Your Core: A Holistic Guide to Visual Voice," published in 2024 by Intellect Books, London.
Kretz was diagnosed as 2E, twice exceptional, gifted/with autism, in 2021.[1][3]
References
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- ^ "PHOTOS: Artist Uses Own Hair To Explore Fragility Of Motherhood". HuffPost. 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2020-05-20.