Education

2009 M.F.A. in Visual Art, York University, Toronto, ON

2002 B.F.A. in Printmaking, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Honorary Degree Recipient

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Honorary Cross-Registration; New York University, New York, NY, Honors English Program.

Awards

2009 ISC Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award Nominee
2008 York University Stong Farmhouse Fellowship
2007 York University Graduate Scholarship
2005 Stephen Oberreich Award, Mitchell Place Gallery
2002 Graduation with Distinction, 2D Fine Arts Award, Massachusetts College of Art
2001 Master Printmaker Award & 2D Fine Arts Award, Massachusetts College of Art
Travel Scholarship to China, Massachusetts College of Art
1997 Arts and Sciences Scholarship and Chancellor’s Scholarship, New York University

Solo Exhibitions

2009 MEGAHERTZ, the Gales Gallery, Toronto, ON
2005 Kate McQuillen: Letters, Caro d’Offay Gallery, Chicago, IL

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009
Invisible Spaces: Kate McQuillen and Melanie Lowe, Median Contemporary, Toronto, ON
Resolution, Median Contemporary, Toronto, ON
Here or There? List… Gallery, Toronto, ON
2008
Art in the Fall, 401 Richmond, Toronto, ON
Love, Us, Xpace Gallery, Toronto, ON
2007 Refusing the Frame, York University, Toronto, ON
2006 Within and Beyond: Interpretations of the Grid, Tall Grass Arts Assoc., Park Forest, IL
Beyond Boundaries, Chicago Printmaker’s Collaborative, Chicago, IL
Uno, 33 Collective Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Watermedia 2005, Mitchell Place Gallery, Muncie, IN
2003 Annual Benefit Auction, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

Residencies

2010 Open Studio, Toronto, ON

Bibliography

Fred Camper, “Found in Translation,” The Chicago Reader, Vol. 35, Dec. 2, 2005, 10.

Visiting Artist Lectures

2006 Tall Grass Arts Association, Park Forest, IL
2005 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

Current Employment

Teaching Assistant, York University, Toronto, ON
Fall (Introduction to Relief Printing) and Spring (Introduction to Intaglio)

Professional Service

Life Drawing Session Coordinator
Graduate Student Association Council Representative
Visual Arts Student Association–Honorary Member

Travel Experience

2002 China: Visited numerous provinces, observed and practiced ceramics and calligraphy
2001 China: Three weeks studying Chinese printmaking processes