My works are architectural fantasies which attempt to record the urban/urbane/mundane observances I see on a daily basis.
Images impact me two-dimensionally and with an approach towards monumental simplicity—given any scale—a structure, elevation, or floor plan becomes a vision construed in space.
Recent and past inspirations have been international airports, Chicago urban landscapes, varied architectural elements from travels to England, Hong Kong, Italy and Spain, inner cardboard packaging (tectiforms), and an Illinois Army National Guard sign.

Kathleen Waterloo
October 2006

1996 BFA/School of the Art Institute/Chicago, IL
1976 Diploma/Harrington Institute of Interior Design/Chicago, IL
1970 Northern Illinois University/DeKalb, IL (attended)

2007 Solo Exhibition/Circa Gallery/Minneapolis, MN
Solo Exhibition/Melanee Cooper Gallery/Chicago, IL
2006 ‘Bridge Art Fair Miami 06’/Melanee Cooper Gallery suite/Miami Beach, FL
‘London 2006’/Red Gate Gallery/London, England
‘Summer 2006’ Exhibition/GaleriaZero/Barcelona, Spain
‘2006 Rockford Midwestern Exhibition’/Rockford Art Museum/Rockford, IL Juror--Gregory Knight
Solo Exhibition ‘Urban Landscapes’/Melanee Cooper Gallery/Chicago, IL
2005 Solo Exhibition ‘Urban Landscapes’/Illinois Wesleyan Univ./Bloomington, IL
International Group Exhibition/Gallerie Gora/Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Solo Exhibition/Circa Gallery/Minneapolis, MN
‘8th International Open’ Exhibition/Woman Made Gallery/Chicago, IL Juror--Lynne Warren/MCA
Solo Exhibition ’Effusion’/Melanee Cooper Gallery/Chicago, IL
2004 ‘Society of Tempera Painters US+UK’/RJPage Gallery/Cornwall, England
‘Biennial 2004’/Fort Wayne Museum of Art/Fort Wayne, IN Juror--Susan Snodgrass
3-Person Exhibition/Babelearte Gallery/Piacenza, Italy
Solo Exhibition ’Transparent+Inherent’/Melanee Cooper Gallery/Chicago, IL
2003 Solo Exhibition ’Wax & Egg’/Oak Park River Forest H.S./Oak Park, IL
Group Show ’Waxing Eloquent’/Noyes Cultural Arts Center/Evanston, IL
Solo Exhibition ’Fused’/Woman Made Gallery/Chicago, IL
‘International Art Exhibition’/Neoria Center/Hania, Crete, Greece
2002 ‘Lush Abstractions’/Melanee Cooper Gallery/Chicago, IL
‘Egg Tempera: An Enduring Tradition’ (traveling exhibition):
--Miami Dade Community College/Miami, FL
--Mary Washington College Museum/Fredericksburg, VA
--Wisteriahurst Museum/Holyoke, MA
‘Burning In: Four Encaustic Painters’/College of Lake County/Grayslake, IL
2001 ‘Pulcheria Arte 2001’/Passerini Landi Library/Piacenza, Italy
‘Encaustic Encaustic: Joanne Mattera+Friends’/Art Mecca Gallery/Chicago, IL
‘Egg Tempera: An Enduring Tradition’/Anna Maria College/Paxton, MA
2000 ‘Deconstructed Visions’/Art Mecca Gallery/Chicago, IL
Solo Exhibition ’Works On Wood’/Phoenix Gallery/New York, NY
‘Materials and Techniques’/Dominican University/River Forest, IL Curator--JefferyCote deLuna
1999 ‘Phoenix Gallery Artists’/Phoenix Gallery/New York, NY
Group Show ’Regional VI Exhibition’/ARC Gallery/Chicago, IL Juror--Michael Hall
Contrasts: Abstract & Narrative Printmkg in Chgo’/SFAC/Highland Park, IL Curator--Bert Menco
1998 ‘1st No. Ireland Small Print Exh.’/Townhouse Gallery/Belfast, No. Ireland
’65th Stateline Vicinity Show’/Rockford Art Museum/Rockford, IL Juror--Lynne Warren/MCA
Group Show ’Works on Paper ‘98’/San Jacinto College South/Houston, TX Juror--Lucinda Barnes/MCA
Group Show ’48th Quad-State Exhibition’/Quincy Art Center/Quincy, IL Juror--Joan Rothfuss/Walker
’29th Nat’l. Exhibition’/Palm Springs Desert Museum/Palm Springs, CA Juror-JanetBishop/SFMOMA
Group Show ’Exhibition ‘98’/Central Wyoming College/Riverton, WY Jurors--B.Talbert/M.Kendall
Group Show ’Dishman Competition’/Lamar University/Beaumont, TX Juror--James Yood
Group Show/’Great Plains National’/Fort Hays State University/Hays, KS Juror--J.McKirahan/MONA
1997 Group Show ‘Urban Views’/Cliff Dwellers Club/Chicago, IL Juror--Frank Piatek
Group Show ’National Competition’/Bowery Gallery/New York, NY Juror--William Bailey
Group Show ’Regional IV Exhibition’/ARC Gallery/Chicago, IL Juror--Ann Sass/Whitney
1996 ’1st Nat’l. Egg Tempera Exhibition’/Amos Joseph Fine Art/Santa Fe, NM Jurors--M.Bergt/W.Lumpkins
Group Show ’Regional III Exhibition’/ARC Gallery/Chicago, IL Juror--Gregory Knight
’2nd Annual University Art Show’Northern Indiana Arts Assn./Munster, IN Juror--Ed Paschk

2003 Featured Top 10 World Artist/Babelearte website/Italy
2002 Purchase Prize/College of Lake County/Grayslake, IL
1998 2nd Place Cash Award/’3rd Nat’l. Small Works Exhibition’/Chicago, IL
Awarded by Ray Yoshida, Artist and Professor, School of the Art Institute, Chicago
Cash Merit Award/‘Works on Paper ‘98’/Houston, TX
Awarded by Lucinda A. Barnes, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1997 3rd Place Cash Award/‘Multi-Perspectives V’/Chicago, IL
Awarded by William Conger, Chairman of Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern University
1996 3rd Place Cash Award/‘1st National Egg Tempera Exhibition’/Santa Fe, NM
Awarded by Michael Bergt + William Lumpkins, Artists

2005 Chicago Tribune, Kathleen Waterloo puts her art to the fire, (Jenn Q. Goddu), 2-4-05
2004 Piacenza Liberta (Italy), Modernita e misticismo, 6-1-04
Piacenza La Cronaca (Italy), Declinazioni espressive al femminile (Roberta Suzzani), 5-26-04
Piacenza La Cronaca (Italy), Variazioni al femminile alla Babele Arte, 5-15-04
2003 CLTV News Chicago ‘Metromix’ TV—encaustic exhibition preview and studio demonstration, 6-5-03
CAC Chicago Artists’ News, A Closer Look (John Brunetti), February 2003
2002 Daily Hampshire Gazette (Holyoke), Egg Tempera:Ancient Art Shines (Phoebe Mitchell), 12-9-02
StarTribune (Minneapolis), Three Painters (Mary Abbe), 8-16-02
Chicago Tribune, Planner—Burning In: Four Encaustic Painters (Alan G. Artner), 5-24-02
Chicago Tribune, Our Critics’ Choices—Encaustic Paintings (Alan G. Artner), 5-19-02
Egg Tempera: An Enduring Tradition (traveling exhibition catalogue), 2002
2001 College of Lake County Performing Arts/Cultural Events Calendar (cover art), Fall/Spring 2001-2
Chicago Gallery News (cover art), September-December 2001
Pulcheria Arte 2001 exhibition catalogue (cover art), September 2001
Art New England, Egg Tempera: An Enduring Tradition (Joan McCarthy), June/July 2001
The Worcester Phoenix, Art Over Easy (Leon Nigrosh), 4-6-01
Sunday Telegram (Worcester), It’s Not Your Mother’s Egg Tempera (Frank E. Magiera), 3-18-01

2006 WomanMade Gallery—Workshop Encaustic Demonstration/Chicago, IL
2005 Illinois Wesleyan University—Classroom Encaustic Demonstration+Gallery Talk/Bloomington, IL
Melanee Cooper Gallery—Encaustic Demonstration CADA ‘Vision 10’/Chicago, IL
2004 Whitney Young H.S.—Studio Encaustic Demonstration/Chicago, IL
Melanee Cooper Gallery—Gallery Talk/Chicago, IL
2003 Oak Park River Forest H.S.—Gallery Talk/Oak Park, IL
2002 Melanee Cooper Gallery—Gallery Talk CADA ‘Absolut Vision’/Chicago, IL
2001 WomanMade Gallery—Studio Bus Tour/Chicago, IL
2000 Dominican University—Studio Encaustic Demonstration/Chicago, IL
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)—Classroom Painting Demonstration/Chicago, IL
1999 Women’s Board Museum of Contemporary Art—Studio Encaustic Demonstration/Chicago, IL

Alliance Bernstein/Chicago, IL
College of Lake County/Grayslake, IL
Tria Inc. div. of Park Nicollet Medical/Minneapolis, MN
Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P./Minneapolis/ MN
Faegre & Benson L.L.P./Minneapolis, MN
Oak Enterprises/Glen Ellyn, IL
Interface Technologies/Forest Park, IL
Private Collections throughout the United States and Europe