FINE ARTIST
Kate Kern Mundie is landscape painter in the tradition of American Realism. Her paintings often depict moments of beauty in urban streets, rural landscape, or secluded interiors. Kate Kern Mundie’s paintings are reminiscent of the famed Ashcan School, although she offers a fresh interpretation and a slightly more romantic expression.
Kate Kern Mundie’s artwork is in the collection of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and numerous private collections. She is a two-time winner of the Fred & Naomi Hazell Faculty Fellowship from the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial.
Kate Kern Mundie is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where she studied printmaking and painting, and the University of Pennsylvania where she received her B.F.A. Kate lives in Philadelphia with her husband and fellow artist, James Mundie, and their sons Declan and Aidan.
EDUCATION
The University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Fine Arts, magna cum laude1999
Philadelphia PA
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Certificate, printmaking and painting1996
Philadelphia PA
Montserrat College of Art, 1991
Beverly MA
GALLERY AFFILIATION
F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Station Gallery, Greenville DE
AWARDS, HONORS, and RESIDENCIES
2022 Artist/Mother Virtual Artist in Residence, Philadelphia, February 7 to March 7, 2022
2014 Elizabeth Bishop Artist In Residence, Great Village Nova Scotia
2006-2007 Fred & Naomi Hazell Faculty Fellowship Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, through a fund managed by the Philadelphia Foundation May 2006
2003-2004 Fred & Naomi Hazell Faculty Fellowship Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, through a fund managed by the Philadelphia Foundation May 2003
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Uncertain Certainties, Virtual Art Exhibition by the Thrive Together Network, October 2023
101 Artists, The Art of Collecting Art: 159 artists from the Fred Danziger Collection of Contemporary Art- Patricia M. Nugent Gallery, Rosemont College, May 2023
2022
Rest: Paintings by Kate Kern Mundie- F.A.N Gallery, Philadelphia, September 2022
Gallery Artists, Summer Group Exhibition- F.A.N Gallery, Philadelphia, July - September, 2022
Still- Stay Home Gallery and Artist Residency, Paris Tennessee, March 21 to June 5, 2022
Winter Group Exhibition-F.A.N Gallery, Philadelphia, December 2021-January 2022
2021
Coming Home: Paintings by Kate Kern Mundie- F.A.N Gallery, Philadelphia, July 2021
2020
Winter Group Exhibition- F.A.N Gallery, Philadelphia, December 1, 2019- January 25, 2020
2019
Summer 2019 Group Exhibition- Station Gallery, Greenville DE - July - August 2019
2018
Urban View: Changing Landscapes- House Gallery, Philadelphia PA - April 2018
2017
Works by New and Current Gallery Artists- F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia PA - December 2017
Group Exhibition- F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia PA - July & August 2017
2016-1992
Another Look: Selected Prints from the Printmaking Department Archives
Gallery 128, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Museum of American Art, Philadelphia, PA- December 2015-January 2016
Fresh Perspectives - Works by New and Current Gallery Artists,
F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia PA - January 2015
114th Annual Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Museum of American Art- August 2013
Kate Kern Mundie: Marker
Frame Fatale, Philadelphia PA- October 2013
Kate Kern Mundie: Recent Paintings
F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia PA- December 2012
20th Annual USArtists American Fine Art Show
Philadelphia PA- September 2011
Kate Kern Mundie: New Paintings
F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia PA- June 2011
19th Annual USArtists American Fine Art Show
Philadelphia PA- October 2010
Kate Kern Mundie: Recent Paintings
F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia PA- June—July 2010
Kate Kern Mundie: Recent Paintings
F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia PA- November 2008
17th Annual USArtists American Fine Art Show
Philadelphia PA- October 2008
Dear Fleisher: 4 x 6 Inches of Art
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA- October 2008
Annual Faculty Exhibition
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA- July—September 2008
Inside/Outside: Kate Kern Mundie and James G. Mundie
Station Gallery, Greenville DE- June 2008
Group Exhibition
F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia PA- January 2008
Kate Kern Mundie: Delaware Valley Landscapes
Caramel, Philadelphia PA- October 2007
Group Exhibition
Workerman Gallery, Philadelphia PA-vOctober 2007
Drawing the Line
Riverview Renaissance Art Center, Millville NJ- September 2007
Kate Kern Mundie: Seasonal Landscapes
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA- February—March 2007
New and Returning Artists Exhibition
Station Gallery, Greenville DE- February—March 2007
The Urban Landscape
Workerman Gallery, Philadelphia PA- November—December 2006
Dear Fleisher: 4 x 6 Inches of Art
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA- October 2006
In the Neighborhood
StrataSphere, Philadelphia PA- August—September 2006
As We See It:
Paintings by Ed Bronstein & Kate Kern Mundie
Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia PA- April—May 2006
Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition
Main Line Art Center, Haverford PA- March 2006
Living with Art
Main Line Art Center, Haverford PA- October 2005
108th Annual Exhibition of the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
The Sketch Club, Philadelphia PA- October 2005
Museum Staff Exhibition
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA- October 2005
Land and Sea: Paintings by Kate Kern Mundie
Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City NJ-August 2005
Kate Kern Mundie: Landscapes
Twenty Two Gallery Café, Philadelphia PA- May 2005
Flowers: A Group Exhibition to Coincide with the Philadelphia Flower Show
Twenty Two Gallery Café, Philadelphia PA- March 2005
15 Exposures
13th Annual USArtists American Fine Art Show,
Philadelphia PA- October 2004
and
Richard Stockton College, Pomona NJ- October — November 2004
and
Chester County Art Association, West Chester PA- December 2004—January 2005
Living with Art
Main Line Art Center, Haverford PA- October 2004
The Familiar
ADM Gallery, Philadelphia PA- June—September 2004
141st Annual Small Oil Paintings Exhibition
The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia PA, March 2004
Staff Originals: Works by the Visual Artists of the Fleisher Art Memorial
DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA- October 2003
Annual Faculty Exhibition
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA- May—July 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
Kate Kern Mundie: Recent Landscapes
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA- October 2002
City Museum Shop, St. Louis MO, October 2001—April 2002
Exclusively Landscape
11 East Ashland Gallery, Phoenix AZ, October 2000
Emerging Artists
Artforms Gallery, Philadelphia PA, August—September 1996
Annual Student Exhibition
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Museum of American Art, Philadelphia PA- May 1995 & 1996
Juried Exhibition
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA- March & December 1995
Solo Exhibition
Wellesley College, Wellesley MA- May 1992
COLLECTIONS
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Numerous private collections