FINE ARTIST

Kate Kern Mundie, Self Portrait with Tool and an Ironing Board, 18 x 12 inches, charcoal on paper
Self Portrait with Tools and an Ironing Board, 18 x 12 inches, charcoal on paper

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

2024

101 Artists, The Art of Collecting Art: 164 artists from the Fred Danziger Collection of Contemporary Art-Baker Gallery of West Chester University, March 2024

 

2023

New Works, Winter Group Exhibition- F.A.N Gallery, Philadelphia, December 2023 - January, 2024

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