KATHRYN DRURY

http://www.kathryndrury.com
ryndrury@gmail.com
(859)240-9266

MULTIMEDIA VIDEO AND PERFORMANCE ARTIST

EDUCATION
New York State College of Ceramics, at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
BFA, 2009
Concentration: Printmaking, Digital Media. and Painting
Minor:Philosophy

California College of Art. San Francisco CA

2003 Summer Painting/Sculpture

School For the Creative And Performing Arts, Cincinnati, OH

Graduated 2004
Concentration: Fine Art And Vocal Music

REFERENCES

Joseph Scheer Professor of Printmaking and Co- fscheer@alfred.edu

Director of the Institute for Electronic
Art, Alfred University, Alfred, NY

Gerar Edizel Professor of Art History fedizel@alfred.edu

Alfred University Alfred, NY

Ron Lambert Professor of Mixed Media Sculpture llambertart@mac.com

Watkins College of Art
Nashville, TN

ART RELATED JOB EXPERIENCE

Book Designer And Contributor—Designed and contributed to an artist's book documenting Irene Moon's
residency and collaborative performances at the Institute for Electronic arts soon to be published by Institute for
Electronic Arts in Alfred, NY and included in the special and circulation collections of Scholes Library of
Ceramics at the New York State College of Ceramics.
Collaborator—February 18-28, 2009—Collaborative Auk Theatre with Irene Moon- Acclaimed Visiting Artist, Noise
musician and entomologist at the Institute for Electronic Arts. Co-wrote, designed, composed music for and
performed Aster Tide Auk in The Knight Club on February 26th in Alfred, NY and in The Gallery At Potential Life
Studios in Rochester, NY on February 28th.
Collaborator—January 2009- Present- a contributor to an ongoing collaborative painting with visiting artist, porn star,
and acclaimed painter Zak Smith who's piece "One Picture for Every Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's
Rainbow" was featured in the 2004 Whitney Museum Of American Art Biennial.
Collaborator—November 9th 2008- All Purpose Self Empowerment Kit- Collaborative multimedia installation and
performance with the Bionic Shironic 555 Collective. Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY .
Collaborator— March 26-29, 2008—555 A Pre Enactment of the Apocalypse Robotics Performance and sculpture
installation with Victoria Bradbury,Elena Grajek, Alex Courtenay—Clack, and Jeffrey Miller. Turner Gallery,Alfred, NY.
Gallery Assistant—Summer 2008—Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati, OH
Collaborator— April 2007—Collaborated with a number of NYSCC student and professional artists including Lauren
Mielke and Elizabeth Muise for exhibition.
Art Journalist IEA NYSCC — March 31-April 1, 2007— Interviewed the artist collective Lo Vid and Irene Moon of
the Begonia Society for the Institute for Electronic Arts at NYSCC for research purposes at the NYSCC Scholes
Library.
Assistant— Elisabeth Nickles— April 2007—NYSCC MFA Grad Student—Assisted in The creation,
completion,brainstorming, and installation of mixed media MFA thesis sculpture installation in The Fosdick— Nelson
Gallery, Alfred NY
Cover Designer—The Pentangle Journal— Winter 2006—Designer for the cover for the 2006-2007 edition of
Pentangle Journal which is annually published by Northern Kentucky University. This issue of the publication won first
place in an international competition for lit and lang publications by Sigma Tau Delta.
Assistant—Stephanie Mc Mahon— August 2006— Acclaimed Painter/ NYSCC Painting Instructor. Assisted in the
creation of shaped canvases in Alfred, NY.
Instructor— Pendleton Art Center —Summer 2004—Cincinnati, OH— Beginning Oil Painting Instructor.
Assistant— Pendleton Art Center —December 2000-2006—Cincinnati, OH. Gallery assistant Studio 512. Aided in
the sale display of the artists represented in studio 512 at the PAC.
Assistant—Fosdick—Nelson Gallery— August 2004-January 2005—Alfred, NY—Aided in the installation, care,
representation, lighting, etc of highly established artists working in various mediums in NYC and internationally.

AWARDS
Miller Portfolio Scholarship—Jan 2005-June 2008—One of the first five ever awarded at the NYSCC for
excellence and potential in the New York State College of Ceramics of $4,000 per semester until graduation.
Miller Performing Art Scholarship—August 2004-Dec 2004. A semester of expense free study in vocal music.
Ohio Governors Competition— April-May 2004—Columbus, OH. Finalist for sculpted mosaic What We Stand and
Fall For.

EXHIBITIONS
Australian Print Exchange Show— May 2010, Sydney, Australia
Group Exhibition—August 2009, Salem Art Works Gallery, Salem, NY
Group Show—April 2009, Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
Solo Print Show— March 15-21, 2009, Moka Joka Cafe, Alfred, NY
Astertide Auk Theatre Performance—February 28, 2009, Gallery At Potential Life Studios, Rochester, NY
Astertide Auk Theatre Performance— February 26, 2009, Knight Club, Alfred, NY
Print Show— February 13-16, 2009, Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
All Purpose Self Empowerment Kit—November 9, 2008, Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
Loop 08 Video Festival—May23— June 3, 2008, Barcelona, Spain
NYSCC Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition—May 10-16, 2008, Alfred, NY
555 PreEnactment of the Apocalypse—March 26- 29, 2008, Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
Solo Exhibition— March 11,2008, Moka Joka Cafe and Gallery, Alfred NY
BronxMAP Premiere Screening— April 10, 2007, Bronx, NY . Included among 9 other video, sound and
performance artists in this curated screening.
Loop 07 Video Festival— May 23— June 3, 2007, Barcelona, Spain. Included among 200 established and
emerging video artists from around the world selected to show in this film festival.
IEA NYSCC Open Screening— April 29, 2007, Alfred, NY— Performed narration for the video All Things Sacred.
CEPA Gallery Members Exhibition —January 2007, Buffalo, NY . Showed recent digital prints.
IEA NYSCC Open Screening— January and February 2007, Alfred, NY. Performed vocal sound for video pieces
Grandiose Ole Opre and The Fragrant Yet Internecine Interstice .
Bi Annual NYSCC Painting Department Exhibition— November 2006, Alfred, NY.
The Cell Space — November 2006— Alfred, NY. An experimental installation of prints and paintings with Jackson
Hoose and Nolan Grunwald.
Grokking Diablerie or Grasping the Darkness—October 2006, Alfred, NY. Solo show of paintings, prints, and
interactive monitor displays.
Wellesville Creative Arts Center—September 2006, Wellesville, NY. Performed Cracking Up Your Innocence Was
Never Easy To Do. A fifteen minute interactive stage performance done at the first Performance Art Night at the
WCAC.
NYSCC Woodfest— May 2005— Alfred, NY. Group wooden sculpture exhibition.
Ersatz Wastrel— March 2005— Alfred, NY. Solo installation of sculpture, paintings and found objects
The Heady Days of Painting— November 2005— Alfred, NY
Group Painting Show. Emerging Video— Influences and Shifts—November 2005, Biarritz, France—Participant in
this festival organized by the Pepinieres Europeenes Pour Jeunes Artistes realized in the framework 19th FIPA
(International Festival of Audiovisual Programs
What Drives Me— Women's Leadership Center— September 2005— Alfred, NY. Group show of a small selection of
outstanding female artists from the NYSCC painting department.
Pendleton Art Gallery— June- August 2005, Cincinnati, OH
NYSCC Foundations Final Show— April 2005, Alfred, NY
Un Common Ground— Base Gallery—May 2004, Cincinnati, OH
California College of Art Gallery— August 2003, San Francisco, CA
On Common Ground— Base Gallery— May 2003, Cincinnati, OH
Union Terminal— November 2000, Cincinnati OH

STUDIO/ EXHIBITION SKILLS

Painting/drawing: 8+ years of coursework and professional exhibition experience rendering in oil, tempera, charcoal,
acrylic and other mediums. Can work technically for reproduction and/ or creatively.
Printmaking/ Design: 8+ years coursework and professional exhibition. Fully trained in multi color wood block, mono
print, lino etching, embossing, etching (aquatint, steel, zinc, acid prep, chin collet, dry point), lino, tri—color stone and
offset aluminum, copper and steel plate lithography, silkscreen, also included; digital printmaking experience using
scanners, canon rebel cameras, found digital images, Wacom tablets, Adobe Photoshop, and large format Epson and
design winder printers, Agfa Avantra 2 part large scale acetate printer, multi DVD printers. Experience designing and
preparing art books for publication using Adobe In Design and Blurb Book-smart.
Video /Sound: 10+ years coursework, professional exhibition, and performance. Skilled in instrumental, vocal and
performance improvisation. Skilled in the use analog and digital recording editing and mixing devices such as midi—
verb, patch—bays, MiniDV and VHS cams, transferring Mini DV and VHS to digital format, and editing, Skilled in
Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro editing, programs, some exposure to Jitter, After Effects, Analog chroma keying,
use of green screens, studio lighting, and has experience live mixing video and audio. Experienced documenting
gallery performances. Also experienced using stop animation, puppetry and miniatures.
Sculpture: 7+ years coursework, professional exhibition. Stone (by hand and by pneumatic dremel and chisels),
Wood ( Complex lamination, use of table, chop, hand and band saws, electric planers, and sanders, pneumatic
dremmels, drill press, lathe, experience hand carving, technical planning, and construction), Ceramics (extensive
experience in hand building, casting and creative construction in porcelain and earthenware. Electric and gas kiln
operation.) Also trained in pulling milling and casting paper from a variety of fibers. Trained in casting multi part
moulds in alginate, plaster, rubber, wax and others. Extensive experience making sculpture out of foam, wax, and
recycled materials. Glass (extensive experience in Tiffany— method art glass creation, slumping and enameling
glass), Highly skilled in sewing, weaving and costume design.
 Art History and Criticism: 7+ years coursework completed in Ancient, European Medieval, Renaissance,
African, Chinese, and pan cultural shamanistic cultures, Modernism from the 19th- 20th Century, and contemporary
criticism and philosophy.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Philosophy- five years of study in ethics, philosophy of language, philosophy of time, ancient greek philosophy,
philosophy and critical theory of art, evolutionary virtue, and media studies.
Costume Department Assistant- Miller Performing Art Center, January 2009-Present- worked independently and
with other fabricators to interpret costume designer's renderings into professionally crafted theatre and dance
garments for shows put on by the Miller Performing Arts Center, Alfred NY.
President of the Alfred University Alternative Cinema— Alfred, NY—2005—2007. Organized the showing,
advertising and booking of films, video, directors lectures, and artists performances.
Music- 2001-present— Ongoing performance and study in violin, and guitar. Trained in vocal jazz and opera.

OTHER HONERS
Accepted as a student- to world famous painter Neo Rauch based on a submitted portfolio of prints in conjunction
with funding from the Fulbright Association- Currently working on alternate funding for travel to Leipzig, Germany to
complete the project.

Finalist for the 2009 Fulbright Scholarship- Funding was not granted, the application, however gained the
enthusiastic support of the Alfred University Fulbright Committee based on the merit of the proposal.

NYSCC Dean’s List- for the Fall and Spring semesters of 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008

Accepted as an Art Production Intern— Joseph Cahill and Ben Barenholtz— 2007— Prague, Czech Rep.
Accepted to work pre-production again on the newly funded film project, The Night Fisherman.

Accepted as Art Production Intern— Joseph Cahill (former apprentice to Jan Svankmajer) and Ben Barenholtz
(exec producer Miller’s Crossing, Barton Fink and Requiem for a Dream) — 2006— Prague, Czech. Rep.

Accepted as Apprentice— Classical Glass— 2003— (Cincinnati, OH) Apprenticeship offered to design and repair
art glass windows in churches and homes. Apprenticeship was put aside to attend the NYSCC.

COLLECTED/ PUBLICALLY ARCHIVED WORK

Public Archive— UBUWeb.com—2010—Aster Tide Auk Collaboration With Irene Moon
Public Archive— Scholes Library—2009—Irene Moon And the Begonia Society—Alfred, NY
Private Collection—Robin Reif—July 2009—Athens, GA
Private Collection— Moon Rinaldo—January 2009—Santa Cruz, CA
Private Collection—Dr. Doreen Edwards—December 2008—Alfred, NY
Private Collection—Jennifer Urfur—December 2008—Alfred, NY
Private Collection—Meghan McLaughlin—December 2008—Alfred, NY
Private Collection—Dr.Stephen Edwards—November 2008—Alfred, NY
Private Collection—Dr. Mary McGee—November 2008—Alfred, NY
Private Collection—Dr. Doreen Edwards—November 2008—Alfred, NY
Private Collection— Paige Henry—September 2008—Binghamton, NY
Private Collection— Gianna Michael—October 2008—Miami, FL
Private Collection— Jason Blandford- September 2008—Alfred, NY
Private Collection—Mai Maruo—May 2008—Japan
Private Collection— Kyung Min Park—May 2008—Seoul, S. Korea
Private Collection— Jackson Hoose—May 2008—Northampton,MA
Private Collection— James Carestio—May 2008—Alfred,NY
Private Collection— Gregory Hofstetter—May 2008—Alfred,NY
Private Collection— Christopher Millette—May 2008—Northampton,MA
Private Collection— Neil McDowell—May 2008—Alfred,NY
Private Collection— Mr. and Mrs. Jim Distler— March 2006— Cincinnati, OH