About

Katie Stubblefield (b. 1966, Cookeville, Tennessee) lives and works in the Los Angeles area. She received her BFA from Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, and an MFA from California State University, Long Beach in 2001. She is an adjunct professor teaching art survey courses to adults with intellectual disabilities and autism at Coastline College.  Though their Special Programs and Services Department, Stubblefield develops both vocation-centered certificated programs and individual creative courses for adults with autism.

Her works have been included in exhibitions at SALT Fine Art, the Carolyn Campagne Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, San Louis Obispo Museum of Art, Jordan Faye Contemporary, Jamie Brooks Fine Art, SCAPE, POST Gallery and the Brooklyn Art Library.  Katie has received both an Insight/Incite Award and an Individual Artists Fellowship in support of both her two and three dimensional works from the Long Beach Arts Council.

Currently, Stubblefield’s works are on display at the W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery in Pomona (St Broxville Woods: into the thicket) with Jennifer Gunlock and Hilary Norcliffe. Her pandemic projects include Durden and Ray’s We Are Here/Here We Are in her front yard in Long Beach, the Artists Co-Op in Long Beach (Hall Show), holdings on consignment at SCAPE in Corona del Mar and the Grace Kennedy Gallery in Long Beach. Virtually, she is participating in How this Moment Looks at Guided by the Eye.com and the ongoing rounds of Call and Response through Shoebox PR.

 Additionally, she will have works prepared for the following post-pandemic exhibitions: The Union at the Co Op Gallery in Long Beach and Galactic Nature at Liz’s Loft in Los Angeles.

Katie Stubblefield’s wood cut prints, oil paintings, sculptures, and sight-specific installed projects explore order, chaos, and entropy. Her color-soaked oil paintings and value-based prints take visual cues from the natural resources used to complete her sculptural works and installed projects. Salvaged trees, rebar, concrete, discarded clothes, deconstructed architecture and disused vehicle parts are examples of the artist’s working materials that are interwoven, tangled and refigured in space.

Selected Exhibitions

Beyond the Pandemic

Galactic Nature, Liz’s Loft, Los Angeles Ca

Union, Artist Co Op Gallery, Art Clout Curatorial, Long Beach Ca

2021

Celebration of California, Jonathan Art Foundation, Los Angeles, Ca

Coastline Virtual Spring Exhibitions, Coastline Community College, Newport Beach Ca

2020-2021

St. Broxville Wood: Into the Thicket, Kellogg University Art Gallery, California Polytechnic College, Pomona CA, collaboration with Jennifer Gunlock and Hilary Norcliffe

2020       

Photovarious, Long Beach Creative Group Gallery, Curator: Mick Victor

Celebration of California, Jonathan Art Foundation, Los Angeles, Ca

Second Lives, Greenly Art Gallery, Long Beach CA

30 Days to Keep You Going, Kennedy Grace Gallery, Curators: Amy Stock and Andrea Guevara

Call and Response (with Sarah Knouse,) Shoebox PR

We Are Here/Here We Are, Durden and Ray, durdenandray.com

How This Moment Looks, GUIDEDBYTHEEYE.COM, Curator: Victoria Bryan

Sketchbook, Flatline Gallery, Long Beach Ca

Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach Ca

2019 

BIG small, Flux Gallery, Long Beach, Ca

Knotted Dimensions, (with Nancy Voegeli-Curran) an Art@Work collaboration between the Long Beach

Arts Council and Angels Gate, San Pedro at I.D.E.A., Long Beach, Ca

We Can Do It (Rosie the Riveter,) Elinor’s, Long Beach Ca

Districtly Speaking, Coastline College, Newport Beach, Ca

Scavengers, The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, Ca

LB Open Studio Tour and Nine Visions Exhibition, Artist’s Co Op, Long Beach, Ca

Ink and Clay, W. Keith& Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, California Polytechnic College, Pomona, Ca, Curators: Susan Elizalde-Henson, Juri Koll, Kimiko Miyoshi.

Desert/Dessert, Coastline Community College Gallery, Newport Beach, Ca

The Figurative VS The Abstract, SALT Fine Art, Laguna, Ca

Mid-City Studio Tour, Long Beach, Ca

Mid-City Studio Biannual Survey, Chez Shaw, Long Beach, Ca

Katie Stubblefield (solo,) Berlin, Long Beach, Ca

Katie Stubblefield and Katrina Rocha, District, Long Beach, Ca

Abstraction, Four Approaches, Long Beach Creative Group Gallery, Long Beach, Ca

Artifacts, The Greenly Art Space, Long Beach, Ca

Abstraction, Four Approaches, Long Beach Creative Group Gallery, Long Beach, Ca

Sketchbook Project, shelf call number: 001.-1, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY

RIBBA 5, Coastline Community College Gallery, Newport Beach, Ca

Celebration of California, Jonathan Art Foundation, Los Angeles, Ca

2018     

Art for Living Spaces, Flux Gallery, Long Beach CA

Inspired, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA, Jurors: David Micheal Lee, Suzanne Walsh and Daniella Walsh

LB Open Studio Tour and CO-OP Arts Month Exhibition, Artist’s CoOp, Long Beach, CA

Pressing Matters, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA. Juror: Juan Fuentes

Color Vision, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach CA. Curators: Suzanne Walsh and Jim Ellsberry

Celebration of California, Jonathan Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA 

Salvage, Art Exchange Main Gallery, Long Beach CA, Curator: Alyssa Cordova, Assistant Curator, Orange County Museum of Art

On the Ropes/In the Kisser, Coastline Community Art Gallery, Newport Beach CA, Curator David Lee

2017      

Inspired, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach CA

Gladys Cooperative, Artists Cooperative Gallery, Long Beach CA

Art in Place, Newberry Lofts, Long Beach CA, Jurors: Venice Institute of Contemporary Art

Between (solo)-Utopia, Long Beach CA

TIMBER/TIMBRE for the PUMP Biennial-Artist’s Cooperative Gallery, Long Beach CA

Paired Up Faculty Exhibition (with Jesse Dean) Coastline Community College Art Gallery, Newport Beach CA

18 Tables, 18 Artists, MADE, Long Beach CA, Curator and Table Constructions: David Clark

Transitions, The Orange County Great Park Project, Orange County, CA, Curator: David Lee

2016   

Fugue (solo)-Sasha Witte Design, Long Beach CA

Small Wonders, Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore, MD

SQUARES, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC, Jurors: Mary Benejam, Bekah Haslett and Sherri Stewart

Faculty Exhibition, Coastline Community College Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA

Fearless, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL, Curator: Beate Minkovski

Like MARK, Coastline Community College Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA, Curator: David Lee

Talent Pool 2016, Downtown Long Beach Business Associates, Long Beach CA, Curator: Renee Tanner

Liberty Gallery, Long Beach, CA, Curator: Paige Henderson

2015   

Graftlings (solo)-District, Long Beach, CA

Currents-Jamie Brooks Fine Art, Costa Mesa, CA, Curator: David Lee

SFO/SNA-Coastline Community College Art Gallery, Newport Beach and San Francisco, CA

2014   

Antidotes and Poisons (solo)-Edge, Long Beach, CA

Private Party II-Artist Co-Op, Long Beach, CA

2011   

Amnesiac (solo)-Edge, Long Beach CA

Bring Winter (solo)-4th Street Vine, Long Beach, CA

2008   

Memory-The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, CA, Curator: Victoria Bryan

2006   

Spill, The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, CA

Neighborhood (Installation)-Ninth Ward, New Orleans, LA, with Robert Vicknair

2005   

Lick (solo)-Walled City, San Pedro, CA

Twitch (solo)-Viento Y Agua, Long Beach, CA

Six Degree Festival, Garment District, Los Angeles, CA-Represented by Walled City Gallery

POST@POST-Installed Drawing, POST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Open Call-Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA Jurors: Matthew Thomas, Noriko Gamblin, Hiru Kazu Kosaka, and Kristin Newhouse

2004   

Shug (solo)-Utopia, Long Beach, CA

Liquid Borders-Viento Y Agua, Long Beach, CA, Curator: Tom Miller

2003   

Swallowing Suburbia (solo)-Gallery G Installation, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA

Aging-Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA, Curator: Victoria Bryan

aKin-POST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: Linda Day

On Site at the Gate-Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA, Juror: Jay Belloli

2002-3

Structure and Situation-Michael Folis Architects, Santa Monica; California State University, Pomona, CA; California State University, Long Beach, CA, Curator: Tom Krumpak

2002   

Split (solo)-Ground Floor Installation, Broadlind Hotel, Long Beach, CA, Sponsored by Public Corporation for the Arts (July-August 2002)

City of Angels, Gates of Hell-The Advocate Gallery, West Hollywood, CA,Co-Curators: Marc Arranaga and Robin Wyshak, Ph.D.

2001-2

Art Source Benefit Auction-Butterfield’s of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA     

    

2001   

Infusion (solo)-Edge, Long Beach, CA

2000   

Dead Point (solo)-California State University, Long Beach, CA

Three Show-Soapbox Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1999   

Graduate Art Student Association Exhibition-Gallery B, California State University, Long Beach, CA, Juror: Peter Frank

Risk-World Trade Center, Long Beach, CA, Invitational Collaboration w/Silvia Estabrook

1998-9

Three Down (solo)-Jump, Nashville, TN

1998   

Mainly Abstract-Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA, Juror: David Amico

Safe House II-Lafayette Hotel, East Village, Long Beach, CA

1990   

30th Annual Tennessee All-State Exhibition-Parthenon Museum, Nashville, TN, Juror: Cheryl Phelps       

                   

Education

  • 2008 Teaching Credential, California State University, Long Beach, Adult Education, Adaptive Media

  • 2004-5 Formal Tattoo Apprenticeship, So Cal Tattoo (Ethan/Terry Morgan)San Pedro, CA

  • 2001 MFA, California State University, Long Beach, CA, Magna Cum Laude, Drawing/Painting

  • 1991 BFA, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, Cum Laude, Drawing/Painting

Representation         

2019-present

Kennedy Grace Gallery, Long Beach, Ca,

SCAPE, Newport Beach, Ca,

2015-2018    

Jordan Faye Block Contemporary Arts, Baltimore, MD

1995-2000    

Broadway Gallery, Nashville, Tn

Specialty Projects

2020-2021    

Curator, Hawking Project, Artist Co Op, Long Beach Ca

2019              

Curator, Scavengers, The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, Ca2018 Visiting Artist, Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach CA

2010-2017

Custom Traditional Sugar Skulls for Huntington Beach Art Center, Sasha’s Living, Museum of Latin American Art, Iguana, Viento Y Agua, 4th Street Vine, Ca

Selected Media and Events

2020

Staff Report, Photovarious, an experimental photography exhibition, set to open in October,’

Dave Clark, ‘Photovarious-A New Photography Exhibition,’

Asia Morris, ‘In PHOTOVARIOUS, 9 local artists push the limits of photography,’

The Union: #18 Katie Stubblefield

Sydney Walters,The Magical Realm of St. Broxville Wood at Cal Poly Pomona,’

Kelcie Hartley, ‘St. Broxville Wood: ‘Into the Thicket’ unveiling,’

2019

Insight/Incite Award 2019, Arts Council of Long Beach, Long Beach, Ca

Kat Schuster, ‘How the Arts Council is recognizing creatives at its annual State of the Arts event’

Genie Davis, ‘Scavengers: Wildly Creative Sculptures from Found Material,’

‘Art, Ethics and Disabilities,’ Guest Lecture, ENCORE Program, Huntington Beach Ca

Curator, Scavengers, The Loft Gallery, San Pedro Ca

Suzanne Walsh, ‘Scavengers!,’ Exhibition Essay, Scavengers, The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, Ca

Curator’s University Purchase Award, Michele Cairella Fillmore, Curator, W. Keith & Janet Kellogg Art

Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, Ca. Curators: Susan Elizalde-Henson, Juri Koll, Kimiko Miyoshi.

Hazel Ceron, ‘Teacher Feature

2018  

Genie Davis, ‘Salvage: Upcycling the Old into Art,’ Art and Cake, February 7, 2018                 

Moderator for Artist Seen: Tony Pinto Artist Talk, Art Institute of California, Orange County, Santa Ana, CA

Curator/Project Coordinator: LB Open Studio Tour and CoOp Arts Month Exhibition, Artist’s CoOp, Long Beach, CA 

Koll, Juri Jr, Venice Institute of Contemporary Art: 2017. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, January 25, 2018. 110-111.

Genie Davis, ‘Salvage: Upcycling the Old into Art,’ Art and Cake, February 7, 2018

2017

Micro-grant in support of TIMBER/TIMBRE, Long Beach Arts Council, Long Beach Ca

‘Together: Teaching Soft Skills to Adults with Developmental Disabilities and Autism through Art,’

Co-Presenter, CAPED Conference, Huntington Beach Ca‘

Art, Disability and Ethics’ Guest Lecture, ENCORE Programs, Huntington Beach Ca

‘Between, Below and Above’ Process: Artist Lecture Series, Squeeze Art Collective, The Vault Warehouse, Long Beach CA, August 19, 2017

2016    

Samantha Mehlinger, ‘Local Artists Profiled For Arts Month,’ Long Beach Business Journal, Long Beach, CA, September 27-October 10, 2016

Dave Barton, ‘Coastline Art Gallery Features Mark Zuckerberg as You’ve Never Seen Him,’ OC Weekly, August 10, 2016

2015   

Roberta Carasso, ‘Currents,’ OC Art Blog, Nov 11, 2015

2005   

Mike Van Gorder, ‘Juxtaposition,’ ISM quarterly. Autumn 2005

2005   

Shirle Gottlieb, ‘Mind Games,’ Press Telegram, Long Beach, Ca, July 22, 2005

James Scarborough, ‘Eye on Art,’ Grunion Gazette, Long Beach, Ca, July 14, 2005

Shirle Gottlieb, ‘Art News & Reviews,’ Press Telegram, Long Beach, Ca, December 24, 2004

2004-5

Artist Talk, California State University, Long Beach, Ca

2004   

Sherry Diamond, ‘Featured Artist,’ The Gallery, Long Beach, Ca, volume 1 issue 8, September 2004        

2002   

Shirle Gottlieb, ‘The Art of Abandonment,’ Press Telegram, Long Beach, Ca, July 19, 2002

2001   

Individual Artists Fellowship, Public Corporation for the Arts, Long Beach, Ca

Shirle Gottlieb, ‘The Art of the Random,’ Press Telegram, Long Beach, Ca, September 28, 2001

2000-1

Werby Scholarship, College of the Arts, California State University, Long Beach, Ca

1999-0

Baker Academic Scholarship, College of the Arts, California State University, Long Beach, Ca

1998   

Shirle Gottlieb, ‘Mostly Abstract Exhibit Has Its Moments’, Press Telegram, Long Beach, Ca, November 16, 1998

1990   

Charles Morris Branson Scholarship in Art, MTSU, Murfreesboro TN