Kathleen Kucka

Kathleen Kucka, (born in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American painter.

Kucka earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1984, at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City. In 1994 she earned her Master of Fine Arts at the Hunter College, also New York.

Benjamin Genocchio from the New York Times, describes Kucka's work as resembling microscopic images of human tissue, "a welcome inclusion in a show that is long on ideas and rather short on artistic flair. Ms. Kucka reminds us that serious, concept-based art can also be pleasurable to view." He was referring to the group exposition "I Dream of Genomes" in the Islip Art Museum in 2008.

In 2011 Stephanie Buhmann described Kucka's work as inspired by nature, with an attention on geometry, inspired by 20th-century and contemporary abstraction. It "leaves us guessing, wondering if we are witnessing a scene documented through a microscope or captured from an aerial view... we find ourselves reminded of the interrelations between all things, be they of a natural or manmade origin."

Kucka herself describes her work as a “collage done with paint” that creates a “dance of movement and patterns.”

• 1995 Thread Waxing Space, Project Room, New York, NY
• 1995 Saint Peterís Church, Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
• 1999, 2001, 2003 Jeffrey Coploff Gallery, New York, NY
• 2004 Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art, New York, NY
• 2004 Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
• 2006 Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
• 2009 Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
• 2010 Fluidity, Gallerie Roger Katwijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 2011 Ultra Structures, Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
• 2014 Gallery Geranmayeh, New York, NY

• "Kristen Frederickson Art Gallery", "Gotham Gal"
• Rachel Liberman, "Colorful Topographies", ‘’Gay City News’’
• Press Release, "Kathleen Kucka: Fluidity"
• Todd Simmons, "Clarity Amidst Liberated Perspectives", ‘’Gay City News’’

• 1998 On the Edge, Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY
• 2001 Burn: Artists Play with Fire, The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL and Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
• 2002 Abstraction: An Invitational Exhibition, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
• 2003 Young and Brash and Abstract, curated by John Yau, Anderson Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
• 2004 Mindscape, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY
• 2005 Head Over Hand: Pushing the Limits of Paint, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
• 2013 Pushing the Line: Drawing in the Age of Anxiety, Curated by Neil Watson, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY
• 2013 Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Curated by Phong Bui, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY
• 2013 Cantaloupe Today, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
• 2014 Meditations, Three person show, Judge/Kucka/Price, Curated by Matthew Gehring, Flecker Gallery Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY
• 2015 In Conversation, Curated by Stephanie Buchmann, The Shirley Fiterman Art Center, NY
• 2016 On Paper, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC

• Phyllis Braff, "Affirming Vibrant Freedom of Method", "The New York Times"
• Catalogue, "Burn: Artists Play with Fire"
• Jessica Dawson, "Three Artists Of Different Stripes", "The Washington Post"
• Catalogue, "Young + brash + abstract"
• Press Release, "Mindscape"
• Press Release, "Head Over Hand: Pushing the Limits of Paint”
• Lisa Marie Desanto, "New Exhibition Challenges the Functionality of Drawing”, "Westchester County Business Journal"
• Press Release, "Come Together: Surviving Sandy”
• Press Release, "Cantaloupe Today”
• Press Release, "Suffolk county Community College”
• Stephanie Buhmann, "NEW YORK STUDIO CONVERSATIONS - SEVENTEEN WOMEN TALK ABOUT ART", "The Green Box Kunstedition"
• Press Release, "Shirley Fiterman Art Center"
• Mark Jenkins, "In the galleries: Works on paper at Marsha Mateyka Gallery", ‘’The Washington Post’’