Katie Harwood (b. 1981) is an artist and photographer based in Colorado. Her work has been exhibited in widely in the US and exists in private and museum collections. Most recently, she received the Innovations in Imaging award from the Society for Photographic Education for her series Everything Is Fine Here. Harwood received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and her BA from Columbia College Chicago. She is also the Founder at Big Bad Bettie Press.

Biography

1981 Born in Winnetka, IL
Lives and works in Denver, CO

Education

2015 MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2005 BA, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

Selected Exhibitions

2017
Walk Away With Art, Annual Fundraiser, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver
Home Connection, @bigbadbettiepress
HOME: American Photography, CU Art Museum, Boulder

2016
ArtMix, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder
Annual Members’ Show, honored mention, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver
4th International SPE Combined Caucus Juried Exhibition, Juror: Aline Smithson, Las Vegas
Impermanence, Boulder Creative Collective, Boulder

2015
Captured, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland
Edge Effect, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
A Great Distance, The Postcard Collective, Tucson
Never Seen, Canyon Gallery, Boulder
MFA Now, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco

2014
Flood, In Focus Gallery, Boulder
Discarded, solo exhibition, Swell Gallery, San Francisco
Outside the Box, San Francisco Art Institute Courtyard Gallery, San Francisco

2013
REpublic, Evergold Gallery, San Francisco
Measured Bodies, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco

2012
puny, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco

Selected Bibliography

Aline Smithson, "Lenscratch Wecomes Katie Harwood", Lenscratch, July 6, 2017
Kat Kiernan, “Photo of the Day”, Don’t Take Pictures, May 18, 2017
Elin Spring, "The Human Landscape", What Will You Remember Photography Blog, April 27, 2017
Christy Fantz, “CU Art Museum exhibit helps visitors find their safe place”, Daily Camera, March 23 , 2017
Nathan Pearce, “Katie Harwood”, Same Coin Press, October 28, 2015
Elin Spring, “A View from the Festival”, What Will You Remember Photography Blog, October 1, 2015
Christy Karpinski, “Issue #72 Open Theme”, F-Stop Magazine, August/September, 2015
Lindsay Comstock, “The 10 Best New Photography Exhibits”, American Photo, June 22, 2015
Staff, “‘Edge Effect’ – The 2015 San Francisco Art Institute Graduate MFA Show”, Examiner.com, May 28, 2015
San Francisco Art Institute, Edge Effect 2015 Catalogue, May 2015
Root Division, MFA Now 2015, March 2015
Susan Froyd, “Colorado Photographers Document Disaster in Flood: A Thousand Year Event”, Westword Denver, September 10, 2014

Selected Collections

CU Art Museum, Boulder

Awards & Honors

2016
100 Selected Photographers, Review Santa, Santa Fe
Honorable Mention, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver

2015
Innovations in Imaging, Society for Photographic Educators, Columbus

Residencies

2016
Make Studio, Steamboat Springs

2015
Make Studio, Steamboat Springs

2013
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Scholarship + residency, Aspen
Boulder Community School of Integrated Studies, Boulder

Selected Teaching & Curating

2017 Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Teacher
2017 Home Connection, @bigbadbettiepress
2016 Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Educator
2015 The Dairy Center for the Arts, Educator
2015 Performing Mythologies, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO, Co-Curator
2015 Mail Modeling, Buffalo Exchange, Boulder, CO, Curator
2014 Metropolitan State University of Denver, Department of Art, Photography, Affiliate Faculty
2014 San Francisco Art Institute, Pre-College Program, Teaching Assistant
2013 Denver Art Museum, Student & Teacher Programs Intern
2013 Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Online Content Expert & Affiliate Faculty
2011 STEM Magnet Lab School, Photography Instructor

Organizations

2017 Lenscratch, Director of Marketing (Current)
2015 Big Bad Bettie Press, Founder & Navigator
2015 Conference on World Affairs, Arts Committee
2015 The Dairy Center for the Arts, Visual Arts Council
2015 The Postcard Collective, Member (through 2017)
2013 Society of Photographic Education, Member (Active)
2014 Month of Photography Denver, Exhibitions Manager for Boulder (through 2017)
2014 Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Exhibition Committee (through 2015)