ABOUT

BIO

Kate Hargrave (b. 1981) is a painter based in Maine. She earned her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2003. For two decades, she developed an introspective practice shaped by the experience of raising two children, a life chapter that continues to inform her work through emerging characters and scenes.

CV

Born 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts. Lives and works in Portland, Maine. 

              EDUCATION

2003     BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

             SOLO SHOWS

2025    Moss Galleries, Portland, Maine, The Journal

             GROUP SHOWS

2025     Karma, Thomaston, Maine, A Certain Form of Hell

2024     Walpole Ontological Lab and Farm, Walpole Maine, Art Show!

2023     Speedwell Contemporary, Portland, Maine online exhibition, Rituals

             RESIDENCIES

2013     Hewnoaks Artist Residency, Lovell, Maine

Press and Publications

Arango, Jorge. “Inferno or Not, There’s Something for Everyone at Karma’s Summer Outpost in Maine,” Boston Art Review, Aug. 19, 2025.

Vartanian, Hrag. “After More Than 20 Years, Kate Hargrave Lets Her Paintings Leave the Nest,” Hyperallergic, Feb. 5, 2025.

Little, Carl. “Kate Hargrave, The Journal.” Art New England, January/February 2025.

Arango, Jorge. “The odd, darkly enchanted world of Kate Hargrave.” Portland Press Herald, Jan. 31 2025.