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. 

             SOLO SHOWS

2026    Karma, New York, NY, MILK TEETH

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, online exhibition, Rituals

             RESIDENCIES

2013     Hewnoaks Artist Residency, Lovell, Maine

             EDUCATION

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

Press and Publications

New American Paintings, Northeast, Issue 182, Feb/March 2026.

Heller, Lore.“Kate Hargrave: Unsettling and generous”.Two Coats of Paint, March 5, 2026.

“Kate Hargrave, MILK TEETH.” February 20–March 28, 2026, Karma Gallery.

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.

Irons, Hilary. “Kate Hargrave, The Journal” Jan. 10-March 8,2025, Moss Galleries.