Education

2008

MFA, Boston University, Boston, MA

2006

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2001

BA, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY

1999

National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland
Foreign Study, Fall

 

Selected Exhibitions

 

2015

The Spaces in Between - LAP Gallery, Waltham, MA

 

2015

Big Art; Tiny House - Umbrella Arts, Concord, MA

 

2015

Space, Object & Artifact - Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA

 

2014

Sprawl: Kate Benson - ArtScape Gallery, West Concord, MA

 

2014

The Dollhouse Show - ArtScape Gallery, West Concord, MA

 

2013

AIB Centennial Staff Show - Marran Gallery, Cambridge, MA

 

2011

A Taste of Boston - 808 Gallery, Boston, MA

Sources • Origins - South Shore Art Center, Hingham, MA

 

2010

Meeting at the Surface - Meditech, Canton, MA

 

2008

Boston Young Contemporaries - 808 Gallery, Boston, MA

Secret Worlds: Work by Kate Benson and Adrienne Rae Ginter
Sherman Gallery, Boston, MA

Gradute Thesis Exhibition
808 Gallery, Boston, MA

Geometric History: Painting & Drawing by Troy Hagenbart and Sculpture by Kate Benson
MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA

 

2007

Boston Young Contemporaries - 808 Gallery, Boston, MA

Arches Fifth Annual Biennial Student Print Show
808 Gallery, Boston, MA

 

2006

Post-Baccalaureate Exhibition
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

 

2005

MFA and Post-Baccalaureate Exhibition
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

The Third Annual KSG Community Art Gallery - Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA

 

Awards/Scholarships

 

2014

Dollhouses create domestic scenes, but not always the idealized kind
The Boston Globe, Posted on July 17, 2014

2012

Centre for Irish Studies 10th Anniversary Publication
National University of Ireland, Galway

2009

Local Cultural Council Artist Fellowship Grant
Somerville Arts Council, Somerville, MA

2006-08

Constatin Alajalov Scholarship
Boston University, Boston, MA

2007

Alumna’s Artwork Sculpted by Memories
Hobart and William Smith Daily Update Posted on July 31, 2008

 

Professional Experience

 

2011-13

Adjunct Faculty, Portfolio Preparation for Fine Arts
Pre-College Program at The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA

2010-11

Adjunct Faculty, Foundations in Drawing and Design
Summer Pre-College Program at The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA

2007-08

Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Printmaking
Boston Univer