I love both science and nature.  As a former engineer, the precision of science lets me feel in control.  But as an artist, I’m also drawn to the diversity of the natural world.  I create artwork that blends this duality, finding examples of their union all around me.  I see beauty in parallel railway tracks overgrown with tangled weeds.  Or the ordered lines of a musical staff sprinkled with random notes.  I merge logical patterns with creative elements to tell stories in my colorful, abstract paintings.

Each painting starts with a story.  I set a structured framework, then overrun it with a flow of organic shapes to support the narrative.  My first layer might be a rigid grid that will brace a cascading tumble of vines.  Or a wall of vertical columns overrun by an army of circles.  I artfully meld science and nature in my work to show the beauty of these two opposites and their symbiotic balance as they blend beautifully together to tell a story.

Solo Exhibitions

2018          Merging Science and Nature, Delaplaine Visual Art Center, Frederick, MD
2016          Whimsical Works, Corks on Columbus, New York, NY
2016          Fantastic Reality, Matted LIC, Long Island City, NY
2016          In the Realm of Dreams, Front Street Gallery, Patterson, NY
2013-14     Abstract Landscapes, Café Joul, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions         

2024    11th Annual Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
            Frozen Dreams & Abstract Realities: Winter's Dual Nature, Nat’l Assoc. of Women Artists, NY, NY

2023    NAWA 134th Annual Members Exhibition. One Art Space Gallery, New York, NY
            From Landscapes to Mindscapes. Nat’l Association of Women Artists Online Gallery, New York, NY

2022    NAWA 133rd Annual Members Exhibition. One Art Space Gallery, New York, NY
           To the Next Level: Collage and Low Relief, The Beamesderfer Gallery, Highland Park, NJ
           On the Edge, Gallery.26, Historic Vendue Art Hotel, Charleston, SC
           Why We Volunteer. ArtServe Bienes Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
           At a Crossroads. Nat’l Association of Women Artists Online Gallery, New York, NY
           For the Love of Art. Judi and Allan Schuman Museum Gallery. Boca Raton, FL

2021    Art on BRIC Walls. Boca Raton Museum of Art. Boca Raton,
           NAWA 132nd Annual Exhibition. One Art Space Gallery, New York, NY
           Art Across Cultures. Lighthouse ArtCenter Gallery, Tequesta, FL
           Layering: Collage/Mixed Media. Nat’l Association of Women Artists, New York, NY                                     Drawing in a Time of Renewal. LiC-Artists, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
           Some Like It Hot II. Nat’l Assoc. of Women Artists, Virtual Museum of Art, New York, NY
           Freestyles. Flagler County Art League, Palm Coast, FL
           LiC-Artists Members Showcase. Culture Lab, Long Island City, NY   
           Renaissance Challenge. Women in the Visual Arts, Boca Raton, FL
           NCS 24th Annual Small Format Exhibit. National Collage Society, Hudson, OH
           Perennial Power: Women, Art, Nature. Nat’l Association of Women Artists, Miami Beach Botanical                     Garden, Miami Beach, FL                 
            National Association of Women Artists New Members Exhibition, New York, NY                 
            Starting Again, ArtWorks Gallery of Northwood, West Palm Beach, FL

2020     Every Color has a Story, Flagler County Art League Gallery, Palm Coast, FL
            Drawing in a Time of Social Distancing, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
            National Collage Society 23rd Annual Small Format Exhibit, The Hill School Boyer Gallery,                               Pottstown, PA
             LiC-A Spring Online Exhibition, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY

2019      Rhapsody in Colors, The Belskie Museum of Art & Science, Martine Hicks Gallery, Closter, NJ
             Off the Wall II Holiday Art Fair, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
             Beach Elements V, Rockaway Artists Alliance, sTudio 7 Gallery, Fort Tilden, NY                                            Transitions, The Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
             Women Celebrating Creativity, Nat’l Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
             9th Annual Figurative Exhibition, Light Space & Time Art Gallery, Palm Spring, CA                 
             Red Envelope Show, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY

2018      Painter Ladies of NLAPW, Waterside Plaza Gallery, New York, NY
             Off the Wall, The Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
             National Collage Society, 34th Annual Juried Exhibition, Hudson, OH
             Exhibit C, LIC Arts Open Fall Salon, The Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
             The Five Napkin Show, The Factory, Long Island City, NY
             Rock. Paper. Scissors, The Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
             LIC-A@ATLANTIC:2018, AtlanticGallery, New York, NY

2017      Making Connections II, Henry DeFord Gallery, Citigroup Building, Long Island City, NY            
             The Art of Heirloom Exhibition, National Heirloom Expo, Santa Rosa, CA
             Garden of Delights, The Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
             Making Connections – Artists Working in Queens, The Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
             Walk with Light, The Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
             8 LOVES, The Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY

2016      Over the Bridge II, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
             The June Bugs, Friday Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
             Show One, The Falchi Building, Long Island City, NY
             LIC Arts Open-Fall Salon Show, Willis Gallery, Long Island City, NY
             LIC Members Salon Exhibition, The Falchi Building, Long Island City, NY
             Valdosta National 2015, Valdosta State University Gallery, Valdosta, G
             Celebrating Queens Artists, CitiCorp Building, Long Island City, NY
             LIC Artists 30th Anniversary Exhibition, The Paper Factory Hotel, Queens, NY
             Made in Reis, Reis Studios, Long Island City, NY
             Over the Bridge, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY

2014      Small Works Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
             The Elegant Nude, The Gallery at the Watershed, Eugene, OR
             Summer Remix: A Group Salon, Madelyn Jordon Fine Art Gallery, Scarsdale, NY
             Small Works by LIC-Artists, CitiCorp Building, Long Island City, NY
             Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
             The 1st Salon Show of 2014, The Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
             The Visual Language of Contemporary Art, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY

2013     Second Annual 10x10 Benefit Exhibit, Reis Studios, Long Island City, NY

2012     10x10 Benefit Exhibit, ArtPlusLIC, Reis Studios, Long Island City, NY

2004     Pastel Society of Colorado Mile High National Exhibition, Curtis Arts and Humanities Center,                           Greenwood Village, CO
             Pastel Society of Colorado Members Exhibit, Evergreen Cultural Center, Evergreen, CO
             Pastel Society of Colorado, Fall Members Show, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO

 Corporate Collections

      Four Seasons Hotel and Resort, Houston, TX
      The Plaza Hotel, New York, NY
      The Belmond Grand Hotel Europe, St. Petersburg, Russia
      Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
      Roundup River Ranch Camp (a Paul Newman Serious Fun Camp), Doterso, CO

Publications

        Aruelles, Emerald. “Kathy Ferguson”. Aint Bad Magazine. January 2021.
        Cochran, Ginger. “Kathy Ferguson”. Thought Art Magazine. Issue 2, July 2020.
        Meural Editorial Staff. “Behind the Scenes with Kathy Ferguson”. Meural             
            Canvas. https://my.meural.netgear.com/editorial/257. December 2019.
        Vasquez, Vanessa, “Beyond the Beauty of Beaches”. The Wave Magazine. Rockaway Beach.
             July 18, 2019
        Rutigliano, Dario & Hilborn, Melissa C., “An interview with Kathy Ferguson”. Art Habens Magazine,
             Biennial 10th Anniversary Edition. March 2019
        Salann Magazine, First Edition. Longmont, Colorado. March 2019.
        Edlund, Caroline, “Featured Artist: Kathy Ferguson”. Artsy Shark, February 21, 2019
        Duhrkoop, Dan. “Kathy Ferguson: Mixed Media Abstract Paintings using Collage, Paint, and Ink.”
             EmptyEasel.com. January 16, 2019.
        Richard Malinsky, “Magical Paintings Between Sleep and Awakening”. The Woven Tale Press, East
             Setauket, NY. January 2019
        Hetland, Frank, “Kathy Ferguson”.  Not Random Art Magazine, June 2017 Issue.
        Richards, Christina. “Incite 4: Relax. Restore. Renew”. September 2016.
        Grahm, Anne, “Kathy Ferguson”.  Art Reveal Magazine, Issue 13. Finland. February 2016.
        Pitt, Allison. “To Thy Own Artistic Self Be True”. Times Ledger. Queens, New York. April 1, 2014

Awards

          First in Show. Why We Volunteer. NAWA Florida Chapter. Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2022
          Honorable Mention, At a Crossroads, Nat’l Association of Women Artists, New York, NY 2022
          Matilde Award, NAWA 132nd Annual Members Exhibition, Nat’l Association of Women Artists,
             New York, NY, 2021
          Honorable Mention, Starting Over, The Artists of Palm Beach County, Palm Beach, FL, 2021
          First in Show, Every Color has a Story, Flagler County Art League, Palm Coast, FL, 2020
          Best in Show, Blue, Front Street Gallery, Patterson, NY, 2015