Kathy has been an artist since the age of four. She has been painting predominately in pastel since the year 2000 after a trip to Mexico. A fine art graduate of Siena Heights University, Michigan, Kathy now finds herself instructing adults in the fine art of pastel painting.

Now an active Colorado artist, Kathy is a member of the Evergreen Artists Association and the Art Student's League of Denver. Recently she was featured in the nationally acclaimed Southwest Art Magazine.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS--Most Recent
"The Journey", Evergreen Fine Art Gallery, Evergreen, CO October 30-November 14, 2009
"A Collection of New Works", Creekside Cellars, Evergreen, CO August 30-September 30, 2009
"Artwalk Featured Artist, Kathy Beekman", Squash Blossom Gallery, Colorado Springs,
CO August 7-September 3, 2009
"Place and Memory", Canyon Road Contemporary Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
July 24-Aug 2, 2009
"Exhibition of New Works", Cogswell Gallery, Vail, CO Nov 22-Dec 22, 2008
"Down to Earth", Second Street Art Market, Monument, CO June-July 2008
"Sense of Space", Shadow Mountain Gallery, Evergreen, CO May-June 2008
"Simply Scapes", Rotary Gallery, Evergreen, CO April-May 2008
"One Woman Exhibition", Ponzio Room Gallery, CAE, Evergreen, CO February-March
2008


GROUP EXHIBITIONS--Most Recent
"Fire and Ice", show Featuring 12 Painters Using Warm Colors During the Cold of Winter,
Canyon Road Contempory Art, Santa Fe, NM, December 20-31, 2008
"Far and Near" show Featuring Kathy Beekman and Sandy Marvin, Sherman Street Fine
Art Studios, Denver, CO, June 2008
"Group Landscape Show Featuring: Kathy Beekman, Johnathan Harris, Claudia Hartley,
Jenny Ryrie", Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM, May 2008
"Group Show", EAA Gallery, Evergreen, CO, April 2008
"Art Spring", Rocky Mountain PBS Studios, Denver, CO, April 4th, 2008
"Chasing the Light", Gallery 821, Denver, CO February-March 2008
"Trees, Wreaths, Ornaments, and Gems Galore Holiday Show", Center for the
Arts-Evergreen, Evergreen, CO December 2007

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
"XL: Forty Years on the Frontier of Art", Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO July-August 2008
"2008 Highlighted Artists" Rocky Mountain PBS Exclusive showing, on-air recognition,
web-site presentation, promotion, and auction, November 2007-April 2008
"PFLAG" Art Exhibition and Auction, Hotel Monaco, Denver, CO, August 2007
"Phillips County Art Show", Holyoke, CO March 2007
"A Show of Excellence", Center for the Arts-Evergreen, Evergreen, CO March 2007
"Starry Western Night", Evergreen Lakehouse, Evergreen, CO October 2006
"Evergreen Invitational, Evergreen Art Center, Evergreen, CO March 2006
"Aulumni Exhibition", Klemm Gallery, Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI,
August-September 2001

JURIED EXHIBITIONS--Most Recent
"Points of View", Center for the Arts Evergreen, October 24-November 14, 2008
"Louisville Art Association 23rd Annual National Fine Art Show 2008", Louisville Center for
the Arts, Louisville, CO, Juror Sandra Kaplan, August 3rd-September 7, 2008
"Expressions West", Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR May-July 2008
"The Evergreen Art Open: Moments in Color", Center for the Arts-Evergreen, CO May-June
2008
"Art from the Heart", Center for the Arts-Evergreen, Evergreen, CO, October 26-November
16, 2007

PUBLICATIONS--Most Recent
"Serenity" magazine, section Artscene, heading "Kathy Beekman at Evergreen Fine Art",
page 51.
"Dwenger Times", magazine, heading "An interview with artist Kathy Morris Beekman '89",
page 6 and 7, images
"Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine", heading "Cogswell Gallery Embraces Artistic Excellence",
Holiday 2008
"Vail Daily Newspaper", heading "Kathy Beekman's pastel paintings on display at
Cogswell Gallery in Vail Saturday, The Colorado artist yearns for the unclutered life",
section Entertainment/Visual Arts, article and image, written by Caramie Schnell, Friday,
November 21, 2008,
"Southwest Art" magazine,heading "Artist to Watch", page 50-51,article and images,
written by Bonnie Ganglehoff, November 2008
"Louisville Art Association 23rd Annual National Fine Art Show 2008" catalog, page 1,
image
Canyon Courier newspaper, "UpSlope" section, page 2B, image and article ,May 2008
Center for the Arts-Evergreen, "100 for 100 Exhibition and Auction", April 2008 catalog,
image
Coos Art Museum," Expressions West Exhibition", 2008 catalog, image

AWARDS
Honorable Mention, "Points of View" EAA Members Show, Center for the Arts-Evergreen,
CO, October 2008
Merit Award, "The Evergreen Art Open: Moments in Color", Center for the Arts-Evergreen,
Evergreen, CO 2008
Honorable Mention, "Sixth Annual Lone Tree Art Exhibition", Lone Tree Golf Club, Lone
Tree, CO October 2007
Juror's Choice Award, "Paint, Sculpt, Shoot", Stoneheart Gallery, Evergreen, CO
September 2007
Second Place Award, Juried by Reven Swanson, "Exploration, A Twenty-First Century
Show", Center for the Arts, Evergreen, CO 2007
Second Place Award, Juried Colorado Art Education Association Show, Tri- Lakes Center
for the Arts, Palmer Lake, CO 2007
Juror's Choice Award, Juried Show, "On and Off the Wall", Evergreen Art Center,
Evergreen, CO 2006
Best of Show, Juried by Chuck Parsons, "Monochrome and Multichrome", Center Stage,
Evergreen, CO 2006
Second Place Award, Juried by Kevin Weckbach, "Strength", KD Moore Gallery,
Evergreen, CO 2006
Best of Show, Juried Show, "Edges", Evergreen Art Center, Evergreen, CO 2005
First Place Award, Juried Show, "Evergreen Art Festival", Evergreen, CO 2005
First Place Award, Juried Show, "Colorado Artists Association Exhibit", Denver, CO 2005
Third Place Award, Juried Show "Inside and Outside", Evergreen Arts Center, Evergreen,
CO 2004
Sterling News Sentinel Art Award, Fort Wayne, IN 1989
Siena Heights University competitive Art Scholarship, First Place, MI 1989

MEMBERSHIPS
Member of the Art Students League of Denver 2005-present
Member of the Evergreen Artist Association 2004-present
Member of the Pastel Society of Colorado 2004-2008
Member of the Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO 2004-2007

EDUCATION
Graduated Cum Laude from Siena Heights University with a B.F.A. in 1993. Concentrations
in drawing, ceramics and photography.
Fine Art Studies in Siena Italy, June 1993