I fell in love with painting in high school, winning awards for work in statewide juried exhibitions.  I went on to study art at Indiana University, and graduated with BA’s in both East Asian Studies and Psychology, which fed my other major interest: holistic health. After college, I ventured abroad to teach English in Japan, volunteered on organic farms in New Zealand and Europe, and explored art, healing, and food of several more Asian countries. I moved to Portland in 2000, taught privates Pilates and classes for 9 years, incorporating hands on energy work into holistic training sessions. Now that it's 2011, my healing energy work practice is full and happy. Becoming a mother in 2004 propelled me back into painting, and catalyzed the most recent series of spacious land and sea scapes. This past year I've focused more on site specific commissions, mainly in homes. I work with interior decorators, designers, and lovers of art.

and here's my CV:

KATIE TODD

 

Born 1974, Toledo, Ohio

Lives and works in Portland, OR

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2010

Seven Virtues, Portland, OR

Souchi, Portland, OR

The Wyatt, Portland, OR

 

2009

Space for Hope, NW Cancer Specialists, Portland, OR

Café Pallino, Portland, OR

Posies Café, Portland, OR

 

2008 

Spring Spaces, Tilde Shop, Portland, OR

Sub Rosa, Portland, OR

 

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2010

SE Portland Area Art Walk, Portland, OR

 

2009

Prints for PICA, Portland, OR

 

2008

Art for Women, C.S. Eberly Center, The University of Toledo, OH

Journeys / Waysides / Passages, The Kingstad Gallery, Beaverton, OR

 

2007

Opening Spaces, Mother-daughter show, EcoPdx, Portland, OR

 

1996

IU School of Fine Art Student show, SoFA Gallery, Bloomington, IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMISSIONS

 

2010

Schriners Hospital for Children at OHSU, Portland, OR

Private Residence, Portland, OR

Private Residence, Milwaukee, OR

 

2009

Private Residence, Raleigh Hills, OR

Interior Designer commission, Lake Oswego, OR

Heidi McBride Art Consultancy commission for private residence, Vancouver, WA

Private Residence commission, Manzanita, OR

 

2008

Private Offices, Eugene, OR

Private Residence, Toledo, OH

Private Offices, Perrysburg, OH

 

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

2010

SimplyLovely Blog feature, http://simplelovely.blogspot.com/2010/05/loving_11.html

Souchi’s designer Suzi’s personal blog,   http://suzisouchi.blogspot.com/

 

2009

Diane Keaton Interiors, dianekeatoninteriors.blogspot.com, (March 1)

 

2008 

MotherSource Press http://www.mothersource.org/stories/item/189

 

2007

Oregon Home Magazine, featured Portfolio Artist, (Sept/Oct issue) pp. 32

 

 

 

REPRESENTATION

 

The Heidi McBride Art Consultancy, Portland, OR

 

Art Etc. Sales and Leasing Gallery, Portland, OR

 

Camas Gallery, Salem, OR

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Phi Beta Kappa Graduate of Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

 

 

 

ARTIST STATEMENT           

 

 

My painting is a means to create a sense of physical space, both for myself and for the observers of my work. The motif of unbroken horizon has occupied a strong, almost universal place in my canvases since I resumed the daily practice of painting in 2004. They are a memory of place. Thin layers of color are applied to canvas to create depth and translucence in the imagined landscape.  My horizons are inspired by the flat planes of the Midwest, and by the vast Oregon coast. I strive to create paintings that people can develop a relationship with in their daily lives.

 

 

 

ONLINE PORTFOLIO

 

www.KatieToddArt.com