About
Kathleen Mack
I was born in Flint, Michigan. I received a BA and did graduate work in Philosophy at Marquette University. I moved to Maine in 1980 with my husband and two children. I discovered art after owning and operating Pemaquid Floorcloths for 11 years. In 1993 I sold the business and decided to concentrate on painting and sculpture. I am primarily self-taught but owe a great deal to mentors and artists Nancy Freeman, John Lorence, and Court Bennett.
I maintain a studio and gallery in Round Pond, Maine.
Sometimes the result of striving for the simplest means of expressing an idea or reaction brings a sense of accomplishment.
Part of each year is spent in Umbertide, in Umbria, Italy — the Upper Tiber Valley and its people have shaped a good deal of the work.
Education & Training
Education
B.A. Philosophy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 1972
Graduate study in Philosophy, Marquette University, 1977–1979
Art training and study
Painting — Don Stone (Monhegan); George Kountoupis (Greece)
Sculpture — John Ventimiglia (MECA)
Stone — Constantine Seferlis (Round Top) and Andy Seferlis (River Arts)
Stone — Vermont Carving Studio, Rutland, VT
Ironwork — Anthony Tafuri (MECA)
Welding — Maine Vocational Center, Rockland, ME
Publications
Images of original floorcloth designs in Floor Coverings for Historic Buildings – A Guide to Selecting Reproductions by Helene VonRosenstiel. Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1988.
Board affiliations
Board of Directors, Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME, 1998–2002
Board of Directors, Mobius, Inc., 1998–2010
Founding Board Member, Friends of the DaPonte String Quartet, 1998–2002
Founding Board Member, River Arts, 2007–2011
Representation
Owner and operator of KMack Studio Gallery, Round Pond, ME, 1993 to present
Selected Exhibitions
Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME
Crème Fraiche (three woman show) 1998
Bath Bridge Paintings (solo show) 1999
Member Shows 1996–2004
Faculty Shows 2000–2004
Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME
Juried Shows 1996–2000
Five Women 1998
Figure and Portrait 2000
Sculpture 2001
Figures and Faces 2004 (co-curator and exhibitor)
Maine Sculptors 2004
O'Farrell Gallery, Brunswick, ME
The New Bath Bridge Paintings 2000
Maine Mountains (group show) 2000
Winter Solstice (group show) 2001
Mainers Away (group show) 2001
Atrium Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
The Figure Revealed (juried show) 2003
The Figure Revealed (juried show) 2005
Maine Sculptors, Fall 2007
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
The Figure Revealed (group show) 2004
Waldo Theater Gallery, Waldoboro, ME
People of the Upper Tiber Valley (solo show) 2004
Judith Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
Sculpture 2006
Lewis Gallery, Portland Public Library, Portland, ME
Maine Sculptors Show 2003–2005
Maine Public Radio Juried Show
Paintings and Sculpture 2005–2009
Gold Leaf Fine Art, Chattanooga, TN
Mad Men (solo show) 2009
Madame George (solo show) 2010