Lives and works in New York, NY
Education
2020 MFA, CUNY Hunter College, New York, NY
2009 BFA, The Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2023
Object Fluency: Ronald Gonzales and Kathleen Granados, curated by Joel Carriero, The Cluster Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021
Almost Home: Jesus Benavente and Kathleen Granados, curated by ebb curatorial, 18-52 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Common Threads, Dyckman Farmhouse, New York, NY
2014
Touch History, Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York, NY
Public Projects
2018-2019
Present Histories: An East Harlem Photo Album, co-presented by the Marcus Garvey Park Alliance, Friends of Art Park Alliance, and NYC Parks. Organized by Connie Lee, Director and Curator of the Public Art Initiative, Harlem Art Park, New York, NY
2017
Within Reach, curated by Souleo and presented in conjunction with Wallach Art Gallery and NoMAA, Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Recent Group Exhibitions
2024
Rhapsody Tentacular, curated by SiSi Chen, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, NY
Against the Grain: The Stories We Tell Ourselves, curated by Dana Notine, Longwood Art Gallery, The Bronx, NY
2023
Pattern, the Grid, and Other Systems, curated by Julia Jacquette, The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
Uptown Triennial 2023, curated by Souleo, Betti-Sue Hertz, and Lewis Long, Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
Dwelling, curated by Mihaela Chiriac, White Columns Online
2022
The Subject of Extra Scrutiny, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York NY
2021
Nice To See You Again, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
Showfields X Sara Softness, Showfields online
Out of Sight, FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY
The Secret Language of Objects, Warburton Galerie, Yonkers, NY
2020
Save the Last Dance: MFA Thesis Exhibition, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY
Hunter College MFA Thesis Spotlight, Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY
Assemblage: The MFA Show, curated by Sophie Olympia Riese and Julia Speed, The Olympia Project online
The Other Utopias, Cohen Library Archives Gallery, City College of New York, NY
2019
Family Portrait, curated by Nora Boyd, 205 Project Space, Hunter MFA Studios, New York, NY
The Mnemonic Body, 205 Project Space, Hunter MFA Studios, New York, NY
Surreality, Crush Curatorial, New York, NY
2018
Six Months In, 205 Project Space, Hunter MFA Studios, New York, NY
i found god in myself, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, MI (traveling: City Without Wall, Newark, NJ, 2017; Houston Museum of African American Culture, Houston, TX, 2017; The African American Museum in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2016)
Residencies and Awards
2019
AIR@FIT, The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
2017
Vermont Studio Center, Merit-Based Artist Grant, Johnson, VT
2015
LMCC Process Space, Governors Island, NY
2009
The Frank Shapiro Memorial Award for Excellence in Fine Arts
Collections
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY
Friedman Benda, New York, NY
Readings and Panel Discussions
2023
Uptown Triennial 2023 Panel Discussion, Lenfest Center for the Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
2020
Twelve Labors Reading Series Session 3, Hercules Art Studio Program, New York, NY
2016
Panel Discussion: Local Artists, Art and Art Education at Teachers College Columbia University, New York, NY
Teaching
2022-present
Visiting Artist, BFA Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2021-present
Adjunct Faculty, Fine Arts, The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
2023
Sound Capsule, a collaboration with Wallach Gallery for Columbia University’s New Student Orientation, Arts & Media Cohort
2019
Multimedia workshop, AIR@FIT, The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
2017
Interactive installation, En Floración, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
2014
Touch Tour for Individuals Who Are Blind or Partially Sighted with Art Beyond Sight, Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York, NY
Press
2024
"Longwood Art Gallery Exhibition Explores Memory, Time & Storytelling," Jill Tuthill, Bronx Times.
2021
“Virtuous tension at Underdonk,” Jonathan Stevenson, Two Coats of Paint.
“Nice to See you Again at Underdonk: Featured Project: with curators Leonora Loeb and Keisha Prioleau-Martin,” Etty Yaniv. Artspiel.
2020
Blechman, Eliana, et. al. “SAVE THE LAST DANCE for us: Artists of the Final Hunter MFA Exhibition Go Out with a BANG (Kathleen Granados),” White Hot Magazine.
“Artist Feature: Kathleen Granados,” Emilie Murphy, Art for Real People.
2019
“New York’s Best Public Art Installations This Season,” Valeria Ricciulli and Ameena Walker, Curbed New York.
2017
"The 10 must-see pieces at the African American Museum's 'for colored girls' exhibit,” Sofiya Ballin, The Philadelphia Inquirer.
2016
“Broadway Play 'For Colored Girls' Inspires New Works from 20 Artists,” Antwaun Sargent, VICE, The Creators Project.
2014
“An Art Exhibition ‘for colored girls,’” Seph Rodney, Hyperallergic.
2013
“A Constellation of Identities, Winking and Shifting: Museo del Barrio’s ‘Bienal 2013’ Explores Self and Origins,” Holland Cotter, The New York Times.
“Uptown News – Let’s Celebrate: Meet 5 Featured in Women’s Art Show,” Jheanel Walters, NY Daily News.
2012
“Women Artists Share Diverse Inspirations,” Maria Alvarez, Newsday.
Bibliography
Granados, Kathleen. “Mapping the Family: Gesture, Gaze, and Social Control in Casta Paintings.” Assemblage Journal, no. 1: (Fall 2020).
Jaskunas, Paul, et al., eds., Granados, Kathleen. “Kathleen Granados: Daily Ritual.” Full Bleed: The Materials Issue #6. Baltimore, MD: The Maryland Institute College of Art, 2023, pp. 88-93.
Ryan, Deborah E, and Franklin D. Vagnone. Anarchist’s Guide to Historic House Museums.California: Left Coast Press Inc, 2015. Pg. 153.
Ward, Carol S. Morris-Jumel Mansion. South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2015. Pg. 98.