Kate Huntington — Artist’s Biography

Studio: Bristol, RI

Kate Huntington grew up in Providence, RI, and began painting and drawing in her very early years.

In high school, she met an Italian artist named Antonio Dattorro. Though quite an eccentric, he was an outstanding teacher and he gave Ms. Huntington an understanding of the human form that was unequal to any formal education. Huntington became his protégé for quite a number of years receiving an invaluable education in the process.

She received a scholarship to RISD in 1974 and has worked as a representational painter based in the Providence, RI metropolitan area continuously since 1976. Her work is now shown in and about New England in galleries and museums and featured in several distinguished books. Her paintings and drawings are found in numerous national and international private and corporate collections.

In 2007, about a dozen of Kate’s paintings were featured in various scenes on the award-winning Showtime TV drama “Brotherhood”. Her work can also be spotted in various films including “The Maiden Heist”, “The Lightkeepers”, and Richard Gere’s “Hachi, a Dog’s Tale”.

She is a former member of The Copley Society in Boston (2007-2016) and The Art League of RI (2000-2012).

Ms. Huntington works out of her Bristol, RI studio. Though she works on a variety of subjects, her real passion lies in the human figure. In 1992, after seeing a need for affordable open-life drawing sessions in RI, she opened up her studio to members of the local artist community for the study of the portrait and figurative work. Hundreds of students partook in the classes for 28 years until the 2020 pandemic caused it to end.

Today, she is a respected life-drawing teacher at the historic Providence Art Club.

Education

1974-1976

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Private Instruction, Antonio Dattorro

Private Instruction, Eugene Tonoff

 

Awards

2012

Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center residency

2011

Copley Artist status. Copley Society, Boston, MA

 

Professional Experience

2018-present

Instructor, Handicraft Club, Providence 

2015-present

Instructor: Providence Art Club 

2015

Juror: Winter’s Eve. Open art exhibition. East Greenwich Library

2000

Juror: Open Portrait Exhibition, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI

2000-01

Juror: Rhode Island Scholastic Awards, Providence, RI

1999-2005

Director: RISD Alumni Sketch Classes, Providence, RI

1992-2020

Founder / Director: Kate’s Studios, Open portrait and life drawing classes, Rumford-Prov, RI

 

Publication & Media Representation

2011

“Body of Proof” pilot – ABC TV

2010

“The Light Keepers” – New Films Cinema

2009

“Hachi, A Dog’s Tale” – Inferno Distribution

“The Maiden Heist” – Yari Film Group

2007

“Brotherhood” Season 2 – Showtime

Scenes of Rhode Island, 2007 State calendar

2005

American Art Collector, Volume 1, Book 3 – Alcove Books 

AIDS Care Ocean State – Artist Calendar 

1999

New England Coast: A Photographic Tour, (Carol Highsmith and Ted Landphair, Authors) – Random House

Solo & Selected Shows

2019

Hamilton House

2017

Influences…the 25^th Anniversary of the Workshops of Kate Huntington. The Dryden Gallery, Providence, RI 

2014, 2015

Summertime. 4 Painters. Louisa Gould Gallery. Vineyard Haven, MA. 

2014

Coyne, Huntington, Millikin. URI Graduate School of Oceanography. Narragansett, RI

2013

Summershow. Van Vessem Gallery. Tiverton, RI

Transcendence. Louisa Gould Gallery. Vineyard Haven, MA

FAWC Fellows. Copley Society. Boston, MA

City and Sand. Kate Huntington-Mark Freedman. Dryden Gallery. Providence, RI

2011

Vineyard Reflections. Louisa Gould Gallery, Vineyard Haven, MA

2010

Public Access, Huntington and Park. Charlestown Gallery, RI

2008

Smith, Blalock, Huntington. Louisa Gould Gallery, Vineyard Haven, MA 

2007

Conner, Gould, Huntington. Louisa Gould Gallery, Vineyard Haven, MA 

Spring Opening (2-person). The Charlestown Gallery. Charlestown, RI

Four Artists. Leadership RI Gallery. Providence, RI

Invitational Figurative Work. Pawtucket Arts Collaborative. Pawtucket, RI

2005

Four Painters. Boulevard Gallery. Newport, RI

2004

BankRI Gallery, Turks Head Building, Providence, RI

BankRI Gallery, Wayland Square, Providence, RI

Land and Sea. J.H. Rowbottom Fine Art, Cumberland, RI

1999

Rhode Island Landscapes. J.H.Rowbottom Fine Art, Cumberland, RI

1994

Providence Planning and Development, Providence, RI

1986

Dattorro-Weiss Gallery, Providence, RI

 

Juried Shows

2015

Structures and Remnants. Cape Cod Museum of Art. Dennis, MA

2014

Providence Art Club Nationwide All Media Open Juried. Providence, RI

Winter Visions. Copley Society. Boston, MA

2012

Distant Shores. Copley Society. Boston, MA

2011

Spring Bull Gallery 1^st Annual Juried Exhibition, Newport, RI

White Lights. Copley Society. Boston, MA

2010

Open Painting, Providence Art Club 

2008

Quench, Copley Society. Boston, MA

2007

Emerald. Copley Society, Boston, MA

2006

Open Painting. Providence Art Club, Prov. RI

Scenes of Rhode Island. The Atrium Gallery, Providence, RI

2004

“10 Members 10 Visions 10 Years” Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA

1999, 2001-04

Open Painting, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI

1998

Fidelity Investments, “A Celebration of RI Arts and Artists”

Portrait / Figure, Providence Art Club, (Honorable Mention) Providence, RI

1997-1998

International Maritime Art Exhibition, Mystic Maritime Gallery, Mystic, CT

1997

Interiors, Providence Art Club, (Honorable Mention) Providence, RI

Figures, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI

1996

Black and White, Providence Art Club, Prov, RI

1996, 1995, 1990

Open Painting Show, Providence Art Club, Prov, RI

1992

The Artist Magazine 1992 Art Competition, (Portrait Finalist)

1981

Rhode Island Artist 1, RISD Museum, Providence, RI