Education 2013 Bachelor of Fine Art, Painting + Drawing Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Select Exhibitions
2021 68th Annual Steele County Art Exhibition, Owatonna Arts Center, Owatonna, MN
2020 Foot in the Door 5: The Virtual Exhibition, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Dystopia: Art of the Dark Future, Rogue Buddha Gallery, Minneapolis, MN Pop-up Group Exhibit, Artspace Jackson Flats, Minneapolis, MN
2015 Hallways: Group Exhibit, Casket Arts Building, Minneapolis, MN New Paintings by Kayleigh Fichten, Solo Exhibition, Hair Lounge, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Featured Artist, Buy Some Damn Art, www.buysomedamnart.com, Brooklyn, NY 62nd Annual Steele County Art Exhibition, Owatonna Arts Center, Owatonna, MN Breaking Form: An Imagined Utopia, Coffman Union Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2013 Annual Members' Show, Stevens Square Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN NEMAA Fall Fine Arts Show, Solar Arts Building, NE Minneapolis, MN Young Artist Group Show, Buy Some Damn Art, www.buysomedamnart.com, Brooklyn, NY Voyage: an expedition into materiality, Stevens Square Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN Family Ties, Owatonna Art Center, Owatonna, MN Senior Commencement, Minneapolis College of Art + Design, Minneapolis, MN Art-A-Whirl, Grain Belt Bottling House - 79, NE Minneapolis, MN Art Crawl 2013, Store-Front Display: Grethen House, March 16th-25th, Edina, MN Made @ MCAD, Minneapolis College of Art + Design, Minneapolis, MN (Juried) Representing Abstraction, Gallery 148, Minneapolis College of Art + Design, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Group Show, Ad Hoc Gallery, Minneapolis, MN Existential Energy, One night only exhibition, South Minneapolis, MN In Transition, Q.arma Building, Northeast Minneapolis, MN
2011 Fear Itself, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN 2011 (Juried)
2010 Women’s Art Institute: Institute Students, Minneapolis College of Art + Design, Minneapolis, MN Local Artist’s Exhibition, Owatonna Arts Center, Owatonna, MN
2009 AP Art Students Exhibition, Owatonna Arts Center, Owatonna, MN
Bibliography A-List, City Pages, July 2013 Featured Artist, Owatonna Peoples Press, June 2013
Teaching and Experience Intern, Elizabeth Houston Gallery, December-April 2016 New York, NY Teachers Assistant, Studio Kids, June-August 2013 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Artist Assistant, Ed Charbonneau Studio, August 2012-January 2013 St. Paul, MN
Teachers Assistant, Studio Kids, June-August 2012 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Drawing Teachers Assistant, Pre-College Summer Sessions, July 2011 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Office Assistant, Career Services, June 2010-July 2013 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Drawing Co-op Monitor, Continuing Studies, June 2010-Present Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Awards Kelley Lynch Eternal Optimist Scholarship, 2012-2013 MCAD Opportunity Grant, 2010-2011 / 2011-2012 / 2012-2013 Fitterman Scholarship, 2010-2011 / 2011-2012 / 2012-2013 Fine Arts Award Scholarship, 2009
Skills Painting: Oil, acrylic, latex, watercolor, and canvas construction Drawing: Graphite, charcoal, oil pastel and ink Software: Final Cut Express, Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel
