Awards & Honors

2010 Award of Merit, Arts in the Airport Fall 2010 Exhibition, McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville TN Juror: Stephen Wicks
2006 Honorable Mention, Arts and Culture Alliance National Juried Exhibition of 2006, Knoxville TN Juror: Stephen Wicks
2003 Second Place, 5th Annual D.I.G. Through Art Conference, Nashville TN
2001 Gallery Award, The Best of Tennessee, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville TN
1997 Second Place, 47th Spiva Annual Competition, George A. Spiva Center for the Arts,
Joplin MO Juror: Julie Kenzelman
1996 Honorable Mention, Women’s Works 1996, Old Courthouse Arts Center, Woodstock IL Jurors: Edith Altman and Mary Lou Zelazny
1995-2006 Selected for inclusion in exhibition of Tennessee Artists, Office of Senator Bill Frist, Washington DC
1992 Burnside Award, Northern National Juried Art Competition, Nicolet College,
Rhinelander WI Juror: Carole D. Barnes
1991 Best of Show, Northern National Juried Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander WI Juror: Glenn R. Bradshaw
1990 Best of Show, Poldi Hirsch Memorial National Invitational Juried Exhibition
Havre de Grace MD Juror: Eugene Leake

Solo Exhibitions

2003 Solo Exhibition, Pryor Gallery, Columbia State Community College, Columbia TN
2002 Indivisible, New Work by Kathryn Dettwiller, Renaissance Center, Dickson TN
1995 Zola, State of Tennessee Attorney General‟s Office, Nashville TN
1994 The Zola Series, MorningStar Gallery, Nashville TN
1994 Zola: Portraits of a Dog, Folon & Rigsby Gallery, Nashville TN
1994 Solo Exhibition, Centennial Club, Nashville TN
1993 Kathryn Dettwiller: New Paintings and Drawings, Parthenon Museum, Nashville TN
1991 Flying on the Right Side, Marnie Sheridan Gallery, Harpeth Hall School, Nashville TN

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011 Spirit of the River: Nashville Flood Art Exhibit, Metro Arts Commission Gallery, Nashville TN Juried
2010 Fahrenheit 180: A Group Encaustic Exhibition, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh NY
Invitational Curator: Virginia Walsh
Arts in the Airport Fall 2010 Exhibition, McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville TN
Juror: Stephen Wicks
2009 artclectic 2009, University School of Nashville TN Juror: Jerry Dale McFadden
2007 KISS, Centennial Art Center, Nashville TN
2007 Women’s Works 2007, Woodstock IL Juror: Judy Chicago
2006 Arts and Culture Alliance National Juried Exhibition of 2006, Knoxville TN
Juror: Stephen Wicks
8th Annual Renaissance Regional Art Exhibition, Dickson TN Juror: Dr. Carl Gombert
2005 The Fragile Species: New Art Nashville, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville TN Invitational Curator: Mark Scala (catalogue)
2004 Ritual, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville TN
Three Women Intertwined, Centennial Art Center, Nashville TN
2003 Tennessee Masterworks, 2003, Madison Art Center, Madison TN Invitational
Women Beyond Borders, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville TN Invitational
2002-3 Out of Our Minds, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville TN
2002 October International 2002 Exhibition, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach FL
Juror: Amy Cappellazzo (catalogue)
2001 The Best of Tennessee, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville TN
Juror: John E. Buchanan, Jr. (catalogue)
A Sense of Place, Nashville International Airport, Nashville TN
Belfast Waterfront Hall and Belfast City Airport, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Curator: John Wetenhall (catalogue)
2000 Renaissance Regional Exhibit, Renaissance Center, Dickson TN Juror: Victoria Boone
VAAN New Works Exhibition, Nashville TN Juror: Peggy Wood Townsend
1998-1999 Combined Talents: the Florida National, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee FL and The Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala FL
Jurors: Sara Bates, William Fisher, Allys Palladino-Craig (catalogue)
1998 Interpretations, Ceramics by Bill Capshaw and Paintings by Kathryn Dettwiller
The Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery, Nashville TN Invitational
1997 Three Facets of Eve, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL Invitational
20th Annual Art on Paper 1997, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
Juror: Ruth Fine
1996 Women’s Art Works 6, Center at High Falls, Rochester NY
Jurors: Susan Fisher Sterling, Jennifer Jensen Carter, and Kathy Voelkl
Priva B. Gross International, Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York, Bayside NY Juror: Paul Cummings
1995 State of the Art Gallery National Juried Show, Ithaca NY Juror: Matthew Armstrong
1994 Memphis Arts Festival 1994 Juried Art Exhibit, Memphis TN Juror: Susan Krane
Scene Unseen III, A National Exhibition, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales NM
Juror: Luis Jimenez (catalogue)

Lectures & Professional Activities

2008 Presenter, Artists Forum, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville TN
2007 Juror, Tomato Art Show, Art & Invention Gallery, Nashville TN
2003-2010 Selection Committee for Arts at the Airport exhibitions, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010
2003 Selection Committee for the Contemporary Arts Project Gallery at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, 2005-2006 year, Nashville TN
2003 Visiting Artist Lecture, Columbia State Community College, Columbia TN
2002 Visiting Artist Lecture, The Renaissance Center, Dickson TN
2002 Workshop Presenter, Encaustics, LeQuire studio for Visual Artists Alliance of Nashville
2001 Panel Discussion: Three Women on Track, Cumberland University, Lebanon TN
2000 Panel Discussion, Three Women Artists, VSCC Art Gallery, Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin TN
1998 Juror, CHAIRISH THE KIDS: a benefit featuring chairs created by artists, Nashville TN
1996 Visiting Artists Lecture, Three Facets of Eve, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville TN
1991 Juror, COUNTDOWN 2001: Summer Lights Juried Art Exhibit, Nashville TN

Community Activity

2003–2010 Board member, Metropolitan Nashville Arts at the Airport Foundation
2005-2009 Board member, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
1999–2005 Artists‟ Council Member, Frist Center for the Visual Arts
1995-1996 Board member, Visual Artists Alliance of Nashville
1993-1994 Board member, St. Luke‟s Community Center
1989-1993 Allocations Committee, Metro Arts Grants Programs
1989 Mayor’s Committee, Harlem Renaissance Exhibition
1988 Steering Committee on Art for Congressman Bob Clement
1988 Art Committee, International Conference on AIDS
1988 Mayor’s Cultural Arts Task Force, Grassroots Division
1988-1994 Board member, Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission
1987-1990 Board member, The Nashville Symphony

Education

1992 Nathan Oliveira: Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts, Santa Fe NM,
(Personally selected by Mr. Oliveira)
1968-1981 Post Graduate Study: George Peabody College; University of Tennessee at Nashville and at Arrowmont in Gatlinburg TN; Nashville State Technical Institute
1968 B.A., Fine Arts, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN

Birthplace

Nashville TN

Selected Bibliography

Auer, James. “Rhinelander Show Visually Dynamic.” Milwaukee Journal, July, 1992.
Bostick, Alan. “It‟s the Last Dance for Artists for Oasis Fundraiser.” The Tennessean, May 14, 2004.
Chappell, Susan. “Artists Offer Bridge to Teen Oasis.” Nashville Banner,
________. “Local Art Hits State Streets from Behind.” Nashville Banner, May 15,1996.
Cooper, Steve, and Joseph Boehm. “Home of the Year.” Better Homes and Gardens, LXIII (August, 1995), 120, 144.
“Dettwiller, Kathryn.” Who’s Who In American Art 1999-2000. New Jersey: Marquis Who‟s Who, 1999.
“Encaustic Art.” Nashville Lifestyles, IV (October/November, 2002), 22-24.
Engel, Kaaren. “A Conversation with Kathryn Dettwiller.” VAAN Newsletter. (November/December 2000), 3.
Knowles, Susan. “Changing Subjects.” Nashville Scene, June 30, 1994.
________. “Powerful Observations.” Nashville Scene, March 25, 1993.
________. “The „Three Facets of Eve‟ and More.” Nashville Woman, May 1998.
Kulakowski, Kitty. “Speaking Metaphorically.” The News Examiner, February 14, 2000.
Lequire, Louise. “Laughing with Nashville Artists.” NashvilleLife, I. (October/ November, 1994), 48.

Catalogs

The Fragile Species: New Art Nashville. Exhibition catalog produced by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville TN, 2005.
October International Exhibition. Exhibition catalog produced by the Robert and Mary Montgomery Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach FL, 2002.
Perry, Timothy (Ed.). Scene/Unseen. Exhibition catalog produced by Eastern New Mexico University, Portales NM, Winter, 1994.
Side By Side. Exhibition catalog produced by Sister Cities of Nashville, Nashville TN, and Sister Cities Art Network, Belfast Northern Ireland, 2001.
The Best of Tennessee. Exhibition catalog produced by the Tennessee State Museum, Nashville TN, 2001.
Young, Jean D. (Ed.) Combined Talents: The Florida National 1999. Exhibition catalog produced by the Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL, 1998.