Education
2018-2020 MFA, Slade School of Fine Art (Distinction)
2010-2014 BFA University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO, Magna Cum Laude
Major: Studio Art - Painting
Minor: Philosophy
Residencies
2019 Drawing an Arc Through Our Digital Lives, Slade, London
2019 TFAC Residency at Colart, London
2017 Chautauqua School of Art
2012 Oxbow School of the Arts, Portrait as a Starting Point
Awards and Honors
2020 Global Talent Visa (Visual Arts), United Kingdom Visas and Immigration
2020 Desiree Prize, Slade
2019 Batsford Prize Finalist
2014 Outstanding Student Leadership Award, UCM
2014 Edwin C. Ellis Scholarship in Art, UCM
2012-2014 Citation Show Art Department Award, UCM
2011-2013 Robert & Sarah W. Schwartz Scholarship in Art and Design, UCM
2011 Summer Portfolio Award, UCM
2011 Portfolio Award, UCM
2011 Painting displayed at Rex Allen Cowboy Museum, Willcox, Arizona
Selected Exhibitions
2020 ‘Grad’ Show Must Go On, ArtAuc Virtual Platform, London
2019 The Nomenclature of Color, Slade School of Fine Art, London
2019 The Pole Gallery, London
2019 Pulling Teeth – Paintings by students of Slade School of Fine Art, London
2018 Solo Show – Recent Paintings, Primary Colors Gallery, Independence, MO
2017 Painting and Drawing Competition, Art on the Avenue of the States, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Chautauqua Student Exhibition, Chautauqua, NY
2017 Don't Tap on the Glass, Chautauqua, NY
2017 Works on Paper, The Pub, Maryville, MO
2016 Steelville Council Annual Plein Air Exhibition, Steelville, MO
2014 Senior Show Exhibit, UCM
2014 Monochrome, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art
2014 46th Annual Citation Show, UCM
2014 Visual Narrative, UCM
2013 Vital: Portrait Studies by Katherine Arft and Dylan Mize, Café Blackadder, Warrensburg, MO
2013 Missouri State Fair Top 50 Competition (Honorable Mention), Sedalia, MO
2013 9th Annual Magnitude 7, Manifest, Cincinnati, Ohio
2013 Joint Show: Dylan Mize & Katherine Arft, St. Michaels & All Angels, Mission, KS
2013 Id You Is? The Art of Self-representation, Daum museum of Contemporary Art
2013 UCM 6x8 Fundraiser Exhibit, UCM
2013 Kansas City Artist Coalition Undergraduate College Student Exhibition, Kansas City, MO
2013 45th Annual Citation Show, UCM
2012 The December Show, Liberty Center, Sedalia, MO
2012 44th Annual Citation Show, UCM
2011 Red Balloon Art Walk, The Art Store, UCM
Publications
2020 Wherestheframe, Slade Graduate Online Editorial
2019 Chess Magazine, January edition
2013 MANIFEST v72: 9th Annual RITES OF PASSAGE, 9th Annual MAGNITUDE 7