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KATHERINE RADCLIFFE ART

Biography

For over 30 years, Katherine Radcliffe has worked professionally in her chosen medium, marbled printing. Examples of her work appear in many popular books about marbling, including The Ultimate Marbling Handbook (Watson-Guptill, 1999), Marbled Designs (Lark, 1993), and Marbling (Crescent, 1991.) Receiving early recognition in her field, she was one of twelve artists chosen for inclusion in a limited edition rare book, Amercian Decorative Papermakers, published in 1984 by Busy Haus Press.  Her work was also included in Modern Marblers: A Contemporary Revival World Wide, in the Special Collections of the University of Washington Library, Tacoma, Washington. 

Highlights of commercial applications of her work include a card design for UNICEF; couture fabrics for designer Giorgio di San’t Angelo; Life magazine background pages for a feature article about Jackie Onassis’s 60th birthday; and a commission from King Hassan of Morocco  for a birthday gift to Pesident Bill Clinton.

Women’s Wear Daily published a feature article about her hand marbled fabrics in November, 1984; and in 1979, a feature article about her marbled paper appeared in Americana Magazine’s January/February issue.

The artist has taught marbling and other art workshops in various museums and art centers, including the Smithsonian Institution’s Resident Associates Program, Washington, DC; and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York City. More recently she taught a marbling intensive for the Creative Center, Arts in Healthcare, New York City, and children’s workshops for the Arts Alliance of Haverstraw, Haverstraw, New York. 

A partial list of galleries in which Katherine Radcliffe’s work has been shown include Scott-Foresman Publishers, Chicago, IL.; Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN;  Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY; Gayle Wilson Gallery, Southampton, NY; Franklin 54 Gallery, New York, NY; the corridor gallery of The Interchurch Center, New York, NY; and the Arts Alliance of Haverstraw, Haverstraw, NY.  A link to the Arts Alliance exhibition is below with Events/Exhibitions. 

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