ABOUT

Kate Lundy is a Pittsburgh-based oil painter whose portraits and landscapes explore themes of mental health and the therapeutic effects of nature. Growing up in the Boston area, she won state and national Gold and Silver Keys through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for her paintings and metalwork. Kate moved to Pittsburgh to attend the University of Pittsburgh where she majored in Civil Engineering and minored in Studio Arts. She later earned a certificate in Digital Design from CCAC.

Kate has been a member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP) since 2022. She is actively involved in the Pittsburgh art scene from leading sketching sessions hosted by Save Maxo Vanka to sharing her art in local art exhibits and other events, some including the Pittsburgh Left at the SPACE gallery, the 2022 Three Rivers Art Festival Juried Exhibit, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council’s Art on the Wall program at 11 Stanwix, and AAP hosted exhibits.

In addition to oil painting, she enjoys experimenting with various materials and also crafts her own frames from recycled wood. Her work reflects a deep interest in the intersection of emotion, environment, and craft.

For purchasing or commission inquiries, please email Kate via the Contact page.

RESUME

EDUCATION

University of Pittsburgh, PA (Aug 2019)

Major: Civil Engineering

Minor: Studio Arts

Relevant Coursework: Visual Thinking, Drawing Studio 1, Painting Studio 1, Drawing Studio 2

Brookline High School, MA (May 2015)

Relevant Coursework: Drawing 1, Jewelry & Metal Making 1, Painting 1, Painting 2, AP Studio Arts

Other Relative Courses:

Collage and Mixed Media Class at the Boston MFA (2014)

Oil Painting Class in Truro, MA (2012)

Four-Day Drawing Intensive Class at the Boston MFA (2011)

AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Artist Under 40 Honorable Mention: PleinAir Salon - Low Tide (July 2024)

Top 100 Finalist: PleinAir Salon - Low Tide, Tricking Down Rocks, Body (July 2024)

Best Artist Award: Brookline High School Honors Ceremony (2015)

National Scholastic Art & Writing Award:

Gold Key (2015): Morning Portrait, oil on stonehenge, was shown at Carnegie Hall (New York, NY)

Silver Key (2014): Zipper Bracelet, copper and silver, was shown at Boston City Hall (Boston, MA)

Massachusetts Scholastic Art & Writing Award:

Gold Key (2015): Morning Portrait, oil on stonehenge

Gold Key (2014): Zipper Bracelet, copper and silver

Silver Key (2014): Miniature Toilet, copper and resin

SHOWINGS

115 x 115: Associated Artists of Pittsburgh group exhibit in Pittsburgh, PA (2025)

114 x 114: Associated Artists of Pittsburgh group exhibit in Pittsburgh, PA (2024)

113 x 113 Winter Anniversary for the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh: Group exhibit in Pittsburgh, PA (2023)

Blue and Heritage Family Day at the August Wilson Center: Group vendor opportunity in Pittsburgh, PA (2023)

11 Stanwix: Group exhibit through GPAC’s Art on the Wall program in Pittsburgh, PA (2022-2023)

The Pittsburgh Left: Group exhibit in Pittsburgh, PA (2022)

AAP’s New Member Exhibition: Group exhibit in Pittsburgh PA (2022)

Three River’s Art Festival Juried Exhibit: Group exhibit in Pittsburgh, PA (2022)

AWCommunity Day at August Wilson Center: Group vendor opportunity in Pittsburgh, PA (2018)

RAW Connect: Group vendor opportunity in Pittsburgh, PA (2018)

MA College of Art & Design: Group showing in Boston, MA (2014)

The Brookline Teen Center: Small group showing in Brookline, MA (2013)

The Meeting Place: Solo showing in Jamaica Plain, MA (2011)

OTHER

Sketch leader during Sketching Sessions hosted by Save Maxo Vanka (2025, 2024)

First artist to participate in the Stay Good's Sketchbook Residency project (2023)

Featured in Margin Alexander’s concert, “As Winter Comes” (2022)

Map of Pittsburgh

Publication in the University of Pittsburgh’s Forbes & Fifth journal:

Volume 13, Fall 2018: Seeping Sorrows, oil on stonehenge