Kathryn Kenworth
Adjunct Professor
Part-Time Faculty
Biography
Kathryn Kenworth is visual artist and designer whose work explores the social, emotional and cultural meanings embedded in everyday objects and how systems of consumer culture shape concepts of value.
Her practice includes drawing, painting, collage, sculpture and installation. She also works as a graphic & interior designer. She recently published a book of photographs taken while she was an artist in residence in Mexico City.
Expertise
- Design, web and print design
- Fine Art, sculpture, drawing, painting, collage
Research Areas
- Community Building through social practice art
Appointments
- Preferred Hiring Pool, University of San Francisco
Education
- Center for Electronic Art, San Francisco - web and graphic design
- Mills College, MFA in Fine Arts Sculpture
- University of Colorado at Boulder, BFA in Fine Arts and Art History
Prior Experience
- Freelance Graphic Designer, Print and Web
- San Francisco Art Institute, Digital Media Instructor
- Bay Area Video Coalition, Digital Media Instructor
Awards & Distinctions
- Pollock Krasner Foundation, grantee
- MacDowell Colony Fellow
- Foundation House, artist in residence, Greenwich CT, 2024
- Error, artist in residence, Mexico City MX, 2024
Selected Publications
- CERRADO - Mexico City Off Hours - Photography Book 2025
- Bedford Gallery, selected artist, Walnut Creek CA, 2024
- Even Space, solo exhibition, Oakland CA, 2023
- Esqueleto, solo exhibition, Oakland CA, 2023
- Roll Up Project, solo exhibition, Oakland CA, 2022