EDUCATION


2022 MFA, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth


2007 BA, Bates College



TEACHING

        2023 - 2024 Visiting Assistant Professor, Providence College, Providence, RI


      2023 Adjunct Instructor, Technical Mastery in Ceramics, UMass Dartmouth


 2023   Adjunct Instructor, Professional Practices for Artists, UMass Dartmouth


 2022   Adjunct Instructor, Mold Making and Multiples, UMass Dartmouth, Dartmouth,  MA


2021, 2022 Instructor of Record 3D Foundations, UMass Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA 



SOLO AND GROUP SHOWS

2024 (upcoming) Community Blooms, The New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA (solo)


2024 Symbiosis, Edwards Art Gallery, Holderness, NH (solo installation)


2023 Enmeshed, Installation Space, North Adams, MA (solo installation)


2023 Fewer than 100 days..., 100: Marking Attleboro Arts Museum's Centennial, Attleboro, MA (juried, group show)


2022 - 2023 Enmeshed, Crapo Gallery, New Bedford, MA (solo installation)


2022 The Ellarslie Open 39, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ (juried, group show) 


2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Star Store Galleries, UMass Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA


2022 Conversations: Between CVPA Faculty + Students, CVPA Gallery, Dartmouth, MA (group)


2021 Cohorts - Alone : Together, MFA Online Exhibition, the University of Montana and Montana State University, MT (juried)


2021 Variations in Clay: Exploring Clay as Medium in Contemporary Ceramics, Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA (group)


2019 Breath From Afar, Taoxichuan Art Gallery, Jingdezhen, China (juried)


2017 Renegade Craft Fair, San Francisco, CA (juried)


2015 Art Span Open Studios, Smaart Gallery and Studio, San Francisco, CA


2015 Vase and Platter Private Dining Room Installation, Tratto Restaurant, San Francisco, CA


2017 Tratto Restaurant, Eat, Drink, Design: Restaurant Design Talk & Happy Hour, SF Design Week, San Francisco, CA



PUBLICATIONS


2023 Rodden Walker, Katy. "Can ecofemists art shift perspective?" Rebecca Hutchinson: Re-Generation, Everson Museum of Art Catalog, Dec 2023.


2023            Green, Lisa. “ 'Enmeshed' at Installation Space Inspired by an Unseen Species.” Rural Intelligence, May 9, 2023.

https://ruralintelligence.com/arts/enmeshed-at-installation-space-inspired-by-an-unseen-species

2023        Franklin, Diane. Attleboro Art Museum Exhibition, Fibre Arts Take Two, May 2023. https://www.fibreartstaketwo.com/articles/franklin/


2022 “Outstanding Students 2022,” Surface Design Association Journal, Fall, 2022, p. 52. (selected)


2022 Outstanding Students 2022,” and "Students to be Featured in the Fall Journal" Surface Design Association Blog, July 29, 2022. (selected) 

https://www.surfacedesign.org/events-exhibits/exhibits/outstanding-students-2022/


2022 McQuaid, Cate. “6 art-school stars from around Boston to watch in 2022” The Boston Globe, May 11, 2022. (selected) 

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/05/11/arts/6-art-school-stars-watch-2022/ 


2022 Hess, Erica. “Studio Visit with Katy Rodden Walker,” All She Makes Magazine, Issue 5, Spring, 2022, p. 62 - 65. (selected)


2022 Featured Artist, create! Magazine, issue #30, May 2022, p. 86 – 87. (juried)

 www.createmagazine.com/blog/issue-30-finalists-announced


2022 Wilkinson, Don. “Art Beat Reviews ‘Conversations Between CVPA Faculty and Students,’” The Herald News, March, 2022. 

https://www.heraldnews.com/story/entertainment/2022/02/19/art-beatreviewsconversations-between-cvpa-   faculty-and-students/6739506001/


2016 “The Art of Good Eating,” Supper Magazine, Issue 4, October 2016 p. 53 - 58.

https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/supper_04?e=0/39395841



CURATORIAL PROJECTS 


2022 Nancy Holt’s Going Around in Circles (1973), Coordination of programming for video presentation and lecture, New Bedford, MA


2021 MFA Glimpse Show, Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA


2021 Variations in Clay: Exploring Clay as Medium in Contemporary Ceramics, Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA 



AWARDS, HONORS, GRANTS

2024  Grant Recipient, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Cultural Sector Recovery for Individuals


2023, 2024  Grant Recipient, New Bedford Cultural Council, Community Blooms Project


2022  Outstanding Student Award, and 1 of 3 students selected to be published in Fall 2022 Journal, Surface Design 

                                  Association


2022                 Nominee, Outstanding Student Award, International Sculpture Center


2021, 2022 Graduate Teaching Assistant Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

2019 Invited Artist, Taoxichuan Autumn Fair, Jingdezhen, China

2019 Provost Office Travel Grant, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

2019 Graduate Student Senate Travel Grant, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

2019, 2020 Studio Assistant Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

2007 Academic Honors, East Asian Studies Honors Thesis, Bates College

2006 Tanaka Memorial Foundation, Research Study Grant



COLLECTIONS

       Taoxichuan Art Gallery, Jingdezhen, China

       Tratto Restaurant, San Francisco, CA 



COMMISSIONS


2022   Blurring the Boundaries 3 panel slide drawings, private buyer


2016   Tratto Restaurant Commission in collaboration with Amos Goldbaum, Vase Installation, Sharing Platters, Planters


2017   Cappuccino cup set, private buyer


2017   Peace Bowl, private buyer


2017   Large teardrop vase, private buyer


2017   Large teardrop vase, private buyer


2016 Large wood fire fruit bowl, stackable bowls and mug set, private buyer