Kathy Muehlemann (born 1950) is an American abstract painter.

Early life and education

Muehlemann was born in

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and earned a B.F.A. from State University of New York, Empire State College in 1978. She also studied

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painting in Italy.

Artistic career

Muehlemann is currently chair of the Art Department and professor of art at

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. The artist describes her style as "metaphoric abstraction". It consists of an allover deployment of geometric images, often suggesting celestial objects, as in ''Hypnotic Flight'', from the collection of the

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. The

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(Chapel Hill, NC), the

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(Buffalo, NY), the

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, the

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(New York City), the

, the

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(Lynchburg, VA), the

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, the

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(Miami, FL), the

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(Kansas City, MO), and

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(Washington, D.C.) are among the public collections holding works by Muehlemann.

Personal life

Her husband, Jim Muehlemann is also an artist and professor at

References

* Barnes, Susan, ''Altogether, Elsewhere: Recent Work of Kathy Muehlemann'', Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, 1991 * Clearwater, Bonnie and Stephen Westfall, ''Kathy Muehlemann'', Lannan Museum, Lake Worth, 1989 * Monaghan, Kathleen, ''The Poetics of Reverie: Recent Paintings by Kathy Muehlemann'', The Hyde Collection Art Museum, Glens Falls, 1998 * Scott, Deborah Emont, ''Kathy Muehlemann'', Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, 1991

Footnotes

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