Opening Reception: Kate Henderson, The Space Between
Kate Henderson The Space Between Paintings, Prints and Drawings
New Haven Lawn Club
June 16 - Sept 7
The show is open to the public from 9 am to 5 pm, seven days a week
Kate Henderson is a Connecticut-based artist and educator. She describes being drawn to abstraction from an early age, captivated by Kandinsky’s energetic shapes and colors. Since then, her work has explored the space between idea and form—where memory, mythology, and emotion converge. “I paint to access the unspoken, using gestural lines and natural forms to trace energy, pathways, and transformation. I translate elements of the natural world into imagined passages, guiding the viewer through hidden paths and portals that reveal and conceal”. Working in a nonrepresentational style, Henderson navigates the space between intuition and reaction, allowing spontaneous gestures and amorphic shapes to emerge organically on the canvas. My work draws inspiration from both the natural world and the depths of imagination, seeking to capture the essence of a place or experience rather than its literal form. Themes of feminism, myth, and the psyche surface often, as I follow visual instincts more than conscious plans. The path—literal and metaphorical—is a recurring image: a symbol of movement through light, shadow, and inner terrain.
Kate teaches art at Quinnipiac University, Creative Arts Workshop, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, and workshops throughout New England. She is an active member and Director of Kehler Liddell Gallery, and serves on the Hamden Art League Board. She received her MFA in painting and printmaking from Yale University, where she specialized in materials and techniques under the guidance of Bernard Chaet, and her BA/BFA degrees in art history and painting and printmaking from Indiana University. Her work has been shown at Creative Tech Week NY, The Lumen Prize, Auditorium on Broadway NY, Degas Society in New Orleans, Ridgefield Camera Works, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Ethel Walker School, Bruce Kershner Gallery, New Haven Lawn Club, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, and Yale Medical School, among others.