Kathleen Wilke

KATHLEEN WILKE
(b. 1960, USA)

Kathleen Wilke blurs the lines of poetry and fiction through her underwater
photography. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wilke attended the Art Academy of
Cincinnati and graduated from The Art Institute of Boston, where she majored in
illustration and photography.

Changing water effects illuminate the simplest subjects and transform imagery into
beautiful, surreal and ethereal, painterly masterpieces. Sometimes her subjects are
so peaceful and almost appear to be sleeping. Other underwater Wilke subjects
are seen dancing and playing, with mischievous, provocative, and nymph-like
qualities. Yet other times, the viewer is directly transported into the thoughts and
emotion of her characters.

Wilke was first place winner in the Unscene Tour, 2008, a photographic competition
generated in Los Angeles. It was through this competition that Wilke was
introduced to and began her relationship with DECORAZONgallery. In 2009, she
was chosen as a recipient of the famed New Dallas Nine Award. Since then, Wilke
has exhibited at AQUA Art Fair Miami Beach, Affordable Art Fairs in New York City,
London, Hong Kong and Singapore, SUITE Art Fair in Dallas, Texas, and the Asia
Contemporary Art Show in Hong Kong (2015). Her images have been chosen for
international publicity of each fair.

Kathleen Wilke currently resides and works in Dallas, Texas.

Submitted by DECORAZONgallery