KATHLEEN COCHRAN ZIMBICKI

2 Linden Avenue

Carnegie, PA 15106

artzgallery@comcast.net

Artist, Teacher, Arts Advocate, Gallery Founder

Born in Midway, PA, 1934. Studied with Joseph Shepler and the late Henry Koerner.

Below are highlights from five decades in the arts.

Board of Directors

2008 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Dir Emeritus

2004 - 2005 Touchstone Center for the Arts

1984 - 1994; 2003 - 2006 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh

1988 - 2005 Chartiers Valley Arts Council

1990 - 1993; 1982 - 1985 Pittsburgh Watercolor Society

1984 - 1986 Artists Equity, PA Chapter

1981 - 1983 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

1981 - 1982 Pittsburgh Society of Artists

1979 - 1983 Three Rivers Art Festival

1980 - 1994 Anthemion Creative Arts

Fellowships

2002 Grable Foundation, Homestead, PA

1984 Creative Arts Studies, Massaciuccoli, Italy

Selected Awards & Honors

2007 Butler Art Center Prize

2007 Pittsburgh Society of Artists Annual Prize

2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from Pittsburgh Center of the Arts

2003 AAP Annual Exhibition Award from Laura Hoptman

2003 PSA Annual Encounters Prize; John Vanco, judge

2002 “One of the 50 Cultural Leaders of Pittsburgh” chosen by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette

2002 Waterworks, Best of Show

2001 PSA Annual, Butler Institute of American Art

1999 Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, Best of Show

1997 One of the 10 Master Artists chosen for “Preserving the Legacy”

1996, 2002 Best of Show, Three Rivers Arts Festival, juried by Dan Cameron The New Museum of Art, New York

1994, 2004 Aqueous Open: Judge’s Choice; Marilyn P. Hughley Andymania, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

1992 The Carnegie, AAP Annual, curated by Elizabeth Hess, the Village Voice

1986 Fine Art on the River, juried by John Caldwell

2009 Pittsburgh Society of Artists Program Chair

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Selected Exhibitions

2008 Solo Show, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2008 Westmorland Museum or Art Biennial Show

2008 South Arts Celebrates the Arts featured Artist)

2008 AIR Summer Show NYC

2007 AIR Summer Show NYC

2007 Chautauqua NY 50th Year Show(2 Works)

2007 Solo Show, San Jose, Costa Rica

2007 Solo Show, Jewish Community Center, South Hills Pittsburgh

2007 Pittsburgh Society of Artists Annual

2007 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual

2006 Pittsburgh Society of Artists Annual

2006 Solo Show, Agra, India

2005 Solo Show, Digging Pitt at Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh

2004 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual

2004 Solo Show, Hong Kong

2004 Solo Show, Chihuahua, Mexico

2003 Solo Show, Bucharest, Romania

2002 Art A Matic, Whitney Museum, New York, NY

2002 Art of the State, Harrisburg, PA

2002 T R A F, Lonni Graham

2002 Solo Show, Naxos, Sicily

2001 Butler Institute of American Art, Howland, OH

2001 Solo Show, Minori, Italy

2000 Generations Millennium Invitational, AIR Gallery, NY

1999 Solo Show, Thailand

1999 Southern Allegheny Museum of Art, Triennial VII

1999 Solo Show, Solabrena, Spain

1998 Solo Show, Vravrona, Greece

1998 Chosen Master Visual Artist IV

1998 Magic Realism Exhibit, Agora Gallery, New York, NY

1997 Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA

1996 - 2005 Pittsburgh Society of Artists Annuals

1990 “The 80’s Post-Pop Generation”, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art

1986 - 2003 AAP Annuals

1985 Fife, Scotland: “Scottish Connections”

1984 Halls of United States Congress, Washington, DC

Special Projects

2008 - Judge, CAAC Jeannette

2007 - 2008 Curator, Fein Art Gallery

2006 - Curator, Master Visual Artist - Preserving the Legacy, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

1976 - 2003 Founded and directed Studio Z Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. Showed local,

regional, national, and several international artists. Named “Best Gallery”

by City Paper and In Pittsburgh readers and staffs.

1999 - Chair Regional Exhibit with Art Train

1995 - 1996 Designed Tree for the Carnegie Museum of Art’s Holiday Season

1986 - Pittsburgh Ballet: Designed Costumes for “Don Juan” World Premiere

1984 - Three Rivers Regatta, water sculptures

1984 - Painted water salute, Three Rivers Arts Festival

2008 - Judge, Butler PA, Art Center Annual 2009 - Judge, Pittsburgh Technical Institute

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Collections

Beard Collection, Australia

Bethany College, West Virginia

Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Chubb Insurance Company

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Eat n’ Park Restaurants Headquarters

Forbes Health Center, Pittsburgh

H.J. Heinz

Macklin & Macklin Attorneys, Toronto, Ontario

Research Underwriters Inc.

South Side Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA

Steubenville Construction Co., Steubenville, OH

Teaching

1980 - 2008

A wide range of students, from young children to adults, including

professional artists, in a variety of venues. Includes seasonal art schools

in Barcelona, Spain and Le Pouldu, France; Academy for Lifelong

Learning (Carnegie Mellon University); Visual Artists Education Project

(Associated Artists of Pittsburgh); Homestead Area Children’s Project

(Grable Foundation); Carnegie Museum of Art; Sweetwater Art Center;

Jewish Community Center; Touchstone Center for the Arts and Pittsburgh

Center for the Arts

Media Reviews, News Items, & Television

1990 - 2008

32 selected entries, including Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Tribune

Review, Pittsburgh Press, Altoona Mirror, Village Voice (New York),

Contrast Magazine, New York Examiner, Pitt News, Pittsburgh Magazine,

Pittsburgh City Paper, KDKA TV, WQED TV, WPXI TV, and WTAE TV.