about
Kate Hooray Osmond (yes, that’s her real name) is an American interdisciplinary artist based in Charleston, SC, USA and Costa Rica. Her work explores the phenomenon of living experience and the impossibility of non-judgement within the context of her American life. She exhibits and is represented nationally. Kate addresses her subject matter through experiments in scale and perspective- often reaching altitude by helicopter, crane, or rappelling from buildings to capture the source images for her work. Alternatively, she focuses on the minute: her ongoing “SPECTRA” series explores the molecular relationships of pharmaceuticals and chemicals within the human body and her “Dead Bugs” series builds an archive of recently deceased and recently extinct insects.
She has been named the State Fellow for South Carolina and her work has been twice included in the South Carolina Biennial. Recently, she has held a solo exhibition at the University of Northern Colorado titled “Fruiting Bodies.” She is currently expanding her “American Experience” series with her lens on unfinished American social dynamics.
Kate Hooray earned her MFA in Studio Art from Maryland Institute College of Art and her BA from St. Mary's College of Maryland.
Vita
Education
Mentorship with Lenka Clayton, 2022
MFA Studio Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2019
BA Fine Art, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, 2005
Grants and Awards
Project Grant, SC Arts Commission 2024
Outstanding Achievement Award, Abstract. American Women Artists Juried Show 2024
Finalist, CCA Prize. 701 Center for Contemporary Art 2022
Juror Merit Award, LaGrange Regional Southeast, 2022
Puffin Foundation Grant, 2022
State Fellow. South Arts Commission. United States, 2018
Lowcountry Artist of the Year/ Griffith-Reyburn Award, 2017
Solo and Two-Person Shows
Fruiting Bodies. University of Northern Colorado 2026
Americana. Spalding Nix Fine Art 2026
A Day Lasts Forever. Spectrum Fine Art. 2026
Suspended Time. Illumine Gallery. 2025
Dos Miradas. with Laura Dargan. The Miller Gallery. 2025
Ourselves. Art & Light Gallery. 2025
Radiant Earth. 311 Gallery. 2024
Connections. Miller Gallery. 2022
Cant Stop, Won’t Stop. Miller Gallery. 2019
Wonderwheel Maryland Institute College of Art. 2019
Light Shine Down. Myrtle Beach Art Museum. 2019
Oversight Miller Gallery. 2017
Get Low Redux Contemporary Arts Center. 2017
Select Group Shows
Wiregrass Biennial. Wiregrass Museum of Art 2026
This Place is Strange. Midwest Nice Art 2026
Expanding Horizons. Myrtle Beach Art Museum 2026
South Carolina Biennial. 701 Center for Contemporary Art 2025
Expanding Horizons. The Loveland Museum 2024
In Essence. Spalding Nix Fine Art 2024
With Love, From Charleston. The Miller Gallery 2024
Afterglow. Gallery 85. NYC 2024
South Carolina Biennial 701 Center for Contemporary Art. 2024
National Juried Painting Exhibition. University of Southern Mississippi 2023
CCA Prize Finalist Show. 701 Center for Contemporary Art 2022
Studies Show. From the Permanent Collection of Medical University of South Carolina. Redux Art Center 2022
Between Thought and Expression. Spalding Nix Fine Art. 2022
Fourth LaGrange Regional. LaGrange Museum of Art 2022
PAINT2021. Silver Mine Gallery. 2021
Earthly Delights. The Miller Gallery. 2021
Hope. University North Carolina Pembroke 2021
Urban Escapade. Eli Center for Contemporary Art. 2021
Prototype for a Landscape City Gallery. 2021
The Power of She. Franklin Burroughs/ Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum 2020
Press
Podcast Interview, The Flying Fruitbowl. UK
Vellum Magazine. “Glyphs”
Bold Journey “Meet Kate Hooray Osmond”
City Paper "Kate Hooray Osmond paints a colorful ‘Song of Charleston’"
Shoutout Atlanta"Meet Kate Hooray Osmond"
VoyageATL"Meet Kate Hooray Osmond" .
Art and Cake LA "Living through a Pandemic: Artists Experiment, Inspire and Persevere" 2020
HYPERALLERGIC"A View From the Easel" .
Charleston Magazine"High Flier" .
Residencies
Vermont Studio Center 2026
Gibbes Museum of Art 2025
Cobertizo 2024
Artrepreneur 2023
The Arctic Circle Residency 2022
Affiliations
Polar Artist Collective
American Women Artists
Women and Their Work
Representation
The Miller Gallery. Charleston
Spectrum Fine Art. Seattle
Spalding Nix Fine Art. Atlanta
Art & Light Gallery. Greenville
Illumine Gallery. Palm Springs