The Artist
Kathleen Gerdon Archer
Kathleen Gerdon Archer is a Painter/Photographer and the former owner of White Bird Gallery and a former co-owner of FLOAT Gallery at the Rocky Neck Art Colony in Gloucester, Ma.
The artist is a current or former member of many arts organizations including;
The Copley Society of Boston
Kingston Gallery, Boston
The Goetemann Artist Residency, Program Director
The Rocky Neck Art Colony, Trustee
Ten Webster Street Artists Salon
Archer is an honors graduate of Montserrat College of Art with a BA in Painting, which has a profound influence on her photographic work. Archer’s work has been featured in international and regional shows including ACRV Italy, The Copley Society, The Kingston Gallery Boston, The Danforth Museum, The Carney Gallery at Regis College and the Griffin Museum of Photography. She was also selected as a finalist for Photolucida’s Critical Mass awards.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Reliquary, The work of Kathleen Gerdon Archer, Glen Urquhart School, September 5 - October 26
2017 Fare Well: The Art of Ending, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA.
2016 Self Portrait: Carboniferous Period, Kingston Gallery, Boston Ma.
2015 Again and Again, Again and Again, Kingston, Boston, Ma., June
2015 As Above, So Below, Kingston Gallery, Boston, Ma.
2014 Geology, Marblehead Arts Association, Marblehead, MA.
2014 The Door Behind Us, Kingston Gallery, Boston, Ma.
2012 Kathleen Gerdon Archer, White Bird Gallery, Gloucester, Ma.
2010 Choice, Carney Gallery Regis College, Weston, Ma.
2010 Kathleen Gerdon Archer, White Bird Gallery, Gloucester, Ma.
2009 More Dreams of the Mapmaker, The Griffin Museum of Photography Stoneham, Ma.
2008 The Mapmaker’s Dream, The Avery-Mann Gallery, Gloucester, Ma.
2008 The Mapmaker’s Dream, Copley Society of Art, Boston, Ma.
2006 See Through, Schlosberg Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Ma
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 New Work, Float Gallery, Gloucester, MA., Work by three members of the Rocky Neck Art Colony displayed, June 28- July 29
2021 Art Outside The Box, Cove Gallery, Gloucester, MA. Four regional artists showcase their recent work. July 29-August 29
2021 National Prize Show, Cambridge Arts, Cambridge MA., Juried by Alice Gray Stites, Museum Director and Chief Curator, 21c Museums, May 11 – June 25
2021 Rocky Neck Now, The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck online gallery, March 22
2019 FLOAT Gallery, Featuring the work of Kathleen Gerdon Archer and Barbara Moody, 77 Rocky Neck Ave. Gloucester, MA
2018 Series, The Cultural Center of Rocky Neck, June 28 - August 18
2018 Picture, Flat Rocks Gallery, Lanesville, Ma., May 27- June 24
2017 Electron Salon, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Juror: Rex Bruce, Director
2017 (P)art of You, Mingo Gallery, Cabot St. Beverly, MA.
2017 AD2021, The Cyclorama, Boston MA.
2016 Time Matters: Three Explorations, The Cultural Center of Rocky Neck, Gloucester, Ma.
2015 Al Miner Selects: All Natural, Kingston Gallery, Boston, Ma.
2015 National Prize Show, CAA, Caitlin Doherty, Broad Museum
2015 Unexpected, Copley Society of Art, Boston, Jurors: Mika Hornyak, Sara Dassel, George Sopel, Flat File Boston
2014 Member’s Prize Show, CAA, Cambridge MA. Juror:Al Miner, MFA, Boston, Ma.
2014 Synchronicity, ACRV, Viterbo, Italy
2013 3X3,, Bertolon Gallery, Pingree School, Hamilton Ma.
2012 Community of Artists, Danforth Museum, Framingham, Ma.
2012 Winter Members Show Copley Society, Boston, David Brown, Associate Dean SMFA, Miriam Stewart Curator Harvard Museum
2011 Off The Wall, Danforth Museum, Framingham, Ma. Juror: Susan Stoops, Curator Contemporary Art, Worcester Art Museum
2011 Winter Member’s Show, Copley Society of Art, Boston, Ma.
2010 Off the Wall, Danforth Museum, Framingham, Ma. Jurors: Jen Mergel, MFA Boston, Helen Molesworth ICA, Boston Ma.
2009 Point of View, CAA, Juror’s Award, Juror: Arthur Dion, NAGA