Kathleen Clark lives and works in Los Angeles. Her well regarded 2020 book of photographic reconstructions, The White House China explores her interests in history, race and politics. She is currently pursuing exhibition opportunities as well as creating a new historical art book. The White House China is a winner of the Lensculture Critics Choice 22 awards. It was a Critical Mass Top 50 Winner in 2020, a Project Launch Grant recipient from Center Santa Fe 2020 and won an Honorable Mention in the Book Category at PX3 Paris Photo 2020.
She directed the contemporary Los Angeles galleries SPOT Photo Works, Clark | Oshin and The Woman's Building and has an MFA degree in studio art and photography from the University of California, Irvine. She served on the faculty at USC and at Art Center College of Design, where she continues as a Guest Lecturer. She was also recipient of numerous grants for mixed media collaborative work from the Seattle Arts Commission, Portland’s Metropolitan Arts Commission, Oregon Arts Commission and for a New Genres grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
She served as a juror or portfolio reviewer at a number of festivals and contests including: Critical Mass, Photolucida, Fotofest, Review Santa Fe, Review LA, Los Angeles Center of Photography, IPA, Tokyo International Photo Awards, IPA's One Shot Movement, Center for Fine Art Photography and Palm Springs Photo Festival.
Kathleen Y. Clark