 - Dimensions: 12 x 18
- Conte on Pastel Paper
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- Biography
- Kathryn Petroff was influenced by the arts
at a young age by her father and oldest sister
who both have fine arts degrees. She began
drawing and painting as a child and became
interested in photography in high school. By her
senior year at Bishop Lynch H.S., Kathryn had
already been awarded Photographer of the Year as
well as competed and won first place for her
senior portfolio at the state level TAPPS art
competition.
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- She has worked as a logo designer for
Three's Co. and a showroom designer at the
Dallas World Trade Center, painting logos and
creating window displays for the trade shows.
Kathryn also worked for Ka Yeung Studio
assisting with shoots for companies such as The
Container Store, Mary Kay, David Yurman, and
SBC. While working there, Kathryn was mentioned
in a 2005 issue of "D" Magazine for a backdrop
she painted. She has been mentioned in a 2004
article of the Denton Record-Chronicle, "Names
in the Arts", a 2007 issue of the UNT Daily, as
well as a 2007 article of the McKinney
Courrier-Gazette.
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- Her personal artwork has been exhibited in:
"People and Figures" at Premier Photo Gallery,
the FMLA "Vagina Monologues" art show, "The Most
Motivated Drawing Class Ever!" at the Lightwell
Gallery UNT, "Project 67" at the Cora Stafford
Gallery, "Jr/Sr Prom" at 500X Gallery, "Art
Connection" at the Irving Arts Center, and "Art
Love Magic" at the Janette Kennedy Gallery. In
2007, Kathryn graduated from the University of
North Texas with a Bachelors of Fine Arts and
moved on to open her own commission-based
company out of Dallas, KLP Fine Art.
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- Several of her pieces are currently on
display at Fete in the Bishop Arts District in
Dallas. She is a member of Art Love Magic and is
a part of their upcomming Urban Arts Festival.
She has also recently been commissioned to paint
a 21 foot mural for a home in Dallas. Check back
soon for photographs of the progress.
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