b. 1979 Canada

EDUCATION
2011      MFA and Certificate in College Teaching, Mount Royal School, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2007      Interactive Art and Entertainment Program, Canadian Film Centre Media Lab, Toronto, ON
2002      BA Honors, Cum Laude, International Development and English, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS
2008      Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON (history of modern art and contemporary art; audio/video production/postproduction)

RESIDENCIES
2017      VisArts, Rockville, MD, May 10 - September 3, 2017
2013      Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, January to February, 2013

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013      Revolutions (AND): Drawings by Katie Kehoe, VERSO Gallery, Toronto, ON
2011      ANDscape: Continuum, Revolution and Drift, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
              Drift Ego, Gateway Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (Juried)
2008      Form Poetry, Type Books Gallery, Toronto, ON

2016
PIER/ Platforms in the Southwest, a series of socially engaged performance actions and site-specific, 2016.
installations, performed over sixty days throughout Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California, USA

2015
Mary Ellen Loves, Legs TOO, Artscape Sandbox, FADO Performance Art Center, Toronto, ON
Mary Ellen Performs Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece, Process6, Studio 103, Artscape Youngplace Center, Toronto, ON
Island Site 111, Cape Breton, NS
Mary Ellen Likes Chickens, Process4, Studio 103, Artscape Youngplace Center, Toronto, ON

2014
Mary Ellen, Process2, Studio 103, Youngplace Center, Toronto, ON
PIER: Toronto, SummerWorks Performance Festival, Live Art Series, Toronto, ON (Juried)

2012
Mary Ellen Likes Free Magazines, performed in public places throughout Washington, DC (Washington Monument, in front of the Capitol Building, in front of The White House)
Mary Ellen Likes Free Magazines, The Drake Lab, Toronto, ON (curated by Xenia Benivolski, independent curator)
Mary Ellen Likes Free Magazines, Emerge Art Fair, International Juried Contemporary Art Fair, Washington, DC

2011
One Year and Twenty-Four days of Fishing, a durational performance action for which I carried a fishing rod and 
wore rubber boots everywhere, everyday for over a year (Baltimore, New York, Washington, Toronto and Cape Breton, NS) (2010-11).
Cleaning the Catch, Hillyer Art Space, Soapbox Performance Series, Washington, DC

2016
__L__I__N__E__, Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Inverness, NS (curated by Robin Hill, Professor, University 
of California, Davis, CA)
PIER/ Platforms in Denver, RedLine Contemporary Art Gallery, Denver, CO
PIER/ Platforms in San Antonio, Freight Gallery, San Antonio, TX

2013
Selfie, Guest Spot and The Reinstitute, Baltimore, MD
Mechanical Turk, Memorial Hall Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design,Providence, RI (curated by FJORD Gallery, Philadelphia, PA)
Flex, Washington, DC (curated by Calder Brannock, Billy Friebele, Michael Dax Iacovone, and Jonathan Monaghan)
Untapped Emerging Artists, The Artist Project, Toronto, ON (Jurors:Megan Oldfield, Ontario College of Art and Design;Alison Milne, Alison Milne Gallery; and Robyn McCallum, Toronto Dominion Bank Art Advisor)

2012
Approach, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY (curated by Rae Goodwin, Associate Professor, UK College of
Fine Arts, Lexington, KY)
Beyond the Bedroom, Norte Maar Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (art from the collection of Jason Andrew, Gallery Director)
Two Paintings by Katie Kehoe, Norte Maar Gallery, Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
Calder Brannock: Adventure Residency Headquarters, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
Zig-Zag, Guest Spot Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Construct, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD (curated by Maragret Winslow, Assistant Curator, Contemporary Art, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE)

2011
Bare Essentials: Minimalism in the 21st Century, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL (Juror: Ingrid Fassbender, Fassbender Fine Art, Chicago, IL)
LOL: A Decade of Antic Art, The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD (curated by Sue Spaid, Director)
ANIMATIONABILITIES, Minus Gallery, Baltimore, MD (curated by Linda Franklin, independent artist)

2010
Valley Peasant, Fox Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Island Site 11, Abandon Building, Cape Breton, NS
ADVENTURE Residency Program Exhibition, Camper Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
MFA First Year Show, Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2009
Whitnie Biennale, Fox Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
I Don’t Want To Be An Inside Me Anymore, Deep Wireless Festival, Toronto, ON (collaborators: Darren Copeland and
Peter O’Neil)
Remote Forest, Open Ears Festival, Cambridge, ON (collaborator: Darren Copeland)

2008
Geek!, Harborfront Centre, Toronto, ON (curated by Laura Nanni, independent curator)
Island Sight, Abandon Building,Cape Breton, NS
Drawing 2008: 9th Annual Juried Drawing Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery,Toronto, ON
Block In One Spot: Ice Breaker, The Theatre Centre, Toronto, ON (curated by Cathy Gordon)
Breath Control, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON (collaborator: Darren Copeland)

2007
[TEXT], Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts,Toronto, ON (curated by Gary Michael Dault, Art Critic, The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON)
Block In One Spot, The Theatre Centre, Toronto, ON (curated by Cathy Gordon, independent curator)
CFC Media Lab Exhibition 2007: Digital Alchemy, The Lennox Contemporary,Toronto, ON

COLLECTIONS
Timothy Woolsey, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

ARTIST TALKS / PRESENTATIONS
Bresler Resident Artist Talk, VisArts, Rockville, MD, 2018
Presenter, Criteria for Considering Socially Engaged Art, Teaching Social Practice Conference, Organized by Ellen Mueller, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA, 2017
Visiting Artist Talk, Department of Visual Arts, Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO, 2016
Visiting Artist Talk, RedLine Contemporary, Denver, CO, 2016               
Any Other Way: Alternative Ways of Showing as a Practice, Invited Speaker, SummerWorks Conversations,
SummerWorks Performance Festival, Toronto, ON, 2014 (curated by Ame Henderson)             
Artist Talk, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 2013               
Artist Talk, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2011
Guess What: Fishing with Katie Kehoe, Artist Talk, White House Studio Project, 2010, Toronto, ON, CAN, 2010
Sunday Scene, Invited Speaker, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, ON, CAN, 2001
NEW SUB+URBAN REALTIES, Invited Panelist, Invited to speak on interactive GPS enabled mobile media, organized by the Communication, Culture and Information Technology Program, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning and the University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, CAN, 2008
                 

TEACHING / PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018
Adjunct Faculty, Sculpture and Extended Media Department, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, VA (Wood Construction Techniques, Winter 2018)
Adjunct Faculty, Photography Department, The School of Art, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (Intro to Visual Thinking, Winter 2018)

2017
Adjunct Faculty, Sculpture and Extended Media Department, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (Wood Construction Techniques, Fall 2017)
Adjunct Faculty, Photography Department, The School of Art, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (Intro to Digital Photo, Fall 2017)
Performance as Social Practice Workshop, 3 hours, 8 participants, VisArts, Rockville, MD
Performance Exercises as Tools in the Classroom Workshop, 1.5 hours, 30 participants, VisArts, Rockville, MD
Interium Project Manager, Vera Frenkel's Flute & Drum,Toronto, ON
Co-Director, Present Junction Nomadic Gallery, Toronto, ON, 2014-Present

2016
Social Practice/Performance Art Workshop, 5 hours, 12 participants, Department of Visual Arts, Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO
Artist Assistant to Vera Frenkel, Toronto, ON, 2014-16

2015
Board of Directors, New Adventures in Sound Art, Toronto, ON, 2012-15; 2007-09.

2012
Installation Technician, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD
Curatorial Assistant, Black Male Identity Project, Baltimore, MD
Curator, Crowd Surfing: Art and Artists, Transmodern Festival, Baltimore, MD

2011
Teaching Intern, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (Video Art, Spring 2011)
Teaching Intern, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (Newer Genres, Spring 2011)
Graduate Program Technology Assistant, Mount Royal School of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Conceived and coordinated Greater Than One Artist Salon, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 2010-11

2010
Teaching Intern, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (Newer Genres, Fall 2010)
Teaching Intern, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (Senior Thesis: Interdisciplinary Sculpture, Spring 2010)
Curator, Dance Floor Assembly, Gallery 500, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2010       
Curator, We(ll) Read, Gallery 500, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2010
Freelance Video Editor, Toronto, ON

2009
Teaching Intern, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (Sculptural Forms /3D Design, Fall 2009)
Curatorial Intern, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, ON 

2008
Co-Curator, sumMORE SPEAK, Keep Six Contemporary, Toronto, ON

2007
Artist Assistant to Joan Jonas, New York, NY

AWARDS / DISTINCTIONS
F.E.A.S.T Project Grant, VisArts, Rockville, MD, 2017
Fleur and Charles Bresler Artist Residency, VisArts, Rockville, MD, May 10 - September 3, 2017
Visual Artists: Emerging, Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council, ON, 2017
Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, January to February, 2013
Untapped Emerging Artist Award, The Artist Project, Toronto, ON, 2013
Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship, Runner-up, Office of Graduate Studies, Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD, Juror: Rachel Liebowitz, Assistant Curator, The Drawing Center, NY, 2011
Alumni Award, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2011. I received this award for the leadership role I  played in conceiving and coordinating a salon series that helped to unify the graduate community.
Top Art Fellowship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2009-11
Full Scholarship, Canadian Film Centre Media Lab, Toronto, ON, 2007
Student Leadership in Internationalization Award, Canadian Bureau of International Education, Banff, AB, 2001. I was the youngest person ever to receive this award.
The Learning through Service Program, a pilot program initiated by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency, CAN, 2001, which provided me the opportunity to live and work in Gambia, Africa for three months and assist in setting up a training program for rural development workers.
Literary M Award, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, CAN, 2001. I received this award for making a great literary contribution to the university.  I wrote a play inspired by my experience in Gambia, Africa. I performed this piece in three locations across Canada: Banff, AB, Halifax, NS, and Cape Breton, NS.
Achievement Scholarship, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, 2000-01
Dean’s List, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, 1999-00
Entrance Scholarship, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, 1998