Education
1974 MFA, studied under Charles Umlauf, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
1970 BFA, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Selected Exhibitions:
2019 Bird Show, group exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2019 Migratory, group exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2019 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2019 Of a Feather, group exhibition, Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery and Thompson Loggia, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
2018 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2017 TREES: A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. (Greek Proverb), Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2017 In Plain View: A Mixed Media Celebration of Texas Backyard Birds, two-person exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2015 Menagerie, Art and the Animal Kingdom, group exhibition, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
2015 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2015 Bird. Art: The Artist’s Eye View of Birds, group exhibition, curated by Leslie Davis, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2014 White Rock Lake Artists’ 22nd Studio Tour, Dallas, Texas
2014 60th Anniversary Exhibition: A Celebration of Valley House Artists, group exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2013 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2013 Natural Treasures, solo exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011 The Good Earth, group exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show, Oak Cliff Culture Center, Dallas, Texas
2011 Fresh & Salty, group exhibition, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2010 Shorelines, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2009 Ode to Audubon: Recent Artwork by Kathy Boortz, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2009 Thank You Fort Worth: An Appreciation from Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, group exhibition, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2008 Summer Group Show –Kathy Boortz, Susan Downing-White, Janet Hassinger, Marlene Matalon, Doug Sweet and Saralene Tapley, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, Texas
2008 Verse and Reverse, invitational show, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2007 Summer Group Show - Kathy Boortz, Damon Thomas, Greg Reuter, Debbie Stevens & Steven DaLuz, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, Texas
2006 Kingdom Animalia: Creatures Big and Small by Artists Old and New, group exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2006 Big As Art, Too, group exhibition, curated by J R Compton, The Space, Oak Cliff, Texas
2004 Texas Visual Arts Association Membership Show, Dallas, Texas
2004 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show, Dallas, Texas
2004 Loteria, Loteria! Invitational, Solo Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2004 Zoomorph, Solo Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2004 Summer 3D Show, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston Island, Texas
2003 McKinney Avenue Contemporary City Views Membership Show, Dallas, Texas
2003 DCCA Membership Show, Dallas, Texas
2003 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show, Dallas, Texas
2003 Elemental 2 - Air, Fire, Earth, and Water Invitational, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2003 Feathered Friends, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston Island, Texas
2002 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show
2002 EASL, Garden of EASL Show, Dallas, Texas
2002 LaLoteria, Invitational Show, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2002 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show, Third Place, Dallas, Texas
2002 Texas Visual Arts Association Membership Show, Dallas, Texas
2002 McKinney Avenue Contemporary Self Portrait Show, Dallas, Texas
2002 DCCA Membership Show, Special Recognition, Dallas, Texas
2002 Outside the Line II, Bath House Cultural Center, Juried Exhibition, Dallas, Texas
2001 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show
2001 Complemental, Two-Person Show, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2001 One-Person Show, Redbud Gallery, Houston, Texas
2000 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show
2000 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show, Honorable Mention, Fort Worth, Texas
2000 Forces of Nature, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2000 DVAC Membership Show, Dallas, Texas
2000 EASL, Oh Boys! Toys! Show, Dallas, Texas
2000 Membership Show, Dallas, Visual Arts Center, Dallas, Texas
1999 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show
1999 Bare Essentials, TSA Juried Show, Art Center of Plano, Plano, Texas
1999 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show, People's Choice Award, Dallas, Texas
1999 Texas Visual Arts Association Membership Show, Dallas, Texas
1999 East Dallas Studio Tour, Dallas, Texas
1999 Membership Show, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, Texas
1998 Madness At The Mac, Membership Show, Dallas, Texas
1998 Tom's Easy Way Film Service, One-Person Show, Dallas, Texas
1998 EASL Show, Contemporary Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas
1998 Membership Show, Dallas, Visual Arts Center, Dallas, Texas
1997 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show
1997 Blue Yule Ornament Sale, The MAC, Dallas, Texas
1997 Open Show at 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1997 Membership Show, Dallas, Visual Arts Center, Dallas, Texas
1996 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show
1996 One-Person Show and Open Studio, Studio 104, Dallas, Texas
1996 Texas Sculpture Association at the 500X Gallery, Juried Show, Dallas, Texas
1996 Membership Show, Dallas, Visual Arts Center, Dallas, Texas
1995 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show
1995 Texas Visual Arts Association Show, Juried Show, Dallas, Texas
1992 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show
1992 Texas Visual Arts Association Show, Juried Show, Dallas, Texas
1988 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show
1988 Texas Visual Arts Association Show, Dallas, Texas
1984 Lakewood Library Show, Best of Show, Dallas, Texas
1984 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show
1980 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show
1979 Laguna Gloria Museum, Juried by TVAA, Austin, Texas
1978 Fort Worth Museum of Art, Juried Show, Fort Worth, Texas
Literature:
“Shade You’ll Never Sit In,” Patron.com, August 17, 2017.
Kathy Boortz, Sculpture, Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Dallas, Texas, 2017.
60th Anniversary Catalogue, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2014; Trio reproduced.
Thomas Korosec, “Sculptor keeps muse within reach,” The Dallas Morning News, Arts & Life section, May 31, 2012, 4E.
Affiliations:
Dallas Visual Arts Association
McKinney Avenue Contemporary
Texas Sculpture Association
Texas Visual Arts Association