Kate Sammons' work focuses on representational still life and portraiture. She is a graduate of the Ani Art Academy Waichulis in Northern PA and the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting and Drawing, summa cum-laude. She received two Honor Awards from the Portrait Society of America in 2007 and 2010, and the International Award for Best Portrait in the Art Renewal Center's 2009-2010 Salon. Her work is featured in the Northlight Publications book, Strokes of Genius Vol 2 c 2009 and on the cover of American Artist Drawing Magazine Fall 2010. Kate Sammons'  “Self Portrait with Hermes” was included in the top 100 portraits to be shown in the triennial Outwin Boochever portrait competition held at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC in 2009/2010. She has appeared in a number of magazine competitions and articles including the Artist's Magazine, American Artist, International Artist Magazine and American Art Collector. Among the museums that have included her work in their exhibitions are the National Portrait Gallery, The Butler Institute of American Art, The Ft Wayne Museum of Art. Since moving to Los Angeles she teaches privately and at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art.  She is a member of the Portrait Society of America, the Cecilia Beaux Forum and an Artist Member of the California Art Club.

2006 - 2009 Ani Art Academy Waichulis, Mountain Top, PA

2004 - 2006 Studio Incamminati, Philadelphia, PA

2003 - 2004 Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy

1999 - 2002 University of Illinois BFA painting, Urbana-Champaign, IL

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