Kaye has been the recipient of the Hallmark National Gold Medal, National Endowment of the Arts Award, a Governor’s Resident Artist, the 2010 National Sleeping Bear Dunes Lakeshore Artist-in-Residence, as well as numerous national and regional awards.
EDUCATION
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI – 1986 BFA
Slade School of Art – London, England – 1986 Printmaking
Bachelors of Fine Art in Printmaking and Graphic Design. Studied under watercolorist Don Rice, sculptor Lou Marinaro, illustrator David Small, printmakers Takeshi Takahara, Paul Stewart. Recipient of the Palazolli Printmaking Scholarship and two Scholastic Scholarships. Member of University of Michigan Student Assembly representing the School of Art.
JURIED COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS
2010 Artist in Residence National Sleeping Bear Dunes Lakeshore
2009 On the Wall Second Place
2009 Vessels and Earth Honorable Mention
2009 Traverse All Media Show Third Place
2008 Governor’s Residence 1 of 17 selected from 900 entries
2008 Traverse All Media Show
2007 Traverse All Media Show
2005 Traverse All Media Show Second Place
2003 Traverse All Media Show Third Place
2002 Landscapes of the Community Purchase Award
2001 Traverse All Media Show Best of Show
2001 Landscapes of the Community
1996 Traverse All Media Show
1995 Traverse All Media Show Honorable Mention
1994 Traverse Miniature Painting
1994 Traverse Regional Print Competition Honorable Mention
1994 Traverse Regional Environment
1993 Traverse Regional Print Competition Best of Show
1988 Michigan Print Competition Second Place
1986 Iowa Drawing and Print Competition Purchase Award
1986 Scarab Club-Print Show Honorable Mention
1986 Michigan Print Competition Honorable Mention
1985 Palazolli Talent Scholarship First Place Scholarship Awardee
1985 Michigan Regional Print Competition Honorable Mention
1985 Ball State Small Drawing and Sculpture Best of Show-Purchase award
1985 Steelcase Competition Honorable Mention
1985 University of Michigan President’s Show University Regents Award
1984 Jackson Art Competition Best of Show
1982 Cranbrook Wildlife Competition Honorable Mention
1982 National Scholastic Competition Gold Medal
1982 Hallmark Watercolor Competition Gold Medal
1982 National Endowment for the Arts Honorable Mention
1982 Seventeen Magazine National Art Competition Gold Medal out of 2,000 entries
GALLERIES
Kulhaus Gallery – Harbor Springs, Michigan
Gallery 22 – Suttons Bay, Michigan
INDIVIDUAL SHOWS
October 2011 Traverse Opera House – Traverse City
June - Sept. 2011 Right Brains – Traverse City
May - Sept. 2011 Hanna's – Traverse City
Sept. - Jan., 2010 Hanna's – Traverse City
June 2009 Angela Shuler Gallery – Traverse City, MI
Summer 2009 Grand Traverse Watershed Center – Traverse City, MI
Summer 2004 Lake Street Studios – Glen Arbor, MI
November 2003 Hattie’s of Suttons Bay – European Prints
August 2003 Glen Lake Studios – Glen Arbor, MI
Winter 1999 Ann Arbor Art Association – Ann Arbor, MI
June 1989 Lil Street Studios – Chicago, IL
GROUP SHOWS
Nov.-Current Palette Bistro – Petoskey, MI
June 2009 Heartwood Furniture & Fine Art Show
June 2008 Heartwood Furniture & Fine Art Show
June 2007 Heartwood Furniture & Fine Art Show
May 2007 With These Hands
June 2006 Leland Furniture & Fine Art Show
June 2005 Leland Furniture & Fine Art Show
June 2003 Leland Furniture & Fine Art Show
May 2003 With These Hands
July 2002 Hattie’s of Suttons Bay
May 1999 Hattie’s of Suttons Bay
Nov 1994 Hattie’s of Suttons Bay
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
University of Iowa
University of Michigan – President’s Collection
Ball State University – Muncie, IN
Traverse City Chamber of Commerce
Munson Hospital – Traverse City, MI
Foote Hospital – Jackson, MI
Murdoch Publishing – New York, NY
Grand Traverse Resort – Traverse City, MI
Holland & Associates – Ann Arbor, MI
Richmond &Associates Architecture – Traverse City, MI