Kendra Kett
Contemporary artist creating biomorphic painted drawings that explore resilience, healing, and transformation through cellular forms.
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Juried & Invitational Exhibitions
2026
Gallery 200 at Sawyer Yards Houston TX
Through Her Eyes • Women's Caucus for Art Texas Chapter Juried Exhibition
Primordial Monolith: Embers
Elmhurst Artists Guild Gallery at the Elmhurst Art Museum Elmhurst IL
Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists Annual Small Works Exhibition
Cellular Anatomy of a Hug
ShadowBoxX Gallery Waukegan IL
Conflicts of Interest and PareidoliaJuried Exhibitions
The Perplexing Nature of the Happy-Sad State (triptych) & Cellular Healing: Anatomy of Despair
4th Fridays at The Dole Crystal Lake IL
Juried Mixed Media Exhibition
Love is a Golden Thread of Lightning • Honorable Mention
2025
Freeport Art Museum Freeport IL
21st Annual Regional Multi-State Juried Exhibition
Cell Block 9 and Primordial Monolith: Embers
Mayslake Peabody Estate Oakbrook IL
Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art Midwest Nature: Its Beauty & Its Peril Juried Exhibition
Leaf Glow Duet & Leaf Glow Triplet
Robert T. Wright GalleryCollege of Lake County Grayslake IL
Recent WorksJuried Exhibition
The Perplexing Nature of the Happy-Sad State (Part 1)
Beloit Art Center Beloit WI
25th Anniversary Juried Exhibition
Auric Vibration
2024
ALMA Art & Interiors Chicago IL
The Contemporary Art Exhibition
Primordial Monoliths: Embers, Watershed, Stone
State of Illinois Traveling StatewideExhibition
Are You Really Winning?
Broken Heart Cell Begins to Heal
Brushwood Center Riverwoods IL
Metamorphosis: Emerging from the Darkness Juried Exhibition
Cellular Optic Aurora & All the Light at the End
Robert T. Wright GalleryCollege of Lake County Grayslake IL
Recent Works Juried Exhibition
Auric Vibration
2023
William Rainey Harper College Art Gallery Palatine IL
45th Annual National Small Works Exhibition
All the Light at the End
Koehnline Museum of Art at Oakton College Des Plaines IL
15th Annual International Women's Juried Exhibition: Today's Battle for Liberation
Cellular Healing: RvW
Brushwood Center Riverwoods IL
Health, Equity & Nature Juried Exhibition
Cellular Healing: Forest, Cellular Lily Pad Heart Landing, Trees are Medicine (Sold)
2022
Anderson Arts Center Kenosha WI
Annual Winter Juried Exhibition
Cellular Memories: Regeneration (Sold)
Evanston Art Center Evanston IL
Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists Later Impressions Exhibition
All the Light at the End
Koehnline Gallery of Art at Oakton College Des Plaines IL
Annual International Women's Juried Exhibition:Our Bodies Our Health
Cellular Healing: Flow
2017-2025
Selected exhibitions include:
AIR Studio (Glencoe IL), Blue Moon Gallery (Grayslake IL), Dwell Gallery (Chicago),
Urban Edge Gallery (Waukegan IL), Zhou B Arts Center (Chicago), 4Art Space Gallery (Chicago)
and other regional juried exhibitions.
Solo & Featured Exhibitions
A Spring Triplet
North Shore Senior Center, Northfield IL (2026)
Cellular Journeys
Esper Petersen Reading Room Gallery
College of Lake County, Grayslake IL (2025)
Featured Artist
Beloit Art Center, Beloit WI (2023)
The Particle Series
Blue Moon Gallery, Grayslake IL (2023)
Awards & Honors
College of Lake County Permanent Collection Purchase Award (2022)
Honorable Mention
Wisconsin Regional Art Program Exhibition (2024)
Honorable Mention
4th Fridays at The Dole (2026)
Professional Leadership
Board Member
Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists (2024–Present)
Owner, Director & Curator
Blue Moon Gallery, Grayslake IL (2019–2025)
Director of Exhibitions, Marketing & Sales
Artist Alley, Libertyville IL (2018–2019)
Juror Appointments
Illinois Watercolor Society
Chicago Pastel Painters
La Grange Art League
Addison Art Guild
College of Lake County Student Exhibition
Publications
The Miserere National Online Art Periodical
Harper College National Small Works Exhibition Catalog
Koehnline Museum of Art Exhibition Catalogs
Brushwood Center Health Equity Research Publication
Women’s Caucus for Art Texas Chapter Through Her Eyes Exhibition Catalog
Additional regional exhibition catalogs
Professional Memberships
Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists
Adler Arts Center
The Art Center Highland Park
Robert T. Wright Gallery at the College of Lake County
Education
Bachelor of Science in Psychology -- University of Illinois
Master of Education -- University of Illinois
Previous Professional Career
Division Vice President of Operations with more than thirty years of leadership in education management, supporting Fortune 500 organizations, with early care and education programs and child development centers.