bio

Kate Longmaid is a Vermont artist specializing in contemporary portraiture, still life, and landscape painting. Born outside of Philadelphia, Kate has always been drawn to art. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in “Psychology and Art: Theory and Practice” at the University of Michigan. Relocating to Brooklyn and then Maine, she continued her studies at Parsons School of Design and the Portland School of Art. Kate has studied with Gail Salzman, Catherine Kehoe, Stanley Bielen, Peri Schwartz, David Campbell, Susan Lichtman, Tim Kennedy, and Eve Mansdorf.

Kate’s work was featured in the exhibition “Body of Work: New Perspectives on Figure Painting” at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. as part of the museum’s biennial exhibition series Women to Watch. She has been awarded multiple residencies at the Vermont Studio Center. In 2017, 2020, and 2023, she was a selected artist for Studio Visit, a series of juried artist books produced by the publishers of New American Paintings. Her work was featured in Saatchi Art’s Spring 2022 catalogs. Kate is represented locally by Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne and Squirrel gallery in Manchester. Kate’s paintings have been exhibited in galleries and museums in the United States and Canada and are held in private collections throughout the U.S.