Katherine Grossfeld received her Master of Fine Arts Degree and Post-Baccalaureate Certificate from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from The University of Denver, with studies at Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy.
Grossfeld is a participating artist in the US State Department's Art in Embassies Program, most recently loaning two paintings to Olympic Figure Skating Champion Michelle Kwan, during her appointment as US Ambassador to Belize. An Elected Member of The Salmagundi Club, NYC, she is also a member of Oil Painters of America, American Artists Professional League and the International Guild of Realism among other professional organizations. Her work has been juried into their international, national, regional exhibitions and competitions and has been recognized with awards.
Katherine Grossfeld is the recipient of an Artist Support Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council and the Durham Arts Council, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts; she is a past recipient of a Regional Artist Project Grant from the United Arts Council of Raleigh, and an Art Appreciation Grant from Nippon Steel USA. She was also awarded a scholarship by Oil Painters of America.
Grossfeld was featured in the 2005 book Living Artists by Crow Woods Publishing, Chicago. Her work has been published in Studio Visit Magazine, featured in the periodical New American Paintings, and has appeared in American Art Collector, Fine Art Connoisseur and Southwest Art magazines.
An exhibition catalog was produced for American Women Artists' Breaking Through: The Rise of American Women Artists, as well as for Raleigh Fine Art Society's North Carolina Artists Exhibition. A companion catalog produced by Columbus College of Art & Design, accompanied The Object Considered: Contemporary Still Life in Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. The short story anthology Visions of Life 2, released in 2020, featured her painting, Sparkle, as inspiration for a story.
Katherine Grossfeld has served several times as a guest lecturer. She has been interviewed on zoom and on television. Her work has been reviewed in newspapers in Illinois and North Carolina. Grossfeld taught Life Drawing to undergraduates at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and served there on critique panels.
She has work in Tootsie Roll Industries' Corporate Art Collection, and her work is held in many private collections, including that of Michelle Kwan.
