Katherine Stanek is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where she received several awards in both sculpture and draftsmanship, including the prestigious Pennsylvania Academy Fellowship Trust Award for her body of work. Stanek is the recipient of the George and Helen Segal Foundation Grant, and her work has been featured in many publications, including the National Sculpture Society’s “Sculpture Review." 

 

Stanek's unique colors, textures, and compositions are achieved through integral pigments, marble aggregates, and other additives. This exploration with concrete as a sculpting medium has led to her development of proprietary cement formulas and modeling processes that suit her personal aesthetic and studio practice. The result is a sculptural image that reflects the energy of the entire process and the changing characteristic of her material.

 

Katherine Stanek’s unique creations are in several private and public collections in the U.S. and abroad. She has been exhibited in many museums, galleries, and sculpture gardens, with her most notable exhibitions at the European Museum of Modern Art MEAM in Barcelona, Spain, and the Frederick Meijer Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, alongside Auguste Rodin in "Rodin and the Contemporary Figurative Tradition.” In 2020, Stanek installed her largest public commission to date for the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.