Kate Meissner
Discovery#88
Egon Investment Scores
Liquidity
2/10
How easily works can be bought and sold at auction
Institutional
4/10
Museum collections, biennials, and institutional recognition
Momentum
6/10
Recent price trends, gallery moves, and market buzz
Discovery
1/10
Undervaluation opportunity relative to peer artists
Risk
5/10
Investment risk factors — higher means more volatile
Market Position
- Pricing
- Primary market only - specific prices not publicly disclosed
- Liquidity
- Very low - primarily primary market
- Collector Base
- Early collectors, emerging art focused US-focused with some international interest
- Auction History
- Price Volatility
- N/A - insufficient auction data
- Market Trajectory
- Early stage - primarily gallery sales
- Auction Lots Annual
- 0-2 (very limited secondary market)
- Market Position
- Emerging contemporary art
Institutional Presence
- Exhibitions
- Recent Exhibitions
Title Dates Venue Significance Type Replica January 21 - March 15, 2025 Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts First institutional solo show Solo institutional Tableaux Rosa August 29 - October 5, 2024 Lyles & King Major gallery presentation Two-person Chromasome September 2023 1969 Gallery Solo gallery presentation Solo
- Museum Collections
Institution Location Status Denver Art Museum Denver, CO Permanent collection Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art Rizhao, China Permanent collection Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL Permanent collection The Mer Collection Madrid, Spain Private collection - Awards and Recognition
Institution Year Award California Polytechnic State University 2017 Cal Poly Arts Award for Excellence in Original Work Annual Juried Student Show, Cal Poly University 2017 Best in Show
Career & Biography
- Career
- Emerging
- Identity
- Artistic Focus
- Figurative painting exploring themes of surveillance, performance, and the human body
- Artistic Medium
- Oil painting
- Current Location
- Los Angeles, California
- Social Media Following
- 10,000 Instagram followers
- Artistic Context
- David Lynch, David Cronenberg, Todd Haynes, Hans Bellmer, Christina Ramberg
Artistic Profile
- Evolution
- Progression from small dioramas to human-scale installations and paintings
- Influences
- Stylistic Influences
- Surrealist cinema, traditional naturalism, digital imaging aesthetics
- Themes and Subjects
- Surveillance and voyeurismPerformance and theatricalityThe female body and identityPsychological distortionCinema and film aestheticsBDSM aestheticsSpaces of examination (hospitals, nightclubs, theaters)
- Movements and Periods
- Critical Position
- Emerging voice in contemporary figurative painting addressing contemporary themes of surveillance and performance
- Techniques and Mediums
- Oil on canvas, working from maquettes and photography, highly rendered figurative work with theatrical lighting
Critical Reception
- Critical Reception
- Catalogue Raisonnes
- None published
- Publications and Media
- Major Publications
Date Significance Article Publication November 2024 Major international art publication feature Five Emerging Artists to Watch at Frieze Los Angeles 2025 Frieze Magazine 2024 Recognition as young artist to watch 2024 Young Artists Cultured Magazine November 2024 In-depth profile Kate Meissner's Paintings Conjure the Mystery and Titillation of a Peep Show Cultured Magazine 2023 Contemporary art publication feature A Portfolio: Kate Meissner Juxtapoz Magazine - Documentary Coverage
- Limited to art publication features
Gallery & Representation
- Fair Presence
Year Fair Gallery 2025 Frieze Los Angeles Lyles & King 2023-2024 The Armory Show 1969 Gallery / Lyles & King 2022 Untitled Miami 1969 Gallery - Representation
- Secondary Representation
- Status
- Past exhibitions
- Gallery
- 1969 Gallery
- Location
- New York
- Relationship
- Exhibition history
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