Born in New York City, Kathi Robinson Frank, studied at The Art Students League with Will Barnet while in high school and majored in art at Bard College.  Her early influences were Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Rauschenberg and Larry Rivers.

 

In the 1990’s she began working in natural fiber and adobe weaving large hanging nest-like structures she referred to as habitats. Then after seeing an Anselm Kiefer show she began her three dimensional paintings using adobe, paint and natural found vegetation from her property in the Hudson Valley. These paintings formed a body of work called The Yeats Series (2009-2011).

Her latest paintings on large canvases (72”x56”) incorporate oil. acrylic, charcoal, pastel, ink, fabric and feathers. Graphic interconnecting lines suggest wires or strands symbolizing communication and the human struggle to stay connected.

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She has shown at the Provincetown Art Association; Berta Walker Gallery in Provincetown; Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center in Woodstock, New York;  Summergroup Gallery and Barrett House in Poughkeepsie, New York;  Tivoli Artists' Gallery in Tivoli, New York;  The Bell Gallery in Rhinebeck and Woodstock, New York.

She has also shown in two Invitationals at the Pocketbook Factory in Hudson, New York;  The Firlefanz Gallery in Albany, New York; The Wired Gallery in High Falls, New York; Core Gallery in New Paltz, New York; and Casa Morada Galley in Bucerias, Mexico.

She had a solo show at P.S. 209 Gallery in Stone Ridge, New York; The Wired Gallery in High Falls, New York. 

She is currently with Amy Zook at 1st  Dibs in New York City.

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She lives and works in Stone Ridge, New York.