Kate Kretz

Kate Kretz (born March 22, 1963, Grove City, Pennsylvania) is an American artist.

Kretz attended the Sorbonne in Paris in 1981, and obtained a BFA in drawing and painting from Binghamton University in 1987, and an MFA from the University of Georgia in 1994.

Her painting is influenced by imagery of Catholicism and Technicolor films. She has created drawings, paintings, embroideries done with human hair, and a series of Psychological Clothing.

Kate Kretz' painting, "Blessed Art Thou", executed in 2006, depicted actress Angelina Jolie as the Virgin Mary, hovering in the clouds with her children above a Wal-Mart store. This painting was exhibited at the Miami Art Fair in January of 2007, and created a worldwide controversy that was covered by ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and Fox television networks, as well as The International Herald Tribune, The New York Times and many other news sources.

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References

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/08/arts/08arts.html New York Times article - January 8, 2007]