KATIE DEITS
Master Photographer, Sculptor, Writer
Artist Katie Deits talks about her passion for her work with interviewer Phyllis Haynes.
"This is the first photograph that I took. It is of my parents, Eloise and Bill Deits, in front of our Airstream travel trailer.
The low camera angle is from a five-year-old's perspective. My work is dedicated to my parents, who instilled in me a love for art, culture, philosophy, poetry, travel, and spirituality. Through their effort and sacrifice, they gave me a good education and exposed me to the world.
They encouraged me to have faith that I could do and be anything that I dreamed."
"After I graduated from college and returned from living abroad, I followed in my father's footsteps and joined him in his photography business. Together, we founded Camera Graphics, Inc., which was a company specializing in commercial, aerial, architectural, and editorial photography, as well as producing collateral material from start to finish. We were partners until he passed on in 1994. The photo at the above is a portrait of Dad and me in 1993 and below is a photo of my mother.
"For almost eight years, I also worked as a special sections editor for The Palm Beach Post doing editing, writing, photography and graphic design. I create fine art and exhibit, lecture and teach. I also work for various clients in a freelance capacity producing photography, writing and graphic design. In 2007, I was honored to be awarded the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Palm Beach County."
FINE ARTS RESUME
EDUCATION
University of South Florida
- Tampa,
Fla., B.F.A. with a minor in Art History, drawing, design, graphics
(lithography and intaglio), painting, photography (all aspects, including fine
art and photojournalism), and sculpture.
Florida State University - Italian Campus, Florence,
Italy; Art History and Italian Language
Florence, Italy - Two years of independent
study of Art History; extensive travel to museums in Spain, France, Amsterdam,
Great Britain, Greece, and the United States
University of Miami, Miami,
Fla. - Commercial
Photography & Advanced Portrait Photography
Professional Photographers of America - Master of Photography and Certified Professional Photographer
Professional Courses - Graphic design, PhotoShop, photography, web design, writing, and art
Palm Beach Community College - Advanced Drawing, Advanced Ceramics, Painting, and 3-D Design: studied with Alicia Deyá, Nazaré Feliciano, Nancy Nieves, Wayne Stephens, Sherry Stephens
Armory Arts Center – Figurative Sculpture with
Eugene Daub, Bronze Casting
Independent Study – Figurative Sculpture with
Paul Lucchesi, Nilda Maria Comas; International Architectural Ceramics
Symposium: Peter King and Xenia Marin, Stan Bitters, Gwen Heeny
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
The Society of the Four Arts
Museum 2009- Present
Instructor
– Digital Photography
Palm Beach Community College 1995 - 2000
Adjunct Faculty member - “Introduction to Photography” and “Experimental Photography”
Barry University 1996 - 2002
North
Palm Beach, Boynton Beach, and Port St. Lucie faculties - “Introduction to
Photography”
Lighthouse Center for the
Arts and Museum (Photography) 1993
2008 “Genesis”
Photo-drawing, National Photography and Digital Imaging Competition, Palm Beach Community College. Juried by Dr. Terry Barrett (Prof. Ohio State University and
author)
2008 “Artificium”
Photography. Katie Deits and Walter Hnatysh, Palm Beach Photographic Centre
Museum, Delray Beach, Fla..
2008 FOCA,
juried exhibition in West Palm Beach, Fla.
2007 South
Florida Cultural Consortium Exhibition, MOCA at
Goldman Warehouse, Miami, Fla.
2007 (April-May)
“Looking down,” Lake Park Library, Lake Park, Fla.
2007 Awarded
the 2007 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Palm Beach County
2007 “Transpersonal
Mysteries,” One-person exhibit, Palm Beach Community College Eissey Theater,
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
2007 “Rev. King: The Path to Freedom,” Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, Fla.
2006 20/20
Juried Exhibition, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Fla.
2005 “Social
Intercourse-Conversations on Society,” (Sculpture), Art Center South Florida,
Miami Beach, Fla. (October-November 2005)
2005 “Around
the Block, Around the World” Photography exhibition, Florida Atlantic
University Library, John D. MacArthur Campus, Jupiter, Fla.
2005 “As
I Think,” (Sculpture: All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibit, Boca Museum
of Art, Boca Raton, Fla.
2005 “Kapok Tree on Lake Trail,” Infrared Photo InFocus Exhibition, Palm Beach Photographic Centre, Delray Beach, Fla.
2005 “Discovery”
Color Photograph, “By Land and By Sea” Group Exhibition, Palm Beach
International Airport
2005 “Kapok
Tree on Lake Trail,” Silver Addy Award-Southeast United States
2005 “Kapok
Tree on Lake Trail,” Gold Addy Award-Greater Palm Beach County
2005 “Great
Plate Affair,” Coral Springs Museum, Coral Springs, Fla.
2005 One-person
Show of Sculpture, Indian River Courthouse, Vero Beach, Fla.
2005 Mad Teapot Affair, The Armory Art
Center, West Palm Beach, Fla.
2005 “Bright Sights-Group Show,” (Four large photographs), Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm Beach, Fla.
2004 “As I think”
Sculpture, Greenfield Gallery Group Sculpture Exhibition, The Armory Arts
Center, West Palm Beach, Fla.
2004 “Imagine
Paris 2003,” (Photograph also used for exhibition announcement) and “Love is in
the eye of the beholder,” InFocus Group Exhibition, Palm Beach Photographic
Centre, Delray Beach, Fla.
2002 “Around the Block, Around the World,” Photography and Sculpture, Solo Exhibition The Governors Club, West Palm Beach, Fla.
2002 "Gandhi
– The Path to Freedom Biography Box" - Ceramics, Palm Beach Community
College Student Exhibition – First Place Ceramics and Best of Show, Palm Beach
Gardens, Fla.
2001 “Down
at the Corner Store,” Black and white photograph, InFocus Group Exhibition,
Palm Beach Photographic Centre, Delray Beach, Fla.
2001 "Charles
Ayres' Biography Box" - Ceramics, Palm Beach Community College Student
Exhibition, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
2000 "Personal Biography Box" - Ceramics, Palm Beach Community College Student Exhibition, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
2000 "Thirty
years on the street" Photography Exhibition, Eissey Theater, Palm Beach
Gardens, Fla.
1999 "Two Visions" Drawings, Poems, Photographs, Sculpture, and Paintings by Deits and Ayres - Eissey Theater, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
1999 “W.I.
Deits Biography Box,” Best of Show and First Place Ceramics, Palm Beach
Community College, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
1998 "Friends
and Famous Faces" Photography Exhibition, Eissey Theater, Palm Beach
Gardens, Fla.
1996 “Women
and their loved ones," Solo Exhibition, Eissey Theater, Palm Beach
Gardens, Fla.
1995 First Place -
Photojournalism, Florida Professional Photographers
1994 Second Place -
Photojournalism, Florida Professional Photographers
1994 “Burning
Rod,” Third Place Nationally -“Glamorizing Industry,” Industrial
Photographer, June 1994
1994 "Runaway,"
Photograph - 43rd Annual All Florida Exhibit- Boca Raton Museum of Art
1993 First
Place - Photojournalism, Florida Professional Photographers
1993 “I
am not alone," Color photograph, Epcot Exhibition, Disney World, Orlando,
Fla.
1993 First Place -
Stock Photography; and First Place - Industrial Photography, Florida
Professional Photographers
1993 “Friends & Famous Faces,” One-person show, The Governors Club, West Palm Beach, Fla.
LECTURES and ARTICLES
2008 Articles
about art on Palm Beach ArtsPaper.com
2008 Lecture
at Florida Atlantic University for solo exhibition
2008 “Artificium,”
Lecture, Palm Beach Photographic Centre, Delray Beach, Fla.
2002-2008: Numerous articles about art in The Palm Beach Post – Residences and Real Estate Weekend sections
2006 “I Paint, Therefore I Am: Louis Schneiderman,” Art of the Times, May 2006
“Wild About Art: Ted Vassilev-DTR Galleries,” Art of the Times, April 2006
“On This Rock: Nilda Maria Comas,” Art of the Times, March 2006
“Painting from the Core: Judith Rodman Flescher,” Art of the Times, February 2006
“Seeing the Light - Surveying the best of American and French Impressionism,” Art of the Times, January 2006
2005 “Avery
and Matisse,” Art of the Times,
December 2005
2005 “Social
Intercourse: Conversations on Society,” Art
of the Times, November 2005 p. 28-29
2005 “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. presentation on his life using the Biography Box sculpture” Lecture: “The Path to Freedom,” West Palm Beach Library, West Palm Beach, Fla.
2004 “In celebration of Gandhi’s Birthday,” Lecture and presentation of the Biography Box: Gandhi “The Path to Freedom,” West Palm Beach Library, West Palm Beach, Fla.
2004 “Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. presentation on his life using the Biography Box
sculpture concept as a resource for personal growth and development,” American
Association of University Women, North Palm Beach, Fla.
2004 “Collecting
Ceramics,” feature in the Residences section
of The Palm Beach Post
2002 Established
the “Discover Art” column in the Residences
section of The Palm Beach Post. The column features local artists and their work.
1999 “Creating
Meaningful Portraits,” Better Parenting National Television Show
1994 Winona
Professional Photographers of America School Instructor - Stock Photography
1993 Speaker,
Florida Professional Photographers’ Convention. Topic: “Food Photography”
