Exhibitions

2024

  • Disability Pride Art Show, Pack Memorial Library, Asheville, North Carolina, USA

  • Reading Room: Zines, Comix, and Other Radical Texts, Installed by Esther Pearl Watson, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

  • Neuk Perspectives, Neuk Collective, WASPS Patriothall Gallery, Patriothall (off Hamilton Place), Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

  • Alchemy of Art, Dorland Arts Colony, Temecula, CA

2023

  • Synaesthesia, Summerhall Gallery, Curated by Leo R. Hajducki, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • RE:MEMBER, Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, Canada

  • Mighty Mini Exhibit, Merc Gallery, Temecula (April)

  • Solo Exhibit, Grace Mellman Library, Temecula

2022

  • San Clemente Village Art Fair

  • Idyllwild Art in the Park

  • Poway Boardwalk Art and Craft Fair

  • Irvine Studio Art Festival

  • Zodiac Goddess Solo Exhibit Part 3, Grace Mellman Library, Temecula

2021

  • Holiday Fair, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton

  • Artistic License, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton

  • Irvine Holiday Faire

  • San Diego Festival of the Arts

  • Zodiac Goddess Solo Exhibit Part 2, Grace Mellman Library, Temecula

  • Temecula Virtual Art Fair, Online

  • Temecula Valley Art League Exhibit, Merc Gallery, Temecula

2020

  • Respiration:Restoration, Makara Center for the Arts, Santa Ana, California (December)

  • Smile Like You Mean It, Hey Grrrl Collective, SuperMix Mercantile, Temecula, California (November)

  • Wish You Were Here Virtual Exhibit, Marianne van Silfhout Gallery, St Lawrence College, Brockville, Ontario, Canada

  • Web of Life Virtual Market (Austin, TX), Online (October)

  • Virtual Holistic Market (UK), Online (September)

  • Moon, Serpent & Bone (Hudson Valley) Virtual Full Moon Witch Market, Online (September, October)

  • Outdoor Art Exhibit, Temecula Valley Museum

  • Witch Walk Virtual (Santa Ana), Online (September, October)

  • Temecula Virtual Art Fair, Online

  • Dorland Art Colony Virtual Art & Writing Exhibit, Online

  • Renegade Craft Virtual Fair, Online

  • Electricity, Hey Grrrl Collective, Weins Brewing Company, Temecula

  • Zodiac Goddess Solo Exhibit Part 1, Grace Mellman Library, Temecula

2019

  • Spellbound, Middle Ridge Winery

  • Small Works Exhibit, Dorland Arts Colony

  • Divine Feminine Solo Exhibition, Siler Gallery, Temecula

  • First Friday Art Walk, Merc Gallery, Temecula

  • “Outdoor Inspiration” Group Exhibit, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve

  • Temecula Art Festival

  • Mighty Mini Exhibit, Merc Gallery, Temecula

2017

  • Les Femmes Folles BARED, Ground Floor Gallery + Studios, Nashville, Tennessee


2016

  • "The 52 Project" Group 2 Mini-Exhibit, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

  • Featured Artist, Susun Weed's Mentor Site, Online
    (reproductions)

  • Carioca Soul, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

2015

  • Drought, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

  • Temecula Has Heart, Temecula City Hall, Temecula, CA

  • Featured Artist, Heather Pilapil Gallery, Temecula, CA

  • Featured Artist, Art Off the Walls, Temecula, CA

  • Featured Artist, Karma Boutique, San Diego, CA

  • Artist Showcase Solo Exhibit, Crush & Brew, Temecula, CA

2014

  • Featured Artist, Brushworks Studio, San Diego, California

  • Featured Artist, Mystic Arts Gallery, Laguna Beach, California

2013

  • Animal Fairy Tales, Fables, Fact Or Fiction, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, California

  • Small But Mighty Print Exhibition, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California

2012

  • PAAR Exhibition, Brandstater Gallery, La Sierra University, Riverside, California

  • Members’ Exhibition, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California

  • Divine Feminine Solo Exhibition, Sun City Library, Sun City, California

  • Divine Feminine Solo Exhibition, San Marcos Library, San Marcos, California

  • Art and Earth: My Art, My World, Murrieta Public Library, Murrieta, California

  • The Art of the Avocado, Brandon Gallery, Fallbrook, California

  • Verse to Image, Riverside Community Arts Association Gallery, Riverside, California

  • Your Face Here: The Modern Self Portrait, San Jacinto College Art Gallery, San Jacinto, California

  • Local Author Exhibit, San Diego Public Library, San Diego, California

  • Riverside Arts Council Exhibit, Riverside, California

  • PNET Members’ Print II Show, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California

2011

  • Off The Wall, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California

  • PNET Members’ Print Show, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California

  • Artscape, Riverside County Administrative Center, Riverside, California

2006

  • Making Zines=Making Herstory, Women’s History Museum and Educational Center, San Diego, California

2005

  • San Clemente Public Library, San Clemente, California

2004

  • Musician’s Workshop, Temecula, California

  • Art of Zines, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California

  • Dark Matter, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

2003

  • Zine Scene, Orange County Museum of Art Satellite, Costa Mesa, California

  • Borders Books, Chino, California Jojo Pinkie Gallery, Costa Mesa, California

Collections

  • Baltimore Museum of Art Archives, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Che Café Collective Zine Library, La Jolla, California

  • Columbia Teacher’s College Zine Library, New York, New York

  • Edinburgh Zine Library, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

  • Olympia Zine Library, Olympia, Washington

  • Pacific Northwest College of Art Library, Portland, Oregon

  • San Diego Public Library, Collections, San Diego, California

  • San Diego State University Special Collections Library, San Diego, California

  • San Jose Museum of Art, Anno Domini Art of Zines Library, San Jose, California

  • Sheridan Zine Library, Welland, Ontario

  • Solidarity! Revolutionary Center and Radical Library, Lawrence, Kansas

  • UCLA Arts Library, Los Angeles, California

  • 100 Sided Die Library, Montreal’s Mile End, Montréal, Québec

Published Work

  • Jellybucket Magazine, Issue #14, Neurodivergent Issue, 2024

  • Witches & Pagans Magazine, Spring, 2023 (illustration).

  • Empathy + Sexuality issue of CURIOUS Magazine, 2023 (reproduction).

  • Unfamiliars Zine, Colchester, UK, 2023.

  • Witches & Pagans Magazine, Oracle Deck Reviewer, 2023.

  • Creative Cronies Moon Diary 2023, published by Creative Cronies Moon Calendar Productions.

  • Cartomancer Magazine: A Metaphysical Journal for Diviners, Oracle Deck Column, Summer 2022.

  • Sage Woman Magazine, published by BBI Media, Inc., Summer 2022, (reproductions).

  • Creative Cronies Moon Diary 2022, published by Creative Cronies Moon Calendar Productions.

  • Room Magazine Ancestor Issue, published by West Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society (The Growing Room Collective), Issue 45.1, Spring 2022 (reproduction)

  • Wise Woman Mentor Website, Featured Artist, 2021

  • Sage Woman Magazine, published by BBI Media, Inc., Issue 96, Fall 2021, (reproduction)

  • Witch With Me Blog Columnist: Mediumship and Past Lives, 2020.

  • Tarot Avenue Blog Contributor, 2020

  • Creative Cronies Moon Diary & Moon Calendar 2021, published by Creative Cronies Moon Calendar Productions. (7 reproductions)

  • Outsider Art Magazine, 2020

  • PaganSquare.com: monthly columnist/blogger

  • Creative Cronies Moon Diary, published by Creative Cronies Moon Calendar Productions, 2019. (reproductions)

  • Radiance Magazine, published by The Temple of Light Spiritual Community, November, 2017. (reproduction)

  • Mystic Zine, Girls Only, Issue V, published by Liz Thompson and Lorna Dielentheis, 2017. (reproduction)

  • Les Femmes Folles: The Women, 2016, published by Les Femmes Folles Books, 2017. (reproduction)

  • Bared Anthology: Contemporary Poetry and Art on Bras and Breasts, published by Les Femmes Folles Books, 2016. (reproduction)

  • Sage Woman Magazine, published by BBI Media, Inc., Summer 2016. (reproduction)

  • Creative Cronies Moon Calendar, published by Creative Cronies Moon Calendar Productions, 2017. (reproductions)

  • Garland of the Goddess: Tales and Poems of the Divine Feminine, published by Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 2016. (reproduction)

  • Witches & Pagans Magazine, published by BBI Media, Inc., Issue 32, Spring 2016. (reproduction)

  • Ghost Town Lit Magazine, published by Cal State University San Bernardino, 2015, Issue 7. (reproduction)

  • Creative Cronies Moon Diary, published by Creative Cronies Moon Calendar Productions, 2015. (reproduction)

  • Faeries and Angels Magazine, published by MagCloud Publishing, 2014. (reproductions)

  • San Diego Poetry Annual, published by William Harry Harding, 2007, 2008.

  • We’Moon Journal and Datebook, published by Mother Tongue Ink, 1993, 1995, 2005, 2008. 2014 (reproductions)

  • Dawn, Orange County Arts, Cultures, and Innovations, published by The Dawn Foundation, Spring 2006. (reproduction)

  • Lighthouse Wire Magazine, published by Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada), 2006. (reproduction)

  • Altar Magazine, published independently, (Brooklyn, New York), Spring 2005, Issue 5, Winter 2006, Issue 6. (reproduction)

  • Broken Pencil Magazine, published independently, (Toronto, Canada), 2006, Issue 32. (reproduction)

  • Neighbors Newspaper, published independently, (Temecula, California), September 2006. (reproduction)

  • The Spoon Magazine, published by University of Windsor, (Windsor, Canada), August 2006. (reproduction)

  • Kiss Machine, published by Emily Pohl-Weary, (Toronto, Canada), Fall/Winter 2005, Issue 10, Fall/Winter 2005, Issue 11, Spring/Summer 2006, Issue 12, Spring/Summer 2007, Issue 13, Fall/Winter 2006, Issue 14, Fall/Winter 2007, Issue 15. (reproductions)

  • Art Business News, published by Avanstar Communications, February 2003.

Reviews

  • Nina, Shuffle Tarot, Fairy Herbal Oracle Deck Walk Through Video, January, 2023

  • Kate Fisher, Daily Tarot Girl, Fairy Herbal Oracle Deck YouTube Unboxing Review, December, 2022

  • Nina, Shuffle Tarot, Cat Herbal Oracle Deck Youtube Walk Through Video, August, 2021

  • Kate Fisher, Daily Tarot Girl, Cat Herbal Oracle Deck YouTube Unboxing Review, June, 2021

  • Shoutout SoCal, Local Story, February, 2021

  • Nana Riel, Shuffle Tarot, Zodiac Goddess Power Deck Video Review, November, 2020

  • Rachael Caringella, Zodiac Goddess Power Deck Review, October 2020

  • Kate Fisher, Daily Tarot Girl, Video Unboxing Review, September, 2020

  • Rebecca Schoenecker, Zodiac Goddess Power Deck YouTube Review, September, 2020

  • Lena Love Tarot, Elfin Ally Deck Review, August 2020

  • Tree Talker, Elfin Ally Deck Review, Fall 2019

  • Cartomancer Magazine, Elfin Ally Deck Review, Spring 2019

  • Ethony, Elfin Ally Oracle Deck YouTube Unboxing, June 2019

  • Spiral Nature Magazine, Elfin Ally Oracle Deck Review, June 2019

  • Daily Tarot Girl, Elfin Ally Oracle Deck YouTube Unboxing and Oracle Deck Reading

  • Jen DeTracey, Elfin Ally Oracle Deck Facebook Live Review, April 2019

  • Steven Bright, Elfin Ally Oracle Deck Youtube Review, April 2019

  • Jess Carlson Lefty Deck Review, September 2018

  • San Diego Arts & Culture Weekly Review, July 2018

  • Rachael Caringella, Lefty Oracle Deck Review, June 2018

  • Ethony, Lefty Oracle Deck Un-Boxing Video, July 2017

  • Press-Enterprise, “Artist Spotlight”, published by Enterprise Media, (Temecula, California), May 8, 2012.

  • Voyageur Magazine, published by St. Lawrence College, (Kingston, Canada), Spring 2009.

  • The Valley News, (Temecula, California), February 23, 2007, Issue 8, Vol. 11.

  • Broken Pencil Magazine, “Excerpts”, published independently, (Toronto, Canada), 2006, Issue 32. (reproduction)

  • Zine World, “Zine Reviews”, published independently, (Murfreesboro, Tennessee), July 2006, Issue 23.

  • Press-Enterprise, “Local, Townspeople: Over java, Temecula’s literati meet for inspiration”, published by Enterprise Media, (Temecula, California), April 18, 2006.

  • Los Angeles Times Calendar, “Pop Music Review”, published by Los Angeles Times, March 13, 2003.

  • Art Venues Magazine, “In the Spotlight,” (Capistrano Beach, California), 1997. (reproductions)

Speaker, Panelist Engagements

2023
California Arts Council Grant Review Panelist

2021
Witchy Bites Podcast
Dimed Out Podcast Interview
Topanga Moon Podcast Interview
Magick and Mediums Podcast Interview

2020
Temecula Town Podcast Interview
Moon, Serpent & Bone Instagram Story
Web of Life Market Instagram Story

2017
Wise Woman Radio Interview

2010
Feminine Mojo Radio Interview
Wise Woman University Interview (live recording)

2007
Speaker, San Diego Poetry Publication Party, San Diego, California

2006
Speaker, North County Author’s and Poets Book Fair, Escondido, California

2003
Artist Speaker, Michelle Shocked, Campfire Series, International Women’s Day Show, “Civil Liberties Are Like Marshmallows” in collaboration with the International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, Los Angeles, California

Teaching

2010-2020

Private Watercolor Instructor
Instructor, Awaken Your Creative Soul Class: Mt. San Jacinto College, Inspire San Diego Studio Facilitator
Moon Circles: Yoga for Life, Gypsy Luv
Wise Woman University Mentor, Awaken Your Divine Feminine Soul eClass

2001
HGTV, Your New House, silk painting demo

1995-2001
Artist Educator, Sawdust Art Festival, Laguna Beach, California

1990′s
Assistant Instructor, Laguna Outreach Community Artists, Laguna Beach, California
Private silk painting instruction, Laguna Beach, California

Galleries

  • Lorimar Winery Gallery, Temecula, California

  • Marianne van Silfhout Gallery, St Lawrence College, Brockville, Ontario, Canada

  • American Visions Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri

  • Artscape, Long Beach, California

  • Art for the Soul, Balboa Island, California

  • Black Cat Gallery, San Juan Capistrano, California

  • Brushworks Studio, San Diego, California

  • Chakra Shack, Laguna Beach, California

  • The Find, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook California

  • Ground Floor Gallery + Studios, Nashville, Tennessee

  • Hanging Tree Gallery, Rolling Hills Estates, California

  • How Original Gallery, Laguna Beach, California

  • Karma Boutique, San Diego, California

  • Laguna Beach Art Museum Store, Laguna Beach, California

  • Mandala Center, Santa Monica, California

  • Mermaids, Carlsbad, California

  • Mingei International Folk Museum Store, San Diego, California

  • Mystic Arts, Laguna Beach, California

  • Yoga NoHo, Los Angeles, California

Art Shows

1994-present

  • Abbott Kinney Art Festival, Venice Beach, California

  • Art from the Heart, Solana Beach, California

  • Artistic License, Costa Mesa, California

  • Borrego Springs Circle of Art, California

  • Bowers Art Museum Show, Santa Ana, California

  • Carmel Valley Artists, San Diego, California

  • Fullerton Art Museum Show, California

  • Gogh Van Orange, Orange, California

  • Hillcrest Festival of Fine Arts, San Diego, California

  • Idyllwild Jazz in the Pines, Idyllwild, California

  • Irvine Studio Arts Festival, California

  • La Quinta Art Under the Umbrellas, California

  • New York Stationary Show, New York

  • Oceanside Days of Art, California

  • San Clemente Art Festival, California

  • San Diego Festival of the Arts

  • Santa Monica Contemporary Crafts Market, California

  • Sawdust Art Festival (1995-2001), Laguna Beach, California

  • Sierra Madre Art Festival, Sierra Madre, California

  • Sierra Madre Creative Arts Group, California

  • Winter Sawdust Art Festival, Laguna Beach, California

Licensed Art

  • Creative Image Licensing

  • Designer Fabric Handbags

  • Enchanted Tattoos

  • Fantasy Tea Shop

  • Fantasy Fabric Block

  • Recycled Paper Greetings

  • The Fairy Society

Self Published

  • Fairy Herbal Oracle Deck

  • Cat Herbal Oracle Deck

  • Zodiac Goddess Power Deck

  • Elfin Ally Oracle Deck

  • Awaken Your Divine Feminine Soul eClass

  • Lefty Oracle eClass

  • Barely A Taste Chapbook by Tangerine Bolen

  • Lefty Oracle Deck

  • Moon Musings Volume 1

  • The Zodiac Goddess Playbook

  • Zines & Chapbooks: Mugwort, Gadfly, Ground, Songs of the Lefties

  • Odds & Ends A Collection of Friends

  • The Book of Khelone

Related Activities

2023
California Arts Council Grant Review Panelist

2019-21
Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Foundation Silent Auction
Dorland Mountain Arts Colony Associate Artist Member, Temecula, California
Temecula Valley Art League Member
Learning Light Foundation Member

2019-20
Temecula Valley Art League Member

2018
Co-Founder, Temecula Mixer for the Arts, Creative networking group, Temecula, California

2015-17
Co-Founder, Facilitator, Temecula Artist's Circle, Facebook Group, Support/critique group

2011-2012, 2008
Founding Member, Social Media Communications, Riverside Art Museum
Printmaker's Network, Riverside, California
Volunteer, Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Temecula, California

2010
Founder Facilitator, Creative Soul Circle, social site

2007
Founder Facilitator, Temecula Artist’s Salon, Temecula, California

2006
Founder Facilitator, Temecula Writer’s Café, Temecula, California

Associations

Union Gallery, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, 2023-24
Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston, Canada, 2023-24
Gananoque Arts Network, Gananoque, Canada, 2023-24
Temecula Writers & Illustrators Group, 2024
Dorland Arts Colony, Temecula, California, 2024
Temecula Valley Art League
Printmakers Network (PNET), Riverside Art Museum
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California

Education

2016-17
Online painting studies with Jennifer Orkin Lewis, Lindsay Stripling

2005-14
Printmaking, letterpress, book arts, encaustic studies with Leslie A. Brown, Dixon Fish, Igor Koutsenko, Victoria Rabinowe, Sibyl Rubottom, Helen Shafer Garcia, Christina Li, Amber George, Kindra Crick

2007-08
Printmaking, Palomar College, San Marcos, California

2003-06
Life drawing, San Jacinto College, Menifee, California

1994
Silk painting studies with Christine Mariotti, Wild Fibre, Long Beach, Califonria

1992
Graphic Design Diploma, St. Lawrence College, Kingston, Canada

1988
BA Art History, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

Artist Statement

I am inspired by a shamanic exploration of the inner psyche.

Background

Born 1965 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Kathy Crabbe lives and works in Southern California. Kathy has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from Queen’s University and a Graphic Design Diploma from St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Canada. She has been a working professional artist since 1992.

Kathy has exhibited her work at numerous galleries, public spaces, and museums including the San Diego Women’s History Museum, Orange County Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art and Art for the Soul. Her work has been featured in private and public collections including the UCLA Arts Library and the Carnegie Library. She has worked as an educator and mentor at Mt. San Jacinto College, Inspire San Diego, Laguna Outreach Community Artists, Sawdust Art Festival, HGTV and Wise Woman University.

Kathy’s work has appeared in various books and magazines including Sage Woman Magazine and the We’Moon Datebook. She has self-published books, zines, oracle decks, a blog, and several eClasses. Kathy has exhibited her work at select art fairs including the Laguna Beach Sawdust Art Festival, Abbott Kinney Art Festival, New York Stationary Show and the Santa Monica Contemporary Crafts Market. Her work has been licensed as greeting cards, fabric blocks, handbags and tattoos. Kathy is a founding member of the the Temecula Artist's Circle, Temecula Writer’s Cafe and Riverside Art Museum Printmaker’s Network.

Interviews with Kathy

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