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EDUCATION
2022 Applied Existential Coaching Certification. Boulder Psychotherapy Institute. Boulder, Colorado
2014 M.A. Art Therapy & Counseling. Southwestern College. Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007 B.F.A. Sculpture. Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Empyrean Odyssey of Metal and Seas, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City
2023 Arcadia, Habitat Contemporary Gallery, Kansas City
2021 20/20 Hindsight, Online Viewing Room
2019 Sound Soliloquy : Ruche Mère, The Capsule, Kansas City
2018 This World is Strange and I Blame it on You, Pirate Contemporary Art, Denver
2017 Ebb & Flow, Pirate Contemporary Art, Denver
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONs
2026 The Supreme Point, Leedy Volkus Center, Kansas City (curated by Elizabeth Kirsh)
2025 Art Therapists in America, American Art Therapy Association Conference, Portland (curated by ATTA [catalog])
2024 Wearable Art, HOK, Kansas City (curated by Kansas City Artist Coalition)
2023 Art Heals, InterUrban ArtHouse, Overland Park (curated by Wolf Brack)
2021 Día de los Muertos, Pirate Contemporary Art, Denver (curated by Pirate Contemporary Art)
2019 Art of the State, Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, Arvada (curated by Collin Parson, Joy Armstrong, Daisy McGowan, [catalog])
2018 Temple Tantrum, Meow Wolf at The Temple, Denver (curated by Lewis Neef)
2017 Innovation, Featured Artist, DAVA, Aurora (curated by Viviane Le Courtois)
2016 Creative Endeavors: Art of the Art Therapist, Core New Art Space, Denver (curated by Art Therapy Association of Colorado)
2015 Eleusinian Rights, Lunar Lodge, Boulder
2014 Their Singing Your Song, Galeria El Farol, Santa Fe (curated by Viviana Quiroga Cloninger)
2013 M.A.P., Freestyle Gallery, Albuquerque (curated by Ralph Green)
2012 10 x 10, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe (curated by Clark Baughan)
2011 To the Source, Trap Gallery, Denver (curated by Bonnie Dover)
2010 Cumulous II, The Paragraph, Kansas City (curated by Charlotte Street Foundation)
Selected performances
2026 POPTRA, co-producer, FIFA FanFest Main Stage; World Cup, Kansas City
2025 Alter Destiny, National Audio Theater Festival, Columbia
2024 Other Worldly : Wonder Worlds, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City
2022 Prismatic, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City
2021 EMRICSF, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City
2020 Parade for the People, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
2019 EPIC GALA: Ghillie Suit Fashion Show, Redline Contemporary Art Center, Denver
2016 Spoiled Victorian Child; Denver Noise Festival, Globe Hall, Denver
2013 Art as Medicine - New Mexico Art Therapy Association. Santa Fe Historic Square, Santa Fe
2012 Toxic Shock;White Trash Wonderland an AIDS Benefit, Uptown Theater, Kansas City
Residencies/AWARDS
2023 Performance Art Residency, Habitat Contemporary Gallery, Kansas City
2021 New Music Composition Competition, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City
2017 Masters of Advanced Studies Artist Residency, Wickerson Foundry & Kiln, Kansas City
2016 9th Ward Artist Residency, The Aquarium Gallery and Studios, New Orleans
2014 Art Therapist in Residency, OffCenter Community Arts Project. Albuquerque
2009 Artist Inc., Andy Warhol Foundation, Kansas City
2009 Charlotte Street Foundation Artist Residency, Kansas City
SELECTED PRESS
New York Executive Podcast, “Art Therapy and Integrative Counseling” September 11th, 2026
Dan Goodman, "Meet Kat Dison Nechlebova", Canvas Rebel, June 26th, 2023
InterUrban ArtHouse, "Art Heals 2023 Catalog" , February 7th 2023
Damian Lair, Kemper Gala, In Kansas City, November 1, 2022
Plastic Sax, "Alter Destiny at Charlotte Street Foundation", October 30, 2022
Stephanie Hernandez, "Getting to know Kat Dison Nechlebova'" VoyageKC, August 8th, 2022
Kansas City Art Institute, "Alumni Accomplishments Showcase", December 13th, 2020
Tenet Podcast, "Kat Nechleba", Giving Voice to Visual Arts, September 10th, 2020
Dustin Krcatovich, "Talkin Jive: Ruche Mére", Golden Feelings, May 1.2020
Queen City Sounds & Art,"Best Shows in Denver", Music & Art in Denver and Beyond, January 31st, 2020
Sarah Rockett, "Q&A with Secret Love Collective", Denver Art Museum, January 2nd, 2019
John Wenzel, "An Art Party Like No Other", Denver Post; Life & Culture, August 31st, 2018
Michael Nickles,”10 Unique Things to do in Denver”, 303 Magazine, January 4th, 2017
Tom Murphy, “DIY Music Isn’t Dead in Colorado”, Westword, December 27th, 2016
Scott Hutton, "After Hours Allegiance”, Santa Fe Reporter, September 16th, 2012
Dru Pheonix,“Transforming Consciousness”, Southwestern College, September 21st, 2011
UnResort Productions, “Shameless in Kansas City”, Sleeper Cellar, July 10th, 2010
Audrey Watkins, “Jonesboro Living”, City Guide, 2009
Alexia Stout-Lang, “Artist Manifests Bicycle Mythology” University of Missouri, November 30th, 2009
Kansas City Art Institute, “Sculpture Department Featured Artist Admissions Catalog”, 2006