Kata Billups
Curriculum Vitae
Kata Billups
(b. 1958, U.S.A)
Winthrop University, Master of Fine Arts, 2005
Kansas City Art Institute, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1989
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021-2007 On-line Show via my eBay Gallery, virtual gallery show, international Collectors
2008 ELVIS TAKES DALLAS, Curtis Group Architects, Dallas, TX.
2006 Fame is a Seriously Funny Thing, Bong Java, Nashville, TN.
2006 KATA, A&D Gallery, London, UK.
2003 KATA’s Going Away Show, T-Bonz, Charleston, SC.
2003 An American Folk Artist, KATA, La Pop Gallerie, Ivry Sur Sein, FR.
2001 Dylan in Black and White, Mostly, The Arts Company, Nashville, Tn.
2001 Bob Dylan, Painted Lyrics, The Depot Gallery, Montauk, NY.
2000 KATA One Woman Show, 32 Vendue Gallery, Charleston, SC.
1999 KATA, M.C.A. Music Artist Development Headquarters, Nashville, TN.
1999 KATA, Capitol Records Headquarters, Los Angels, CA.
1998 ELVIS SIGHTINGS, Fifty Two Five, Charleston, SC.
1997 Elvis in New Orleans, The Living Room, New Orleans, LA.
1996 Rock and Roll Icons by Kata Billups, Channel Red, Charleston, SC.
1995 New Work by KATA, The Atlanta Music Festival, Atlanta, GA.
1995 Versace Rocks, Versace, Miami, FL.
1994 Rock and Roll Cigars, Wake Up Suzie, Washington D.C.
1994 New Rock and Roll work by KATA, The Island, Isle of Palms, SC.
1993 Elvis Sightings, Twelfth and Porter, Nashville, TN.
1992 ELVIS IN THE BUILDING, Outside In, Hollywood, CA.
1991 CAPITOL ELVIS, Capitol Records, Nashville, Tn.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2003 GRADUATE EXHIBITION, Winthrop University Gallery, Rock Hill, SC.
2001 New Folk and Outsider Show, America Oh Yes!, Hilton Head, SC.
2001 Elvis, Glorious Elvis, Galerie Michel Gillet, Paris, FR.
2000 ELVIS , Musee de’Orsay, Sete, FR.
1999 New Folk, New York Folk Art Society, New York, NY.
1999 Howard Finster Visionary, The Nesin Gallery, Myrtle Beach, SC.
1998 Show in the Electric Chair, Primitive Koll, San Diego, CA.
1997 Folk Artists, The Red Piano Too, St. Helena’s Island, CS.
1997 Rock Stars in Art, Fish Head Soup, Denver, Co.
1996 KATA and Others Rock Artists, Checkered Moon, Savannah, GA.
1995 ICONS, The Yard Dog, Austin, TX.
1995-1996 Elvis & Marilyn, 2X
Immortal, Travelling International Show, The N.Y. Historical Society, New York, NY., Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Honolulu, Hi., The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Boston, MA., Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC., Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH., San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.
1994 FOOD, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
1993 Rock & Roll, Diversity Out, Atlanta, GA.
1992 ELVIS SHOW, Delta Axis, Memphis, TN.
1992 Out Door Picoletto Art Show, Picoletto Spoleto, Charleston, SC.
1991 Portraits by KATA, JAMIE, Nashville, TN.
1989 Opryland Art Show, Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN.
1987 Athena Art Competition, The Parthenon, Nashville, Tn.
1987 Fundraising Show, The Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC.