Zine, Book, Printmaking Exhibitions

2025

Star Charts, Hey Grrrl Collective, Relentless Brewing, Temecula, CA

2024

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

2023

Synaesthesia, Summerhall Gallery, Curated by Leo R. Hajducki, Edinburgh, Scotland
RE:MEMBER, Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, Canada
Smile Like You Mean It, Hey Grrrl Collective, SuperMix Mercantile, Temecula, California (November)
Electricity, Hey Grrrl Collective, Weins Brewing Company, Temecula

2020

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

2017

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

2016

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

2015

Drought, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

2012

Verse to Image, Riverside Community Arts Association Gallery, Riverside, California
Local Author Exhibit, San Diego Public Library, San Diego, California
PNET Members’ Print II Show, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California

2011

PNET Members’ Print Show, Riverside Art Museum, 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

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

Book-of-Khelone by Kathy Crabbe — Book of Khelone by Kathy Crabbe

Zine 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

Zine-15 by Kathy Crabbe — Zine #15 by Kathy Crabbe

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.
Cartomancer Magazine: A Metaphysical Journal for Diviners, Oracle Deck Column, Summer 2022.
Room Magazine Ancestor Issue, published by West Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society (The Growing Room Collective), Issue 45.1, Spring 2022 (reproduction)
Outsider Art Magazine, 2020
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)
Garland of the Goddess: Tales and Poems of the Divine Feminine, published by Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 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)
San Diego Poetry Annual, published by William Harry Harding, 2007, 2008.
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)

Reviews

Shoutout SoCal, Local Story, February, 2021
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.

Speaker Engagements

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

Zine-#12 by Kathy Crabbe — Zine #12 by Kathy Crabbe

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

Zine, Book & Print Galleries

Marianne van Silfhout Gallery, St Lawrence College, Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Ground Floor Gallery + Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Mingei International Folk Museum Store, San Diego, California

Self Published Zines, Books & Divination Decks

Siren Song Mermaid Tarot Deck
Fairy Herbal Oracle Deck
Cat Herbal Oracle Deck
Zodiac Goddess Power Deck, Playbook & eClass
Elfin Ally Oracle Deck
Lefty Oracle Deck & eClass
Barely A Taste Chapbook by Tangerine Bolen, Illustrated by Kathy Crabbe
Moon Musings Volume 1
Zines & Chapbooks: Mugwort, Gadfly, Ground, Songs of the Lefties, Spell Cats
Odds & Ends A Collection of Friends
The Book of Khelone

Education

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

No Cynics Allowed - Mugwort Zine by Kathy Crabbe

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

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 and Baltimore Museum of Art. 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 School.

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 was a founding member of the the Temecula Artist's Circle, Temecula Writer’s Cafe and Riverside Art Museum Printmaker’s Network.