group shows (links via the asterisk)
2023
Filter Gallery (Chicago, IL), Context 2023 (Karen Haas)*
2022
Danforth Museum (Framingham, MA), 5 Years of Aspect Initiative (Steven J. Duede)*
2020
A Smith Gallery (Johnson City, TX), Water (Douglas Beasley)*
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts (Providence, RI), The Heart Goes Nine (J. Syballa Smith)*
The Curated Fridge (Somerville, MA + Los Angeles, CA), The Ones That Got Away (Yorgos Efthymiadis)*
Don’t Take Pictures (Online Exhibition), Mirror Image (Kat Kiernan)*
2019
Panopticon Gallery (Boston, MA), First Look, A Portfolio Showcase *
LoosenArt/Millepiani (Rome, Italy), Perceptions*
Aperture Gallery (NYC), Lensculture Art Photography Awards*
Center for Fine Art Photography (Fort Collins, CO), The Life of Water (Juried by Jennifer Shaw)*
Maine Photography Show (Boothbay Harbor, Maine), Boothbay Region Art Foundation (Juried by Ron Rosenstock)*
Center for Fine Art Photography (Fort Collins, CO), 2019 Member Exhibition (Juried by Cecily Cullen)*
Griffin Museum (Lafayette City Center, Boston) In Your Mother Tongue: A Word and Image Dialogue * (Paula Tognarelli)
Photographic Resource Center (Cambridge, MA), Exposure 2019 (Juried by Mark Durant)
Photoplace Gallery (Middlebury, VT), Water (Juried by Elizabeth Avedon)*
Davis Orton Gallery (Hudson, NY), 5th Annual Group Show (Paula Tognarelli)
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts (Providence, RI), 2nd Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition (Yorgos Efthymiadis)*
The Garner Center for Photographic Exhibitions (Waltham, MA), The Audacity of Hope (Paula Tognarelli)*
Studio Galerie B&B (Paris, France) Wish You Were Here
2018
LoosenArt/Millepiani (Rome, Italy), Surfaces *
Beacon Gallery (Boston, MA), Nature & Vitality *
The FENCE, New England Regional Photographers Showcase *
Griffin Museum, 24th Annual Juried Members' Exhibition (Juried by Richard McCabe) *
Photoplace Gallery (Middlebury, VT), Water (Juried by Ann Jastrab) *
The Curated Fridge (Curated by J. Sybylla Smith) *
2017
Photoplace Gallery, Celebrating the Creative Process (Juried by Kat Kiernan) *
2016
The Curated Fridge (Curated by Caleb Cole) *
awards + honors
2019
Finalist, Critical Mass 2019, Photolucida *
Honorable Mention, Juror’s Award, Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, 2nd Annual Juired Members’ (Yorgos Efthymiadis)*
Juror’s Award, The Center for Fine Art Photography, The Life of Water, (Jennifer Shaw) *
Honorable Mention, Director’s Award, The Center for Fine Art Photography, The Life of Water (Hamidah Glasgow)*
Honorable Mention, Water, Photoplace Gallery (Elizabeth Avedon)*
Photo of the Day, Don’t Take Pictures (Kat Kiernan) *
2018
Click & Company, Voice Collection, Semi-finalist (Mysteriousness)*
Griffin Museum, Photobook Initiative *
Finalist, Art Photography Awards, Lensculture *
Honorable Mention, Water, Photoplace Gallery *
2017
Photo of the Day, Don’t Take Pictures (Kat Kiernan) *
Directors Award, Celebrating the Creative Process, Photoplace Gallery (James Barker) *
2015
National Geographic Your Shot, Daily Dozen, Editor’s Pick
Top 100 Photographers to Watch in 2015, Clickin Moms *
2014
Mom.me - Our 50 Favorite Mom Photographers *
bodies of work
reverie, forthcoming, leaning into the steepness of not knowing
raising goosebumps, ongoing, delving inward to balance uncertainty with wonder
long form, ongoing, word and image pairings by date and time
cloud 9, complete, a mother seeing the world through child-like eyes
related experience
Artist Talk, Raising Goosebumps, Griffin Museum of Photography, August 2018
Offset/Shutterstock, Contributing Photographer, Ongoing *
Adobe Premium Stock, Contributing Photographer, Ongoing *
bibliography
2022
Maine Media, LUX Volume 1
2019
Wall Street International, “First Look 2019”*
Improper Bostonian, Deep Dive, January 2019
Maine Women’s Magazine, Verse & View, January 2019*
Click Magazine, Voice Competition Finalist, Mysteriousness
What Will You Remember, Best Photo Picks January 2019*
What Will You Remember, “First Look” 2019*
2018
Phoblographer, Inspiration: Cate Wnek’s Intimate ‘Raising Goosebumps’Serves as an Experiential Escape *
Lensculture, Interview: Raising Goosebumps, Cate Wnek *
Dodho, Interview: Fever by Cate Wnek *
C-41, Have you ever had goosebumps? Come inside the kaleidoscope world of Cate Wnek *
24th Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography Exhibition Catalog
Celebrating the Creative Process, Photoplace Gallery Exhibition Catalog
Water, Photoplace Gallery Exhibition Catalog
Aspect Initiative, Featured Artist*
2016
Exquisite Corpse, Vol 2: Extended Play, Maine Media Workshops + College
publications
Wnek, C. (November 2015) “ My Foray into Film.” Lemonade and Lenses.
Wnek, C. (August 2015) “Life Lessons in Film.” One-Twenty-Five.
Wnek, C. (March/April 2015) “Learning through Experimentation. ”Click Magazine.
DPI Magazine (2015)
Maine Home & Design (August 2013, May 2013, February 2013, December 2012, September 2012)
education
Low Residency Online Program, International Center for Photography (2017-2018)
MFA Semester 1, Maine Media Workshops (2016-2017)
Visual Books for Photographers, Cig Harvey, Maine Media Workshops (2017)
Personal Story, Cig Harvey, Maine Media Workshops (2016)
Dark Room Studies, Thurston Howes, Maine College of Art (2015)
MBA, University of Maine (2001)
B.A., Colby College (1996)
professional affiliations
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts
The Griffin Museum of Photography
Photographic Resource Center
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts
Portland Museum of Art
ClickPro