Kim Curtis, Painter http://www.kimcurtis.net
505 West John Street info@kimcurtis.net
Champaign, IL 61820 Phone: 217-351-6421 Mobile: 415-310-6633
Gallery Representation:
Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery, Chicago IL
Atelier Bleu Acier, Tampa, FL
Education:
2002 BfA with distinction: Painting, California College of the Arts (formerly CCAC)
Principal Instructors: Franklin Williams, Mark Eanes, Christopher Brown.
1990 BA: History of Art, University of California at Berkeley
1988-89 Universitaet zu Goettingen, Germany
1986-87 Scuola di Lingua e Cultura per Stranieri, Florence, Italy
Select Solo Exhibitions:
2008 “Disruption” kasia kay art projects gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 “DRIVE: New Work by Kim Curtis”, kasia kay art projects gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “Yellow Evening; New Work by Kim Curtis” kasia kay art projects gallery, Chicago IL, “Two Years in the Midwest”, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Urbana IL
2003 “ Kim Curtis”, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, CA
Select Group Exhibitions:
2007 “New Editions”, Bleu Acier Gallery, Tampa, FL
“Notions of Wilderness” curated by Catherine Forster, kasia kay art projects gallery, Chicago, IL
Bridge Art Fair, Chicago, IL, represented by kasia kay art projects
2006 Summer Gallery Exhibition, kasia kay art projects gallery, Chicago, IL
SCOPE New York 2006, represented by kasia kay art projects
“Entre Chien et Loup”, Bleu Acier Gallery, Tampa FL
“Atmospheric”, kasia kay art projects gallery, Chicago IL
2005 TOJO Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
Springfield Art Association “The Modern Landscape” Springfield, IL
Woman Made Gallery, Juried Members’ Show, Chicago, IL
New Visions Gallery “Culture and Agriculture” Marshfield, WI
2004 National Small Works Juried Exhibition, Schoharie, NY
Springer Cultural Center Juried Exhibition Series, Champaign, IL
2003 Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Public, San Francisco, CA
Green Couch Staging and Design, San Francisco, CA
Select Private Collections:
Morgan Stanley Investments, Madison Street, Chicago, IL
Jon “Cody” Sokolski, CEO, One Main Development, Champaign, IL
Inger Stole & Bob McChesney, Dept. of Communications, UIUC and Host: “MediaMatters” WILL radio
Dr. Adam Tooze & Dr. Becky Conekin, Cambridge University/London College of Fashion, UK
Kasia Kay, Owner; kasia kay art projects gallery, Chicago IL
Publications:
Disruption, exhibition catalogue, kasia kay art projects gallery, Chicago IL
MoonLit, Journal of New Poetry, Chicago, IL: Cover Art
True-Eye magazine, volume 4: http://www.true-eye.net
Her Mark, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Awards/Honors
2007 Critics’ Choice, Chicago Tribune for “Drive” at kasia kay art projects gallery
2006 Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Juried Art Auction
National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie, NY:
Florence French Alumni Scholarship, California College of the Arts (three years)
Academic Scholarship, California College of the Arts (three years)
Related Experience:
1995-2001 Master Craftsperson, San Francisco Opera Costume Shop:
Constructed armor, masks, jewelry and animals for Costume Department.
1990-2003 Professional Costume Design and Construction