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