About Kimberly
Kimberly is a contemporary abstract painter from Missoula, Montana, USA currently based out of London. She received her BFA (Hons) in painting from the University of Montana School of Art in 2015 and an MA in design from Kingston School of Art, London in 2019, graduating with honours. Kimberly's work has been featured in a myriad of solo and group exhibitions and has been collected internationally. She draws inspiration from concepts of memory, nostalgia and the philosophical approach to the self. Her work is a culmination of colours, textures, and imagery derived through layering mediums, experimental colour theory, and photographic transfer processes, heavily influenced by nature, place and a general curiosity surrounding the human condition.
Artist Statement
My work is an attempt to delve into the intricacies and nuanced attributes that define the self and to assimilate these concepts through colour and movement. I rely less on representative imagery in preference to conceptual and abstract aesthetics in order to explore subject matter that escapes the grasp of literal translations and explores concepts that are distinctly human. My work looks at the nuances and intensities that exist within humans yet remain unseen.
I use colour and texture to portray a sense of depth, movement and atmosphere in my work. By doing so the work embodies an ephemeral ambiance that references amorphic places. Such places are designed to be ambiguous and intriguing while evoking a sense of nostalgia within the viewer. They are indistinguishable yet somehow familiar, creating an overall allure and mystery. This process speaks to the format of memory. Often times we, as humans, remember the feeling of a certain place at a certain time, while the visual details remain out of reach. Such memories come to us in glimpses and flashes obscured and filtered by a fog of emotion.
CV
AWARDS
2021 - Semi-Finalist, Seasons Art Competition, King House Gallery, UK
2021 - Judge’s Choice Award, 99 World Artists: UK Competition
2013 - Odyssey of the Stars Art Award, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
2012 - Sue Dolan Art Award, Billings Art Council, Billings, MT, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Instance, Timberyard, London, UK
2018
Elsewhere, No 9, Helsinki, Finland
2017
Nostalgia is a State of Mind, Roasberg , Helsinki, Finland
Perpetual Memory, Lintulahdenkatu, Helsinki, Finland
Fragmented, Yöta, ,Espoo, Finland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Spring and Summer Exhibition, Driftwood Contemporary, UK
2021
The 21st Century will be Colourful, Ad Lib Gallery, UK
Love Life: Summer Exhibition, Ad Lib Gallery, London, UK
Spring Exhibition 2021, Cameron Contemporary Gallery, Brighton, UK
Alright?, Cultivate Gallery (London, UK), Online Exhibition
Seasons, Kinghouse Gallery (Stradford-Upon-Avon, UK), Online Exhibition
2019
Design is, Gallery Different, London, UK
2016
Disregarding the Nature of the Present, Magpie Gallery, Billings, MT, USA
2015
Capstone , University of Montana Fine Arts Gallery, Missoula, MT, USA
Colored, The Roxy, Missoula, MT, USA
A Study in Composition, University of Montana Fine Arts Gallery, Missoula, MT, USA
Steamroller Prints, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Multiple, University of Montana Fine Arts Gallery, Missoula, MT, USA
2014
Print Power, Downtown Dance Collective, Missoula, MT, USA
22nd Annual Day of the Dead Parade, Missoula, MT, USA
Steamroller Prints, The Starving Artist, Missoula MT, USA
Don't Tread on Me, 20th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA, Juror: Vanessa German
2013
Fresh Paint, The Roxy, Missoula, MT, USA
A Study in Colour, University of Montana Fine Arts Gallery, Missoula, MT, USA
Blue, 3rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, University Center Gallery, Missoula, MT, USA, Juror: Andy Smetanka
COLLECTIONS
Permanent Collection - Montana Museum of Art and Culture, Missoula, MT, USA