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28005 Hwy 74 Evergreen Colorado
phone: 303 670 0565
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Kimberly MacArthur Graham |
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Splendid beauty speaks most often to me from a prosaic mouth, and so my work strives to distill the remarkable aspects of the mundane. Inspired by complex patterns of growth and life cycles, and by the diversity, adaptability, and interdependency of living organisms, I create mysterious imaginings that suggest questions rather than dictate answers. Formally, my paintings are shaped by the balanced push and pull of opposites: fertile and barren, desirable and repellant, momentum and rest, life and death.
Layering, texturing, and patterning are my muses; color, my addiction. I work intensely, nearly obsessively, saturating each panel with layers of translucent oil paint and diversiform materials including paper and acrylic medium.
I am in debt to a variety of global predecessors, including 15th-century Northern European painting, Islamic and Aboriginal art forms, and Chinese and Japanese scroll-painting. I am influenced by an ever-expanding spectrum of individual artists including Hieronymus Bosch, Sean Scully, Fred Tomaselli, Emilio Lobato, Lisa Ludwig, and Judy Pfaff. I am inspired by the Japanese notion of sabi, or finding beauty in the old and imperfect, and by anyone not afraid to make deeply personal art.
EDUCATION M.A., art history, University of Denver, 1997 B.A., studio art, University of Texas at Austin, 1991
SELECT SOLO and SMALL GROUP FORMAT EXHIBITIONS “Seeds” (with Bonnie Ferrill Roman), Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO, USA - 2007 “A Luminous Thread,” EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, USA – 2007 “FUSE”, Stoneheart Gallery, Evergreen, CO, USA - 2006-2007 “Offering,” EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, USA - 2006 “Winter Fruit,” Mildred M. Cox Gallery, William Woods University, Fulton, MO, USA - 2006 Buell Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, CO, USA - 2005 “Cross-Pollination” (collaboration with Bonnie Ferrill Roman), CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO, USA - 2005 “Dialog,” Studio Aiello, Denver, CO, USA - 2005 “Within/Without: A Conversation in Painting and Poetry” (collaboration with poet Kathryn T.S. Bass), The Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO, USA - 2005 “A/(I)llusions,” Yellow Door Gallery, Denver, CO, USA - 2004 “Opus 2 in G,” Blue Dome Gallery, Silver City, NM, USA - 2004 Untitled three-person show at KW Gallery, Denver, CO, USA - 2003 “Organic Forms,” Improv Contemporary Gallery, Fort Collins, CO, USA - 2002 “Pilgrimage,” 44T Artspace, Denver, CO, USA - 2002 “Unnoticed Fragments,” Fresh Art Gallery, Denver, CO, USA - 2002 “Passage,” 44T Artspace, Denver, CO, USA - 2001 “Serendipities,” New Lab, Denver, CO, USA - 2001
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS “Over the Rainbow,” East End Applied Arts, Aurora, CO, USA – 2007 “Power of Suggestion,” Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA - 2007 “Kitchen Goddess,” Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO, USA – 2007 “High Heels in Wet Pavement,” Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts, Steamboat Springs, CO, USA - 2006 “Power of Word,” Downtown Aurora Visual Arts, Aurora, CO, USA - 2006 “Ephemeral” (work with Bonnie Ferrill Roman), CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO, USA - 2006 23rd Annual All-Colorado Art Show, Curtis Arts & Humanities Center, Greenwood Village, CO, USA - 2006 “Metal Men (and Two Women),” East End Applied Arts, Aurora, CO, USA - 2006 “Stretched Tight,” Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA, USA - 2006. Juror: Jack Rasmussen “Art on the Edge,” Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood, CO, USA - 2006 “Year-end Finale,” KW Gallery, Denver, CO, USA - 2005 “The Red Show,” East End Applied Arts, Aurora, CO, USA - 2005 “Come Together,” Studio Aiello, Denver, CO, USA - 2005 “Finale,” KW Gallery, Denver, CO, USA - 2004 2004 All-Colorado Show, Curtis Arts & Humanities Center, Greenwood Village, CO, USA. Juror: Adam Lerner CoAF Curated Showcase, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO, USA - 2004. Curator: Andra Archer “City Lives,” Neo Art Gallery, Denver, CO, USA - 2004 Third Annual National Juried Drawing Exhibition, Wiford & Vogt Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM, USA - 2004 Valentine show, Blue Dome Gallery, Silver City, NM, USA - 2004 Invited to participate in the 2003 Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy August show, Blue Dome Gallery, Silver City, NM, USA - 2003 CoAF Curated Showcase, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO, USA - 2003. Curator: Andra Archer “HOT,” Metro Frameworks, Denver, CO, USA. Jurors: Jerry Gilmore, Paul Hughes, and Mimi Davies. “Untitled” invitational abstract show, Studio Aiello, Denver, CO, USA - 2002 “Movements,” SPACE Gallery, Denver, CO, USA - 2002
Art exhibition for the 2002 Olympics, Park City, UT, USA “101 Vampires,” GOOG, Denver, CO, USA - 2001. Juror: Kathryn Charles “Miniatures Show,” Core New Art Space, Denver, CO, USA - 2001. Juror: Jeanie Nuanes King “Contemporary Colorado 2001,” The Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO, USA. Juror: Elizabeth Schlosser “Elements,” Charles Kristen Galleries, Denver, CO, USA - 2001 “Emerging Artists 2001,” The Artists Guild, Denver, CO, USA
AWARDS and HONORS Juror’s Award, 23rd Annual All-Colorado Art Show, 2006 Finalist, Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute Associate Grant Program, 2006 Piece commissioned for Denver Art Museum’s Design After Dark, a fundraiser for the Department of Architecture, Design & Graphics, Jan. 20, 2006 Finalist, Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute Associate Grant Program, 2005 First Place, Colorado Artists Festival, 2004
GALLERY ASSOCIATIONS Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO, USA Stoneheart Gallery, Evergreen, CO, USA Artizen Fine Arts, Dallas, TX, USA Blue Dome Gallery, Silver City, NM, USA Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
SELECT COLLECTIONS Pinnacol Assurance, Denver, CO, USA PAR-A-SOL, LLC, Denver, CO, USA Mercer Consulting, Denver, CO, USA Prima Donna Public Relations, Golden, CO, USA RHadius Architects, PC, Denver, CO, and Washington, DC, USA Humphries Poli Architects, Denver, CO, USA Vitahl Medical Rejuvenation Spa, Denver, CO, USA Cocktail Concepts, Denver, CO, USA Amir Etemadi (Amako), Denver, CO, USA; Toronto, Canada Ann Cuthbertson Architects, Denver, CO, USA Burges Smith, St. Helena, CA, USA Westhills Community Clubhouse, Lakewood, CO, USA Numerous arts professionals (curators, artists, etc.) in the Denver area
PUBLICATIONS “3 From Within/Without,” DIAGRAM ( http://www.thediagram.com/5_4/ bassgraham.html). Bass, Kathryn T.S. and Kimberly MacArthur Graham, Within/Without: A Conversation in Poetry and Painting (Pilgrims Process, 2005). ISBN: 0-9749597-4-X.
SHOW REVIEWS and ARTIST PROFILES MacMillan, Kyle, “We’re not in Kansas Anymore,” The Denver Post, Oct. 11, 2007. Uhland, Vicky, “Working Jointly is Twice as Nice,” The Denver Post, Apr. 22, 2007: 30A, color illus. Chandler, Mary Voelz, “EDGE Gallery Hits a Home Run,” Rocky Mountain News, April 14, 2007: 2D. Chandler, Mary Voelz, “Heaven and the Refrigerator,” Rocky Mountain News, Mar. 2, 2007. Smith, Colleen, “ArtScene: Kimberly MacArthur Graham,” Colorado Expression, Dec. 2006/Jan 2007: 82-24, 87, color illus. Vickstrom, Anne, “Artists Team Up for Unique Exhibit,” Canyon Courier, Dec. 6, 2006: 5B, 9B, b/w illus. American Art Collector: Central States. Vol. 3, Book 2: 35. color illus. “Culture, Aurora-style,” BestBets in The Denver Post, Nov. 17, 2006: 10FF. “CORE New Art Space Member Show,” Downtown Denver News, Nov. 10 – Dec. 10, 2005: 22. Card Chmel, Janalee, “Artistic Collision,” University of Denver Magazine, Fall 2005: 43, color illus. Schluter, Debra, “East End Applied Arts is Red Hot with its Latest Show,” Aurora Daily Sun & Sentinel, June 13, 2005. Paglia, Michael, “Formal Ware: New Abstracts are Brought Together at Great Shows at + Gallery and Studio Aiello,” Westword, May 12, 2005. Moulding, Murray, “Interview: Graham/Bass”, Elevated Living, May/June 2005: 25-29, color illus. Stickney, Dane, “Paintings and Poems: Art Center Offers Expressions through Words, Images,” Grand Junction Free Press, Mar. 4, 2005:12, color illus. “Graham, Gasteyer Will Premiere at a Reception at Blue Dome Gallery,” Silver Scene, Aug. 6, 2004: 1, color illus. “Living Through Art: Studio Life” Colorado Modern, May 2004: 6-7, color illus. “Seeking Sabi,” University of Denver Magazine, Winter 2003-04: 41, color illus. Television interview regarding participation in Colorado Art Expo; Channel 7 News, Dec. 7, 2003 Television interview regarding participation in Colorado Arts Festival; Channel 4 News, May 25, 2003 “Spotlight: Colorado Arts Festival,” Rocky Mountain News, May 23, 2003: 5D, color illus. “Colorado Arts Festival Preview,” The Daily Camera, May 23, 2003: n.p., b/w illus. “Itinerary: State of the Art,” Colorado Homes and Lifestyles, Apr. 2003: 99, color illus. “Point of View,” Colorado Homes and Lifestyles, Jan. 2003: 176, color illus. North Denver Tribune, Art Listings, Oct. 10, 2002: 11,13, b/w illus. “Featured Artist – November,” ArtistsRegister.com, Nov. 2001: http:// artistsregister.com/resources.phtml “Exhibit Highlights – Contemporary Colorado ’02: form and content,” The Art Center – Grand Junction, Colorado, July, 2001: http://www.gjartcenter.org/contempco01/contempco01.html
“Artist Profile: Kimberly Graham,” The Baker [Neighborhood] Bark, June 2001: 3, b/w illus.
OTHER RELEVANT DETAILS
Guest Lecturer, Metropolitan State College of Denver, CO, USA
Published writer on architecture and design
Member, Museum of Contemporary Art / Denver, CO, USA
Member, Denver Art Museum, CO, USA
Member, National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, USA
Member, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Steering Committee, Doors Open Denver - 2006
Juror, University of Colorado at Denver, Architectural Design Studio
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"I am interested in chronicling the complex patterns and cycles of growth, and in revealing the beauty of all organisms, including those whose procreation herald tragedy." Kimberly MacArthur Graham
"Fall-ing"
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