Kimberly Macarthur Graham

 

 

My paintings are mythical worlds peopled by seeds and pods. Inspired by the beautiful logic of stages of life and patterns of growth, I create fertile grounds rich in color, texture, and pattern. Ordered and yet organic, each is a stage set to host the eternal dance of universal opposites: fertile and barren, desirable and repellant, life and death.

 

I am in debt to a variety of global predecessors, including 15th-century Northern European painting, Islamic and Aboriginal art forms, Surrealistm, and Chinese and Japanese scroll-painting. I am influenced by an ever-expanding spectrum of individual artists including Hieronymus Bosch, Max Ernst, Sean Scully, Fred Tomaselli, Emilio Lobato, Lisa Ludwig, and Judy Pfaff. I am a believer in the Japanese notion of sabi, or finding beauty in the old and imperfect, and an admirer of 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

“Tranquility,” Cerulean Gallery, Dallas, TX, USA, 2008 (July – August)

“Seductive, Still,” SPACE Gallery, Denver, CO, USA, 2008

“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

Juried Student / Alumni Exhibition, University of Denver Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, CO, USA - 2008

“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

Celebrate Colorado Artists, Denver, CO, 2002. Jurors: Nancy Sullivan, Allison Wearasmith, and Jennifer Cook

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

Walker Fine Art show at the Belvedere, Denver, CO, 2001

 

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

EDGE, Denver, CO, USA

Stoneheart Gallery, Evergreen, CO, USA

Cerulean Gallery, Dallas, TX, USA

Blue Dome Gallery, Silver City, NM, 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

Published magazine writer on architecture and design

Member, Museum of Contemporary Art / Denver, CO, USA

Board Member, Design Council of the Dept. of Architecture, Design & Graphics, Denver Art Museum, CO, USA

Member, National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, USA

Member, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA

Guest Lecturer, Metropolitan State College of Denver, CO, USA

Development Committee, Work Options for Women, Denver, CO, USA

Steering Committee, Doors Open Denver - 2006

Guest Juror, University of Colorado at Denver, Architectural Design Studio

 

Editor, DU School of Art and Art History newsletter

Art Writer, Go-Go Magazine

Marketing Director, Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF)

Curatorial Assistant, Department of Architecture, Design & Graphics, Denver Art Museum

Illustrator, Denver Art Museum Education Department

Gallery Intern, Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, University of Denver