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,
B.A., studio art,
SELECT SOLO and SMALL GROUP FORMAT
EXHIBITIONS
“Tranquility,” Cerulean Gallery,
“Seductive, Still,” SPACE Gallery, Denver,
CO,
“Seeds” (with Bonnie Ferrill Roman),
“A Luminous Thread,” EDGE Gallery, Denver,
CO,
“FUSE”, Stoneheart Gallery, Evergreen, CO,
“Offering,” EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO,
“Winter Fruit,” Mildred M. Cox Gallery,
Buell Theatre, Denver Performing Arts
Complex, CO,
“Cross-Pollination” (collaboration with
Bonnie Ferrill Roman), CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO,
“Dialog,” Studio Aiello, Denver, CO,
“Within/Without: A Conversation in Painting
and Poetry” (collaboration with poet Kathryn T.S. Bass), The Western Colorado
Center for the Arts,
“A/(I)llusions,” Yellow Door Gallery,
Denver, CO,
“Opus 2 in G,” Blue Dome Gallery,
Untitled three-person show at KW Gallery,
Denver, CO,
“Organic Forms,” Improv Contemporary
Gallery, Fort Collins, CO,
“Pilgrimage,” 44T Artspace, Denver, CO,
“Unnoticed Fragments,” Fresh Art Gallery,
Denver, CO,
“Passage,” 44T Artspace, Denver, CO,
“Serendipities,” New Lab, Denver, CO,
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Juried Student / Alumni Exhibition,
University of
“Over the Rainbow,” East End Applied Arts,
Aurora, CO,
“Power of Suggestion,” Infusion Gallery,
“Kitchen Goddess,”
“High Heels in Wet Pavement,”
“Power of Word,” Downtown Aurora Visual
Arts, Aurora, CO,
“Ephemeral” (work with Bonnie Ferrill Roman),
CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO,
23rd Annual All-Colorado Art
Show, Curtis Arts & Humanities Center, Greenwood Village, CO,
“Metal Men (and Two Women),” East End
Applied Arts,
“Stretched Tight,” Target Gallery at the
“Art on the Edge,” Red Rocks Community College,
Lakewood, CO,
“Year-end Finale,” KW Gallery, Denver, CO,
“The Red Show,” East End Applied Arts,
Aurora, CO,
“Come Together,” Studio Aiello, Denver, CO,
“Finale,” KW Gallery, Denver, CO,
2004 All-Colorado Show, Curtis Arts &
Humanities Center, Greenwood Village, CO,
CoAF Curated Showcase, Republic Plaza,
Denver, CO,
“City Lives,” Neo Art Gallery, Denver, CO,
Third Annual National Juried Drawing
Exhibition, Wiford & Vogt Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM, USA - 2004
Valentine show, Blue Dome Gallery,
Invited to participate in the 2003 Biennale
Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea,
August show, Blue Dome Gallery,
CoAF Curated Showcase, Republic Plaza,
Denver, CO,
“HOT,” Metro Frameworks, Denver, CO,
“Untitled” invitational abstract show,
Studio Aiello, Denver, CO,
“Movements,” SPACE Gallery, Denver, CO,
Art exhibition for the 2002 Olympics,
“101 Vampires,” GOOG, Denver, CO,
“Miniatures Show,” Core New Art Space,
Denver, CO,
“Contemporary Colorado 2001,” The
“Elements,” Charles Kristen Galleries,
Denver, CO,
“Emerging Artists 2001,” The Artists Guild,
Denver, CO,
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
Finalist,
Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute Associate Grant Program, 2005
GALLERY ASSOCIATIONS
EDGE, Denver, CO,
Stoneheart Gallery, Evergreen, CO,
Cerulean Gallery,
Blue Dome Gallery,
SELECT COLLECTIONS
Pinnacol Assurance, Denver, CO,
PAR-A-SOL, LLC, Denver, CO,
Mercer Consulting,
Prima Donna Public Relations, Golden, CO,
RHadius Architects, PC, Denver, CO, and
Humphries Poli Architects, Denver, CO,
Vitahl Medical Rejuvenation Spa, Denver, CO,
Cocktail Concepts, Denver, CO,
Amir Etemadi (Amako),
Ann Cuthbertson Architects, Denver, CO,
Burges Smith,
Westhills Community Clubhouse, Lakewood, CO,
Numerous arts professionals (curators, artists, etc.) in the
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.
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
Card Chmel, Janalee, “Artistic Collision,”
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,
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:
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“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.
“Featured Artist – November,”
ArtistsRegister.com, Nov. 2001:http:// artistsregister.com/resources.phtml
“Exhibit Highlights – Contemporary
“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,
Board Member, Design Council of the Dept. of
Architecture, Design & Graphics, Denver Art Museum, CO, USA
Member,
Member, WomanMade Gallery,
Guest Lecturer, Metropolitan State College
of Denver, CO,
Development Committee, Work Options for
Women, Denver, CO,
Steering Committee, Doors Open
Guest Juror,