Member Biography

ARTIST BACKGROUND

In 1997 I moved to Eastern Washington with my family, and was struck immediately by the subtle and magnetic landscape. I wanted to distill down to their essence the strong shapes and contrasting colors and textures, without sacrificing the realism of landscape. With a simple palette of primary colors, I try to create the subtle, muted tones of far distant fields and rich, vibrant foregrounds. I look for ways using color, light and shadow, to communicate the wonder I feel for a landscape that often goes unseen because it is perceived as bleak and monotonous. The best results in the paintings, and in myself, are a sense of calm and serenity.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2011  Confluence Gallery, Twisp - July
• 2008  L'Association Florence, Paris, France - November
• 2008  Confluence Gallery, Twisp - August
• 2008  Columbia Basin Juried Exhibition, Moses Lake, WA (Award) - January
• 2007   Columbia Basin Juried Exhibition, Moses Lake, WA - January
• 2006   L'Association Florence, Paris, France - November
• 2006   Columbia Basin Juried Exhibition, Moses Lake, WA - (Award - 2nd Place) - January

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

• 2010  Second Space Gallery, Spokane, WA- February
• 2009  Kress Gallery, Spokane, WA - August
• 2009  Smith Exhibits, Roslyn, WA - June
• 2009   Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA - February (2 person)
• 2007 - 2008 Spokane International Airport, Spokane, WA
• 2005   Chase Gallery at City Hall, Spokane, WA

COLLECTIONS

• Wenatchee Valley Clinic, Wenatchee, WA
• Big Bend Community College, Moses Lake, WA
• Group Health, Spokane, WA
• Group Health, Bellevue, WA
• Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
• Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA

EDUCATION

• 1975  University of California, Berkeley- BA in Art

ARTICLES

• Coté Quest Magazine, Paris, France - Feb 2009
• Joyce Magazine, Madrid, Spain - May 2009
  

REPRESENTED BY

• Howard Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA
• Second Space Gallery, Spokane, WA
• Moses Lake Art Museum, Moses Lake, WA
• Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA

See more of Kim's artwork and her
complete biography at
kimmatthewswheaton.com