KIM WEST
2017
CV
Exhibitions/Projects
2017:
LUNCHEON ON THE GRASS, installation (layer paintings, tableauxelements); collaborative installation activation with Heidi Duckler DanceTheatre at Maguire Gardens, in conjunction with Edward Cella Art + Architecture
Walking the Wires, documented and reproducedfor KEN GONZALEZ-DAY SURFACE TENSION: MURALS, SIGNS, AND MARK-MAKING IN L.A. Skirball Cultural Center for Pacific StandardTime: LA/LA, Los Angeles, CA
LA WOMAN,(group) Saatchi Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
LAKE ENCHANTO, installation (mural, sculpture, light elements); collaborativeinstallation activation with Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre and sound artist DavySumner at Peter Strauss Ranch. Commissioned for Arts in Parks by the SantaMonica National Parks Recreation Area.
DTLA,four paintings from, There Were NoSurvivors on loan to The Animal Museum (group), Los Angeles, CA
2015:
LA><ART 10 benefit auction at LA><ART, curated bySharón Zoldan (group) LA, CA
2014:
PULPThink Tank Gallery (group), Los Angeles, CA
2012:
LA Freewalls Inside LaLa Gallery (group), Los Angeles, CA
2011:
SwanGhettogloss Gallery (solo), Los Angeles, CA
2010:
No Way Home Ghettogloss Gallery (solo), Los Angeles, CA
We Are So in Love The Lost Gallery (solo), S. La Brea Ave.,Hollywood, CA
2009:
There Were No Survivors Ghettogloss Gallery (solo), Los Angeles, CA
2008:
StardustDouble Happiness Projects (solo), Los Angeles, CA
Girls, Girls, Girls Part 3 Ghettogloss Gallery (group), Los Angeles, CA
2007:
Girls, Girls, Girls Part 2 Ghettogloss Gallery (group), Los Angeles, CA
2006:
Girls, Girls, Girls Ghettogloss Gallery (group), Los Angeles, CA
2005:
NewGhettogloss Gallery (group), Los Angeles, CA
2004:
All About the Girls, Foyer Projects (solo), Tampa, FL
Inch x Inch Arlington Center for the Arts (group), Arlington, MA
2002:
Family and Friends MPG (3 person), Boston, MA
ChromaGallery 5 North (solo), Boston, MA
New Art 2002 MPG Gallery (group), Boston, MA
OnPoint Gallery 5 North(group), Boston, MA
2001:
NewArt 2001 MPG Gallery (group),Boston, MA
2000:
NewArt 2000 MPG Gallery (group),Boston, MA
1998:
Life WoodsGerry Gallery, Providence, RI
HechoEn Mexico Carte Postal, SanMiguel de Allende, MX
Public Murals:
Ode to Bohemia, No. 2 - 6171 W. Century (LAX), Los Angeles, CA(2017)
Only One Way Through - Hauser Wirth, Los Angeles, CA (2011-16)
Pink Sky Night, No. 7 - West Hollywood City Hall, West Hollywood CA(2016)
Yosemite, Mist Light - Malibu Country Mart, Malibu, CA (2016)
Yosemite, Upside Down - Shake Shack, West Hollywood CA (2016)
Yosemite, State of Mind - Wanderlust, Los Angeles, CA (2016)
101 from the 101, No. 62 - T6, Los Angeles International Airport, LosAngeles, CA
Yosemite Valley (Rainbow Dream Style) King Middle School Murals, Los Angeles, CA
Ode to Bohemia 7th St & Mill St., Los Angeles, CA (2014)
Walking the Wires, 806 Mateo, Los Angeles, CA (2014)
The One with the Bubbles, 809 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA(2011)
Welcome to Hollywood, 806 Traction Ave, Los Angeles, CA (2009)
Lectures/Talks
ARTS DISTRICT MURALS, in conversation withIsabel Rojas-Williams and Noni Olabisi, HauserWirth, Los Angeles, CA (2017)
Kim West, Only One Way Through Artist Talk, Hauser Wirth, Los Angeles, CA (2016)
Kim West,Guest Lecturer, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA (2016)
Bibliography:
NYTimes, Preserving Old Graffiti at a New L.A. Gallery
Vice,Creators, Modern Dance and Street Art Collide in an Abandoned Swimming Pool
PopSugar, MeetLA’s Most Instagrammable Street Artist
CiTiZine, ExploreLos Angeles with Artist Kim West
DiaArt Foundation, #DiaRecommends
HuffPost, WestHollywood: A Model of Progressive Civic Culture
LAist, 14Artists Behind the Best New Street Art in Los Angeles
FreshPaint Magazine, Kim West Issue No. 7
LATimes, Hauser Wirth & Schimmel to inaugurate Los Angeles gallery withexhibition of female sculptors
TheEconomist, Scrubbing Up Well
ArtNerd Los Angeles,Kim West, Tiny Paintings
FreshPaint Magazine (print andonline) Kim West
SFGirl by Bay, Kim West Limited Edition
OhJoy, CareerDay with Kim West - A Painter
GirlCrush, The Painter (and accidental muralist)
LAWeekly, Top Ten Best Los Angeles Street Murals of 2014
Travel& Leisure Magazine, Loft Angeles
LATimes, Paul Schimmel and Hauser & Wirth Pick Downtown Spot for ArtsComplex
LATimes, Arts District Painter, Kim West
LATimes, Artist Kim West Paints a Wall
LATimes, Women Street Artists
BrooklynStreet Art, Best Images of the Year 2009
LAWeekly, Girls, Girls, Girls
NewEngland Gallery Guide, Friends and Family
BostonGlobe, New Art 2000
Awards:
Santa Monica Mountains Fund Award
Education:
1998:Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI. BFA in Painting.
1997:Instituto De Allende, San Miguel de Allende, MX. Studies in Photography and Printmaking with Randa Newlin, DuaneSlick.
1994/5:Smith College, Northampton, MA.Studies in Painting, Printmaking with Elliot Offner.
1994/5:Amherst College, Amherst, MA.Studies in Painting with Robert Sweeney.