Kathleen King
Mnemestream #1Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas 14" x 16" x 1" |
Producing obsessive and hypnotic surfaces are my way to engage and keep the
viewer in an ongoing visual dialogue with my artwork. Some of the works
shown here are more abstracted and formal and some works are more
representational and narrative. It is not my intention to be strictly
catagoried as either a representational artist or a non-objective artist.
In my recent compositions, the critical mass of visual relationships occur
in such a way as to allow the viewer to revisit the work and experience it
in a different way each time. The result is a kind of natural pictorial
fiction that takes on many plastic and changing identities.
The media employed in executing these hybrid art works are traditional,
including acrylic and oil, combined with more current media such as digital
applications and Xerox transfers.
Biography Kathleen King lives and works in Chicago. She is an adjunct professor in the Fine Arts Dept. at Loyola University in Chicago. Her works are in several private and public collections in the USA and abroad. Ms. King is on the advisory board of the Skopelos Art Foundation in Skopelos, Greece and has held workshops as a visiting artist at the foundation. In addition, the artist is an adjunct professor in the Summer International Campus Program at Korea University in Seoul, South Korea. She will be teaching an observational drawing course and a watercolor techniques course there this summer’08. King’s obsessive and hypnotic multi layers of mixed media, whether on canvas or on paper, suggest the passage of time and movement, allowing the evocative compositions to unfold before the viewer’s eye, leaving a visual poetic impression similar to a perfume scent permeating the olfactory senses. Present teaching positions:
Adjunct Professor, Fine Art Department, Loyola University, Chicago,IL. USA
Visiting Adjunct Professor, International Summer Campus Program, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Highlighted Solo Exhibitions:
“Illumatoons” recent mixed media work by Kathleen King, Reception: Dec.1st from 3pm to 7pm. Nov.20th to Dec.15th,.2007 at: Viridian Artists, INC. New York City, NY. 530 West 25th Street room 407 NYC, NY. 10001
*“Hypnotic”: a mini retrospective of works by Kathleen King. May 18th thru June 2007. Reception: 6-9pm and artist’s talk: 6:30 to 7pm, Thursday, May 17th. Steeple Gallery, LTD. 11107 Thiel Street St. John, IN.
“Plastic Pictorials, II” Oct. 2005. Fine Arts Building Gallery Chicago, IL.
“Plastic Pictorials” Mar.-Apr. 2005. Viridian Gallery, New York City, NY.
“Natural Fictions” Sept.-Oct. 2003. Fine Arts Building Gallery Chicago, IL
“Bio-Logic, II” Oct. –Nov. 2001. Harmon Center for Art, Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA.
“Works on Paper” May 1995. Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Saint Etienne, Saint Etienne, France
Highlighted Group Shows:
“Detritus” 2008. Synagogue for the Arts, New York City, NY.
“Small Works” 2007. Nov.29th to Dec. 21st 2007. SOHO20/Gallery 511 West 25th Street NYC,NY.10001
*“Barbies and G.I.Joes” 2007. An Installation by Patrick Miceli. of Large Drawings by Invited Artists.
Loyola Art Faculty Exhibition at LUMA (Loyola’s Art Museum), 2006.
Oakton Community College. Show opens Sept 6th 2007.
“National Premier 2007 Exhibition” Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
“Beyond Boundaries” 2006 and traveling. Chicago Printmaking Collaborative, Chicago, IL
“Detritus”2007 -06+05. Synagogue for the Arts, New York City, NY.
“The Dot”2006. Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago,IL.
“Invitational Summer Show” 2004. Denise Bibro Gallery New York City, NY.
“4 Corners of the World” Nov. 2001. Gallery II, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
“15th Evanston Biennial Exhibition” Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL. 2000
Commission:
“Deciduous Divas” 2005, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas. 60” x 72” x 1 1/2”
commissioned for the Oriole Branch Library, Chicago,IL.
Publications:
“Spot Light on Living Artists” 2004. Ivy Sundell, Crow Woods Publishing, Evanston, IL.
“Chicago Art Scene” 2002. Ivy Sundell, Crow Woods Publishing, Evanston, IL.
“Wolgan Milsool”( Korean art magazine), 1995. article Seoul, Korea
Represented by :
Viridian Artists, INC. 530 West 25th Street room 407 NYC, NY. 10001
Tel: (212), 414-4040 www.viridianartists.com
Steeple Gallery, LTD. 11107 Thiel Street St. John, IN,
Tel: (219), 365-1014 www.thesteeplegallery.com
Awards:
Award of Excellence, 2007. “National Art Premier” Elmhurst Artists Guild Gallery
Botanic Garden Cash Award for Painting, 1992
Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award 1980
shown here are more abstracted and formal and some works are more
representational and narrative. It is not my intention to be strictly
catagoried as either a representational artist or a non-objective artist.
In my recent compositions, the critical mass of visual relationships occur
in such a way as to allow the viewer to revisit the work and experience it
in a different way each time. The result is a kind of natural pictorial
fiction that takes on many plastic and changing identities.
The media employed in executing these hybrid art works are traditional,
including acrylic and oil, combined with more current media such as digital
applications and Xerox transfers.
Biography Kathleen King lives and works in Chicago. She is an adjunct professor in the Fine Arts Dept. at Loyola University in Chicago. Her works are in several private and public collections in the USA and abroad. Ms. King is on the advisory board of the Skopelos Art Foundation in Skopelos, Greece and has held workshops as a visiting artist at the foundation. In addition, the artist is an adjunct professor in the Summer International Campus Program at Korea University in Seoul, South Korea. She will be teaching an observational drawing course and a watercolor techniques course there this summer’08. King’s obsessive and hypnotic multi layers of mixed media, whether on canvas or on paper, suggest the passage of time and movement, allowing the evocative compositions to unfold before the viewer’s eye, leaving a visual poetic impression similar to a perfume scent permeating the olfactory senses. Present teaching positions:
Adjunct Professor, Fine Art Department, Loyola University, Chicago,IL. USA
Visiting Adjunct Professor, International Summer Campus Program, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Highlighted Solo Exhibitions:
“Illumatoons” recent mixed media work by Kathleen King, Reception: Dec.1st from 3pm to 7pm. Nov.20th to Dec.15th,.2007 at: Viridian Artists, INC. New York City, NY. 530 West 25th Street room 407 NYC, NY. 10001
*“Hypnotic”: a mini retrospective of works by Kathleen King. May 18th thru June 2007. Reception: 6-9pm and artist’s talk: 6:30 to 7pm, Thursday, May 17th. Steeple Gallery, LTD. 11107 Thiel Street St. John, IN.
“Plastic Pictorials, II” Oct. 2005. Fine Arts Building Gallery Chicago, IL.
“Plastic Pictorials” Mar.-Apr. 2005. Viridian Gallery, New York City, NY.
“Natural Fictions” Sept.-Oct. 2003. Fine Arts Building Gallery Chicago, IL
“Bio-Logic, II” Oct. –Nov. 2001. Harmon Center for Art, Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA.
“Works on Paper” May 1995. Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Saint Etienne, Saint Etienne, France
Highlighted Group Shows:
“Detritus” 2008. Synagogue for the Arts, New York City, NY.
“Small Works” 2007. Nov.29th to Dec. 21st 2007. SOHO20/Gallery 511 West 25th Street NYC,NY.10001
*“Barbies and G.I.Joes” 2007. An Installation by Patrick Miceli. of Large Drawings by Invited Artists.
Loyola Art Faculty Exhibition at LUMA (Loyola’s Art Museum), 2006.
Oakton Community College. Show opens Sept 6th 2007.
“National Premier 2007 Exhibition” Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
“Beyond Boundaries” 2006 and traveling. Chicago Printmaking Collaborative, Chicago, IL
“Detritus”2007 -06+05. Synagogue for the Arts, New York City, NY.
“The Dot”2006. Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago,IL.
“Invitational Summer Show” 2004. Denise Bibro Gallery New York City, NY.
“4 Corners of the World” Nov. 2001. Gallery II, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
“15th Evanston Biennial Exhibition” Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL. 2000
Commission:
“Deciduous Divas” 2005, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas. 60” x 72” x 1 1/2”
commissioned for the Oriole Branch Library, Chicago,IL.
Publications:
“Spot Light on Living Artists” 2004. Ivy Sundell, Crow Woods Publishing, Evanston, IL.
“Chicago Art Scene” 2002. Ivy Sundell, Crow Woods Publishing, Evanston, IL.
“Wolgan Milsool”( Korean art magazine), 1995. article Seoul, Korea
Represented by :
Viridian Artists, INC. 530 West 25th Street room 407 NYC, NY. 10001
Tel: (212), 414-4040 www.viridianartists.com
Steeple Gallery, LTD. 11107 Thiel Street St. John, IN,
Tel: (219), 365-1014 www.thesteeplegallery.com
Awards:
Award of Excellence, 2007. “National Art Premier” Elmhurst Artists Guild Gallery
Botanic Garden Cash Award for Painting, 1992
Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award 1980