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Kim Curtis
New small format landscapes inspired by our crucial and disappearing wetlands. Ten percent of all my painting sales is donated to the amazing people at Prairie Rivers Network, working on all our behalf.
Kim Curtis’ work deals with the environmental repercussions of human activity. Through repeated disruption of her imagery, Curtis simulates the accumulation of marks left behind in our landscapes from processes such as construction, extraction, adaptation and restoration. The resulting compositions, often multi-paneled and incorporating cast-off materials, reflect the beauty, oddity, and ugliness of our spaces. Her work has been shown and collected throughout the US and abroad, primarily through her 15-year relationship with Kasia Kay Art Projects in Chicago.
A native Californian, she began her artistic career as a costume designer and theatrical craftsperson working throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including six years as Master Craftsperson for the San Francisco Opera costume shop.
Ms. Curtis holds degrees from UC Berkeley and the California College of Arts and Crafts. She currently teaches in the Department of Theatre at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and works in painting, sculpture, and design from her studio in Urbana, Illinois.
