Kim Charles Kay

Kim Charles Kay is an American interdisciplinary artist.[1][2]

Kim Charles Kay
Born Olympia, Washington
Education BFA Rhode Island School of Design
Known for Painting, Textile, Installation
Website www.kimcharleskay.com

Life and Career

Kim Charles Kay was born in Olympia, Washington. She studied psychology, women's studies, and video & media theory, at Washington State University and The Evergreen State College, before graduating from Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Painting.[3]

Kay collaborates with artists, educators, and researchers on projects. Kay and artist Lisi Raskin initiated MOTORPARK, a mobile collaborative platform at the ICA Maine College of Art,[4] and held a discussion on the project at Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York City.[5] Kay made costumes and set pieces for Jeanine Oleson's Hear, Here, an experimental opera that was presented at the New Museum in 2014.[6][7] Kay's installation project, A Version of One Truth, was presented by the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft in 2015, where she was an artist-in-residence.[1][8]

As a teaching artist, Kay has created educational programs at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, NY, and at the Drawing Center in New York, NY.[9] Recently she was awarded an artist residency at the Bubbler[10] at Madison Public Library, in Madison, WI.[11][12] Also in Madison, she co-founded EVERYDAY GAY HOLIDAY, "an unusual new art and literary studio."[13]

Awards and honors

  • 2017 Bubbler at Madison Public Library residency
  • 2016 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship
  • 2012 Quimby Foundation Grant[9][14]
  • 2010 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, U.S. Department of State[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Keel, Eli (1 June 2015). "KMAC's 'Food Shelter Clothing' exhibit is interactive, engaging and approachable". Insider Louisville. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Krokus, George (13 November 2013). "Lesbian Herstory Archives Announces 40th Anniv. Art Benefit". Curve Magazine. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Rocks and Piles". for the things i make, for the things you made, for the things we make, for the things never made... Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  4. ↑ Liz Insogna, Liz (13 May 2014). "Lisi Raskin's Mutual Immanence". Huffington Post. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Russeth, Andrew (8 October 2012). "6 Things to Do in New York's Art World Before October 12". New York Observer. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Martinez, Alanna (6 May 2014). "Voice, objects, collaboration, and audience participation in a new exhibition at the New Museum and". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "BOMB Magazine — Jeanine Oleson by Alanna Martinez". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  8. ↑ "KMAC's 'Food Shelter Clothing' exhibit is interactive, engaging and approachable - Insider Louisville". Insider Louisville. 2015-06-01. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  9. 1 2 3 "<<>>about<<>>". for the things i make, for the things you made, for the things we make, for the things never made... Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  10. ↑ "LEARN. SHARE. CREATE". The BUBBLER @ Madison Public Library. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  11. ↑ "Artist-in-Residence Nov + December 2017". The BUBBLER @ Madison Public Library. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  12. ↑ "Kim Charles Kay: Nov-Dec Bubbler Artist In Residence - WORT 89.9 FM". WORT 89.9 FM. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  13. ↑ "Podcast: Inside Everyday Gay Holiday". Tone Madison. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  14. ↑ "Motorpark - Maine College of Art". Maine College of Art. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
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