Kimberly Garland

Kimberly has been an artist all her life, more recently known for her imaginative graphic design, found-object sculptures, and colorful installation art. She was awarded first runner-up in the 2017 Festival of Fine Arts-SEABA juried competition in Burlington, Vermont, and was a finalist in the 2020 Global Eye Awards. Her sculpture is part of the permanent collection at the Free Center in Middletown, CT, and many private collections. Kimberly has participated in numerous juried shows and open studios and has also curated group exhibitions and performance art events.

Waitlisted: Spring Break Art Fair, LA, 2024
Visible: group show at The Free Center, Middletown, CT, October-December, 2021
Finalist: Global Eye Award, Startnet (online), in association with Saatchi, London, October, 2020.
Blues, online group show, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA, August, 2020.
Hygienic Salon des Independants XLI, group show, Hygienic Art, New London, CT, February, 2020
Residencies:
Fall Intensive: Penland School for Crafts, Penland, North Carolina: 2 week intensive in small metals with instructor Maia Leppos, October, 2019.
smART Kinston City Project Foundation, Resident Artist: monthly open studios, artist talks and other community responsibilities, Kinston, NC, April 2018-October 2019.
Workshop with artist Lonnie Holley, Kinston, NC, April 2019. A two-day intensive sculpture and assemblage workshop lead by artist Lonnie Holley, which resulted in a new public art sculpture created collaboratively from found materials, by Mr. Holley and smart Kinston artists.
Public Art:
Diatoms of the Neuse River, a public art mixed media mural in the Mitchelltown neighborhood of Kinston, NC. Made possible by a grant from the smART Kinston City Project Foundation, Kinston, NC, May 2019.
Curator: Embodying The Female Gaze, a lo...