Kimberly Volkmann

Kimberly loves to paint and wanted to be an artist at 5 years old. In addition to painting and as a multifaceted artist she is an avid drawer and uses pen, marker, pencil, ink, crayon and pastel on paper, writes obsessively in her journals, makes boho jewelry, loves her film camera and writes her own rhymes in poetry. She was born in San Francisco and painted in the Bay for grad school. Kimberly focuses on an eclectic, colorful abstract style incorporating imperfect geometric shapes, made-up symbolism and creates her own unique patterns straight from her head. No painting is planned, yet sometimes pre-meditated and develops in detail with each new color, each new mark, as the elements evolve into a finished piece.

Kimberly has shown in cafes and bars within the Bay Area and sells privately. As part of what fuels her creative practice, she spends time at the beach swimming in the icy waters, has traveled with a particular love for Asia, Latin America and California. Kimberly is dedicated to her health and is culturally aware from her travels with European descent and is a quarter Japanese. She wonders if her own mix of cultures and awareness surrounding her experience of the world has contributed to the symbolic and universal lang...

2015 – 2017 California College of the Arts, MFA, San Francisco, CA

2014 – 2015 San Francisco Art Institute, Post-baccalaureate, San Francisco, CA

2009 – 2013 University of Oregon, BA in Art, Eugene, OR

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 Cafe 817 in Downtown Oakland, September

2019 MCDS Auction, MCDS, Corte Madera, CA

2017 ART WALK + BLOCK PARTY, Dr. Jack Sinow, OD, San Francisco, CA

2017 Capital One Oakland, Monsoon, Art Collection, Oakland, CA

2013 Senior Student Exhibition, Washburn Gallery, Univ. or Oregon, Eugene, OR

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 Open Studios, Faultline Artspace, Oakland, CA

2018 9/18, 10/18 Oakland Art Walk, Make Westing, Oakland, CA

2018 Strata, Little Raven Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2018 Day & Night Art Mart, Faultline Artspace, Oakland, CA

2017 CCA Commencement Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2017 CCA MFA Exhibitions, Perry Family Event Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2016 Sherle Wagner Art Gallery (SWag), Dallas, TX

2015 DROP.TOWN Art Show, UC Berkeley Campus, Berkeley, CA

2014 Post-baccalaureate group show, Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, CA

2013 LUMA/CHROMA Exhibition, LaVerne Krause Gallery, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR

HONORS AND AWARDS

Nominee for the Yale/Norfolk Summer Art Program, Norfolk, CT

David McCosh Memorial Scholarship in Fine Arts, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR

Non-resident Dean’s Scholarship, Univ...