Kim Curtis

Originally from California, Kim Curtis designed and constructed costumes throughout the San Francisco
Bay area and the US for fifteen years including a six-year stint co-running the Costume Crafts
department for the San Francisco Opera. At SFO Curtis created the armor, masks, jewelry,
head-dresses and animals for some of the world's most renowned designers and performers.

In 2003 she moved to Illinois and began a parallel career in Painting. Her work can be seen in collections both stateside and abroad.

Curtis currently teaches in the Department of Theatre at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and continues to work in theater, fine art and illustration from her studio in Urbana, IL.

Ms. Curtis holds degrees in History of Art from U.C. Berkeley and in Painting from California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Her internal visual archive draws from extensive travel throughout the US and abroad, mainly Italy and Germany where she has lived for various periods of time.

Select Solo Exhibitions:
2018 KIM CURTIS, Evanston Art Center, IL
2017 RECONFIGURED Concord 55, Chicago IL. Presented by Kasia Kay Art Projects
2013 KIM CURTIS Murphy Gallery at Universtiy YMCA. Urbana, IL.
2011 KIM CURTIS, University Club, Chicago, IL. Presented by Kasia Kay Art Projects
2009 PERCEPTION Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago, IL
2008 DISRUPTION Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago, IL
2007 DRIVE Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago, IL
2006 YELLOW EVENING Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago IL,
2005 TWO YEARS IN THE MIDWEST Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Urbana IL
2004 KIM CURTIS, Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, IL
2003 KIM CURTIS Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, CA

Select Group Exhibitions:
2018. Plural, 40 North Gallery, Champaign IL
2017 Landscapes: Inherited, Revised, Restored. Murphy Gallery at the University YMCA, Urbana, IL
2015 Kim Curtis and Daniel Schneider: Indigo Gallery, Champaign, IL
2013 Waterkeeper Alliance annual auction, Park City, UT
2011 “First Impressions”, Water Street Gallery Douglas, MI
Art Chicago, Kasia Kay Art Projects
“Off the Wall, Off the Floor” Walnut Ink Gallery, Michigan City, MI
“Pastoral” Kim Curtis and SJ Hart...