About Kim Leutwyler
Born in America, Sydney-based Kim Leutwyler migrated to Australia in 2012. She works in a variety of media including painting, installation, ceramics, printmedia and drawing. Kim’s current work takes its form in paintings dealing with images of beauty, gender and Queer-identity.
Kim holds concurrent degrees in Studio Art and Art History from Arizona State University, and a Painting and Drawing degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Leutwyler's recent accolades include being selected as a finalist in the 2015 Archibald Prize, 2016 Bluethumb Art Prize, 2016 John Copes Portrait Prize and the 2016 Portia Geach Memorial Award. She recently won the Midsumma Visual Arts Guide Cover Competition, and her painting is the hero image for the 2016 LGBTQ Festival in Melbourne, Australia.
Education:
School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2008-2009
Painting and Drawing, Chicago, IL
Arizona State University (studied abroad at University of Auckland, New Zealand) 2002- 2007
Bachelor of Arts, Art. Katherine K. Herberger, College of Fine Arts, Tempe, AZ
Major: Art History
Major: Studio Art with emphasis in printmaking
* Concurrent degrees
Exhibitions:
2017
Bluethumb Art Prize, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Queer Art Prize Judges Exhibit, Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne, Australia
Virtual Connections, No. 1 Martin Place, Sydney, Australia
2016
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Trailblazing Women of Herstory, Neospace, Melbourne, Australia
John Copes Portrait Prize, BDAS Gallery, Bowral, Australia
Meridian: The Midsumma Visual Arts Exhibition, fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Australia
Archibald Prize, Regional Art Museums and Galleries, Australia (toured nationally)
2015
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia
Home Free, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne, Australia
2014
Artfuly: A Digital Discovery, Zigi's Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
New Work by Kim Leutwyler, Blacklisted at Black Penny, Sydney, Australia
The Comfort Zone, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne, Australia
Inquisitarium, Art @1 Spring Street, Melbourne, Australia
