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Kim Abeles
[edit]Kim Abeles (born 1952, Richmond Heights, Missouri) is a Los Angeles based artist who is best known for her environmental, feminist, and geographical work. Primarily, her work is centered on civic and contemporary issues such as Feminism, HIV/AIDS, mental health, labor, and the urban environment. She is also known for her Smog Collectors Series, which brought national and international attention. The Smog Collectors depicted stenciled images after collecting smog and showcased pollution. Her projects have been exhibited in multiple museums such as: LACMA, Berkley Art Museum, MOCA, California African American Museum, Natural History Museum, and Yucan Art Museum.
Email: kim@kimabeles.com
Instagram: kimabeles
Life and Education
[edit]Kim Abeles was born in 1952, Richmond Heights, Missouri. She studied and received her B.F.A. in Painting at Ohio University in 1974 and M.F.A. in Studio Art at University of California, Irvine in 1980. She is an Emeritus Professor at California State University, Northridge from 2010-present. Kim Abeles has taught at several schools including, but not limited to: California State University Northridge, California State University Los Angeles, and Otis School of Art and Design, Los Angeles
Solo Exhibits
[edit]2022 Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
2021 Nicholas and Lee Begovich Gallery, California State University Fullerton
2018 Community Room, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2017 Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
Group Exhibits
[edit]2022 Air, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City
2021 Cautious Optimism, Darden and Raymond, Los Angeles
2020 Access, ReflectSpace Gallery, Glendale
2019 The Coming World: Ecology as the New Politics 2030-2100, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Installations in Group Exhibits
[edit]2020 Dinner for Two in Twenty Days of Smog; and Valises for CAMP Ground, California Center for the Arts, Escondido Exhibition: Endangered: Exploring California's Changing Ecosystems
2020 Breathing Trees, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA Exhibition: What is it about Trees
2019 World Leaders in Smog, Chicago Expo featuring the Natural Resources Defense Council Exhibition: Selections from The Coming World: Ecology as the New Politics 2030- 2100
2018 3.9, The Closet at Shoebox Projects/The Shed Collective, Los Angeles Exhibition: CSUN Alumni Fundraiser
Accomplishments and Awards
[edit]2019 Recognition for outstanding public art through the Public Art Network Year in Review Program, American for the Arts
2019 Civic Artist Recognition
2014 Artists’ Resource for Completion Grant
2013-2014 Lucas Fellowship and Irvine Fellowship
2013 Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
1992 Clean Air Award
References
[edit]https://kimabeles.com/collections-2/
https://www.nevadaart.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/CAE1213-Finding-Aid1.pdf
https://cla.purdue.edu/academic/rueffschool/waaw/ressler/artists/Abelesstat.html
https://www.calfund.org/nonprofits/featured-funds/fva/2010-gallery/kim-abeles/