Artist Kim Matthews

Kim Matthews – Artist Statement

My work is very much involved in process: the spiritual and physical nature of making. I began sculpting to put my experiences of meditation into some tangible form in order to understand them.

My earliest works were evocative of—but not directly referential to—organic forms. In this way I hoped to show the interconnectedness of all things while alluding to natural cycles of birth, growth, death and decay.

Currently I am working in a much more reductive manner, utilizing simpler geometric forms, often repeated to create rhythms suggesting meditative states. These works reference postminimalist and Zero Group art of the 1960s and are sympathetic in concept to work being done by the Metaphysical Abstractionists. The form of meditation I practice teaches that the “outward stroke” of day-to-day activity is as necessary to the evolution of consciousness as the “inward stroke” of meditation; therefore I consider the process of making art a devotional practice as well.

Resume

Education

Commercial Art certificate, Minneapolis Technical College

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, fine art/art history

University of Maine, Orono, fine art/art history

Exhibitions

Selected Solo and Two Person

2008 Solo exhibition, Normandale Community College, Minneapolis
2008 Time, Line and Space, (with Kirsten Johnson), The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin
2006 Signs of Life, solo show, Gage Family Art Gallery, Augsburg College, Minneapolis
2005 Elemental Forms, solo show, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin
2005 Shapes of Nature and Nurture, two-person show, Pearl Conard Gallery, The Ohio State University, Mansfield, Ohio
2004 Membranes and Memories, solo show, Shelley Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis
2003 Kim Matthews and Paul Schumann, Shelley Holzemer Gallery

Selected Group

2009-2010 Healing Arts Exhibition, (featured artist), Hudson Hospital, Hudson, Wisconsin
2010 Natural Expressions: Works by Kim Matthews, Edith Hillinger, John Terwilliger, Larson Art Gallery, U of MN St. Paul Campus
2009 Organic: Basic Inspirations (juried), studio2gallery, Austin, TX, 2009
2009 Midwest Biennial (juried), Wausau, WI
2009 Summer Salon, Conrad-Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2009 High Fiber (juried), Conrad-Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2008 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition (juried), Minneapolis
2008 Fifth International Columbia Book & Paper Arts Triennial, (juried),Columbia College, Chicago
2005-2006 Plane and Form invitational show, Open Book, Minnesota Center for Book Arts
2005 Healing Arts Exhibition, Hudson Hospital, Hudson, Wisconsin
2005 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition (juried), Minneapolis
2004 Holzemer Gallery Artists winter group show, Shelley Holzemer Gallery
2004 Bill’s Soup holiday show, Gallery 51 East, Fairfield, Iowa
2004 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition (juried), Minneapolis
2004 Upper Midwest Juried Sculpture Show, Minnetonka (Minnesota) Center for the Arts
2003 Holzemer Gallery Artists winter group show, Shelley Holzemer Gallery
2003 Collection of Visual Delights summer group show, Shelley Holzemer Gallery
2002 Celebrating Light, fall/winter group show, Shelley Holzemer Gallery
2002 We Are Here, Shelley Holzemer Gallery
2001 Holzemer Gallery Artists winter group show, Shelley Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis

Publications

Hand Papermaking Summer 2006, review, Plane and Form at MCBA
Minnesota Women’s Press Annual Directory 2004-2005, artist profile
Art Now Chicago/Midwest Gallery Guide, May 2004
Minneapolis Star Tribune “Free Time,” Mary Abbe, May 21, 2004
“The Art (and Politics) of Meditation,” Southwest Journal, Minneapolis, 2003



	Kim Matthews – Artist Statement My work is very much involved in process: the spiritual and physical nature of making. I began sculpting to put my experiences of meditation into some tangible form in order to understand them. My earliest works were evocative of—but not directly referential to—organic forms. In this way I hoped to show the interconnectedness of all things while alluding to natural cycles of birth, growth, death and decay. Currently I am working in a much more reductive manner, utilizing simpler geometric forms, often repeated to create rhythms suggesting meditative states. These works reference postminimalist and Zero Group art of the 1960s and are sympathetic in concept to work being done by the Metaphysical Abstractionists. The form of meditation I practice teaches that the “outward stroke” of day-to-day activity is as necessary to the evolution of consciousness as the “inward stroke” of meditation; therefore I consider the process of making art a devotional practice as well. Resume Education Commercial Art certificate, Minneapolis Technical College University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, fine art/art history University of Maine, Orono, fine art/art history Exhibitions Selected Solo and Two Person 2008 Solo exhibition, Normandale Community College, Minneapolis 2008 Time, Line and Space, (with Kirsten Johnson), The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin 2006 Signs of Life, solo show, Gage Family Art Gallery, Augsburg College, Minneapolis 2005 Elemental Forms, solo show, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin 2005 Shapes of Nature and Nurture, two-person show, Pearl Conard Gallery, The Ohio State University, Mansfield, Ohio 2004 Membranes and Memories, solo show, Shelley Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis 2003 Kim Matthews and Paul Schumann, Shelley Holzemer Gallery Selected Group 2009-2010 Healing Arts Exhibition, (featured artist), Hudson Hospital, Hudson, Wisconsin 2010 Natural Expressions: Works by Kim Matthews, Edith Hillinger, John Terwilliger, Larson Art Gallery, U of MN St. Paul Campus 2009 Organic: Basic Inspirations (juried), studio2gallery, Austin, TX, 2009 2009 Midwest Biennial (juried), Wausau, WI 2009 Summer Salon, Conrad-Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2009 High Fiber (juried), Conrad-Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2008 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition (juried), Minneapolis 2008 Fifth International Columbia Book & Paper Arts Triennial, (juried),Columbia College, Chicago 2005-2006 Plane and Form invitational show, Open Book, Minnesota Center for Book Arts 2005 Healing Arts Exhibition, Hudson Hospital, Hudson, Wisconsin 2005 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition (juried), Minneapolis 2004 Holzemer Gallery Artists winter group show, Shelley Holzemer Gallery 2004 Bill’s Soup holiday show, Gallery 51 East, Fairfield, Iowa 2004 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition (juried), Minneapolis 2004 Upper Midwest Juried Sculpture Show, Minnetonka (Minnesota) Center for the Arts 2003 Holzemer Gallery Artists winter group show, Shelley Holzemer Gallery 2003 Collection of Visual Delights summer group show, Shelley Holzemer Gallery 2002 Celebrating Light, fall/winter group show, Shelley Holzemer Gallery 2002 We Are Here, Shelley Holzemer Gallery 2001 Holzemer Gallery Artists winter group show, Shelley Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis Publications Hand Papermaking Summer 2006, review, Plane and Form at MCBA Minnesota Women’s Press Annual Directory 2004-2005, artist profile Art Now Chicago/Midwest Gallery Guide, May 2004 Minneapolis Star Tribune “Free Time,” Mary Abbe, May 21, 2004 “The Art (and Politics) of Meditation,” Southwest Journal, Minneapolis, 2003





represented artists \| guest artists \| current exhibitions \| future exhibitions \| past exhibitions \| future events \| past events \| class information \| class schedule \| supplies and classes \| hours \| submissions \| employment \| contact