Kim Kei
Education
2001- 2003 BFA, The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1999- 2001 The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Splintered Breath Between the Teeth, Flatbed Press, Austin, TX
2020 the Sac, the Sieve, and the Mirror, Local Language, Oakland, CA
2017 You Have No Sound, Irving Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2016 I See Who You Are, Brandstater Gallery, Riverside, CA
2015 Right Up Against the Unsaid, Alter Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 Somewhere Between, Bustamante Gill, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
2021 Gatherings, Flatbed Press, Austin, TX
2021 Sharp Wind Through the Cracks, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Purveyors of Fine Objects, ROSEGALLERY, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Regenerates, The Nook, Los Angeles, CA
2019 A New Liver Everyday, Union, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Mythopoetic, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Heat Wave, Noh/Wave, Los Angeles, CA
2018 (In)Significant, Objectifs, Singapore
2017 Plus One, The Museum of Broken Relationships, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Werewolf, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Wabi Sabi, Alter Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 What the Mouth Sees, Alter Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Residencies
2022 Residency, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon
2022 Residency, Flatbed Press, Austin, TX
2020 Residency, Local Language, Oakland, CA
2018 Residency, Instinc - Guest Studio at Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore
2017 Mass MoCA Residency, North Adams, MA
2017 Residency in printmaking, Irvine, CA
2016 Residency in printmaking, La Sierra University, CA
2015 Residency, Instinc, Singapore
Awards
2017 Brand Associates Award, Los Angeles, CA
2001 The San Francisco Art Institute Merit Scholarship, San Francisco, CA
2000 Kit Schwitzer Scholarship in Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Artist Talks
2022 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon
2020 Local Language, Oakland, CA
2019 Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
2016 La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
2015 Moorpark College, Los Angeles, CA
Publications
Kim Kei with Justin Daashuur Hopkins, “Beauty Within the Details”, Episode 122, June 13, 2019, https://artistdecoded.com/122-Kim-Kei-x-JDH
Jeff Hamada, Editor’s Pick: “Mimesis” by Artist Kim Kei, Booooooom, August 17, 2018, https://www.booooooom.com/2018/08/17/mimesis-by-artist-kim-kei/
Dave Barton, Modern Detritus Takes Center Stage in Irvine Fine Arts Center’s “You Have No Sound’, OC Weekly, July 13, 2017, http://www.ocweekly.com/arts/modern-detritus-takes-center-stage-in-irvine-fine-arts-centers-you-have-no-sound-8250878
Roula Seikaly, Kim Kei at Alter Space, Temporary Art Review, November 25, 2015, http://temporaryartreview.com/kim-kei-at-alter-space/
Right Up Against the Unsaid, Artsy, October 2015, https://www.artsy.net/show/alter-space-right-up-against-the-unsaid
Ezrha Jean Black, About Town: Scanning the Remnants (Thomas Eggerer, Kim Kei, Luke Diiorio), Artillery Magazine, November 6, 2014, http://artillerymag.com/town-scanning-remnants-thomas-eggerer-kim-kei-luke-diiorio/
Jeff Hamada, Sculptures and Paintings by Artist Kim Kei, Booooooom, August 24, 2014, https://www.booooooom.com/2014/08/25/sculptures-paintings-artist-kim-kei/
Mike Reynolds, Kim Kei!, Art and Dinner in Los Angeles, August 16, 2014, https://artdinners.wordpress.com/2014/08/16/kim-kei/
Sculptures and Paintings by Artist Kim Kei, Juxtapoz, August 6, 2014; http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/sculptures-and-paintings-by-kim-kei
Teaching Experience
2019 Adjunct Professor, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
2019 Brentwood Art Center
2015 Palos Verdes Art Center