Kim McAninch
Longboat Key, FL United States
Consider a blank canvas, starting from scratch. Using tools-brush, pencil, knife, pastels and oil, I am propelled into an uncharted figurative world. My mark-making is used without allowance, nothing is a mistake. I then begin the eliminating. I am w... More
Artist Statement:
Consider a blank canvas, starting from scratch. Using tools-brush, pencil, knife, pastels and oil, I am propelled into an uncharted figurative world. My mark-making is used without allowance, nothing is a mistake. I then begin the eliminating. I am withdrawing from too close a narrative. This is where the struggle begins. Each work is an invention, an organization of the markings into shapes and patterns, created with knowledge honed through a career of design, but so much is instinctual. I am immersed in an orchestration towards landscapes and figures, in a visual dance between the figurative and abstract. The flirting shows. The body of work fulfills my natural, uninhibited desire to scratch the surface in a gestural, painterly manner. Yes, it is fast. The decisions come quicker, the deeper I delve. I realize the principles that will govern this piece of art will not be applicable in my next work. The next will be a journey unto its own. But for now, I am exhilarated with every mark. I scratch towards accuracy, offering more information, less detail. What perceived information used by others to sort out this piece is a literal mystery to me. That concept makes my work more interesting. What began with my tutelage long ago in drawing and printmaking has left a mark on me and has stayed through all other influences.
I would like the viewer to consider my decisions- every scratch leading to another.
I would like the viewer to consider my decisions- every scratch leading to another.
Education:
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Surface Pattern Design
Miami University, 1986
Miami University, 1986
Awards & Distinctions:
Awards/Grants
Awarded Residencies
July 14 – 28, 2018 - Outer Cape Arts in Residency Consortium - Peaked Hill Trust, Margo-Gelb Shack https://www.nps.gov/caco/learn/historyculture/ocarc.htm
March 26 - April 21, 2018 - The Truro Center for the Arts Artist in Residence at Edgewood Farm, Truro, Massachusetts www.castlehill.org
Member Associations
2016-Present - Juried Member of Pittsburgh Society of Artists
2018-Present - Juried Member National Association of Women Artist
Art Center of Sarasota
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
American Women Artists Member
Awarded Residencies
July 14 – 28, 2018 - Outer Cape Arts in Residency Consortium - Peaked Hill Trust, Margo-Gelb Shack https://www.nps.gov/caco/learn/historyculture/ocarc.htm
March 26 - April 21, 2018 - The Truro Center for the Arts Artist in Residence at Edgewood Farm, Truro, Massachusetts www.castlehill.org
Member Associations
2016-Present - Juried Member of Pittsburgh Society of Artists
2018-Present - Juried Member National Association of Women Artist
Art Center of Sarasota
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
American Women Artists Member
Professional/Teaching Experience:
2014- Ongoing Teaching, Palette Knife Workshop with Kim McAninch
Gilberti Fine Art Center, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
South Arts Pittsburgh, Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
West Hills Art League, Moon Township, Pennsylvania
North Hills Art Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Gilberti Fine Art Center, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
South Arts Pittsburgh, Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
West Hills Art League, Moon Township, Pennsylvania
North Hills Art Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Exhibitions:
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 - Spring - Preservation Hall, Wellfleet, Massachusetts
2020 – May 1-June 30 – KIM McANINCH SOLO EXHIBITION, Historic Spanish Point, Sarasota, Florida
2020, January 17-February 16 – HEAD & HEART, Robertshaw Gallery, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
2019 – November 18-24 – ART OVATION HOTEL TALENT RESIDENCY, Sarasota, Florida
2019 - November - KIM McANINCH, Sacrosanct Gallery, East Hampton, Connecticut
2018 - August 2- October 6 - HEAD & HEART, Cafe Selmarie, Chicago, Illinois
2018 - June 27-August 20 – COME ONE, COME ALL!, Backstage Bar Pittsburgh, Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 - May 24 - June 2 - EXHIBITION: OUTER CAPE ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE & PEAKED HILL TRUST ARTS AND SCIENCE RESIDENCY - Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts
?2019 – March 1 - Firebox Art Studios - Carnegie, Pennsylvania
?2019 – February 1- February 23 - TRANSPARENCY - The Arts Club of Washington, Washington DC
?2018 – October 15-January 2, 2019 – ART OF THE STORY: EXPANDING THE NARRATIVE - Grand Central Library, New York Public Library, New York, New York
2018 – October 1-25 - BIG ACTION IN SMALL SPACES - Lord & Andrea Gallery, New Rochelle, New York
2018 – September 29-November 17 - DAYDREAMING - Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, Florida
2018 – August 17-September 8 - 21st INTERNATIONAL OPEN, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2018 – September 13-November 13 – BEAMESDERFER 3: SEA & SKY - B. Beamesderfer Gallery, Highland Park, New Jersey
2012 - Spring - Preservation Hall, Wellfleet, Massachusetts
2020 – May 1-June 30 – KIM McANINCH SOLO EXHIBITION, Historic Spanish Point, Sarasota, Florida
2020, January 17-February 16 – HEAD & HEART, Robertshaw Gallery, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
2019 – November 18-24 – ART OVATION HOTEL TALENT RESIDENCY, Sarasota, Florida
2019 - November - KIM McANINCH, Sacrosanct Gallery, East Hampton, Connecticut
2018 - August 2- October 6 - HEAD & HEART, Cafe Selmarie, Chicago, Illinois
2018 - June 27-August 20 – COME ONE, COME ALL!, Backstage Bar Pittsburgh, Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 - May 24 - June 2 - EXHIBITION: OUTER CAPE ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE & PEAKED HILL TRUST ARTS AND SCIENCE RESIDENCY - Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts
?2019 – March 1 - Firebox Art Studios - Carnegie, Pennsylvania
?2019 – February 1- February 23 - TRANSPARENCY - The Arts Club of Washington, Washington DC
?2018 – October 15-January 2, 2019 – ART OF THE STORY: EXPANDING THE NARRATIVE - Grand Central Library, New York Public Library, New York, New York
2018 – October 1-25 - BIG ACTION IN SMALL SPACES - Lord & Andrea Gallery, New Rochelle, New York
2018 – September 29-November 17 - DAYDREAMING - Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, Florida
2018 – August 17-September 8 - 21st INTERNATIONAL OPEN, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2018 – September 13-November 13 – BEAMESDERFER 3: SEA & SKY - B. Beamesderfer Gallery, Highland Park, New Jersey
Artist Tags:
abstract, palette knife, landscape, colorful, gestural, large art
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