bio.Kim Champion is a native Californian, born in the Bay Area. She graduated from Cal State East Bay University with Bachelor of Arts in Traditional Studio Art.
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artist statement.
Experimenting with color, shapes, textures, line placement, and shading can keep me intrigued for hours. I love Integrating identifiable patterns from nature and manipulating them to a version of how I see them. My spontaneous movement and imagination allow me to capture these organic elements and create an unusual hybrid of unsettling appeal.
I am inspired by American artists Georgia O’Keefe and Norman Lewis and their use of lines, shapes and color to create a beautiful story. I use my interpretation of those elements as a reference for my work.
My method can be impulsive and tedious, but the quote by artist Jasper Johns sums up my feelings about this series and informs my process.
I am inspired by American artists Georgia O’Keefe and Norman Lewis and their use of lines, shapes and color to create a beautiful story. I use my interpretation of those elements as a reference for my work.
My method can be impulsive and tedious, but the quote by artist Jasper Johns sums up my feelings about this series and informs my process.
“Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it then I see it'
- Jasper Johns
curriculum vitae.
kim champion (b. US)
education.
California State University East Bay, Bachelor of Arts in Traditional Studio Arts 2017
exhibitions.
2021 Annual Alumni & Faculty Exhibition, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA
2021 This Land is Me, Group Exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Virtual
2021 Empowerment & Social Change, Group Exhibition, June Steingart Gallery at Laney College, Virtual
2021 Art of the African Diaspora, Richmond Art Center, Virtual
2019 Annual Alumni & Faculty Exhibition, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA
2018 Annual Alumni & Faculty Exhibition, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA
2018 Dream Variations, Solo Exhibition, CSUEB Professional Development Center, Oakland CA
2017 Dream Variations, Solo Exhibition, BA Exhibition, Old Kiln Gallery, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA
2017 California State University East Bay Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition.
2017 Group Exhibition, Boundless, Old Kiln Gallery, Hayward, CA
2016 California State University East Bay Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition.
2021 This Land is Me, Group Exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Virtual
2021 Empowerment & Social Change, Group Exhibition, June Steingart Gallery at Laney College, Virtual
2021 Art of the African Diaspora, Richmond Art Center, Virtual
2019 Annual Alumni & Faculty Exhibition, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA
2018 Annual Alumni & Faculty Exhibition, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA
2018 Dream Variations, Solo Exhibition, CSUEB Professional Development Center, Oakland CA
2017 Dream Variations, Solo Exhibition, BA Exhibition, Old Kiln Gallery, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA
2017 California State University East Bay Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition.
2017 Group Exhibition, Boundless, Old Kiln Gallery, Hayward, CA
2016 California State University East Bay Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition.
publications.
Champion, Kim (2017). 'The Blues #1', in Department of English at California State University Eastbay (pub.) Occam's Razor No. 34, Hayward, p.65