ARTIST STATEMENTS
Artist Statement
Dualities that exist in nature as well as in the mind intrigue me. I have a fascination with connections between body and soul, intellect and intuition, male and female, stillness and movement, the pause before a burst of storm, light and shadow, physical world and unseen experience, life and death. We order our lives in mundane ways, while we move continuously, and most often unconsciously, toward a final shape-shifting transition. In my work, I attempt to reflect these energy contrasts.
Despite my work taking on a philosophical direction, the natural elements are symbols for my growth process. Perhaps I am simply an autobiographical artist documenting my own evolution -- from the center outward.
Artist Statement: Spiral Series
The work in this series evolved from a previous body of paintings/drawings that was an investigation of motion. To perhaps better understand these works, it may be helpful to read a section from my artist statement from the catalogue published by Virginia Tech University, summer 2003, for my exhibit titled, Blacksburg Motion Series, at the Perspective Gallery of Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. >>MORE
Artist Statement: Blacksburg Motion Series
The work in this series was created during the summers of 2001 and 2002 in Blacksburg, a small university town in southwest Virginia. My studio was just south of town, a beautiful drive, each day, through the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Before discovering Blacksburg as a place that suited my needs for concentrated focus, I traveled to Vermont to work. Each summer, the churning experience of uprooting my studio (from my home in the San Francisco Bay Area) to paint in a new time zone, space and environment seemed to thrust my thinking in new directions. It was then that my interest in motion began to stir. >>MORE
ARTICLES
DRASTIC PARK [review of Pod Series exhibition]
by DeWitt Cheng
East Bay Express
February, 2008
ENERGY SHIFTS: The Blacksburg Motion Series of Kim Thoman
by Meredith Tromble
April 16, 2003
RESUMÉ
Born: Lincoln, Nebraska
GRANTS & AWARDS
The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency Grant, Taos, New Mexico, 2007.
Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, Vermont, 2003, 2000, 1999.
Change Inc. Grant, New York, New York, 1993.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, Monterey, California.
2009 "W", San Francisco, California.
2008 SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Oakopolis Gallery, Oakland, California.
2006 California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, California.
2005 Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Dream Institute of Northern California, Berkeley, California.
2003 Perspective Gallery, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia (catalogue).
1998 Quantum Corporation, Milpitas, California.
1997 Gallery of the Center for Psychological Studies, Albany, California.
1994 JFK University Art Gallery, Orinda, California.
1993 Jung Institute of San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
California School for Professional Psychology, Alameda, California.
1992 Graham & James Law Offices, San Francisco, California.
1991 Bank of America World Headquarters, Plaza Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1990 SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1987 Djurovich Gallery, Sacramento, California.
1985 Monterey Peninsula Museum, Monterey, California.
1983 Cabot College Art Gallery, Oakland, California.
1982 Berkeley Stage Theater, Berkeley, California.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 Dayle Dunn Gallery, Half Moon Bay, California.
U.C. Berkeley Art Alumni Show, Berkeley, California.
Art Concepts Gallery, Walnut Creek, California.
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California.
Outnumbered: Works On Paper, Jackrabbit Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2002 Reflections, San Pablo Arts Gallery, San Pablo, California.
Contemporary Abstracts, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, California. (Best of Show)
Maxtor Corporation, San Jose, California.
2001 Aspect Communications, San Jose, California.
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, California.
2000 Synopsys Incorporated, Mountain View, California.
1998 Womanscape: Body, Land, Ocean, Urban, Sun Gallery, Hayward, California.
1997 Breakthrough Color, Editions Limited Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Spirit of Nature, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California.
1996 Ahead of the Wave, Iris Arts, Berkeley, California.
Zipzap, Online Magazine, http://www.dnai.com/~zipzap.
Significants, Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, California.
ADA: Women and Information Technology, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
1995 The World's Women On-Line, United Nations 4th World Conference on Women, Beijing, China.
Bayfront Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1994 Joanne Chappell Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1993 Pro Arts Gallery, Annual, Oakland, California (catalogue).
1991 3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, California.
1988 Los Medanos College Art Gallery, Pittsburg, California.
Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, California.
Gallery 44, Oakland, California.
1987 Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California (catalogue).
Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1986 San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1984 Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Ralph L. Wilson Gallery, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (catalogue).
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California.
South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, California.
1983 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California.
Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, California.
Holy Names College Art Gallery, Oakland, California.
1982 Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon.
Creative Growth Gallery, Oakland, California.
1980 Contemporary Artisans Gallery, San Francisco, California.
34th Annual San Francisco Arts Festival, San Francisco, California.
1979 33rd Annual San Francisco Arts Festival, San Francisco, California.
1978 Ligoa Duncan Gallery, New York, New York.
1977 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California.
EDUCATION
University of California, Davis, California, Art Department, 1966-68.
University of California, Berkeley, California, Bachelor of Arts, 1972.
University of California, Riverside, California, Education Credential, 1973.
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, MA, Ceramic Sculpture, 1979.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Merritt College, Oakland, CA, 2000-present.
Berkeley City College, Berkeley, CA, 1980-2000.
California College of Arts, Extension Program, Oakland, CA, 1981
OTHER ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT
Juror: Oakland Art Association Exhibition, Oakland, CA, 2010.
Slide Lecture & Talk: "Sustaining A Creative Life" San Leandro Rotary Club, Oakland, CA, 2010.
Slide Lecture: California Institute for Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco, CA, 2006.
Juror: Print and Video Festival, Berkeley City College, Berkeley, CA, 2005.
Juror: Los Medanos Student Art Show, 2000, Los Medanos College Art Gallery, Pittsburg, CA, 2000.
Juror: Los Medanos Student Art Show, 1999, Los Medanos College Art Gallery, Pittsburg, CA, 1999.
Juror: Printmaking: People and Process, California Society of Printmakers, Contra Costa College Gallery and On-Line Show, San Pablo, CA, 1997.
Faculty Advisor: Milvia Street Art and Literary Magazine, Berkeley City College, Berkeley, CA, 1995-97.
Juror: Ohlone College Art Student League Competition, Fremont, CA, 1995.
Slide Lecture: Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, 1994.
Slide Lecture: JFK University, Orinda, CA, 1994.
Contributing Writer: Art In Focus, High School Art Textbook, Glencoe Publishing Company, Mission Hills, CA, 1992.
Contributing Writer: Exploring Art, Junior High Art Textbook, Glencoe Publishing Company, Mission Hills, CA, 1990.
Art Department Chair: Berkeley City College, Berkeley, CA, 1990-92.
Juror: 1985 Army Artist Contest, Presidio Army Base, San Francisco, CA, 1985.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
East Bay Express, Oakland, California, February 2008, Drastic Park by DeWitt Cheng (photo).
Tempo, Taos News, Taos, New Mexico, October 2007, Total Arts Gallery Review (photo).
Palo Alto Weekly, Palo Alto, California, August 2005, Art: Stanford Art Spaces, (photos).
Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, August 2005, Art on Paper by Monique Beeler.
The Forum, California Community Colleges Publication, Sacramento, California, 1997.
TSA, Alameda, California, October 1993, Unlikely Collision: Art at CSPP by Richard Whittaker.
Pacific Grove Monarch, Pacific Grove, California, October 1988, Art Notes by Sam Colburn.
Contra Costa Times, Contra Costa, California, May 1988, Los Medanos Exhibit Explores the Art of Grief by Bonnie Ferguson.
San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California, January 1987, A Provocative Exhibition Put
Together Like A Chain Letter, Al Morch.
Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, December 1983, Art Show Runs the Gamut From Awful to Glorious by Charles Shere.
Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, August 1983, Crowded Talented Walnut Creek Show
by Charles Shere.
Contra Costa Times, Contra Costa, California, August 1983, Walnut Creek Exhibit Features Area Artists by Carol Fowler.
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