bio - LaMontagne Gallery

Kimberly A. Faler
1573 Green River Road
Williamstown, MA 01267
617-721-4577
kimfaler.com
[email protected]
Education
2009 U.S. Fulbright Scholarship (Brazil)
M.F.A. 2008 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Sculpture
B.F.A. 2002 Ohio Wesleyan University, Studio Art
Solo Exhibitions
2013
2012
2009
Ground Floor, Anaba Project, Bestheda, MD
Everything changes everything, LaMontagne Gallery, South Boston, MA
Thank something Large, RhysMendes Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
Gambiarra com Ouro, RhysMendes Gallery, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
2013
Homespun, Albany Public Library, Albany, NY
The Architecture Between Us, The Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
No Country for Old Men, Landmark College, Putney,VT
An Amory, Sage College, Albany, NY
Permanent, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA
Floor Plan, Plug Projects, Kansas City, MO
Reach, Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke MA
2012
DeCordova Biennial, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
Invisible Cities, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, MA
Comfort Zone, Guest Spot, Baltimore, MD
2011
Functional Shift, Mixed Greens, New York City, NY
RSVP 2011, New Wilmington Art Association, Wilmington, DE
2010
SP Arte/Feira Internacional de Arte de São Paulo, MendesWood Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
Pulp, Meltem Birey Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Jesus Freak, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA
2009
SP Arte/Feira Internacional de Arte de São Paulo, Rhys/Mendes, São Paulo, Brazil
Joan Mitchell 2008 MFA Grant Recipients, Cue Art Foundation, New York City, New York
2008
Safety Architecture, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Here and Now, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Mi
Nothing is Everything, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Mi
2007
Actual Size Biennial, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
What is a Carriage House?, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
Hotel Pontiac, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2005
Sculpture and Photography Open, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Visiting Artist and Public Lectures
2013
2012
2009
Rhode Island School of Design, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Glass Department, Providence, RI.
Syracuse University, Visiting Artist, Sculpture Dept, Syracuse, NY
The Guest Spot, Artist Talk, Baltimore, MD, (lecture)
LaMontagne Gallery, Artist Talk, South Boston, MA (lecture)
The Buxton School Artist Talk, Williamstown, MA (Lecture)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Artist Talk, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA (Lecture)
Universidade Estadual de Minas Gerias, Escole Guignard, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (Lecture)
Espaço Coringa, Visiting Artist-- Encontro Internacional, Såo Paulo, Brazil
Fulbright Regional Enhancement Seminar, Montevideo, Uruguay (Lecture)
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Art Talk, Omaha, NE (Lecture)
Awards, Fellowships and Residencies
2014
2013
2009
2008
2004
The Rauschenberg Residency on Captiva Island, FL
Anaba Project, Artist Residency, Bethesda, MD
Capacete Entertainments, Residency Program, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Espaço Coringa Residency Program, São Paulo, Brazil
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Artist Residency Grant, Omaha, NE
MFA Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
Visual Arts Sea Grant, University of Rhode Island
Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency Grant
Commissions and Collections
2012
2011
Mass MoCA, Invisible Cities, North Adams, MA
Drawing Center, Viewing Program, New York, NY
Gallery Representation
2011-present
2009
LaMontagne Gallery, South Boston, MA
Rhys/Mendes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Selected Bibliography and Publications
2013
Newhall, Edith, “Galleries: Sculptures, paintings and installation”, The Philadelphia Inquirer,
6/16/2013, philly.com
Morgan, Keith N., “Invisible Cities”, College Art Association Review, 3/11/13, www.caareviews.org
Rowlett, Samuel, Big Red and Shiny: Connecticut River Art Review, A Field Guide, 1/23/13,
www.bigred&shiney.com
2012
Stretch, Bonnie Barrett, “Invisible Cites” artnewegland.com, November 2012
Ober, Cara, Instituting Change: Guest Spot @ The Reinstitute is a new and improved art space,
urbanitebaltimore.com, 9/11/12
Cate McQuaid, ‘Shifting contexts’, The Boston Globe, July 25, 2012
Seven, John, “Artist makes works that end”, North Adams Transcript, 5/4/12
Decordova Biennial (catalog) pg 24&58-9
Devlin, Elizabeth Lyons, ‘Impossible Objects Doomed from the Start’, fluxboston.com, 1/23/2012
2011
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 14, pg 64-65
2009 Marti, Silas, “Artista exagera padrões de azulejos em fotografias”, Folha de São Paulo, 12/16/09,
Section E ,Page 9.
Armani, Priscila, “Galeria Rhys Mendes inaugua nesta quarta as mostras De Passagem e Thank
Something Large”, Mondo Cult Magazine, www.opperra.com, 12/16/09, section Artes Visuais
RhysMendes, Feira International de Arte de São Paulo, 2009 (catalog). RhysMendes Gallery, 5/09,
pg 164
White, Roger, The work of Caleb Taylor, Asad Faulwell, Joanne Schiavone and Kimberly Faler,
June 2009 pg 9-11. Joan Mitchell Foundation 2008 Grant Recipients (catalog), presented by the Cue
Foundation.
Savich, Zach, Three Poems, Propeller Magazine, October 2009, pg 30-39, www.propellermag.com
UMASS Small Press Bonanza, Microfilme Magazine, Cover art. Issue 1, Dec. 2009
2008
Joseph, Lou, Safety Architecture,(catalog) Muhlenberg College, Oct 2008, pg 6.
Faler, Kim, Here & Now, Cranbrook Academy of Art (graduate catalog), May 09, pg 159-160
2007
Sousanis, Nick, “Faler/Lui: What is a Carriage House?”,The Detroiter, 8/31/07,
www.thedetroiter.com