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Kim Abeles

Kim Abeles is an artist who was born in Richmond Heights, Missouri on August 28, 1952. Her work explores geography, biography, feminism, and the environment. Her work also has an emphasis on society, science literacy, and civic engagement. She created projects with the California Science Center, health clinics, mental health departments, and the National Park Service.

Email: kim@kimabeles.com Facebook: facebook.com/kim.abeles Instagram: instagram.com/kimabeles LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/kimabeles Website: Kimabeles.com

Early Life and Education

Kim Abeles spent her childhood in Pittsburgh then moved to Los Angeles in 1978. In 1969, she was an American Field Service student to Utsunomiya, Japan. During her time there she met Kodak Kobari, a Buddhist Priest, who introduced her to Japanese arts. She received her MFA in Studio Art from the University of California, Irvine.

Career

In the mid-70s she lived in southeastern Ohio. This is where she wrote and illustrated the book Crafts, Cookery and Country Living. In 1980, her life in Los Angeles inspired her to create artwork about “real” life instead of ethereal themes. Since 1985, she had produced artwork about the environment with an emphasis on air pollution. She was able to capture both national and international attention through her The Smog Collector series. Her work can be found in forty public collections including MOCA, LACMA, Berkeley Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum, California African American Museum, and National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.

Accomplishments

In Nature Nothing Exists Alone, Co-curated by Chris Costan and Laziza Rakhimova, NYC Culture Club at the World Trade Center, New York (opens January 26 - March 7, 2022)

Carte Blanche, Curated by José Lozano, Avenue 50 Studio, Highland Park, CA; February 8 - March 21, 2020

http://www.frugalworld.org/

Youtube Video: Artist Kim Abeles Discusses Her Work at the Getty Center Culminating Event of the Art & Language Arts Program, April 14, 2012

Abeles, Karen Moss, and Susan Silton, Kim Abeles: Encyclopedia Persona A-Z, A 15-Year Survey, English edition by Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (1993) Editions in Spanish and Portuguese published by the United States Information Agency - USIA (1996)

Kim Abeles, Edited by Lucinda Barnes; Essay by Patterson Sims; Interviewed by Michael McMillan, A.R.T. Press, Los Angeles (1989) - Link is forthcoming

Mapping Space, Time, and Narrative - Selected Artworks by Kim Abeles (2009)

Abeles’ web project : http://www.frugalworld.org/startPage/start.html

https://www.cla.purdue.edu/WAAW/Ressler/artists/Abelesstat.html - Abeles in Susan Ressler’s Women Artists of the American West, Purdue University

Kim Abeles on Very Solid Ground - by Jennie E. Park | Nov 28, 2017 : https://artillerymag.com/kim-abeles-solid-ground/

References

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-19-ca-36580-story.html https://cfa.lmu.edu/labandgallery/exhibitions/pastexhibitions/2010/kimabelesartactivism/ http://www.artcommotion.com/Departments/index2.html https://csunshinetoday.csun.edu/arts-and-culture/csun-emeritus-professor-receives-guggenheim-fellowship/ https://la.streetsblog.org/2014/07/18/lovely-art-installations-evoking-walking-placed-in-hard-to-walk-to-locations/