S t u d i o V i s i t s b y A p p o i n t m e n t
ABOUT
BIOGRAPHY
Kim Powell is an American multidisciplinary artist who creates work based on intuitive abstraction, rich in color and bursting with movement and depth. She earned a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and continued her studies in painting at Bellas Artes in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. In 2010, she studied painting with American painter John Alexander via the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design.
Powell majored in Illustration, is a graphic designer, songwriter, drummer, and producer, and has performed in numerous theater productions and indie bands in the U.S. and Mexico, where she lived for 18 years. In 2017, she was part of the Eros group painting exhibition, curated by Andrew Fisher of the Fisher-Wiseman Collection. There, she examined sensuality and the abstraction of the human body. A solo exhibition soon followed, exploring questions surrounding cultural identity and how countries have unique visual languages. Powell's current work explores channels of awareness, and as interconnected beings, she invites viewers to visit a realm beyond the physical but in a space-between.
Powell exhibits regularly, most recently participating in a group exhibition at the George Washington Carver Museum in Austin, Texas. Powell works with creative directors and art consultants, providing unique work for special projects. Her work is collected internationally.
ARTIST STATEMENT
We move through life, thinking, feeling, perceiving, acting, and reacting. All these activities carry vibrational patterns that form reality as we know it. Biologist Rupert Sheldrake theorizes that morphic fields are what organize information throughout life. These fields enable us to "regenerate and heal after damage, coordinate vibratory activities of the nervous system, and are closely connected to mental activity." Much like morphic fields, there is a force at play when I paint, an underlying guidance I trust. The act of painting is a healing ritual where heightened awareness takes place.
When I begin a painting, I align my energy to the present moment. I allow intuition to guide me to colors, brushes, and tools. I trust what comes and intend to stay loose and free while making deliberate marks and movements. Contemplations that were once internal become externalized as shapes, textures, and colors. As a painting unfolds and begins to take shape, structures arise. Layer upon layer, I obscure, reveal, and obscure again, and a puzzle to solve emerges. The final result is a completed painting, which acts as an expression of the unconscious.
Making abstract art, with its inherent ambiguity, is a dream-like process. It serves as therapeutic, temporary relief from more rigid waking hours. Yet still, it mimics life, which flows between chaos and order, surrender and intention. I aim for the work to energize and awaken reflection on the subtler realms. Instead of art serving as an object, it becomes a conduit. When the viewer finds a connection, they become the subject of the work, which points to our true oneness.
~ Kim Powell
KIM POWELL
b. 1969
EDUCATION
1991 Rhode Island School of Design, BFA, Providence, Rhode Island
2010 Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, Study Away, Painting Master Class, w/ John Alexander, San Miguel de Allende, México
2006 Escuela de Bellas Artes, Painting, San Miguel de Allende, México
2005 Academia Hispano America, Spanish, San Miguel de Allende, México
2002 Warren Hardy Spanish, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2001 Tibetan Buddhist studies, 1998-2001, Shambhala Center, NYC, New York
1991 Brown University, Psychoanalysis & Structuralism; Women in Socialist & Developing Countries, Providence, Rhode Island
1990 Instituto de Allende, Painting, San Miguel de Allende, México
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 West Austin Studio Tour, Austin, Texas
2018 Imagine Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, México
2013 La Calaca Festival, Interactive, Parque Juarez, San Miguel de Allende, México
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Austin Studio Tour, George Washington Carver Museum, Austin, Texas
2023 Mystic Mirrors, ArtUs Co. Gallery, Austin, Texas
2023 Summer Show, Wolf Gallery, Austin, Texas
2023 The Other Art Fair - Saatchi Art, Dallas, Texas
2022 The Other Art Fair - Saatchi Art, Dallas, Texas
2022 Motion, Art Fluent Gallery, Online Juried Exhibition
2021 Blue Genie, Art Bazaar, Austin, Texas
2017 Eros, Imagine Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, México
2006 Carlos Muro Galleria, San Miguel de Allende, México
1994 Hearts for Valentine’s, Mexic‐Arte Museum, Austin, Texas
1993 Ya Ya’s Gallery, Austin, Texas
1993 Yomawaloa, Now Entering America Show, Austin, Texas
1992 Aztec Cafe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1992 Artist of The Aztec, cable access interview, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1991 Connections, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
1991 Anti War Show, Benson Hall, Providence, Rhode Island
1991 Illustration Building, Providence, Rhode Island
1990 Winter Exhibition, Instituto de Allende, San Miguel de Allende, México
1990 AS220, Providence, Rhode Island
1988 Outdoor Exhibition of Alice in Wonderland, Providence, Rhode Island
RELEASES | PRODUCTIONS | PERFORMANCES
2021 Launched Project, Soul Colors (based on your birthdate), Online
2018 Morningwood Reunion, drummer, Continental Club, Austin, Texas
2016 Habla Blah Blah II, songwriter, vocalist, and producer, album release, Online
2013 Habla Blah Blah I, songwriter, vocalist, and producer, album release, Online
2012 Yes, original song featured, Life Interrupted TV series, Online
2011 Hedwig and the Angry Inch, role of Yitzhak, Teatro Santa Ana, S.M.A., Mexico
2011 It’s A Wonderful Life, role of Mary, Teatro Santa Ana, S.M.A., Mexico
2011 Domestication, A Play by Stefanie Glick, ensemble cast, Teatro Santa Ana, S.M.A., Mexico
2010 The Mozo by Tom King - world premiere, lead actor, Teatro Santa Ana, S.M.A., Mexico
2010 Cold Hands Warm Heart, original song, Charmed TV series
2010 Get it Right, solo album release, Online
2009 Psychopathia Sexualis, lead role of Ellie, Teatro Santa Ana, S.M.A., Mexico
2009 Will You Stay, single release, Online
2009 Glenda Garry, Glenda Ross, adaptation, role of Dave Moss, Teatro Santa Ana, S.M.A., Mexico
2007 The Alchemist, Intro music, Hollywood Access TV
2004 Loose Ends by Lou Christine, world premier, role of Barbara,Teatro Romanos, S.M.A., Mexico
2003 Fool for Love, role of May, Teatro Santa Ana, S.M.A., Mexico
2003 Truth is Invisible, debut solo album
2001 The Alchemist, single release
2000 Si*Sé – The Rain (Official Video), actor, animated sequence, NYC, New York
2000 Elvis Costello compilation album, drummer, Brenda Kahn band, NYC, New York
2000 Live video streaming spot on SPIN.com with Brenda Kahn band, Online
1999 Rocker Girl Festival, drummer, Brenda Kahn band, Seattle, WA
1998 MTV Sports and Music Festival, Morningwood, Austin, Texas
1998 Morningwood, debut album, Austin, Texas
1998 Prince Tribute album with band Morningwood, Austin, Texas
1997 Morningwood music videos, producer, Austin, Texas
1997 CMJ Festival, Morningwood, NYC, New York
1993 The Newton Boys, extra, Austin, Texas
1992 Dazed and Confused, extra, Austin, Texas
1992 Artists of The Aztec, television interview on art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1991 No-named Ensemble, experimental dance group, AS220, Providence, Rhode Island
