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Artist C.V. Born: 1961, Atlanta, GA Moved to California: 1979 EDUCATION 1979-1984 San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, and l’Institut pour les Etudiants Etrangers, Aix-en-Provence, France B.A. Humanities, B.A. French 1986-88 The Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA, B.F.A. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2012 “25 th Northern National Juried Art Competition”, juror: Sarah McKenzie, Nicolet College Art Gallery , Rhinelander ,WI July 24- Sept.7, 2012 “ArtFutura: Art in Motion”, national juried show, to benefit The Rehabilitation Institute Of Chicago (RIC) , juror: Mr. James Rondeau, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Art Institute of Chicago, May 31 – June 7 ,2012 “White, Black & Shades of Gray”, juried show, March 30-May 6, juror: Dina Dieitsch, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, ” Expressions West 2012 ” , Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay ,OR , juror: Douglas Russell, Honorable Mention “A Legacy in Continuum: Bay Area Figuration”, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield,CA, March 22- May 27, catalog available for purchase “Figures in Abstract”, group invitational show, Seager Gray Gallery , Mill Valley, CA, March 5- April 15 “Portrait Show”, 3-person show , SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Ft .Mason, Bldg. A, San Francisco , Jan. 12th -Feb. 23 rd “Kala-fornia: State of the Art 2″, Spring Exhibition and Auction, Kala , Berkeley ,CA, April “Life Live”, group figure drawing show and event at The Arc, San Francisco, CA Jan. 18th-Feb. 18th 2011 “Studies: Preparatory Work That Stands Alone”, Kim Frohsin, Sally Cleveland, Philip Govedare, Randy Hayes, Jim Holl, Tim Lowly, Ed Musante, and Jordan Wolfson, Sept .17 to Oct.22, PROGRAPHICA, Seattle,WA “Paper,Scissors,Glue:Bay Area Collage, group show, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto , CA May 1-31 Coos Art Museum,”Expressions West 2011,” juror, Erik Sandgren, 2 awards of merit, Coos Bay, Oregon, April 8 – May 28th January Salon Show, January 18 – February 12, 2011: featuring: Kim Frohsin, Paula Landrem and Christopher Terry. Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA Kim Frohsin’s “Coca~Cola & Masks,” Caffee Museo @ SFMoMA, Feb. 3 – March 16th, San Francisco, CA. 151 Third St .SF ,CA 94103 “Hearing the Backbeat: Realists & Abstraction,” 5-person Group Show, PROGRAPHICA, Seattle, WA. Feb 12 – March 27 ,2011, 3419 East Denny Way, Seattle WA 98122 2010 “Body Language”, national juried show, juror: George Nick, 3rd place winner, image selected for show poster, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, Mass. “FIGURES” , New work by Gregg Chadwick, Marshsall Crossman, Kim Frohsin ,Carol O’Malia, July 30-Aug. 31, 2o10, Julie Nester Gallery ,Park City, Utah “Self Portrait Show”, June 12-30, Julie Nester Gallery , Park City, UT “Kink: The Seduction of Art”, a multi-media exhibition including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and installation, June 5 – July 17, 2010 Koplin Del Rio, Culver City, CA “The Figure Now: Exhibition 2010″, international juried show, Fontbonne University Fine Arts Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Feb . 5- 26, jurors: Sophie Jodoin, Alex Kanevsky, Nicholas Uribe “24th Annual Art Show at the Dog Show” , A National Juried fine Art Competition dedicated to Canine Art and to the Memory of Walter Bebout , March 1-April 11, Wichita, Kansas 2009 “Bay Area Figurative: Paintings and Drawings” , side gallery, ARTZONE 461 Gallery, San Francisco ,CA “The Art Of Play”, selective group show, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, Dec 3, 2009- Jan 9, 2010 “On Paper”, invitational drawing group show, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY “Wigs and Silhouettes : KIM FROHSIN,” Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Small works on paper by…. The Artists of ZYZZYVA,” Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA “West Coast Drawings VIII,” published catalogue available from Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA “5 artists put their best art forward,” Bolinas Gallery, Bolinas, CA “Figurative Musings,” Ma(i)sonry, Yountville, CA “Staff Favorites”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, NYC, NY Oct .-Dec. 2008 “Painterly Painting: The Next Level,” The Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA “Art I Love: A Group Exhibition”, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA “Figures With Edges”, solo exhibit, Nelson Macker Fine Art, Port Chester, NY “Expressions West 2008″, juried show, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR. Juror: Gary Faigin “Singular Impressions: Monotypes”, juried invitational, ARTWORKS Downtown, San Rafael, CA. Juror: Carol Levy LaGrange National Biennial XXV, 2008, LaGrange Art Museum, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, GA. Juror: Jeffrey Grove, the Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The High Musuem, Atlanta, GA 2007 “Bay Area Influence – The Other Side”, group show, Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA Invitational Group Exhibition, 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA curator: Dotti Crichon “Recycle”, group show, Oct. 4-20, Gallery One, 1 Embarcadero Center, SF,CA “30th Small Works Exhibition”, Feb.3-March 9, Washington Square Galleries, (NYU), NYC, NY, juror: Jim Kempner “A Personal Selection”, solo exhibit, The Alliance Française, San Francisco, CA “Texas National: 2007″, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX “Recent Figures”, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA “Two Minutes And Counting”, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2006 “My Mosaics”, CPF Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Stephanie Caloia, Artist’s Model”, group invitational show, Crockett Contemporary Art, Crockett, CA Long Beach Arts, “Works On Paper Exhibition”, Long Beach, CA. “Bovine Grid” won first place. “7th Annual Juried National Exhibit”, Kauffman Gallery, Huber Art Center, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA “Bay Area Figurative: Then And Now”, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA “Finding The Figure”, group show, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Ft. Mason Center, San Francisco, CA 2005 “Group Figure Drawing”, City Picture Frame Gallery, San Francisco, CA “In The Abstract: 2004-2005″, solo show, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Introductions ’05″, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA Looking Back And Seeing Forward”, group show, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA “2005 Member’s Showcase”, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA “New Year / New Work”, group show, North Berkeley Frame and Gallery, Berkeley, CA Solo show, Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, San Anselmo, CA “In The Abstract: Recent Drawings And Paintings On Paper And Collage”, solo show, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Women’s Work Now: Large Paintings By Bay Area Women Artists”, Bank of America Building, San Francisco, CA, curated by Jan Casey of Casey & Associates, and Joan Elan Davis of Joan Davis Art. 2004 “Grids & Motifs: 2003″, Cafe Borrone, Menlo Park, CA “A Ten Year Retrospective: Kim Frohsin At Trillium”, Trillium Press, Brisbane, CA 2003 “Provocative Poses: 2001-2003″ solo show, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA BACA Annual juried show, Berkeley, CA. Juror: Marian Parmenter The Mills Building, group show, Trillium Press, San Francisco, CA “Medley”, City Picture Frame, Courtesy of The Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Wordworks II + Plus”, The John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2002 “14th Annual Mini Show” invitational, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA The San Jose Museum of Art Cafe Gallery, group print exhibit, San Jose, CA “Uncorked”, Crocker Museum Wine Auction Benefit, Sacramento, CA “In Other Words” juried show, The Second City Council, Long Beach, CA. Juror: Patt Morrison “Trillium Press: Past, Present and Future”, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA “Solos: The Contemporary Monoprint”, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA. Curator: Lauren Davies “The Perception of Appearance: A Decade of Contemporary Figure Drawing”, The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA. Curator: Norman Lundin SFMoMA, Modern Art Council Annual Auction, San Francisco, CA 2001 “WORDWORKS: 2000-2001″, The Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Figurative Works on Paper:1992-2001″, The Collector’s Gallery, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA “Figure Drawings on Paper: Kim Frohsin”, The Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000 “Pacific Prints 2000″, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA. Jurors: Beth Van Hoesen, Karin Breuer, Donald Farnsworth. Honorable Mention and Purchase Awards “Thirteen Themes”, a husband-wife show, Randall Sexton and Kim Frohsin, Sanchez Art Center Gallery, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA 1999 “Innovation and Influence: The Art of Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud” and “New paintings by Kim Frohsin”, Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Ketchum, Idaho. Curator: Kristin Poole “Back to Back: The Female Figure”, The Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1998 “Cast Shadows: Figures and Other Subjects”, SOMA Gallery, La Jolla, CA 1997 “Bay Area Art: The Morgan Flagg Collection”, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum of Art, San Francsico, CA. Curator: Timothy Bergard “Bay Area Figurative Revisited: Kim Frohsin and Ken Kewley”, SOMA Gallery, La Jolla, CA 1996 “California National”, 750 Gallery, Sacramento, CA. Juror: Stephen McGough “Exhibition”, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA. Juror: Wayne Thiebaud. Awarded the California Society of Printmakers’ Award 1995 “Kim Frohsin: The Playground Series 1992-1994″, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA “The All-Sorts Series”, The Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, two-person show with Wiliam Rose, San Francisco, CA 1994 “69th Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA. Juror: Phil Linhares. First Place Award 1993 J. Noblett Gallery, Boyes Hot Springs, CA “Four Figures from the Bay: Manuel Neri, Kim Frohsin, Stephen De Staebler, Nathan Oliviera”, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA PUBLIC COLLECTIONS The Gap Inc., headquarters, San Francisco,CA The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA The San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA The Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA The United States Department of State, Office of The Governor, State Capital, Sacramento, CA Alza Corporation, US Headquarters, Mountain View, CA Gordon and Rees, San Francisco, CA Keker & Van Nest, San Francisco, CA Buck Fine Arts, Laguna Hills, CA Hartnett-Hall Gallery collection, Minot State University, Minot, ND The Morgan Flagg Family Collection, Atherton, CA Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati, Palo Alto, CA Johnson & Johnson, NYC, NY The Fifth Floor, Hotel Palomar, San Francisco, CA Hotel W, San Francisco, CA Nordstrom, Seattle, WA Neiman Marcus Hollywood Hotel , Los Angeles, CA Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose, CA Baker & MacKenzie, San Francisco, CA Cal Com, San Jose, CA The Holtze Hotel, Denver, CO Marcus & Millichap Hambrecht & Quist, San Francisco, CA Pebble Beach Press Ltd., Pebble Beach, CA Texaco Corporation, TX IN:SITE Design Build Associates, Inc., San Francisco, CA Ocean Cities Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA Gryphon Capital Management ,San Francisco, CA Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, Redwood Shores, CA mPower, San Francisco, CA Fidelity Investments, MA PUBLICATIONS “Figures With Edges”, 2008, Epressbooks, San Francisco, CA. “Two Minutes and Counting”, 2007, Epressbooks, San Francisco, CA, foreword by Peter Campion “Kim Frohsin: In the Abstract: 2004-2005″, 2005, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, gallery catalog,San Francisco, CA , foreword by Paul J. Karlstrom “West Branch “, spring /summer edition, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA. Cover art: “Mystery Skirt” (2007) “Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology : 6th edition”, 2008, Bryan Kolb and Ian Whishaw, W.H. Freeman and Worth Publishing. Cover art: The Skeptic” (1993) “Elmer Bischoff: The Ethics of Paint”, 2001, Susan Landauer, University of California Press, p. 153 “The Perception of Appearance: A Decade of Contemporary Figure Drawing”, Norman Lundin, The Frye Art Museum and University of Washington Press, Seattle,WA, 2002 “Bay Area Painting”, 2006, John Natsoulas Press, Davis, CA, pgs. 32-33 “ARTWORKS” magazine, Carmel, CA, winter issue 2007-08, “Kim Frohsin”, interview by Erin Clark, photos by Erin Clark and Gina Taro, pgs. 68 -75 “BARK” magazine, Berkeley, CA, Fall 2002 issue, pg.39, art for article, “Grieving” by Patrica B. McConnell, PhD. “ZYZZYVA”, San Francisco, CA: Fall, Vol. XV #2 1999; Winter, Vol. XX #3 2004; Fall, Vol. XXII #2 2006 “California Home & Design” magazine, 2004, “The Collector’s Eye”, by Anne Seymour, pgs. 73-79 TEACHING 2005 – 2006, MFA independent study advisor, The Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA http://kimfrohsin.com
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