K. Imperial Fine Art is excited to feature four of our newest artists through the end of February. Introductions will be on view from January 15th – February 29th, 2020. We will be hosting an opening reception from 5:30-7:30pm on Thursday, February 6th, 2020.
Bumin Kim – Originally from Korea, Kim received her MFA in drawing and painting in 2015 from the University of North Texas (Denton, TX) and remains in North Texas as an active member of the contemporary art community.
For Kim, thread and string become a unique media to explore many of the same questions usually investigated with paint. Kim’s work examines the nature of line beyond a two-dimensional surface into three-dimensional space. While thread and string are usually synonymous with the utilitarian actions of weaving and stitching, here they emphasize the energy, delicacy, and grace found in painting. These works shift, undulate, and pulse towards us, declaring themselves as entities emancipated from the confines of two-dimensions, and now poised and vibrating just above the surface.
In addition to numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout Texas, Kim has been featured at the Dallas Art Fair and Art Aspen. Kim’s work is included in both public and private collections in Texas and throughout the United States.
Tracy Taylor Gubbs – A visual artist and writer who lives and works in San Francisco, CA. Grubbs studied art and art history at the San Francisco Art Institute, U.C. Berkeley, the Academy of Art University, and continues to make frequent trips to study in Italy. She holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies and Political Philosophy from St. Lawrence University.
Grubbs’ works are inspired by encounters with the world and its vast capacity for change. Working with a variety of materials from paper, paint and found ephemera, as well as figurative and abstract imagery, she explores what the shifting nature of form might teach us. Often drawing from her background in environmental conservation and political philosophy.
Grubbs’ work has been exhibited worldwide, including the Morris Graves Museum of Art in Eureka, CA, the Oppland Kunstenter in Lillehammer, Norway, Arc Gallery in Chicago, IL, Shoshana Wayne Gallery in Santa Monica, CA, and the Venice Printmaking Studio in Venice, Italy. Grubbs has been awarded residencies at the Venice Printmaking Studio, the La Cipressaia Artist Workshop in Montagnana, Italy, the Morris Graves Foundation, and the Yosemite Renaissance Foundation. Grubbs was also selected for the prestigious John H. Hauberg Fellowship at the Pilchuck School of Glass in 2013.
Allison Svoboda – (b. 1964, Illinois) finds the edge between intuitive and deliberate mark making, creating works that are both large-scale yet ethereal. Her collage works are created from layering intricate brush stokes using ink to form sculptural works on paper. Svoboda’s paintings are based on fractal geometry, as well as the power of nature, translating into installations on materials such as metal, glass and cut paper.
Svoboda received the Hemera fellowship in 2015 to study Zen Buddhism in Japan, which further influences her work. Her sculpture commissions include an interactive steel sculpture, “Helical Om,” for the City of Chicago in 2018, a multi layered aluminum structure, “Helix Labyrinth,” for the Carnegie Art Center Sculpture Biennial, New Albany, Indiana, and a hand cut tyvek installation, “Vortices,” in Nashville Airport’s terminal C skylight in 2017. In addition, her wall mounted sculptural mandalas have been commissioned for numerous commercial and residential installations throughout the world including Hilton, Barbados, London House, Chicago, Ritz Carlton, Abu Dhabi, and Intercontinental, Guatemala City. Svoboda has also been selected as artist in residence for Peace Hotel in Shanghai, China for 2021.
Erin Vincent – (b. 1977, Canada) a Toronto based-artist whose work draws on a repetitive, labor-intensive processes, and unique materials. Abject and discarded objects have always fascinated Vincent as she de-categorizes them, removing their established hierarchies. Vincent explores themes of emotional intensity, intuition and the relationship between things. The sculptures she makes possess their own liveliness as well as ability to engage and be engaged by the viewer.
Vincent received her MFA at York University in 2017, focusing on sculpture and installation. She holds her BFA from the University of Waterloo and received her degree in Arts Education from the University of Western Ontario. Vincent has exhibited her work in Canada, United States and England, with shows at Art Mur (Montreal, QB), Renann Isaacs Contemporary (Guelph ON) and Christie Contemporary (Toronto ON). Vincent is the recipient of a 2017 Emerging Artist Grant from the Ontario Arts Council, a 2016 SSHRC Grant, as well as the C.J. Mills Stone Lithography Award in 1999. Her work is represented in prominent Canadian and international collections around the world.
For more information please contact Noah Harney at noah@kimperialfineart.com.
