Her recent, psychologically charged works reference anthropomorphism, hybridisation and contemporary comic and sequential sci-fi imagery. Through extensive research, including direct interaction, she also engages with people who that fall outside of general social 'norms'.
Pace's dramatic installations evoke certain forms of museology. Whilst appropriating the language of taxonomy and typology, she subverts these tools of categorisation and historicisation to create new, fantastical narratives.
Kim L Pace has a distinguished exhibition profile; she also initiates and has taken part in many successful and innovative creative projects, and has received a number of significant awards. She has held several artist residencies in the UK, USA and Norway; and received a Juliet Gomperts Trust Award, 2010 and an Arts Council England Award, 2011.
From the late 90's to mid 2000's, she produced vast immersive 'dark room' installations that evoked 'larger-than-life' historical characters - whose livelihoods often courted mortal danger. Her mise-en-scène included large-scale photographic light boxes, sound, monumental scale wall drawings and sometimes film. These solo large-scale installations have been commissioned and exhibited by venues such as: Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; McLean County Art Center, Illinois, USA; Austrian Cultural Forum, London; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK; Northern Territory Gallery for Contemporary Art, Australia; Domobaal, London; Limerick City Art Gallery, Ireland; Bonington Gallery, Nottingham; APT Gallery, London.
Art Review, Frieze, Dazed and Confused & the Guardian Guide, among others, have featured her exhibitions, and Pace has curated several noteworthy exhibitions including 'Cult Fiction' Hayward Gallery touring;'Going Continental', Universitat für Angewandlt Kunst, Vienna and 'Lines of Desire' national tour - all with accompanying publications.
Pace has lectured extensively. She has also given many public talks, and curated 'Doodle to Digit', a contemporary drawing Conference at Tate Britain. Currently, she lectures in the fields of games art & design, animation & fine art.
The recipient of several fellowships, Kim most recently undertook the Berwick Gymnasium Fellowship, which culminated in the solo exhibition 'Sea Change'. Recent exhibitions, screenings etc also include: South Bank London touring show; 39, London; McLean County Art Center, USA; The Drawing Room, London; Transition Gallery, London; Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery; Gallery North, Newcastle; CineCity Film Festival; Towner, Eastbourne; The Horse Hospital, London & Collective, Edinburgh.
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