British Artist Kim L Pace explores cultural obsessions, curious narratives and mysterious phenomena in her multi media work.
Exploring the line between the factual and the fantastic, research has taken Kim into the worlds of enthusiasts, fanatics and 'outsiders' - from aviators to anthropologists, acrobats to archaeologists.
Works have included installations of large-format photography on light boxes, monumental wall drawings, sculpture, and most recently, animated film.
Primarily, shown in public and private galleries in the UK & worldwide, Kim's work has also been seen in site-specific contexts, including projects and commissioned work.
Kim was awarded the Evelyn Williams Drawing Fellowship [Liverpool Art School], the two year Linbury Drawing Fellowship [Wimbledon School of Art] and the Berwick Gymnasium Art Gallery Fellowship [Arts Council England/ English Heritage 08-9]. She was a finalist for the International Art Incentive award [01] and selected for artist residencies at the Royal College of Art, Drawing Studio [01]; at The School of Visual Arts, Illinois State University, USA [01] and at Messen Art Centre, Norway [08].
Other awards for her work include Arts Council grants [1996, 98, 99, 2002-3]; the Prince's Trust [Travel & Eurocreation awards]; Arts & Humanities Research Council [2003-4]; University of Arts, London Research Awards [2001, 02, 03, 04].
Kim's curatorial projects include: 'Cult Fiction' Hayward Gallery touring five venues; 'From the Doodle to the Digit' - Contemporary Drawing Conference, at Tate Britain; 'Lines of Desire', national touring exhibition (six venues); Walsall Art Gallery, 'Rebel Angels'; Universitat fur Angewandlt Kunst, Vienna, 'Going Continental'; and 'Sweet Life', a series of commissioned works, Birmingham - all with accompanying publications.
She has held Senior Lecturer posts in Research [Wimbledon] and Drawing [Camberwell] at the University of Arts, London, and has been a visiting artist extensively - including the Royal College of Art, London; The National Gallery, London; The Ruskin, Oxford; Sheffield Hallam University; Derby University; University of East London; City & Guilds Art School, London, University of Creative Arts & RMIT, Australia. She continues to be a regular visiting lecturer at several institutions including Norwich University College of Arts.
Kim's solo shows in the UK include Berwick Gymnasium Art Gallery; the Bonington Gallery, Nottingham; APT, London; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Domobaal Contemporary Art, London. She has also had solo shows at Limerick City Art Gallery, Ireland; McLean Arts Centre, USA, and Northern Territory Gallery for Contemporary Art, Australia.
Her work has been included in numerous group shows, for example, Ikon Gallery touring, Birmingham; Austrian Cultural Forum, London (two person); Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland; Transition Gallery, London; 39, London; Oriel Mostyn, Wales; The Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, I-Space, Chicago and Platform, Melbourne.
Reviews include: Garageland magazine; Frieze; Art Monthly; The Art Newspaper; PLUK; The Guardian; Time Out, London & Amsterdam; The Big Issue; Artists Newsletter; The Independent and Dazed & Confused magazine. Kim has created artist pages for 'Arty' magazine & was commissioned to produce a zine for the 'Cult Fiction' catalogue.