About

Kim Whiteside is AN AUSTIN BASED ARTIST SPECIALIZING IN ABSTRACT PAINTING. SHE WAS RAISED IN HOUSTON, TEXAS WHERE SHE REALIZED HER PASSION FOR ART AT A YOUNG AGE. AFTER YEARS OF FOCUSED PRACTICE, SHE STUDIED AT TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE FOSTERED HER LOVE AND SKILL IN PAINTING.

IN HER ADULT LIFE, ART HAS OPENED DOORS TO PROFESSIONAL APPRENTICESHIPS IN AUSTIN, HOUSTON, NEW YORK, AND LONDON; AND HAS OPENED UP WORLDWIDE TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING EXTENDED STAYS IN INDIA, ZAMBIA, WESTERN EUROPE AND SOUTHEAST ASIA.

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KIM’S PRACTICE IS INSPIRED THROUGH HER TRAINING AND TRAVEL AS WELL AS BY ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS WHOSE LIVES AND CAREERS EXPLORED QUESTIONS OF SPACE, IDENTITY AND SUBCONSCIOUS THROUGH ABSTRACTION, REPETITION AND PROCESS; NAMELY HELEN FRANKENTHALER, GEORGIA O’KEEFE NAD AGNES MARTIN.

Curriculum vitae

EDUCATION

2011 BFA, Texas Christian University

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 Kim Whiteside: Discovering Light, Fate Lab, San Potito, Italy

2016 Kim Whiteside: "Art +Love", Splendid Store, Austin, TX

2016 Kim Whiteside: Dinner Party, One Eleven East, Hutto, TX

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS

2019 BLUE HILLS AT ROUND TOP, ROUND TOP, TEXAS

2018 WEST Studio Tour, Austin, texas

2018 Art City Austin: Fine Art Festival, Austin, Texas

2017 Glui Vient, San Pietro Infine, Italy

2017 Art City Austin: Fine Art Festival, Austin, Texas

2016 Next Gen Art Party with UNICEF, Los Angeles, CA

2016 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Finalist, ART on 5th!, Austin, TX

2015, 2016 Magnolia Ball, New Orleans Ogden Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

digital and print PUBLICATIONS:

2017 Vivid Winter, Pom Pom Quarterly, Issue 23

2017 IF:Equip Book, IF:Gathering Ministries

2017 'proven' by jennie allen, video sessions  

2016 “23 Emerging Artists to Get Acquainted With." MYDOMAINE,  February