KIM SOBEL
Kim Sobel was raised in Vermont and graduated with a BA from Hampshire College. She continued her education in New York where she received an MS from Bank Street College and an MFA from Hunter College, CUNY. In 2002, she moved from New York City to Connecticut where she now resides. Her work, which has consistently been inspired by her surroundings, reflects the shifting elements of nature that she rediscovered upon settling in the country.
Sobel has shown her work locally, in New York City, and internationally. She has two upcoming shows: Walking the Wall opens in February 2017 at M Fine Arts Galerie, Boston, MA, and Shifting Surfaces opens in March 2017 at Pegasus Gallery and the Niche, Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT. Her work has been shown recently at Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2017; Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT (2016); Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT (2015); in a group show curated by Harriet Korman at 490 Atlantic, Brooklyn, NY (2014); and ArtSpace Gallery, Hartford, CT (2013). Sobel taught painting at the New School, New York, and watercolor at Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT. In 2010, she received an Artist Fellowship Grant from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, and in 1998, was awarded a William GRAF Travel Abroad Scholarship from Hunter College.
EDUCATION
1999 Hunter College, M.F.A., New York, NY
1987 Bank Street College: M.S., New York, NY
1985 Hampshire College: B.A., Amherst, MA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Walking the Wall M Galerie Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Pegasus Gallery and The Niche Space - Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT
2016 CUT Collages & Paintings Charter Oak Gallery, Hartford, CT
2015 Mia Westerlund Roosen and Kim Sobel, Inside Out Five Points Gallery - Torrington, CT
Tangled up in blue Cornwall Library – Cornwall, CT
2014 begotten banners The Wall @ Charter Oak, Hartford, CT
2012 where shadows should have been The Trailside Gallery, Northampton, MA
2011 Winvian - Morris, CT
2009 Washington Art Association - Washington Depot, CT
2007 The Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art - University of Connecticut at Avery Point, Groton, CT
Beiten Burkhardt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Anne Hebebrand and Kim Sobel Chase/ Freedman Gallery, West Hartford, CT
2006 from within The Town and County Club, Hartford, CT
2000 Bluegrass The Left Bank, Bennington, VT
1993 BVB Bad Vilbeler/ Bergen - Enkheimer Volksbank e.G., Bad Vilbel, Germany
1992 Telephone, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Nation V Thru the Rabbit Hole Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 ART HEIST Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
Summer Selections M Galerie Fine Arts, Boston, MA
40th Anniversary REAL PARTY REAL ART WAYS, Hartford, CT
2015 Hearts on Their Sleeves FVAC, Avon, CT
2014 Rock the Boat curated by Harriet Korman 490 Atlantic, Brooklyn, NY
Somewhat off the Wall Odonnell Company, New Haven, CT
Summer Gallery Hop Ann Tower Gallery - Lexington, KY
2013 Small Works Art Crating, Inc., Brooklyn, NY
Our Expanding Circle, Paper New England's 5th Anniversary Artspace Gallery, Hartford, CT
Summer Selections Ann Tower Gallery, Lexington, KY
Imagine Main Street Downtown Manchester Window Front, Manchester, CT
Faculty Show Hans Weiss New Space Gallery - Manchester Community College Gallery, Manchester, CT
2012 The Shape of Things Pop-up Art Show, Lichtfield, CT
Fine Art Faculty Show MCC Downtown Gallery - Manchester Community College - Arts & Education Center, Manchester, CT
2011 A Just Standard The CT Commission on Culture & Tourism Gallery, Hartford, CT
Somewhat off the Wall Odonnell Company, New Haven, CT
Working Artists Art Crating, Inc., Brooklyn, NY
Extraordinary Facilities John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
Faculty Show Hans Weiss New Space Gallery - Manchester Community College Gallery, Manchester, CT
2010 Hampshire 40th Anniversary Exhibition Harold Johnson Library Gallery - Hampshire College Gallery, Amherst, MA
2008 Faculty Show Hans Weiss New Space Gallery - Manchester Community College Gallery, Manchester, CT
Art on the Line FVAC, Avon, CT
2007 Night of 1,000 Drawings Artists Space, New York, NY
John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
Real pARTY ’07 REAL ART WAYS, Hartford, CT
Faculty Show Hans Weiss New Space Gallery - Manchester Community College Gallery, Manchester, CT
2006 Illuminations ga11ery, Hartford, CT
Lead Art Crating, Inc., Brooklyn, NY
Hello City II ga11ery, Hartford, CT
Art Access, Paessaggio, Hartford, CT
2005 Faculty Show New Space Gallery - Manchester Community College Gallery, Manchester, CT
2004 Invitational Ginger Druchyk Gallery, Glastonbury, CT
Inaugural Show Ginger Druchyk Gallery, Glastonbury, CT
Bennington Arts Festival, Bennington, VT
2003 Uncrated Spike Gallery, New York, NY
Small Works Ginger Druchyk Gallery, Glastonbury, CT
2001 Print Sale Lindsey Brown, New York, NY
2001 Benefit Silent Auction White Columns, New York, NY
2000 Weihnachts - Accrochage Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt, Germany
Fundraiser/Raffle PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY
Invitational Show curated by Zhang Zhang - Central Fine Art, New York, NY
12th Annual Works on Paper Show The Park Avenue Armory - Kathryn Markel Fine Arts Booth, New York, NY
Interior/ Exterior curated by Samantha Palmeri - Catherine Street Gallery, Staten Island, NY
1999 Outer Boroughs curated by Paul Ha and Lauren Ross - White Columns, New York, NY
The Power of Drawing Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
Size Matters curated by Mike Weiss - Gail Gates, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
M.F.A Thesis Exhibition Times Square Gallery - Hunter College, New York, NY
1998 Prints ‘98 11th Floor Gallery - Hunter College, New York, NY
The Jewel Box Project to Benefit Bang on a Can curated by Patrick Callery - Gaga Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Pat Hearn Benefit Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
Art for Kids’ Sake Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
1996 Artworks/ Artworkers Basilico Fine Arts, New York, NY
Swedish Broadcasting Company, New York, NY
Salon des Tree Central Park, New York, NY
Dialogue: One on One Curcio/Spector Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Samson Fine Art, New York, NY
1994 Red Windows curated by Paul Morris - Barneys New York, NY
Connotations of Red 15 Renwick Street, New York, NY
450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
The Black Sheep Metropolitan, Brooklyn, NY
Heterogeneity - Abstraction and Virtual Space with Paul Bloodgood, Leonard Bullock, Cora Cohen, David Geiser, Greg Kwiatek, Suzanne McClelland, Dona Nelson, Eduard Prulhiere, Sandi Slone, and Jack Whitten - Out of the Blue, Edinburgh, Scotland
Intercourse: A Drawing Show Mustard, Brooklyn, NY
1993 Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
The Art of Discovery Krasdale Corporate Gallery, Bronx, NY
O. I. A. Salon Show 59 Franklin Street Gallery, New York, NY
1992 The Salon of the Mating Spiders Herron Test-Site, Brooklyn, NY
Telephone, New York, NY
1992 Right Bank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1991 Artworks/Artworkers A/C Project Room, New York, NY
REVIEWS/ PUBLICATIONS
2016 Dunne, Susan: Hartford Advocate “‘A Colorful Cut-Up” April 21, 2016, vol. CLXX, Number 112; Reproduction
Bartis, Sarah: Connecticut’s Very First Synagaogue, Interview with Donna Berman on Better CT, WFSB Hartford, April 22, 2016
2015 Republican American “‘3 artists at Torrington gallery” April 12, 2015; Reproduction
2014 Dresner, Mara: Glastonbury Life “‘Eclectic elements singing together” January 2014; Reproduction
2012 Bogen, Julie: Lichtfield County Times “Liv Will Pop-Up Gallery Comes to Litchfield” June 28, 2012; Reproduction
O’Shaughnessy, Tracey: Republican American “‘Art with a little pop” July 24, 2012; Reproduction
2010 Hampshire 40th Anniversary Exhibition: catalogue of the exhibition, June 2010
2009 O’Shaughnessy, Tracey: Republican American “‘Art as impulsive snapshots of life” March 4, 2009
Murphy, Sarah: Voices “‘WAA Hosts New Show” February 25, 2009, Reproduction
James, Sandra: The Hartford Courant “‘Glastonbury Artist Featured” February 22, 2009, vol. CLXXIII, no. 53; Reproduction
Hallas, Jim: Glastonbury Citizen “Work by Local Artists to Go on View” February19, 2009, vol. 58, Issue 27; Reproduction
2007 Middleton, Faith Interview: Kim Sobel & Anne Hebebrand, Faith Middleton Show, WNPR, October 29, 2007
Hallas, Jim: Glastonbury Citizen “‘Work by Local Artists on View at Gallery” September 6, 2007, vol. 57, Issue 5; Reproduction
2006 Thompson, Michael: Glastonbury Citizen “‘Imperishable Bliss” May 18, 2006, vol. 55, Issue 44; Reproduction
Bottomley, Andrew: Hartford Advocate “‘Landscapes Out of This World” May 4, 2006, vol. 33, Issue 19; Reproduction
from within and out: catalogue of the exhibition, May 2006
2004 Izard, Brucie: Glastonbury Life “‘Artist rejuvenated by letting nature take its course” October 2004, vol. 5, Issue 6; Reproduction
Steigerwald, Will: Artistic FX June-July 2004, vol. 13, no. 6; Reproduction
2000 Montz, Diane: Bennington Banner “‘Bluegrass’ grows in Bennington” August 24, 2000; Reproduction
Minton, David: Lexington Herald Leader “Bluegrass to Green Mountains” August 20, 2000; Reproduction
Card, Michael J.: The Advocate “Bennington native exhibits her work at Left Bank Gallery” August 16, 2000; vol. XIX, no. 33; Reproduction
Rezny, Mary S. & Purcell, Edward L.: Horse Mania: A Public Art Project of the Lexington Arts & Cultural Council. Lexington, Kentucky: Lexington Arts & Cultural Council, 2000
Minton, David: Lexington Herald Leader “Horse Tales: Sweet Pea” August 10, 2000; Reproduction
Rutland Daily Herald “Bluegrass” August 25, 2000; Reproduction
Deerfield Valley News “Sobel exhibits at Left Bank Gallery” August 17, 2000; Reproduction
The Berkshire Eagle: Berkshires Week “Best Bet” August 10, 2000; Reproduction
The Vermont News Guide “Kim Sobel Featured at Left Bank Gallery” August 9, 2000; Reproduction
Manchester Journal “New Exhibit at Left Bank” August 4, 2000; Reproduction
Bennington Banner “Bluegrass” August 3, 2000; Reproduction
Anderson, Frank: Lexington Herald Leader “Corner for two” July 22, 2000; Reproduction
Copley, Rich: Lexington Herald Leader “Horse, of course” June 29, 2000; Reproduction
Fressola, Michael J.: Staten Island Advance “Island’s smaller galleries make clever use of space” March 24, 2000
1999 Cotter, Holland: The New York Times April 9, 1999
Ratcliff, Carter and Sobel, Kim: Immediacies of the Hand: Recent Abstract Painting in New York: catalogue of the exhibition February, 1999
Esplund, Lance: Modern Painters Autumn 1999, vol. 12, no. 3
Landi, Ann: Artnews Summer 1999
Everett, Deborah: NY Arts Magazine March 1999, vol. 4, no. 3
M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition: catalogue of the exhibition, May 1999
1994The New York Times “It’s Red” November 20, 1994
Red Windows: catalogue of the exhibition, November 1994
Coagula 'Guerilla Show Somewhere in Soho' November 1994
Morgan, Kathleen, The List “In the Abstract” July 1994, Issue 231
1993 Balka, Sigmund: The Art of Discovery: catalogue of the exhibition, July 1993
Samson, Horst: Bad Vilbeler Anzeiger “Extase der Farben und Ariadnefäden für das Labyrinth im Inneren der Natur” May 13, 1993
Müller, D.: Der Bergen - Enkheimer “All Colours are my love” May 13, 1993 Storch, Heike: Wetterauer Zeitung “Landschaftsskulpturen auf Leinwand” May 13, 1993
Friauf, Annette: Frankfurter Neue Presse “Die Farbspiele von Kim Sobel erfordern Zeit zum Schauen” May 12, 1993
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
1999 Immediacies of the Hand: Recent Abstract Painting in New York curated with Carter Ratcliff, Times Square Gallery - Hunter College, New York, NY
AWARDS
2010 Artist Fellowship Grant - Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism - Hartford, CT
2000 Horse Mania Honorarium - A Public Art Project, Lexington Arts and Cultural Council - Lexington, KY
1998 William GRAF Travel Abroad Scholarship, Hunter College - New York, NY
1991 Vermont Studio Center Scholarship - Johnson, VT
LECTURES
2015 CUT Collages & Paintings; Gallery Talk, Charter Oak Gallery, Hartford, CT
2015 Mia Westerlund Roosen and Kim Sobel, Inside Out; Gallery Talk, Five Points Gallery - Torrington, CT
2012 Pop-up Art Show - The Shape of Things; Gallery Talk, Lichtfield, CT
2006 The Town & County Club - from within and out; Guest Lecturer, Hartford, CT
2000 Left Bank Gallery - Artist Talk; Bennington, VT
1999 Fashion Institute of Technology - Immediacies of the Hand; Guest Lecturer, New York, NY
1998 Hunter College - Lecture about Turner; New York, NY
TEACHING
2004-13 Manchester Community College - Watercolor, Manchester, CT
2001 The New School - Creative Drawing & Painting, New York, NY
The New School - Drawing at The Metropolitan, New York, NY
The New School - Printmaking: Woodcuts; Seminar, New York, NY
2000 Joan Mitchell Foundation and Arts at University Settlement - Drawing & Painting; Teaching Assistant, New York, NY
University of Kentucky - Graphics - Non-toxic Printshop: Etching and Woodcuts; Teaching Assistant & Graphics Monitor, Lexington, KY
1998 Hunter College - Graphics: Etching and Woodcuts; Teaching Assistant, New York, NY
1997-8 Hunter College - Beginning and Advanced Painting; Teaching Assistant, New York, NY
1997-8 Hunter College - Coordinator of Visiting Artists, New York, NY
1987-91 The Town School - Head Classroom Teacher; fourth grades; Lower School Social Studies Coordinator, New York, NY
1986-7 Bank Street School for Children - Head Classroom Teacher; second, third, and fourth grades, New York, NY
1984 University of Rochester - Research Assistant, Rochester, NY
1983 Hampshire College - Vision, Image and Geometry, Teaching Assistant, Amherst, MA