Artist Bio

Kim Vanderheiden

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Solo Exhibitions

2006
2004
2003

Bridges, Bricks, & Bicycles- Montclair Gallery, Oakland, CA
Scenes from Morocco
- Brian Lyttle Chiropractic, San Francisco, CA
Arches & Old Brick – San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibitions

Escapes - Montclair Gallery, Oakland, CA
Roadworks - San Francisco Center for the Book, CA
More Than Expected - Craft & Cultural Arts Gallery, Oakland CA
Wild Women 3: Lost & Found - Vallejo Community Arts Foundation, CA
Cailifornia Society of Printmakers Annual Member Exhibit - Marin Headlands Visitor Center, CA
Impressions: Matrix and Image –
Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA
The Bay Area Scene ...
- San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco City Hall
Cailifornia Society of Printmakers Annual Member Exhibit - Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
5th British Int'l Miniature Print Exhibition - Gracefield Arts Center, Dumfries, UK
Book Works 2003 - Presented by Pacific Center for the Book Arts at San Francisco Public Library Special Collections
Paper, Ink, Fresh Perspectives - San Francisco Center for the Book
A Show of Gratitude - Presented by California Society of Printmakers at City College of San
Francisco
Wild Women - Presented by Blue Sky Press at Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA
The Body & The Ghost - Painted Tongue Press Group Show, Berkeley, CA
Wild Women - Presented by Blue Sky Press at Eddie Rhodes Gallery, San Pablo, CA
Hospitality House 17th Annual Art Auction - Braunstein/Quay & Hostfelt Gallery, SF, CA
Celebrating Teachers as Artists - San Francisco Center for the Book
First Lamorinda Arts Alliance Invitational - Orinda, CA
Erotic Art - CityArt, San Francisco, CA
Cailifornia Society of Printmakers Annual Member Exhibit - Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
John Muir Medical Center Show - Presented by Lamorinda Arts Alliance in Walnut Creek, CA
Naked in August - CityArt, San Francisco, CA
Book Works 2001 - Presented by Pacific Center for the Book Arts at San Francisco Public
Library Special Collections
New Members New Art - CityArt, San Francisco, CA
Erotic Art Show - CityArt, San Francisco, CA
The Millennium Through Artist's Eyes - Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, CA
Bay Area Model's Guild Figurative Show - SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Uncorrected Proofs - Publishers Group Incorporated, Berkeley, CA
The Provocative Print - Miramonte Art Center, Orinda, CA
Anatomy of a Print - Miramonte Art Center, Orinda, CA
RSVP - Invitations for All Occasions - San Francisco Center for the Book, SF, CA

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Collections

Alameda County Arts Commission - "Tamnougalt Ksar," from Scenes from Morocco, 2003
Vallejo Community Arts Foundation - "The Rock of Cashel" solar etching, 2003
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts - Wild Women portfolio, 2003
Oakland Art Museum - Wild Women portfolio, 2003
Amity Art Foundation - Wild Women portfolio, 2002
National Art Library at the Victoria & Albert Museum - The Cost of Gold, 2002
The British Library - The Cost of Gold, 2002
Napier University - Edinburgh - The Cost Of Gold, 2002
Howard Lee Library - Brigham Young University, Utah - The Cost of Gold, 2002
Marriot Library - University of Utah Salt Lake City - The Cost of Gold, 2002
University Library - University of Neveda Reno - The Cost of Gold, 2002
The Library - University of Iowa - The Cost of Gold, 2002
John Hay Library - Brown Library - The Cost of Gold, 2002
Daniel J. Evans Library - Evergreen State College - The Cost of Gold, 2002
Golda Meir Library - University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - The Cost of Gold, 2002
Allen Library - University of Washington - The Cost of Gold, 2002

Bodies of Work

O Immortal Bridge – San Francisco Bay Bridge done in 36x36” linoleum prints with mixed media, printed with a steamroller or a Toyota.. In progress
I’ll Fly Away – Enamel, acrylic, and collage on copper. Works based on the theme of flight as used in mythology, religion, fairy tales, nature, objects, and concepts. In progress
January
– Acrylic, pencil and pastel on canvas, 32 panels sewn together. Each panel depicts something witnessed by the artist each day from New Year’s to January 31, 2004.
Morocco Series - Ten representational oil paintings in abstract color of Moroccan structures and landscapes. 2001-2003
88 Renditions of an Old Green Bike – Mixed print media and wood sculpture collaboration with wood artist Alan Cina. 2003
Arches and Old Brick – Irish ruins with resonant arches, 18 solar etching editions made from six pencil drawings. August 2000-2002
Napkin Nudes – Handbound book of five solar plate relief prints from charcoal 5 minute gesture drawings of models made on napkins. Edition of 5. January 2001
The Rainbow Catcher – Manuscript/Illustration package for children’s book exploring the diversity of color in daily life. August 1999
The World Is a Sky Blue Butterfly – Manuscript/Illustration package for children’s book illustrating the concept of extended metaphor in poetry. May 1997

Proprietor of The Painted Tongue Press, founded in 2000
Workshop instructor at San Francisco Center for the Book, since 2000
Workshop sponsor at The Painted Tongue Press, since 2000
Instructor for Lafayette Arts and Science Foundation, since 2001
Member of the California Society of Printmakers, 2001
Board Member of California Society of Printmakers, 2002
Curated art show, "Uncorrected Proofs" at Publishers Group West, April 2000
Member of Pacific Center for the Book Arts, since 1999
Received $4,100 in grants to compile and illustrate children’s poetry book, 1996-7

Professional Activities

Art Week "Previews: Wild Women 3: Lost & Found," March 2005
Art Week "Previews: Wild Women," April 2003
The California Printmaker "Prints and Poetry," Autumn 2002
The Cost of Gold – Illustrations for poetry book, published by Quelquefois Press, Berkeley, 2002
Wild Women Portfolio – Participant in limited edition print portfolio, published by Blue Sky Press, Lafayette CA, 2001
The Provocative Print – Poster sold to accompany print show for Miramonte Art Center,
The Painted Tongue Press, Berkeley CA, 2000
A Nun Confronts Her Torture – Article illus. for The Progressive Magazine, Madison WI 1996

Publications

Education

Quelquefois Press – Letterpress and book arts apprentice under Mary Laird, 1998-2004
Lafayette Printmakers Workshop – Studied under Sherry Bell 1998-2000
University of Wisconsin – Madison, BA in English, Minor in Art, 1997

Birthplace

Wisconsin,1975