| Home Address: 2615 5th Ave. N. Grand Forks, ND 58203 (701)795-7046 |
Work: (701)777-2905 e-mail:kim_fink@und.nodak.edu fax: (701)777-2903 web site: www.und.edu/instruct/kfink |
Education | |
| 1979 | MFA, Printmaking, Tyler School of Art at Temple University,Philadelphia, PA & Rome, Italy |
| 1975 | BFA, Painting, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR |
Post-Grad Education | |
| 2000 | Electro-Etch Non-toxic Intaglio Workshop, Newark, NJ |
| 1998 | Lithographic Bicentennial Workshop, Cal. State U. Long Beach |
| 1996 - 97 | Independent Study, Photography, University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| 1991 | Color Woodcut Workshop with Carol Summers, Utah State University,Logan, UT |
| 1988 | Summer Lithography Workshop, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM, Jeff Sipple, Director of Education |
Academic Experience | |
| Fall 2003 | Associate Professor, Art/Printmaking,
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks,
ND Courses: Lithography, Intaglio, Serigraphy, Relief, Mixed-Media printing, including less toxic, digital, photo & alternative processes |
| Fall 2001 & 2003 | Visiting Artist, American University, Corciano, Italy Campus Courses: Intaglio & Relief |
| Summer 2002 | Resident Professor, Chautauqua Art Institute, Chautauqua, NY Courses: Relief, Monoprint & Intaglio |
| 1999 - 2003 | Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND |
| 2000 | Founding Coordinator and Master Printer, Sequoia Press, UND |
| Fall, 1989 - Spring, 1999 | Tenured Instructor, Community College S. Nevada, Las Vegas Courses: Beg./Inter. Painting, Beg./Inter. Printmaking, Beg./Inter. Drawing, Watercolor, Life Drawing and, Design & Color Theory |
| Spring 1989 | Visiting Professor, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Courses: Two sections of Beginning Drawing |
| 1986 - 89 | Instructor, Studio Mgr., Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR Courses: Lithography, Intaglio, Relief, Monotype & Drawing |
| 1988 | Instructor, Adjunct, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR Courses: Painting |
| 1985 - 89 | Instructor, Adjunct, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR Courses: Drawing, Painting, Color Theory & Design |
Publications & Reviews | |
| 2006 | Review, High Plains Reader, "Kim Fink-Printmaking", Spring, 2006 Issue |
| Catalogue, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, 10th Anniversary Show | |
| Project Director's Statement (catalogue) "Private/Public": National Undergraduate Print Competition, University of North Dakota Publication | |
| Juror's Statement (brochure), "Off the Wall: Mid-America Print Council Membership Exhibition", University of North Dakota Galleries | |
| Co-author, "Off the Wall", Mid-America Print Council "Journal", Summer issue | |
| 2005 | Author, "Appropriation as Expression in the Era of Open Content",Contemporary Impressions, Journal of the American Print Alliance, Vol. #13 |
| 2000 - 1 | Publication "Higher Ed. Logic for Printmaking (H.E.L.P.)", E.C. Cunningham, Publication |
| 1999 | Review - "Prints Across the Pacific", Lois Allen |
| 1998 | Review - "Four Way Stop", Michael Duncan |
| 1996 | Review - Artweek, Sept. 1996 issue, Draza O'Brien |
Public/Permanent Collections |
| Arkansas State University, Statesboro, AR |
| China National Academy of Fine Arts |
| Mentor Graphics, Portland, OR |
| Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA |
| University of Dallas, Dallas, TX |
| Ashland University, Ashland, OH |
| Amity Art Foundation |
| Columbia Univ., West Virginia Univ., Northwestern Univ. & Univ. North Dakota |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison c/o Col. Eugene & Florence Meyers Trust) |
| Bradley University, Peoria, IL |
| Portland Art Museum, Gilkey Center for Graphics Arts, Portland, OR |
| Southern Graphics Council Archives, Nashville, TN |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison "Genetic Landscape" group suite project |
| Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT |
| Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI (The "Genetic Landscape" Portfolio) |
Professional Affiliations | ||||
| College Art Association | ||||
| Southern Graphics Council | ||||
| American Assn. of Univ. Professors | ||||
| Mid-America Print Council | ||||
| California Society of Printmakers | ||||
| Print Arts Northwest | ||||
| The Print Club of Albany, NY | ||||
| American Print Alliance | ||||
| National Education Association | ||||
| Print Center of Philadelphia | ||||
| International Society of Assemblage & Collage Artists | ||||
Selected One Person Exhibitions | |
| 2008 | COS Gallery, College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA |
| 2006 | 3rd Street Gallery, Grand Forks, ND |
| 2004 | Laramie County Community College Gallery, Cheyenne, WY |
| 2003 | John & Betty Gray Gallery, Portland, OR |
| University of Minnesota Gallery, Mankato, Mankato, MN | |
| 2001 - 02 | Coburn Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, OH |
| 2001 | Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO |
| 2000 | Ventura College New Media Gallery, Ventura, CA |
| 1997 | LXS Gallery, Nevada State Capitol Legislative |
| Brewery Art Center, Carson City, NV | |
Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2006 - 09 | SGC Traveling Show, various sites throughout U.S. |
| 2007 | "Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate", Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT |
| 2006 | "Dia De Los Muertos" exhibition, Auburn University, Auburn AL |
| Monmouth University National Print Exhibition, West Long Branch, NJ | |
| ”The Transferred Image”, 33 Collective Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| National Printmaking 2006”, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ | |
| Back to Basics”, CSP Exhibit, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA | |
| 19th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA | |
| Center for Contemporary Printmaking 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Norwalk, CT | |
| 3rd Biennial National Print Exhibition, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ | |
| "2006 Works on Paper", Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA | |
| 2005 | National Invitational Works on Paper, University of Hawaii, Hilo |
| "Color Prints", Wheeler Gallery, Providence, RI | |
| Bradley International Print & Drawing Exhibition (purchase Award), Bradley University, Peoria, IL | |
| Series of exhibitions through the Print Arts Northwest group: Washington State Univ., Vancouver, WA, Newport Art Center, Newport, OR, Rogue Gallery, Medford, OR | |
| 2005 MAPC Members Juried Exhibition, University of Iowa, Ames, IA | |
| ”All in the Family”, World’s Smallest Gallery, Grand Forks, ND | |
| MAPC Members Juried Show, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI | |
| 2003 - 06 | "Celebrating Explorers: Lewis & Clark Exhibition", Traveling exhibition to: Bismarck St. College, Bismarck, ND, James Memorial Center for Visual Art, Williston, ND, Taube Museum of Art, Minot, ND, NDSU Memorial Union Gallery, Fargo, ND, University of Mary, Cando, ND, Dickenson State University, Dickenson, ND, Mayville State University, Mayville, ND, University of Montana, Dillon, MT, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT |
| 2003 - 06 | Southern Graphics Council Juried Traveling Exhibition, various sites in U.S. |
| 2004 | Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, Boston University, Boston, MA |
| Bradley International Print & Drawing Competition, Bradley University. Peoria, IL | |
| ”Ink & Clay 30”, Kellogg Gallery, California State Polytech University, Pomona, CA | |
| Pacific States Print Competition, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI | |
| Mid-America Print Council National Members Exhibition, Clarion University, Clarion, PA | |
| 48th National Juried Print Exhibition, Hunderton Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ | |
| ”Free Speech Zone”, MAPC Portfolio Exhibition, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Indiana University Southeast, University of Alaska, Anchorage & University of North Dakota, Grand Forks | |
| Prints USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO | |
| 2001 - 04 | American Print Alliance Traveling Exhibition, "On/Off/Over the Edge", Univ. Nebraska, Kearney, Univ. Florida, Gainesville, Miami Univ. Oxford, OH, Cape Cod Comm. College, NW Print Council, Portland, OR, Frostburg St. Univ., Frostburg, MD, Kennesaw St. Univ. Chattonoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA, Roswell Visual Arts Center, Roswell, GA, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD |
| 2003 | James D. Phelan Award in Printmaking Exhibition, KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, CA |
| 29th Bradley International National Print Exhibition, Bradley, University, Peoria, IL | |
| Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition, University of Hawaii, Hilo | |
| ”Radical Printmaking: Innovations in Printmaking”, Thatcher Gallery, University of San Francisco | |
| Southern Oregon University, NWPC Members Exhibition | |
| ”The Book, Print & Time”, Kathryn Cawein Gallery, Pacific University, Pacific Grove, OR | |
| ”NWPC @ Carnegie Art Center”, Walla Walla, WA | |
| Mid-America Print Council Members Show, Clarion University, Clarion, PA | |
| Print Club of Albany Members Exhibition, City of Albany, Albany, NY | |
| Faculty Exhibition, American University, Corciano, Italy Campus | |
| 2002 | LUC Print Biennial Competition, Crown Center Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL |
| ”Primavera 2002”, Walsh Library Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ | |
| “17th National Print Invitational”, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX | |
| ”Miniare”, Montreal International Mini Print Biennial, Quebecois de l’estampe, Quebec, Canada | |
| Hollywood International Print Exhibition, Art Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL | |
| Faculty Exhibition, Chautauqua Art Center Gallery, Chautauqua, NY | |
| ”Dreams”, Exchange Gallery, PrintAustralia | |
| ”What is a Print?”, The Long Gallery, University of Wollongong, Australia | |
| 2001 | Small Print Invitational, Stonemetal Press Studio Gallery, San Antonio, TX |
| ”Let’s See it Again & Again: An Exhibition of Reproducible Media”, Kathryn E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN | |
| The Boston Printmakers 2001 North American Print Exhibition, Emanuel College, Boston, MA | |
| 13th National Drawing & Print Exhibition, Gromely Gallery, College of Notre Dame, MD | |
| ”Multi-Plate, Multi-Drop”, California Society of Printmakers, Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA | |
| 4th International Miniprint Triennial, Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, Finland | |
| ”What is a Print?”, Galerie di Conseil Quebecois de l’estampe, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and St. Mary Star of the Sea College, New South Whales, Australia | |
| 2001 Mid-America Print Council Juried Exhibition, (purchase award), Indiana University | |
| ”Crossing Boundaries” , print symposium and exhibition, Portland State University, Portland, OR | |
| Faculty Exhibition, American University, Corciano, Italy Campus | |
| 2000 - 01 | ”Mini-Print International”, Wingfield Arts Festival, England, Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain & Galerie L’Entang d’Arte, Bages, France |
| 2000 | 1st International Non-Toxic 200 Print Show, Space Gallery, Richmond, VA |
| Plains Art Museum 3rd Regional Juried Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND | |
| Mid-America Print Council Juried Membership Show, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati. OH | |
| ”Sumei Print 2000”, Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center, Newark, NJ | |
| ”Contemporary Prints”, 4-person show, Maude Kerns Gallery, Eugene, OR | |
| ”Tara Stephens & Kim Fink”, UND Gallery, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND | |
| ”2000 National Drawing & Print Exhibition, Bloomingdale Museum, Bloomingdale, IL | |
| California Society of Printmakers Annual Members Show, Marin Art Gallery, Marin, CA | |
| 1999 | ”Faultlines/Watermarks”, Der Zaaiger, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Mixed Up”, 5-person Exhibition, Indiana University - Perdue University, Fort Wayne, IN | |
| National Printmaking 1999, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ | |
| ”Innovations in Printmaking”, Anne Arundel College, Arnold, MD | |
| 1998 | 1998 Pacific Intercultural Print Project, Exchange Collaboration, China National Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China, Washington State Capitol, Olympia, WA, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR |
| ”The Luck of the Draw” Invitational, Nevada Institute of Contemporary Art, Las Vegas | |
| ”Tradition in Transition in the 90’s”, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| -Print Club of New Albany, Turbull Gallery, Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY | |
| Florida Printmakers Society 10th Annual National, Jacksonville, FL | |
| 1998 Print Biennial, Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA | |
| Faculty Show, Community College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV | |
| ’Four Way Stop”, Donna Beam Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, curated by Michael Duncan | |
| CSP 85th Anniversary Exhibition, Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA | |
| Lithographic Bicentennial Exhibition, California State University, Long Beach, CA | |
| ”Pressed & Pulled” National, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA | |
| ”Prelude” Invitational, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV | |
| 1997 | Janet Turner National Print Competition, Chico State University, Chico, CA |
| ”12x12x12” Small Painting & Sculpture Show, San Jacinto College, Houston, TX | |
| NWPC Member Exhibition, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS | |
| Small Print National Invitational, Park Row Gallery, Chatham, NY | |
| Print Club of Albany, NY Membership Invitational, Rensselaerville Institute,Rensselaerville, NY | |
| ”Five Easy Pieces”, Invitational, Nevada Institute of Contemporary Art, Las | |
| 1980 - 96 | Approximately 140 + solo and group exhibitions |
Selected Honors/ Awards/ Grants/Residencies/Fellowships | |
| 2005 | Artist-in-Residence, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT |
| Artist-in-Residence, KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, CA | |
| Slane College of Communications and Fine Art, Dean’s purchase award, 30th Bradley International Print & Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL | |
| North Dakota Council on the Arts Professional Enrichment Fellowship Paid for studio fee for three months studio rental at KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, CA | |
| Faculty Instructional Development Committee Grant, UND, travel to Oradea, Romania, to lecture and organize exhibition of student work (print exchange with George Eunescu University of the Arts, Oradea, Romania). | |
| Intercollegiate Academic Funding Award ($ to each participating student - four total) to Oradea, Romania – (wrote grant for students) | |
| Research Development & Compliance Committee, University of North Dakota, Humanities & Social Sciences Grant, travel to KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, CA and the Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT, to begin series of large scale works on paper. | |
| 2004 | Student Technology Fee Grant, for purchase of Mac G5, scanner, B&W laser printer and HP color printer, for printmaking lab. |
| 2003 | Honorary “Baboon Boy”, bestowed by Guerrilla Girls on Tour, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND |
| 2003 Quarterfinalist, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, NY, NY | |
| -San Francisco Foundation, “James D. Felon Award for Printmaking” (honorable mention), sponsored by KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, CA | |
| 2002 - 03 | UND New Faculty Research Fellowship, “Mixed Media Printmaking” |
| 2003 | Nelson/Bainbridge “Conservation for the Arts” Grant Program, “50 Years of Printmaking at UND” traveling show, (grant assisted in framing of exhibition) |
| UND Art Department Division of Arts & Sciences Combined Grant, funding shipping for “50 Years of Printmaking at UND” traveling show. | |
| 2002 | Bush Teaching Fellowship, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND |
| 2001 | Amity Arts Foundation Inc. purchase award, Mid-America Print Council Exhibition, Cincinnati Art Institute, Cincinnati, OH |
| UND Summer Teaching Research Fellowship, “Non-Toxic Intaglio Printing” | |
| 1999 | Col. Eugene Myers ”Discovering Graphic Artists” purchase award, UND |
| 1998 | Nevada Arts Council “Jackpot Grant”, assist travel to California State University Long Beach “Lithographic Bicentennial Workshop” |
| Delta National Small Prints purchase award, Arkansas State University | |
| Cal. State Universities Summer Arts ’98, scholarship award, Lithographic Bicentennial Workshop | |
| 1995 - 96 | Special projects grant: Nevada Arts Council, financial assistance to Oslo, Norway to lecture at School of Arts & Crafts and conduct lithography workshop at the Norske Grafiker Verksted. |
| 1994 | Teacher of the Month, June, CCSN Student Government Award |
| 1993 | Merit award, “Montreal International Spring Contest”, Sodarco Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| 1991 | Merit award, “Drawing 1991”, National Drawing Competition, Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, UT |
| Caine Foundation Scholarship for Study, Utah State University, study with Carol Summers | |
| 1988 | Oregon College of Arts & Crafts study grant, to Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM |
| 1979 | ”Artists Apartment” grant, Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Norwegian Gov’t, Oslo, Norway |
Lectures/Presentations & Related Professional Experience | |
| 2006 | Director/organizer, “Private/Public: a National Undergraduate Print Portfolio Competition”, UND Publication |
| Director, Co-curator, “Off the Wall: Mid America Print Council Juried Exhibition”, UND, Col. Eugene E. Meyers Gallery | |
| Presented Paper, “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Appropriation in the Era of Open Content”, NDUS Arts & Humanities Summit, NDSU, Fargo, ND | |
| 2005-’06 | Panelist, North Dakota Council on the Arts, Artist-in-Residence Program |
| 2005 | Lecturer, California State University Long Beach, “Kim Fink: Works on Paper” |
| 2004 | Juror, “Americas 2000” National Works on Paper, Northwest Art Center, Minot, ND |
| Lecturer, “Contemporary Printmaking”, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV | |
| Presented Paper: Arts & Humanities Summit, Minot State University, “Without Consent: Stencil Graffiti as Social and Political Tool” & “Overlanders Suite: Collaboration between student, teacher and artist at Sequoia Press” | |
| 2003 | Directed workshop, “Water-based Monotype”, Laramie County College, Cheyenne, WY |
| Visiting artist/lecturer, Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Art & Design Rome, Italy campus | |
| Visiting artist/lecturer, Printmaking, American University, Corciano, Italy | |
| Lecturer, “Current Trends in Printmaking”, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
| Lecturer, “Current Trends in Printmaking”, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR | |
| 2002 - ‘03 | Curator/organizer, North Dakota Art Gallery Association Traveling Exhibition, “50 Years of Printmaking & Drawing from the Permanent Collections of the University of North Dakota” |
| 2002 | Visiting artist, Chautauqua Art Institute, Chautauqua, NY |
| 2001 | Visiting artist/lecturer, Printmaking, American University, Corciano, Italy |
| Visiting artist/lecturer, Temple University Rome, Italy | |
| Visiting artist/lecturer, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO | |
| Visiting artist, North Dakota Museum of Art “Summer Arts Camp”, Grand Forks, ND | |
| 2000 - ‘06 | Advisory Board Member, Print Department, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND |
| Lecturer, “The History of Printmaking”, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND | |
| 1999 | Lecturer, “Prints of Kim Fink”, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND |
| 1998 | Lecturer, “Contemporary Printmaking in the Southwest”, Antioch University, Yellow Springs, OH |
| Directed Workshop, Egg Tempera Painting, Las Vegas Academy, Las Vegas, NV | |
| ”Assemblage Painting”, Nevada Institute of Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV | |
| 1997 - ‘98 | Organized and Installation of “CCSN Virtual Gallery”, Las Vegas, NV |
| 1996 | Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Collegiate Press, assisting on “On Drawing” text |
| 1996 | Lecturer, “Contemporary Painting of Las Vegas”, Hogskolen I Oslo, Adving per Arte Fag, (State College of Arts & Crafts), Oslo, Norway |
| Directed Workshop, “Aluminum Plate Lithography”, Norske Grafiker Verksted, Oslo, Norway | |
| Reviewer, “The Art of Drawing” text, by Bette/Salle, Harcort & Brice Publ. | |
| 1995 | Panelist, “Intersections”, for exhibition, University of Reno, Reno, NV |
| Lecture, “Figurative Painting”, Penn State University, York, PA | |
| Directed Workshop, “Mixographica/ Paper Casting”, NICA, Las Vegas, NV | |
| Directed Workshop, Relief Printing, NICA, Las Vegas, NV | |
| 1987 - | Reviewer, Library Journal, 2-D Art |
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