Kim Altomare (he/they)  is an artist living and working in Philadelphia, PA. Altomare received their MFA from Yale School of Art (2019) and their BFA from Tyler School of Art (2013). Their work has been included in group and solo exhibitions at Fleisher Arts Memorial, Vox Populi, and Pilot Projects. Altomare has performed and read at Ulises, Vox Populi and Partners and Son. Residencies include the Ora Lerman Trust, Lafayette College's Experimental Printmaking Residency, Atlantic Center for the Arts, and Yale Summer School of Art.

Email: altomarekim AT gmail.com

Education

2019   MFA in Painting and Printmaking, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2013   BFA in Painting with minor in Art History, Temple University, Tyler School of Art,
             Philadelphia, PA
2012   Yale Summer School of Art, Norfolk, CT
            Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy

Solo Exhibitions

2025    Forthcoming Two-Person Show, Big Ramp, Philadelphia, PA
2024    Menergy, Wind Challenge, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2023   
Backyard Show, Cumberland St., Philadelphia, PA
2019
   Transitional Object, Grossman Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, PA   
2015     Forever, New Boone, Philadelphia, PA
2013    BFA Thesis Show, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia

Group Exhibitions

2024    Forthcoming Group Show, Automat, Philadelphia, PA
              Expanding Methodologies in Print, John H Baker Gallery, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
              Transcendent Mess:  To Outwit Representation, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
              Trove Flat File (Online), Deanna Evans Project, New York, NY
2023    Little Windows, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
              Epilogue, Pilot+Projects, Philadelphia, PA
2022    $99 Sale Exhibition, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2021    11th Annual Member Print Exchange, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA
             Conversant, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA
2019    Yale 2019 Painting & Printmaking, New Release Gallery, New York, NY
             Again Always: Painting & Printmaking Thesis Group One, 1156 Chapel Street Gallery, New Haven, CT      
2018    Yale MFA 2019 Second Year Show, 1156 Chapel Street Gallery, New Haven, CT
2017    Yale MFA 2019 First Year Show, 1156 Chapel Street Gallery, New Haven, CT
2016    Live/Work, The Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
2015    Loophole, New Boone, Philadelphia, PA
             The Woodmere Annual 74th Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2014    Brucennial, Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York City, NY

Teaching Experience

2021    Instructor, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA (Introduction to Etching Workshop)
2019    Instructor, Lafayette College, Easton, PA (Drawing I)
             Instructor, Lafayette College, Easton, PA (Senior Capstone)
2018    Teaching Assistant, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT (Basic Drawing)

Related Work Experience

2024 - Present    Artist Assistant, Studio Karpendrick, Philadelphia, PA
2021 – 2023        Printer, Galbraith & Paul, Philadelphia, PA
2015 – 2017         Curating Member of New Boone Artist Collective, Philadelphia, PA   

Awards and Residencies

2022    Illuminate the Arts Grant, Philadelphia, PA
              Soaring Gardens Artist’s Retreat, Laceyville, PA
2021    Second State Press, Fall 2021 Fob Fellow, Philadelphia, PA
             Second State Press, Summer 2021 Fob Holder, Philadelphia, PA
             Second State Press, Spring 2021 Fob Holder, Philadelphia, PA
2019    Lafayette College Experimental Printmaking Residency, Easton, PA
             Atlantic Center for the Arts, Master Artist Michelle Grabner, New Smyrna Beach, FL   
             Katharine Beinecke Michel Scholarship
2018    Gamblin Painting Prize
2013    Senior Painting Award
2012    Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship

Visiting Artist Lectures

2024    Gallery Talk, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, February 22.
              Wind Challenge Artist Exchange and Panel Discussion, panelist, Philadelphia, PA, February 16.
              Gallery Talk, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA, February 11.
             Trans Art(s) of Abstraction, panelist, Philadelphia, PA, January 25.
2022    Virtual Studio Visit, Second State Press, PA, February 24.
2019    Gallery Talk, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, October 28.

Bibliography

Speidel, Lane Timothy, Transcendent Mess: To Outwit Representation. Philadelphia: Body Joke Press, 2024

Stephen Wilson, “Transitional Object,” Lafayette News, November 17, 2019.    https://news.lafayette.edu/2019/11/17/transitional-objects/

Myles Wolf, “Working ‘closely with the unconscious’: Visual artist Kim Altomare
discusses artwork on display,” The Lafayette, November 1, 2019. https://www.lafayettestudentnews.com/blog/2019/11/01/kim-altomare-exhibition/

Curatorial Projects

2016    The Utopian Body, New Boone, Philadelphia, PA