Kim Altomare
they/he
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
2024 Solo Wind Challenge exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA (Forthcoming)
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
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
2021 – Present 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
2022 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
Bibliography
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/
Visiting Artist Lectures
2022 Virtual Studio Visit, Second State Press, PA, February 24.
2019 Gallery Talk, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, October 28.
Curatorial Projects
2016 The Utopian Body, New Boone, Philadelphia, PA