Kim Frohsin (American, born )

Timeline

1961
Born in Atlanta, GA
1979
Moved to California
1984
B.A., Humanities, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
1984
B.A., French, L'Institut pour les Etudiants Etrangers, Aix-en-Provence, France
1988
B.F.A., Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
2005–2006
MFA Independent Study Advisor, The Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2006
First Place Award, Works on Paper Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
2010
Third Place Award, Body Language, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
2011
Two Awards of Merit, Expressions West 2011, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR

Exhibitions

2012
Portraits of the Iconic and the Mundane, SF MOMA Artist’s Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2012
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA
2012
LA Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Texas Contemporary Art Fair, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX
2011
artMRKT San Francisco, Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA
2011
Paper, Scissors, Glue: Bay Area Collage, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2011
Expressions West 2011, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
2011
Coco-Cola & Masks, Caffee Museo at SF MOMA, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2010
Body Language, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
2010
FIGURES, Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, UT
2010
Self Portrait Show, Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, UT
2009
Bay Area Figurative: Paintings and Drawings, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009
Wigs and Silhouttes: Kim Frohsin, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2009
Figurative Musings, Ma(i)sonry, Yountville, CA (solo)
2008
Figures With Edges, Nelson Macker Fine Art, Port Chester, NY (solo)
2008
Art I Love: A Group Exhibition, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007
A Personal Selection, The Alliance Francaise, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2007
Two Minutes and Counting, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2007
Invitational Group Exhibition, 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2006
Works On Paper Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
2006
Stephanie Caloia, Artist’s Model, Crockett Contemporary Art, Crockett, CA
2006
My Mosaics, City Picture Frame Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2005
In the Abstract: 2004-2005, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2005
Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, San Anselmo, CA (solo)
2005
In the Abstract: Recent Drawing and Paintings on Paper and Collage, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2004
A Ten Year Retrospective: Kim Frohsin at Trillium, Trillium Press, Brisbane, CA (solo)
2004
Grids & Motifs: 2003, Cafe Borrone, Menlo Park, CA
2003
Provocative Poses: 2001-2003, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2002
14th Annual Mini Show, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2002
Uncorked, Crocker Museum Wine Auction Benefit, Sacramento, CA
2001
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA -solo
2001
Figures/Drawings, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2000
15th Annual Juried Exhibit, Juror: Marian Parmenter, Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes, CA
2000
Positive/Negative, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN; Juror: Terrie Sultan, Curator of Contemporary Art, Corcoran Gallery
2000
Juried Exhibition, Juror: Sandy Scoglund, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2000
Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition, Juror: Lee Chesney, University of Hawaii
1999
Works of Paper, Juror: Scip Barnhart, University of West Florida Art Gallery, Pensacola, FL
1999
Bell, Book and Candle, Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA
1999
Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (solo)
1999
Back to Back: The Female Figure, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1998
Glimpses of Treasure Island & Other Local Haunts, two-person show: Campbell-Thiebaud, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1998
H. Kirk Gallery, Taos, NM (solo)
1997
The Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1997
750 Gallery, Sacramento, CA (solo)
1996
John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA (solo)
1995
Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1994
St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1994
John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA (solo)
1990
Cassandre Kersting Gallery, Old Oakland, CA (solo)
1989
Faculty Gallery, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA (solo)

Public Collections

Pebble Beach Press Ltd., Pebble Beach, CA
Texaco Corporation, TX
The Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
The Coca-Cola Corporation, Heritage Communications, Atlanta, GA
The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
The Gap Inc. Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
The Morgan Flagg Family Collection, Atherton, CA
The San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
The United States Department of State, Office of The Governor, State Capital, Sacramento, CA
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati, Palo Alto, CA
The Holtze Hotel, Denver, CO
Hotel W, San Francisco, CA
IN:SITE Design Build Associates, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Johnson & Johnson, New York, NY
Keker & Van Nest, San Francisco, CA
Marcus & Millichap
Hambrecht & Quist, San Francisco, CA
mPower, San Francisco, CA
Neiman Marcus
Hollywood Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
Nordstrom, Seattle, WA
Ocean Cities Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA
Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose, CA
Alza Corporation, US Headquarters, Mountain View, CA
Baker & MacKenzie, San Francisco, CA
Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, Redwood Shores, CA
Cal Com, San Jose, CA
The Fifth Floor, Hotel Palomar, San Francisco, CA
Fidelity Investments, MA
Gordon and Rees, San Francisco, CA
Gryphon Capital Management, San Francisco, CA
Hartnett-Hall Gallery Collection, Minot State University, Minot, ND

Literature

2014
Frohsin, Kim. Portraits of Numbers: 2010–2014. Essay by John Seed. E- pressbooks, San Francisco, CA
2012
Legacy in Continuum: Bay Area Figuration. Essay by Roberta Carasso, Ph.D. Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2008
Figures with Edges. Essay by John Seed. Nelson Macker Fine Art, Port Chester
2008
Clark, Erin. “Kim Frohsin.” ARTWORKS, winter 2007–2008
2007
Two Minutes and Counting. Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco. Essay by Peter Campion
2007
West Branch. Bucknell University, Lewisburg. Spring/Summer edition
2006
Bay Area Painting. Davis, CA: John Natsoulas Press
2006
ZYZZYVA, Fall, Vol. XXII #2 2006
2005
Kim Frohsin: In the Abstract: 2004–2005, Foreword by Paul J. Karlstrom, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA [exh. cat.]
2004
Seymour, Anne. “The Collector’s Eye.” California Home & Design, 2004
2004
ZYZZYVA, Winter, Vol. XX #3 2004
2002
Lundin, Norman. The Perception of Appearance: A Decade of Contemporary Figure Drawing. Seattle, WA: The Frye Art Museum and University of Washington Press
2001
Landauer, Susan. Elmer Bischoff: The Ethics of Paint. University of California Press
1999
ZYZZYVA, Fall, Vol. XV #2 1999
English (US)

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