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KIM WILLIAM FINK

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        1188 HARRITT DR. NW, SALEM, OR 97304            

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EDUCATION

1979            - MFA - PRINTMAKING, TYLER SCHOOL OF ART AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY,

              PHILADELPHIA, PA & ROME, ITALY, STUDIED UNDER ROMAS VIESULAS

1975            - BFA - PAINTING, MUSEUM ART SCHOOL, NOW THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE                       OF ART, PORTLAND, OR, STUDIED LITHOGRAPHY UNDER TAMARIND MASTER PRINTER                       CLIFFORD SMITH & PAINTING UNDER MICHAEL RUSSO

1995            - INDEPENDENT STUDY, PRINTMAKING, UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, LOGAN, UT 

1996 - ‘97        - INDEPENDENT STUDY, PHOTOGRAPHY, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS

1997            - INDEPENDENT STUDY, PRINTMAKING, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH

1988            - INDEPENDENT STUDY, ALUMINUM PLATE LITHOGRAPHY, TAMARIND INSTITUTE, 

              ALBUQUERQUE, NM


ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE (SELECTED)    

WINTER, 2018 - 2020     - GALLERY ASSISTANT, MENTOR, CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SALEM, OR

FALL, 2016        - PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA, GRAND FORKS, ND

SUMMER, 2013, 2015    - ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE, ARTE VISIVE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, FLORENCE, ITALY

FALL, 2010-SPRING, 2011- CO-CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF ART & DESIGN, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA

FALL, 2009        - FULL PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA, GRAND FORKS, ND

WINTER, 2009        - VISITING INSTRUCTOR, MONTEREY PENINSULA COLLEGE, MONTEREY, CA

FALL, 2001 & 2003    - VISITING ARTIST, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, CORCIANO, ITALY CAMPUS

SUMMER, 2002        - RESIDENT PROFESSOR, CHAUTAUQUA ART INSTITUTE, CHAUTAUQUA, NY

1989 - 1999        - TENURED PROFESSOR, COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA, LAS VEGAS

SPRING, 1989        - VISITING PROFESSOR, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, CORVALLIS, OR


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                - UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON

- BRADLEY UNIVERSITY, PEORIA, IL            - CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING,         - UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PEMBROKE, NORWALK, CT

- 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

- RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN MUSEUM, PROVIDENCE, RI (“GENETIC LANDSCAPE” PORTFOLIO)

- AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLECTIONS, AUGUSTA, GA

- UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPT. & RARE BOOKS ROOM

- THE PAUL AND LULU HILLIARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA, LAFAYETTE

- SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

- NICHOLS STATE UNIVERSITY            - NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, FARGO, ND    -         - UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MOORHEAD, MN    - CONCORDIA COLLEGE, MOORHEAD, MN

- UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA

- VALLEY CITY STATE UNIVERSITY, ND        - MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY, MINOT, ND

- SMITHSONIAN, WASH. DC            - NORTH DAKOTA MUSEUM OF ART, GRAND FORKS, ND

- PLAINS ART MUSEUM, FARGO, ND        - UNIVERSITY OF ST. MATHEWS, SCOTLAND

- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA COLLECTIONS

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

- COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION    - SOUTHERN GRAPHICS COUNCIL     - AMERICAN ASSN. OF UNIV. PROFESSOR

MID-AMERICA PRINT COUNCIL    - UNIVERSITY LETTERPRESS ASSOC.

AMERICAN PRINT ALLIANCE    - NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

- PRINT CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA    - INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ASSEMBLAGE & COLLAGE ARTISTS

- PRINT UNIVERSE        - SOCIETY OF AMERICAN GRAPHIC ARTISTS

- WARRINGAH PRINTMAKERS STUDIO, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA


PUBLICATIONS

2018    - TWO “HOW-TO” VIDEOS: “ETCHING/ENGRAVING” AND “SILKSCREEN PRINTING”, OXFORD   

      PRESS, FOR TEXTBOOK: “ART FOR EVERYONE”

2015 – ’16    - EDITION OF 50 SMALL-SCALE ACCORDION BOOKS “BOOK OF EVERYDAY THINGS” INCLUDED  

      IN “ART-O-MAT” DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT THE US

2013 – ’14    - AUTHORED ARTICLE “BEAUTIFUL ACCIDENTS: REPRODUCTION IN THE ART OF SERENDIPITY”, 

        NORTH DAKOTA QUARTERLY, VOL. 79, NUMBER 1, WINTER 2012

2013    - “CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF PRINTMAKERS 1913 – 2013”, SHORT BIO AND ONE PHOTO  

      EXAMPLE OF CURRENT WORK, PUBL. CSP, ISBN: 978-0-9895408-0-3

  SUMMED NEWSLETTER, DWIGHT POGUE “PRINTMAKING REVOLUTION: NEW  

  ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY, SAFETY & SUSTAINABILITY”

2012    - MID-AMERICA PRINT COUNCIL JOURNAL, “A PRINTSHOP STORY FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST”,  

      VOLUME 20, #’S 1 & 2, 2012

2010        - “PRINTMAKERS TODAY”, JEFFREY SNYDER, EDITOR, SCHIFFER PUBL. PGS. 92-95

        - CURATOR FOR PRINTS & DRAWINGS, “STORYTELLING TIME: NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN ART                             FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA”, HUDSON HILLS PRESS


SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2016    - NORTH DAKOTA MUSEUM OF ART, GRAND FORKS, ND, KIM FINK “CHANGING NATURE: A  

  RETROSPECTIVE” FEBRUARY 6 - 29, 2016

        - MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY, MINOT, ND, 1/16 – 4/16

2014        - WASHINGTON PAVILION, SIOUX FALLS, SD, 6/14 – 10/14

2013        - NORTHCUTT STEELE GALLERY, MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, BILLINGS, MT

        - GEORGETOWN COLLEGE COCHENOUR GALLERY, GEORGETOWN, KY

2011        - THIRD STREET GALLEY 5TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION”, GRAND FORKS, ND

2010        - *“CREATION OF IDENTITY”, NIGHTINGALE GALLERY, EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY, LA     

            GRANDE, OR

        - MONTEREY PENINSULA COLLEGE, MONTEREY, CA

2009        - PENN STATE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, ALTOONA, PA

        - *“PALIMPSEST”, WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY, MONMOUTH, OR

        - ROBERT F. DECAPRIO GALLERY, MORAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, CHICAGO, IL


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021-‘23    - “CONNECT: SMALL PRINTS BY MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON PRINTMAKERS TRAVELING

          EXHIBITION, LESLEY UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MA

2021        - DIGITAL ART, ASSEMBLAGE OR COLLOGRAPH EXHIBITION, LAS LAGUNA GALLERY, LAGUNA         

          BEACH, CA

        - “LITTLE THINGS MATTER: SMALL SCALE SCULPTURE”, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI          MUSEUM OF ART, HATTIESBURG, MS

        - “MONOCHROME”, 311 GALLERY, RALEIGH, NC

        - “CONTEXT”, CONFLUENT GALLERY, BOSTON, MA

2020        - “GET THE MESSAGE: WORDS & IMAGES”, ARTS BENICIA, BENICIA. CA

        - “EROS & THANATOS”, BUCKHAM GALLERY, FLINT. MI

        - “STAND UP PRINTS”, HIGHPOINT CENTER FOR PRINTMAKING, MINNEAPOLIS, MN

        - “STANDUP PRINTS”, HIGHPOINT PRINT CENTER, MINNEAPOLIS, MN

2019        - JANET TURNER NATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION, JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM, CHICO STATE                  

                            UNIVERSITY, CHICO, CA

2019        - “WORK FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF NORTHWEST ART CENTER, MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY,                         MINOT, ND

        -“OFF THE PRESS”, GRETCHEN SCHUETTE GALLERY, CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SALEM, OR

2018        - “PUSHING PAPER”, BARRETT ART CENTER, POUGHKEEPSIE, NY

        - “POINTS OF DEPARTURE”, CSP MEMBERS SHOW, BRIDGE ARTSPACE GALLERY, DAVIS, CA

        - 105TH ANNUAL MEMBERS SHOW, PIEDMONT CENTER FOR THE ARTS, PIEDMONT, CA

        - “BOOKS & PRINTS”, SALEM ART ASSOCIATION ANNEX GALLERY, SALEM, OR

2017        - “SOLAR SHADOWS” GROUP EXHIBITION, SALEM ART ASSOCIATION BUSH BARN ANNEX                     GALLERY, SALEM, OR

2016        - 101ST ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP EXHIBIT, CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF PRINTMAKERS, PIEDMONT                     CENTER FOR THE ARTS, PIEDMONT, CA

2015        - SOCIETY OF AMERICAN GRAPHIC ARTISTS CENTENNIAL NATIONAL EXHIBITION, THE ART                     STUDENTS LEAGUE, NYC, NY

        - MID AMERICAN PRINT COUNCIL 2015 MEMBERS EXHIBITION, ELMHURST COLLEGE,                     ELMHURST, IL

                        -“NEW IMPRESSIONS IN AMERICAN LETTERPRESS”, HAMILTON WOOD TYPE & PRINTING                     MUSEUM, TWO RIVERS, WI\

“OIL & WATER” TRAVELING EXHIBITION, NORTHWEST ART CENTER, MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY,            

MINOT, ND, UNIVERSITY OF MARY, BISMARCK, ND, NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY,

FARGO, ND, JAMESTOWN ART CENTER, JAMESTOWN, ND

2014    - “RE/APPROPRIATE” CSP MEMBERS EXHIBITION, MARKET STREET GALLERY, SAN  

      FRANCISCO, CA

    - “INK, PRESS, REPEAT”, WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY, WAYNE, NJ

        - “PRINTHOUSTON: NEXT” BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY PRINTS, NICHOLE LONGNECKER 

  GALLERY, HOUSTON, TX, 6/7 – 7/5

- DELTA NATIONAL SMALL PRINT EXHIBITION, ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, STATESBORO, AR

        - “JAMES ROSENQUIST 80TH BIRTHDAY EXHIBITION”, PLAINS ART MUSEUM, FARGO, ND

        - SAGA 81ST ANNUAL MEMBERS SHOW, THE OLD PRINT SHOP, NEW YORK, NY

        - “OPTICAL/ILLUSIONS”, PLAINS ART MUSEUM, FARGO, ND

2013    - “THE ART OF NO”, DIABLO VALLEY COLLEGE, PLEASANT HILLS, CA 

    - “100 YEARS IN PRINT: CALIFORNIA PRINTMAKERS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION”, SAN  

      FRANCISCO CENTER FOR THE BOOK ARTS, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

    - “DELTA SMALL PRINTS”, ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

“OIL & WATER” PRINT EXCHANGE, PORTFOLIO AND EXHIBITION, PLAINS ART MUSEUM, FARGO, ND

“OIL & WATER” PRINT EXCHANGE, PORTFOLIO AND EXHIBITION, NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, FARGO, ND

    - “CALACAS” PORTFOLIO, PRINTMAKERS INTERNATIONAL, CUERNAVACA, MORELOS, MEXICO,  

        MUSEO DE LA CIUDAD, AND THE ART CENTER, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX

“TOUCHED & UNTOUCHED” PORTFOLIO EXHIBITION, RENAISSANCE GALLERY, NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, FARGO, ND

“PRINTS CA, LA AND BEYOND”, EXCHANGE EXHIBIT BETWEEN CSP AND LAPS, LA  PRINT SPACE, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA

MAPC MEMBERS EXHIBIT, MCDONOUGH MUSEUM OF ART, YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, YOUNGSTOWN, OH

2012        - “EAST/WEST” PRINT PORTFOLIO, TRAVELING EXHIBITION, HOSTED BY CENTRAL CONNECTICUT

  UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH, UTAH STATE 

  UNIVERSITY, LOGAN, UT, MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY, MILLERSVILLE, PA

        - SAGA 80TH MEMBERS EXHIBITION, SOUTHERN GRAPHICS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL

  CONFERENCE, DELIND GALLERY OF THE ARTS, MILWAUKEE, WI 

  “CALACAS PRINT EXCHANGE”; EXPRESSIONS GRAPHICS, OAK PARK, IL, ATELIER  

  INTERNATIONAL ART GALLERY, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, CENTRO CULTURAL ANTIGUO COLEGIO

  JESUITA, PATZCUARO, MICHOACA’N, MEXICO, TALLER DE ARTES GRAFICAS LA RAYA,

  PUERTO VALLARTA, JALISCO, MEXICO, MUSEO ANTIGUO CONCENTO DE SAN FRANCISCO,

  GRANADA, NICARAGUA, THIRD ANNUAL SOUTH FLORIDA DAY OF THE DEAD FESTIVAL, FAT

  VILLAGE GALLERY, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, TRAVELING 

2012        - “CONTRIBUTORY”, MAPC MEMBER JURIED SHOW, SPUTNIK PRESS, CHICAGO, IL

        - 99TH ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION, CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF PRINTMAKERS, TRITON                              MUSEUM OF ART, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

        - “EVERY EXPRESSION IS JUSTIFIED”, CSP MEMBERS EXHIBITION, THOREAU CENTER FOR

          SUSTAINABILITY, PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA

        - SAGA, 79TH MEMBERS EXHIBITION, THE OLD PRINT SHOP, NEW YORK, NY

        - CSP/RSP (CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF PRINTMAKER & ROYAL SOCIETY OF PRINTMAKERS) 

                  EXCHANGE EXHIBITION BANKSIDE ART GALLERY, LONDON, ENGLAND

        - “EAST/WEST” PRINT PORTFOLIO, EXHIBITED AT THE FOLLOWING: NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY,

  UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA, DEAN’S GALLERY, LAYAYETTE, LA   

  AND THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, TAMPA, UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING, LARAMIE, WY, OLD  

  DOMINION UNIVERSITY, NORFOLK, VA, BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 

  BOSTON, MA, PURDUE UNIVERSITY, LAFAYETTE, IN

    - SAGA, 79TH MEMBERS EXHIBITION, THE OLD PRINT SHOP, NEW YORK, NY

        - “WILD INK” PRINT EXCHANGE, UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA GALLERY, ANCHORAGE, AK

2011 - 2012    - THREE-PERSON SHOW, HARDEE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, NORTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY                             COLLEGE, MADISON. FL

2011        - “POPULUS”, CAZENOVIA COLLEGE, CAZENOVIA, NY

        - “SEVEN X 11”, URBAN INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS, GRAND RAPIDS, MI

- DRAWING CONNECTIONS” INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, SIENA ART INSTITUTE, SIENA, ITALY

        - “BROADSIDE”, ATALIER 6000, BEND, OR

        - THREE-PERSON SHOW, HARDEE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, NORTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY

  COLLEGE, MADISON. FL

        - CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 22ND ANNUAL JURIED SHOW, LAS VEGAS, NV

        - GUANLAN INTERNATIONAL PRINT BIENNIAL, SHENZEN, CHINA 

“EAST/WEST” PRINT PORTFOLIO, HOSTED BY UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA @ CENTRAL CONNECTICUT, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA @ UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

2010        - SYLVIA WHITE GALLERY, GROUP SHOW, VENTURA, CA

        - PENANG INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION, PENANG STATE MUSEUM AND GALLERY, 

          SCHOOL OF ARTS, PENANG, MALAYSIA

        - “TRENDS IN PRINT”, ELON UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, ELON, NC

        - “PRINTING FROM PERCEPTION”, ADOBE ART CENTER, CASTRO VALLEY, CA

- CSP MEMBERS EXHIBITION, THOREAU CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

        - 2ND PENANG INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION, PENANG STATE MUSEUM, PENANG,                                MALAYSIA

2009        - “50/50/50”, ECLIPSE GALLERY, ALGOMA, WI

- “INK & CLAY 35”, KELLOGG GALLERY, CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA, CA

- “SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST”, MARIN COLLEGE, MARIN, CA

        - “PRINTS FOR PEACE”, LEOPOLDO CARPINTEYRO GALLERY, MONTEREY, MEXICO

2006 - ‘09    - SGC TRAVELING SHOW, VARIOUS SITES THROUGHOUT U.S.

2008    - “SOAP BOX PRINTS 2: PRINTS, POLITICS & DEMOCRACY”, AMERICAN PRINT ALLIANCE      

      TOURING SHOW

    - “MONSTROUS PROPAGANDA”, UPFRONT GALLERY, FARGO, ND

    - “PRINTS FOR PEACE”, LEOPLODO CARPINTEYRO GALLERY, MONTEREY, MEXICO                - “THE HUMAN CONDITION”, ON-LINE EXHIBITION, CALADAN GALLERY, CAMBRIDGE,    - - - -“20/20 VISION” INVITATIONAL, FIRE HOUSE GALLERY, AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY,     

                          AUGUSTA, GA

“FIELD REPORT”, BOSTON PRINTMAKERS, GORDON COLLEGE TRAVELING EXHIBITION,  BOSTON, MA 

- “PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS”, CSP MEMBER EXHIBITION, PACIFIC GROVE ART CENTER, CA

2008        - ”SPEAKING VOLUMES: TRANSFORMING HATE”, HOLTER MUSEUM OF ART, HELENA, MT

        - “INGENIOUS IMPRINTS”, LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY, FARMVILLE, VA

        - “PAPERWORK IN, ON AND OF PAPER IV”, FOUNDRY ART CENTRE, ST. CHARLES, MO

2007        - “ART ON PAPER 2007”, MARYLAND FEDERATION OF ART CIRCLE GALLERY, ANNAPOLIS, MD

    - “PRESSING ISSUES: MONOPRINTS & HYBRID PRINTS”, GUALALA ARTS CENTER, GUALALA, CA 

2006        - ”DIAS 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, 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), PEORIA, IL

    - SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS THROUGH THE PRINT ARTS NORTHWEST GROUP: WASHINGTON STATE  

                          UNIVERSITY, 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 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

        - 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 POLYTECHNIC 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, NA

        - PRINTS USA, SPRINGFIELD ART MUSEUM, SPRINGFIELD, MO

2001 - ’04    - ”AMERICAN PRINT ALLIANCE TRAVELING EXHIBITION, “ON/OFF/OVER THE EDGE”,

  UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, KEARNEY, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, MIAMI           

  UNIVERSITY, OXFORD, OH, CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, NW PRINT COUNCIL,       

  PORTLAND, OR, FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY, FROSTBURG, MD, KENNESAW STATE  

  UNIVERSITY, CHATTANOOCHEE 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 PRINT EXHIBITION, BRADLEY, UNIVERSITY, PEORIA, IL                                

        - PACIFIC STATES BIENNIAL NATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, HILO

2003        - ”RADICAL PRINTMAKING: INNOVATIONS IN PRINTMAKING”, THATCHER GALLERY, UNIVERSITY                             OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

         - SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY, NWPC MEMBERS EXHIBITION

        - ”THE BOOK, PRINT & TIME”, KATHRYN CAWEIN GALLERY, PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, PACIFIC                            GROVE, OR

2002        - ”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

        - 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, TX

        - MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL PRINT BIENNIAL, QUEBECOIS DE L’ESTAMPE, QUEBEC CANADA

        - HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION, ART CENTER OF HOLLYWOOD, HOLLYWOOD, FL

        - ”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

        - 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” SYMPOSIUM & EXHIBITION, PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY,                             PORTLAND, OR

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 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

1980 – 2020     - APPROXIMATELY 250 + SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS *FOR FURTHER DETAILS OF EXHIBITS

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SELECTED HONORS/AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES/FELLOWSHIPS

2021    - AWARD OF DISTINCTION, “LITTLE THINGS MATTER SMALL SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, UNIVERSITY  

      OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART, HATTIESBURG, MS

2020     - DIRECTING MIXED-MEDIA PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP, ARTI VISIVE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS,

      FLORENCE, ITALY

             - DIRECTING PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY WORKSHOP, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA, GRAND

      FORKS, ND

    - DIRECTING PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY WORKSHOP, MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY, MINOT, ND

2015    - UND AWARD FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION IN RESEARCH OR CREATIVE WORK

2015    - NOMINEE FOR UND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARD

2015    - ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE, ARTI VISIVE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, FLORENCE, ITALY

    - RESEARCH, CONTINUED PRODUCING SUITE “NATIVE IMPRESSIONS: IN OUR OWN WORDS” 

      CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, PROVIDENCE, RI

2013    - NORTH DAKOTA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT, TRAVEL TO  

  FLORENCE, ITALY

2012        - LETTERPRESS WORKSHOP AT ARTI VISIVE FLORENCE, WITH AMOS KENNEDY JR., FLORENCE,                   ITALY

2009        - NORTH DAKOTA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT

        - ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE, SCUOLA INTERNAZIONALE DI GRAFICA, VENICE, ITALY

2008 – ‘09    - BUSH FOUNDATION “DAKOTA CREATIVE CONNECTIONS’” FELLOWSHIP

- ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE, VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, JOHNSON, VT

        - VERMONT STUDIO CENTER PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIP, JOHNSON, VT        

        - BOSTON PRINTMAKERS & ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER COMBINED SCHOLARSHIP: TO                             ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER, SNOWMASS VILLAGE, CO

2007        - NORTH DAKOTA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT, ATTENDANCE                             TO CROWN POINT PRESS SUMMER ETCHING WORKSHOP, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

2007    - UND OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT, ATTENDANCE TO CROWN POINT

         PRESS SUMMER ETCHING WORKSHOP, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

    - CROWN POINT PRESS SUMMER ETCHING WORKSHOP, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

2005–‘06    - ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE, CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING, NORWALK, CT

2005        - 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

        - ARTIST RESIDENCY, KALA ART INSTITUTE, BERKELEY, CA

- NORTH DAKOTA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 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 ENESCU UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, ORADEA, ROMANIA).         

        - INTERCOLLEGIATE ACADEMIC FUNDING AWARD, $ TOWARD TRAVEL FOR FOUR PARTICIPATING                      UND ART STUDENTS TO ORADEA, ROMANIA – (WROTE GRANT FOR STUDENTS)

        - RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT & COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA,

          HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES GRANT, TO KALA INSTITUTE.

          INSTITUTE, BERKELEY, CA AND THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING, NORWALK,                             CT, TO BEGIN WORK ON LARGE-SCALE WORKS ON PAPER.

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”

2002    - NELSON/BAINBRIDGE “CONSERVATION FOR THE ARTS” GRANT PROGRAM, “50 YEARS OF  

      PRINTMAKING AT UND” TRAVELING SHOW, (GRANT ASSISTED IN FRAMING OF EXHIBITION)

- BUSH TEACHING FELLOWSHIP, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA, GRAND FORKS, ND

        - AMITY ARTS FOUNDATION INC. PURCHASE AWARD,  MID-AMERICA PRINT COUNCIL                                 EXHIBITION, CINCINNATI ART INSTITUTE, CINCINNATI, OH

        

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS & RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE    

2021    - LECTURE ON CURRENT WORK, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA

2020    - LECTURE ON HISTORY OF EDITIONS OF SUNDOG MULTIPLES, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA,   

      GRAND FORKS, ND

2020    - LECTURE ON CURRENT WORK, MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY, MINOT, ND

2019    - LECTURE, WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, “IN OUR OWN WORDS: A PRINT PROJECT”, SALEM, OR

2013    - LECTURE ON CURRENT WORK, MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, BILLINGS, MT

- LECTURE ON CURRENT WORK, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PEMBROKE, PEMBROKE, NC

PANELIST, PRESENTER SUPPORT & COMMUNITY ACCESS GRANTS, NORTH DAKOTA COUNCIL    ON THE ARTS, BISMARCK, ND

2012    - LECTURE ON CURRENT WORK ON PAPER, WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, PULLMAN, WA

- PANELIST, ART ORGANIZATIONS, NORTH DAKOTA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, BISMARCK, ND

2011    - LECTURE ON CURRENT WORK, CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, ELLENSBURG, WA

2010    - DIRECTED WORKSHOP, “LOW-TECH LITHOGRAPHY”, SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF   

      CONTEMPORARY ART, SAN JOSE, CA

    - PANELIST, ART ORGANIZATIONS, NORTH DAKOTA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, BISMARCK, ND

    - DIRECTOR/ORGANIZER, “SMOKE & MIRRORS: A NATIONAL UNDERGRADUATE PRINT PORTFOLIO

      COMPETITION”, JUROR: MARJORIE DEVON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TAMARIND INSTITUTE, UND  

      PUBL.

2009    - LECTURE AND PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP, WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY, MONMOUTH. 

      OR

2008        - DIRECTOR/ORGANIZER, “PRINTING DARKNESS: A NATIONAL UNDERGRADUATE PRINT PORTFOLIO

  COMPETITION”, JURIED BY ANTHONY KIRK, UND PUBLICATION

    - LECTURER, “CURRENT WORKS BY KIM FINK”, UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, LOGAN, UT

2007        - PANELIST, ART ORGANIZATIONS, NORTH DAKOTA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, BISMARCK, ND 

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, ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM, NORTH DAKOTA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, 

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” & “OVERLANDER 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

        - VISITING ARTIST/LECTURER, PRINTMAKING, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, CORCIANO, ITALY

        - VISITING ARTIST,LECTURER, PRINTMAKING, TYLER SCHOOL OF ART ABROAD, ROME, ITALY

        - LECTURER, “CURRENT TRENDS IN PRINTMAKING”, COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO, CHICAGO,                   

        - 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 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

2001        - VISITING ARTIST/LECTURER, TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY, KIRKSVILLE, MO

2001        - 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

2000        - LECTURER, “THE HISTORY OF PRINTMAKING”, PLAINS ART MUSEUM, FARGO, ND        


PRINTER/ARTIST COLLABORATION – SUNDOG MULTIPLES (UND AFFILIATE, EST. 2000)

- TREVOR & RYAN OAKES        - BARTON LIDICE BENES        - DUANE PENSKI        - KIM ABELES

- OSCAR MUNOZ’            - DAVID MADZO            - JENNIFER NELSON    - PETER KUPER

- SUZANNE KANATSIZ        - GREGORY BLAIR            - DANIEL HEYMAN    - BILL HARBORT

- JOHN HITCHCOCK        - DOUGLAS KINSEY        - ZHIMMIN GUAN        - ZOE CHARLETON

- DAN JONES            - LINDA WELKER            - ANISSA MACK        - NANCY FRIESE

- ADAM KEMP            - SAMINA MANSURI        - ARTURO SANDOVAL    - CRAIG DRENNEN

- JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE SMITH    - MARK AMERIKA            - ART SPIEGELMAN    - JOHN SNYDER

- SABRINA JONES            - SETH TOBOCMAN        - SUSAN WILLMARTH    - ETHAN HEITNER

- NICHOLE SCHULMAN        - SCOTT CUNNINGHAM        - CHRISTOPHER CARDINALE    - CHRIS LAHTI

- REBECCA MIGDAL        - RU KAWAHATA            - ERIK BEEHN        - AILI SCHMENTZ

- LANNY QUARLES            - ALISA YANG            - LINDA EVERSON        - MICHAEL MERCIL

- AMOS KENNEDY JR.        - DAVID RYAN            - TODD HEBERT        - MOLLY DOUTHIT

- ASH FERLITO            - SANDY JIMENEZ        - LILLI MCELROY        - WALTER PEIHL

- AUDREY FLACK

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