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= Kim Abeles = Kim Victoria Abeles(born August 28, 1952, age 69) is a contemporary artist who produces conceptual artworks that address society, science literacy and civic engagement. She can be also be described as an activist as much of her art focuses on environmental, social, and political issues. As an artist Kim has produced numerous works utilizing a variety of materials that showcase her creativity and skill. Throughout her career she has had her art showcased in many solo exhibitions, group exhibitions, as well as producing public and commissioned artworks. Abeles has received several awards recognizing her work and has also had a career teaching art. Kim Abeles was a professor at California State University, Northridge from 1998 to 2009. She has also been a guest speaker at many locations, most recently at Otis College of Art and Design on March 10, 2022.

Life and Education
Kim Abeles was born in Richmond Heights, Missouri but also lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a child. In 1969 as an American field Service Student Abeles traveled to Utsunomiya, Japan where she would meet a Buddhist priest, Kosai Kobari. Here she would learn from Kosai about traditional Japanese arts which would play as influence in her works later on. Kim would later move to southeastern Ohio where she would obtain her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from Ohio University(1974), and write the book Crafts, Cookery and Country Living, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Co (1976). In 1978 Abeles moved to Los Angeles and in 1980 obtained a Master of Fine Arts Degree in studio arts. This same year she began working in her own art studio. In Los Angeles, Kim Abeles has since produced many artworks that have developed her career as an artist.

Solo Exhibitions
2021 Kim Abeles: Smog Collectors, 1987-2020 California State University Fullerton

2012 Kim Abeles: The Golden Mile Syo Gallery

Group Exhibitions
2021 Stories of the Land curated by Suvan Geer and Sandra Mueller, Santa Ana College Gallery

2018 Lost & Found: Safer Sex Activism curated by David Evans Frantz and Hannah Grossman, ONE Gallery, West Hollywood, CA

2010 Speak for the Trees, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA

Public Art & Commissions
2019-21 Citizen Seeds Permanent artwork funded by the Los Angeles County Arts and Culture

2014 Walk A Mile In My Shoes Commissioned by City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and Department of Public Works

Awards
2019 Civic Artist Recognition, County of Los Angeles

2013 Fellowship in Fine Arts, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Guggenheim Fellowship

2001 Richard Neutra Award for Professional Excellence, The College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

1996-97 Fellowship, COLA, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs

1992 Clean Air Award, Air Quality Management District, California