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Brief Background
Kim Victoria Abeles, is known as an American visual Artist that has created many Art peices that consist of a Comtemporary social and Environmental issues as the main focus. Kim Victoria was born on August 28,1952 in Richmord Heights, Missouri who is currently living in Los Angeles. Throughout her time as an artist, she became a significance figure through the community. As her focus of peice, consist of telling a story and current events. In addition to that, Kim Abeles was not only known for being a famous Artist of various peices and contempoarary art that has been exhibited in 22 countries and has recieved a numerious of significant awards and recognition from public. Aside, from being a famous figure, Kim Victoria Abeles works as a professor in public art, sculpture, and drawings at California State University, Northridge from 1988 - 2009, where Kim abeles became professor in 2010.

Early Life
Kim Victoria Abeles was born in Richmond Heights, Missouri.Throughout her early life as an artist, she became a significance figure through various peices, smog collections, and collaborative work.

Kim Victoria Abeles was known for her movement of Contemporary Social and Environmental issues. In addition to that, Kim Victoria Abeles has also main influence was sculptures and installiations stems from Urban world and Historical and contemporary issues. These peices of focus were influence by her childhood memories and the town in which she was born. Kim Victoria Abele childhood memories took place in "Steel town" of pitts burgh. Her time in her town was only during childhood. In addition to that, Kim abeles moved to smoggy Los Angeles in 1978. Where in 1980's, where a sweatershops started to rise around Los Angeles Studio. This was were Kim Victoria Abeles started to get first interested and decided to approach Art that had a meaningful meaning of "Real Life".

Education
Ohio University, University California Irvine.

In ohio Univeristy, Artist Kim Victoria Abeles recieved a Bachelors Degree of Fine Art. In University of Irvine, Artisit Kim Victoria Abeles recieved a Master Degree of Fine Art. Through her career, Kim Abelese had connections with her peices allowing her to create beautiful and unique peices. Furthemore, Edward Kienholz and Wallace Berman inspired Artist Kim Victoria Abeles through her jounrey as an artist.

Accomplishment:

 * Award: National and international Acclaim for her 1987 Exhibit smog collectors.
 * Award: 2013 Guggenheim Fellowships
 * 1991 High performance magazine records.
 * Received fellowships. J.Paul getty trust fund for the visual arts.
 * Received Fellowships The Andy warhol foundation
 * Received fellowships the california community foundation
 * Received fellowships from the California Arts council.
 * Abeles Journals, Artists books and processed documents are located at the Center for art+Environment, Nevada Museums of art, Reno Nevada.
 * LA time: Kim Abeles brings wildlife ash into her Smog collection arts.
 * Kim abeles: Smog collectors from 1987-202 in College arts of Californaia states university Fullerton.

Kim Victoria Abeles Artwork
1. The Smog Catcher II

2. Earth Clock II

3. Tru the Earth

4. Digits Smog Count

5. Forty Days and Forty Nights (40 days of smog)

6. Zoe's Highchair

7. Cart Parts

8. Steak Dinner in 12 Days of Smog

9. The wonder Books (Forty days of Smog)

10. Sixty Blocks Square of Los Angeles Horizon (Seven Days of Smog)

11. Air share (Twenty days of smog/ Ten days of Acid Rain)

12. Give us This Day (Twenty Days of Smog and Acid Rain)

13. Presidential Commemorative Smog Plates

14. Smog Mask (Thirty Days of Smog)

15.Paper Person (Kim Victoria Ables most known peice)
 * Located at the California Science Center.

Kim Victoria Abeles Work
Kim Victoria Ables is an inspiring artist who has done a variety of mediums artpeices.Which include, drawing, scupluture, and installions within her pieces. Furthemore, artist kim victoria abeles was known to be very creative with her art peice; often experimenting with variety of materials. Moreover, Kim Victoria Abeles first started her career from eventful experience. She started with basic independent,as a singular person and coming up with her own idea through various research and currents event in which found of interest.

In addition to that, Kim Victoria Abeles has also done collobrative work with several educational organization and Schools. Such as the The contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati, Community Art Resources in Santa Ana, CU The natural history Museum, and The California Science Center and other.

Collaborative Work
Kim Victoria Abeles has worked in several educational organization and various schools in prder to collaborate on installitions and exhibitons. Throughout that, Artist Kim Victoria Abele had multiple art centers such as the Contemporary Art Center in Cinnita, community resources in santa monica, Orange country Muesuem of Art Teen Council, and The california Science center and many various centers of arts. This collaborated work Kim Victoria Abeles allows her to express in many ways as well as get experience of collaborated work with other organization and schools.

The Smog Collector
Kim Victoria Abeles got recognition for her smog collecter peices. In 1987, Art Kim Victoria caught national and internationatal attention. Where she was mentioned in various Timeline News papers; such as Newsweek, National Public Radio, CBS Evening News, and The Wall Street Journal. in addition to that, Kim Abeles persue pieces based on mutual interest, ongoing events or tribute events that occured after moving into her new art studio that is located in Los Angeles. Furthermore, Kim Abeles also created innoviative peices that contribute to stencils, and adhesives to that of her collected smog particulate. Which allows producement of symbols and images within her peices of focus. A term to decribe Artist Kim Abeles curiosity and peices collecter or images and symbol was known as " Spewing Formaldehyne". Through these efforts of uniqueness of the artist towards her peices, allowing to create beautiful peices, creating what we know today. Which is "Kim Abeles: Smog Collector, 1987-2020. Overall, The smog collectors materializes real life events, or personal transparent matters of owns self, imagination and the events in which you are experiencing.

Kim Victoria Abeles Explored Topics of Interest
1. HIV/AIDs

2. Pollution

3. Gender roles

4. Domestic Violence

5. Feminism

6. Civil Rights

7. Labor

Kim Abeles Solo Exhibitions

 * Nicholas and Lee Begovich Gallery, at California State University Fullerton


 * Los Angeles Art Show; Convention Center Downtown Los Angeles,CA


 * Community Room; Armory Center for Arts Pasedena, CA


 * Frank M.Doyle Arts Pavilion, orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA(2017)

Links to Articles and Information about Kim victoria Abeles Work through Times News
The Atlantic Magazine article by Morgan Ome (11/2022)

New York Times article by Jori Finkel (12/10/2021)

Artillery article by Jennie E Park (11/28/2017)

Evan Kleiman's interview with Kim Abeles on KCRW's Good Food (10/28/2017)

Wikipedia/Kim Victoria Abeles

Abeles presentation at Getty Museum's Art & Language Arts program (2012)

Kim Victoria Abeles Recognition in Time News

Reference
1. Maslov, Nikolay.“Kim Abeles:Smog collectors 1987-2020 at Cal State Fullerton Begovich Gallery.”Art and Cake,18December2021l, https://artandcakela.com/2021/12/01/kim-abeles-smog-collectors-1987-2020-at-cal-state-fullerton-begovich-gallery/

2. Evan Kleiman. “Smog Collector”:Evan Kliemans’s interview with kim abeles on KCRW’s Good food ,28 October,2017 https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/good-food/jonathan-golds-101-modernist-baking-and-smoking-salmon/smog-collectors

3. Jori Finkel. “ Kim Abeles Turns the Climate Crisis Into Eco Art”: The New York Times. 9 December, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/arts/design/pollution-abeles-art-fullerton-environment.html?smid=em-share

4. Interview with Kim Abeles | Figure/Ground". figureground.org. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 2015-05-12. https://ArtCommotion:Departments".www.artcommotion.com. Retrieved 2015-05-12.

5. Nicholas & Lee Begovich Gallery - Department of Visual Arts | https://CSUF".www.fullerton.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-12.

6. Kim Abeles - Valises for Camp Ground: Arts, Corrections, and Fire Management in the Santa Monica Mountains. https://ArmoryCenterfortheArts".www.armoryarts.org. Retrieved 2021-08-12.

7. https://PearlsofWisdom:EndtheViolence". Kim Abeles. Retrieved 2021-08-12