1979-1984 
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA,  and l'Institut pour les Etudiants Etrangers, Aix-en-Provence, France
B.A. Humanities, B.A. French

1986-88 
The Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA, B.F.A.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2009
• "Wigs and Silhouettes : KIM FROHSIN," Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• "Small works on paper by.... The Artists of ZYZZYVA," Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• "West Coast Drawings VIII," published catalogue available from Koplin Del Rio Gallery, info@koplindelrio.com. Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
• "5 artists put their best art forward," Bolinas Gallery, Bolinas, CA
• "Figurative Musings," Ma(i)sonry, Yountville, CA

2008
•  "Painterly Painting: The Next Level," The Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
• "Art I Love: A Group Exhibition", Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• "Figures With Edges", solo exhibit, Nelson Macker Fine Art, Port Chester, NY
• "Expressions West 2008", juried show, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR.  Juror: Gary Faigin
• "Singular Impressions: Monotypes", juried invitational, ARTWORKS Downtown, San Rafael, CA.  Juror: Carol Levy
• LaGrange National Biennial XXV, 2008, LaGrange Art Museum, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, GA.  Juror: Jeffrey Grove, the Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The High Musuem, Atlanta, GA

2007
• "Bay Area Influence - The Other Side", group show, Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
• Invitational Group Exhibition, 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA   curator: Dotti Crichon
• "A Personal Selection", solo exhibit, The Alliance Française, San Francisco, CA
• "Texas National: 2007", Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
• "Recent Figures", John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
• "Two Minutes And Counting", Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006
• "My Mosaics", CPF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• "Stephanie Caloia, Artist's Model", group invitational show, Crockett Contemporary Art, Crockett, CA
• Long Beach Arts, "Works On Paper Exhibition", Long Beach, CA.  "Bovine Grid" won first place.
• "7th Annual Juried National Exhibit", Kauffman Gallery, Huber Art Center, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
• "Bay Area Figurative: Then And Now", John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
• "Finding The Figure", group show, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Ft. Mason Center, San Francisco, CA

2005
• "Group Figure Drawing", City Picture Frame Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• "In The Abstract: 2004-2005", solo show, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• "Introductions '05", Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• Looking Back And Seeing Forward", group show, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• "2005 Member's Showcase", Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
• "New Year / New Work", group show, North Berkeley Frame and Gallery, Berkeley, CA
• Solo show, Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
• "In The Abstract: Recent Drawings And Paintings On Paper And Collage", solo show, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• "Women's Work Now: Large Paintings By Bay Area Women Artists", Bank of America Building, San Francisco, CA, curated by Jan Casey of Casey & Associates, and Joan Elan Davis of Joan Davis Art.

2004           
• "Grids & Motifs: 2003", Cafe Borrone, Menlo Park, CA
• "A Ten Year Retrospective: Kim Frohsin At Trillium", Trillium Press, Brisbane, CA

2003
• "Provocative Poses: 2001-2003" solo show, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• BACA Annual juried show, Berkeley, CA.  Juror: Marian Parmenter
• The Mills Building, group show, Trillium Press, San Francisco, CA
• "Medley", City Picture Frame, Courtesy of The Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• "Wordworks II + Plus", The John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

2002
• "14th Annual Mini Show" invitational, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
• The San Jose Museum of Art Cafe Gallery, group print exhibit, San Jose, CA
• "Uncorked", Crocker Museum Wine Auction Benefit, Sacramento, CA
• "In Other Words" juried show, The Second City Council, Long Beach, CA. Juror: Patt
Morrison
• "Trillium Press: Past, Present and Future", Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
• "Solos: The Contemporary Monoprint",  Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA. Curator: Lauren
Davies
• "The Perception of Appearance: A Decade of Contemporary Figure Drawing", The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA. Curator: Norman Lundin
• SFMoMA, Modern Art Council Annual Auction, San Francisco, CA

2001
• "WORDWORKS: 2000-2001", The Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• "Figurative Works on  Paper:1992-2001", The Collector's Gallery,  The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
• "Figure Drawings on Paper: Kim Frohsin", The Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2000
• "Pacific Prints 2000", Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA. Jurors: Beth Van Hoesen, Karin Breuer, Donald  Farnsworth.   Honorable Mention and Purchase Awards
• "Thirteen Themes", a husband-wife show, Randall Sexton and Kim Frohsin, Sanchez Art Center Gallery, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA

1999
• "Innovation and Influence: The Art of Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud" and "New paintings by Kim Frohsin", Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Ketchum, Idaho. Curator: Kristin Poole
• "Back to Back: The Female Figure", The Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA

1998
• "Cast Shadows: Figures and Other Subjects", SOMA Gallery, La Jolla, CA

1997
• "Bay Area Art: The Morgan Flagg Collection", M.H. De Young Memorial Museum of Art, San Francsico, CA. Curator: Timothy Bergard
• "Bay Area Figurative Revisited: Kim Frohsin and Ken Kewley", SOMA Gallery, La Jolla, CA

1996
• "California National", 750 Gallery, Sacramento, CA. Juror: Stephen McGough
• "Exhibition", Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA. Juror: Wayne Thiebaud. Awarded the California Society of Printmakers' Award

1995
• "Kim Frohsin: The Playground Series 1992-1994", John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
• "The All-Sorts Series", The Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, two-person show with Wiliam Rose, San Francisco, CA

1994
• "69th Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition", Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA. Juror: Phil Linhares.  First Place Award

1993                   
• J. Noblett Gallery, Boyes Hot Springs, CA
• "Four Figures from the Bay: Manuel Neri, Kim Frohsin, Stephen De Staebler, Nathan Oliviera", John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

CORPORATE / PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

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

PUBLICATIONS:

• "Figures With Edges", 2008, Epressbooks, San Francisco, CA.
• "Two Minutes and Counting", 2007, Epressbooks, San Francisco, CA, foreword by Peter Campion
• "Kim Frohsin: In the Abstract: 2004-2005", 2005, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, gallery catalog,San Francisco, CA , foreword by Paul J. Karlstrom
• "West Branch ", spring /summer edition, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA. Cover art: "Mystery Skirt" (2007)
• "Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology : 6th edition", 2008, Bryan Kolb and Ian Whishaw, W.H. Freeman and Worth Publishing. Cover art: The Skeptic" (1993)
• "Elmer Bischoff: The Ethics of Paint", 2001, Susan Landauer, University of California Press, p. 153
• "The Perception of Appearance: A Decade of Contemporary Figure Drawing", Norman Lundin, The Frye Art Museum and University of Washington Press, Seattle,WA, 2002
• "Bay Area Painting", 2006, John Natsoulas Press, Davis, CA, pgs. 32-33
• "ARTWORKS" magazine, Carmel, CA, winter issue 2007-08, "Kim Frohsin", interview by Erin Clark, photos by Erin Clark and Gina Taro, pgs. 68 -75
• "BARK" magazine, Berkeley, CA, Fall 2002 issue, pg.39, art for article, "Grieving" by Patrica B. McConnell, PhD.
• "ZYZZYVA", San Francisco, CA: Fall, Vol. XV #2 1999; Winter, Vol. XX #3 2004; Fall, Vol. XXII #2 2006
• "California Home & Design" magazine, 2004, "The Collector's Eye", by Anne Seymour, pgs. 73-79

TEACHING:

• 2005 - 2006, MFA independent study advisor, The Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA