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SEPTEMBER 2009
The Bolinas Gallery

5 Artists put their best art forward
September 2009 (weekends only, 12-6pm)
The Bolinas Gallery



JULY 2009
mina dresden gallery

Small Works On Paper by The Artists of ZYZZYVA
June 20 - July 18, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 20th, 6-8pm
mina dresden gallery



The literary magazine ZYZZYVA was launched by Howard Junker in April 1985 as a journal featuring West Coast writers and artists. Along with a special mix of prose and poetry, ZYZZYVA has punctuated its pages with black & white images including drawings, etchings, paintings, photographs and prints. On June 20th The Artists of ZYZZYVA will come together at mina dresden gallery to honor Howard Junker as he approaches his 25th year as editor.

JULY 2009
Davidson Galleries

West Coast Drawings VIII
Curated by Norman Lundin
July 3 - August 1, 2009
Davidson Galleries

Davidson Galleries and Koplin del Rio (Culver City, CA) are pleased to present West Coast Drawings: Drawings VIII. A multimedia group exhibition curated by Norman Lundin on display concurrently at these two West Coast locations.

This exhibition continues a tradition that began in 1991 at Koplin Del Rio gallery of hosting summer group drawing exhibitions. Conceived from the gallery’s distinct interest in works on paper, the original concept was to curate an in-house exhibition including many of the gallery artists, as well as invite artists from outside the gallery’s regular program. This show is the eighth variation on the original “Drawings” concept and will expand the geography of the exhibition to a venue in Seattle, Davidson Galleries, with an exchange of artists between the Northern and Southern West Coast. By broadening the scope of the exhibition, both geographically and conceptually, the gallery hopes to continue the enhancement of people discovering drawings.

As part of the complementary dual format, Norman Lundin, exhibiting artist and Professor of Art, Emeritus at the University of Washington, curated the exhibition. Works chosen for the show are rooted in classical representational traditions, but veer outside the expected in both media and style.

JUNE 2009
Dolby Chadwick Gallery

Kim Frohsin
Wigs and Silhouettes
May 7- June 27, 2009
Opening Reception: May 7, 5:30 to 7:30
www.dolbychadwickgallery.com



Dolby Chadwick Gallery is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition of works on paper by Kim Frohsin, Wigs and Silhouettes. These energetic and bold works signify a breakthrough in Frohsin’s process. Abstracting the figure through color and collage, the resulting works are both engaging emotionally and aesthetically compelling.

The body of work included in Wigs and Silhouettes exemplifies an exciting shift in Frohsin’s way of working. Although the armature of the image is still taken from direct observation of the human form, these new works offer a fresh perspective to her artistic vision. Puzzle-like and spontaneous, the ground meets the figure as colors collide and create images that are at once organic and mechanical. Using mostly palette knives, razor blades and crushed pigment, Frohsin’s mark making is truly original and dynamic.

Michele Corriel of Western Arts and Architecture Magazine says of Frohsin’s work: “Painter Kim Frohsin harnesses the power of the female figure by incorporating startling color to impart movement. Her pieces crackle with vitality. Honest spontaneity and emboldened color palettes add to her directness with the pieces.”

Kim Frohsin has exhibited alongside Bay Area Figurative painters such as Elmer Bischoff, Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud. Frohsin’s work is included in the permanent collections of the San Jose Museum of Art and the Achenbach collection at de Young Museum in San Francisco. Nationally, she has exhibited widely including the LaGrange Art Museum in LaGrange, Georgia and The Frye Art Museum in Seattle, WA. She lives and works in San Francisco.

This will be her eighth solo exhibition at Dolby Chadwick Gallery.

For more information please visit our website at www.dolbychadwickgallery.com or email us at info@dolbychadwickgallery.com

“I dedicate this show, “Wigs and Silhouettes,” to my dear and inspiring friend, Barbara Lefcourt Davidson : 11/16/1931 ~ 4/5/2009” -Kim Frohsin

MARCH 2009
Western Art and Architechture Winter/Spring 2009. Article on Kim Frohsin.
Download a pdf of the story by clicking here.



FEBRUARY 2009
• Ms. Frohsin has a number of figurative works on display at Ma(i)sonry in Yountville CA (Napa Valley).  This showing is entitled "Figurative Musings."  Artist reception is Sunday March 15th at 1:00 pm.  Click here for further information.

DECEMBER 2008




• Ms. Frohsin will show a small selection of monoprints , works on paper and paintings at The Athteron Library February to March 2009. http://www.athertonlibrary.org


AUGUST 2008
• Ms. Frohsin will be showing a small mix of works in various media at The Brisbane Library during September and October.  

• Ms. Frohsin recently completed a one week workshop in intaglio printmaking at Crown Point Press.  Four of the prints appear below.  Click here for photographs from the workshop.


JULY 2008
• Eleven of Ms. Frohsin's works will appear in a group show at the Fay Gold Gallery in Atlanta.  The show runs July-September 2008.  Click here for further info.

JUNE 2008
• Ms. Frohsin's "New Yorker Amongst The Reeds" (2007) has been accepted into the Shippensburg University "2D 144 National Invitational Exhibition", Kauffman Gallery, Huber Art Center, Shippensburg, PA.  The exhibition will run July 2nd - September 5th, 2008.  Click here for more info.

• Ms. Frohsin's "Figures With Edges 2007-2008" book has been published by ePressBooks.  Click here for further info, or visit ePressBooks.com

• Ms. Frohsin's "Grasshopper Pie" (1993) has been purchased for donation to the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, CA.  

APRIL 2008
• Ms. Frohsin's "Poetess From The South" will be up for auction on May 29th at the 23rd Annual Art Auction Benefitting Hospitality House's Community Arts Program.  The event will be held at Dolby Chadwick Gallery.



• Two of Ms. Frohsin's works will appear in the 2008 San Francisco Decorator Showcase which runs April 26 - May 26.

• Ms. Frohsin's "Mystery Skirt" appears on the cover of the Spring/Summer 2008 edition of West Branch, a publication of the Stadler Center for Poetry at Bucknell University.  Click here to see the cover.

FEBRUARY 2008
• One of Ms. Frohsin's 2006 all-sorts monoprints was accepted into the LaGrange National Biennial XXV 2008, to be held at the LaGrange Art Museum, part of the Lamar Dodd Art Center in LaGrange, Georgia.  The juror for the biennial is Jeffrey Grove, the Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The High Museum in Atlanta.



• Ms. Frohsin's "The Skeptic" appears on the cover of "Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology, 6th edition", by Bryan Kolb and Ian Whishaw.  The text will be distributed in the US and Canada.  The publisher is W.H. Freeman and Worth Publishers.  Click here to view the book.

JANUARY 2008
• Ms. Frohsin was the subject of a feature article in the Winter 2007 edition of Artworks magazine.  You may view the article here.

 

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