Kim has a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education. She has been in several juried exhibitions, including the Edmonds and Shoreline Art Festivals, EAFA Exhibits and the Hanson Scott Gallery in Seattle. The City of Shoreline and the Swedish Cancer Center in Edmonds have her paintings on display in their permanent collections. Kim spent nine years teaching art classes at Maplewood K-8. She has also taught drawing and beginning acrylic painting to adults at the Cole Gallery in Edmonds and kids' camps at the Schack Art Gallery in Everett as well as in the Edmonds School District via EAFA grants for visual arts in the schools. MaJe Gallery in Edmonds, WA represents her work yearly. She is presently on the Board of Directors of Art For All, a non-profit organization supporting artists with disabilities.
Artist Statement: My first success as an artist was the representation of flowers at the age of 8. I have been painting and drawing them in many different mediums ever since. As a teacher, I have studied and practiced every medium I could get my hands on. This has influenced the way I paint on canvas, synthesizing various materials, techniques and aesthetics. I delight in the botanical, organic shape and line, and color. Most of my painted surfaces are highly textured mixed media and explore the interaction between texture, color, shape and line to create a mood and convey a theme with my subjects. My paintings are expressive representations of beauty, joyful ambiance and relationship.
Quality is important to me and every work of art is done with a high level of attention to detail and quality materials. All paintings are on gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides. You can find more of my work at Laughing Bird Art on Facebook.
EXHIBITS, ONGOING REPRESENTATION and CLASSES
2024
'UN-SEEN' Show Edmonds Waterfront Center Gallery July 8-Oct 1
Edmonds Art Festival Gallery 2 paintings June 14-16
MAJE Gallery March-April
2023
MAJE Gallery Jan-March
2022
MAJE Gallery March -June
Artist's Garage Sale September 10
2018-2021
Ongoing participation in EAFA school grant program
Full time Substitute teaching, Edmonds School District
Emonds Art Walk
2017
ART pARTies (in-home: call or email me to schedule)
Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain, Cole Art Gallery
Try It classes, Cole Art Gallery
2016
Stocking Stuffer Exhibit, Lake Forest Park Gallery
ART pARTies (in-home: call or email to schedule)
Cole Gallery Classes
Edmonds Art Walk, April, Windermere Realty
Edmonds Arts Foundation Exhibit in Edmonds Public Library March 16-April 16
'Visible Spectrum' Juried Exhibition, Ida Culver House
2015
Paint Night at Brigid’s Bottle Shop
Puget Sound Artist’s Gift Show, Edmonds
Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain, Cole Gallery
The Schack Art Center: Art Camps
Local Color Cafe, Pike Place, Seattle, WA. June-July
June Edmonds Art Walk: Arista Wine Cellars
Edmonds Art Festival Juried Exhibit. June
Art Spot Edmonds: 5x5 for $25 Exhibit
Matthew Roberts Salon, Edmonds, WA. April-May
The Deep Exhibition at the Hanson Scott Gallery, Pioneer Square, Seattle WA(May)
and the Audubon Center, Seattle WA (April)
2014
The Deep Exhibition, Edmonds Conference Center
Lake Forest Park Gallery Holiday Gift Show
Puget Sound Artists Gift Show, Edmonds, WA
Juried Exhibition Era Living, Ida Culver House, Purchase Award Edmonds Art Festival Juried Exhibition, Drawing
ARTspot Kid's art camps and adult beginning drawing classes: http://artspot.squarespace.com/
Ombu Salon and Spa/Edmonds August Art Walk, Edmonds WA
Citrine Women's Health, Everett, WA
Mosaic Café, Wallingford, Seattle WA
Salon Amenities, Bellevue, WA
Adult Drawing classes, Art Spot, Edmonds, WA
Edmonds Art Walk, Art Spot, Edmonds, WA
VAI Grant Recipient, Spruce Elementary, Lynnwood, WA
2013
Puget Sound Artists Gift Show, ArtWorks
Bird Fest: Edmonds location to be announced, September
Art On The Waterfront, Edmonds Marina near Anthony's, demonstration
Mill Creek Art Walk, Mill Creek Towne Center
ArtSplash Edmonds
Q Cafe, 3223 15th Ave W, Seattle, WA
Matthew Robert Salon, 22717 HWY 99, Edmonds, WA
Classes: Art Spot, Edmonds
University District Art Walk, Exhibitor and Curator, 'Plumage Show'
"Plumage Exhibit', Seward Park Audubon Center: May- June
Recipient: Stars Program Grant at Edmonds Elementary school
2012
EAFA Holiday Gift Show Nov. through January
Gallery at Lake Forest Park 'Home For The Holidays Show':
Puget Sound Artists Gift Show, Artworks, Edmonds
EAFA Juried Open Exhibit Nov. 2012-Jan. 2013
Umpqua Bank Building, Bellevue, WA Sept.2012 - Jan. 2013
Mill Creek Town Center Art Walk, Juried exhibits, September, 2012
Teacher at "Art Spot" 408 Main Street, Edmonds, WA 98020
Edmonds Recreation Center Classes: reczone.org
Recipient: Artist in Residence Program, Edmonds School District
Edmonds Third Thursday Art Walk at C'est la Vie May, 2012
Gallery North Annual Miniature and Small Paintings Show, 2012, Edmonds, WA
EAFA Annual Juried Abstract Exhibit, Seattle, WA
Artisan Frame Shop, Mill Creek, WA
Gallery at Lake Forest Park, Lake Forest Park, WA
2011
Puget Sound Artists Gift Show, Edmonds, WA
Holiday Show The Gallery at Towne Centre in Lake Forest Park
Schack Instructors Exhibit, Schack Art Center, Hoyt Ave. Everett, WA
Arts of the Terrace, Mount Lake Terrace Juried Exhibit
The Bridge Coffee House Sept. 9 through Oct. 8, 2011
Fraker/Scott Gallery Juried exhibit 'ICON'
Ida Culver House Juried Exhibition 'Looking At The World Through Story'
Edmonds Third Thursday Art Walk, June, Soma Salon
ArtSplash, July 21-24, 2011
Artisan Framing Shop Exhibit, Ongoing, Mill Creek Towne Center
2010
Lynnwood Juried Exhibition: 'It Ain't Easy Being Green'
Home for the Holidays: Gallery at Towne Center
Arts of Snohomish Gallery; Taking Flight
Arts of the Terrace Juried Exhibit
Puget Sound Artists Gift Show
Edmonds Art Festival Juried Gallery
Shoreline Arts Festival [Purchase Award]
Artworks, Edmonds,WA; ArtSplash
2009
Lowell Art Works, Everett, WA; It Came From Outer Lowell
Snohomish Arts Council 17th Juried Show, Gallery at the Monte Cristo, Everett, WA
Artworks, Edmonds, WA; ArtSplash
Art/Not Terminal Holiday Gift Show in Seattle, WA
Puget Sound Artists Gift Show, Edmonds, WA
2008
Arts of Snohomish Gallery, Snohomish, WA; The BIG small Show
Alderwood Community Church Fall Exhibit, Lynnwood, WA
Puget Sound Artists Gift Show, Edmonds, WA
2007
Puget Sound Artists Gift Show, Edmonds, WA
BIO/STATEMENT AND RESUME
425-361-8039 (mobile)
kimbraymanart@gmail.com
Swedish Cancer Center Reception with my painting "We Meet Again".
