Kathleen King

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Solo Exhibitions

2018 So This, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2017 Desert Gathering, Joshua Tree Highlands Residency, Joshua Tree, CA

Around + About, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2016 Square Peg, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2015 Scrap Variations, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA

2014 Street View, NIAD Gallery, Richmond, CA

Wood Vibrations, Mercury 20 Gallery

2013 Out Here, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2010 Tongue & Groove, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2009 Last Waltz, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2008 Slipping (Into Something), Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2007 Natural Impulse, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2005 Spirit of the Moment, Muddy’s, San Francisco, CA

2003 October, Jazz House, Berkeley, CA

Soul Tracing, 66 Balmy Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018 The Magic of Collaboration, Adobe Gallery, Castro Valley, CA, with: Laura van Duren – Curated by Leah Virsik

Decennial, Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA – Curated by Matt & Lena Reynoso

Room for Thought, SPACE 151, San Francisco, CA. – Juror: Jack Fischer

Generations, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA – Juror: Farley Gwazda

Melting Point, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA – Curated by Nick Dong & Johanna Poethig

2017 Turing’s Echo, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA – Curated by Natalia Mount
Radical Hope, Three Girls Theater Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2016 Sculpture in the Garden, Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA
Mercury 20 at 10, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2015 Common Thread, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2013 Transformation of Connectivity, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2012 After the Fall, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

Abstraction: Pull and Sway, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

ArtPadSF, Art Fair, San Francisco, CA

2011 The Gyre, collaboration with Laura van Duren and Dave Meeker, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2010 Civic Art Exhibition at City Hall, Berkeley, CA – Curated by Archana Horsting

Inside/Out, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA – Curated by Cathy Coe

Don’t Look Back, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA With: Margaret Chavigny, Charlie Milgrim, Jill McLennan

2009 Forecast, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA With: Julie Alvarado, Joan Weiss, Aaron Geman

2006 Fall Exhibition, MobiTV, Emeryville, CA With: Jane Norling and Lorrie Fink, Curated by Cynthia Lait

Mercury Rising, Mercury 20, Oakland, CA – Curated by Robert Tomlinson

Deep Space, Space Gallery, San Francisco – Curated by Elizabeth Starr

Mad River Post, San Francisco, Curated by William Torphy

2005 Collective 9: Off the Grid, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA

Holiday Invitational, California Modern Gallery, San Francisco CA

Contemporary Abstraction, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA – Juror: Kenneth Baker, San Francisco

Chronicle

She Creates, Off-Market Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004 Collective 9: Grouping, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA

Whimsy 2, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA

Jack London Invitational, Oakland, CA with: Andy Black, Mary Ann Hayden, Carin Rehbinder,

Rosemary Allen – Curated by Joanna Adler, Jamie Brunson, Claudia Marseille

Meditations, Los Medanos College Art Gallery, Pittsburg, CA with: Maya Kabat and Carianne Mack

Curated by Heidi Neff

At Club Six, San Francisco – Curated by Elizabeth Starr

2003 Jupiter Outdoor Art Show – Berkeley

Whimsy – ACCI Gallery, Berkeley

The Art Show – Start Soma Gallery, San Francisco

Artists’ Valentines – Barbara Anderson Gallery, Berkeley

2002 National Juried Annual – Berkeley Art Center – Juror: Nancy Mizuno Elliott, Exhibitions Director,

Richmond Art Center

Artists’ Valentines – Barbara Anderson Gallery, Berkeley

2001 New Artists – Hang Gallery, Palo Alto

Juried Annual – Gallery Route One, Point Reye -Juror: Karen Tsujimoto, Senior Curator of Art,

Oakland Museum

2000 Juried Annual – Pro Arts, Oakland -Juror: Larry Rinder, Curator of Contemporary Art, Whitney

Museum

Education

BA Fine Arts, University of California, Berkeley

Bibliography

2014 Meredith May, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 artists toast Oakland with found objects from hometown, http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/3-artists-toast-Oakland-with-foundobjects-from-5686921.php

2013 Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Area visual arts picks, July 4, http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Bay-Area-visual-arts-picks-July-4-4645781.php

2013 Oakland Art Enthusiast, July 2013 Art Murmur and First Friday, http://oaklandartenthusiast.com/2013/07/16/july-2013-art-murmur-and-first-friday/

2011 DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, Going the Distance at Swarm, Royal NoneSuch, and Mercury 20, http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/going-the-distance-at-swarmroyal-nonesuch-and-mercury-20/Content?oid=2647120

2010 DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, Tongue & Groove, October https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/kathleen-king-tongue-and-groove/Event?oid=2162287

2010 Mary Eisenhart, 96 Hours SF Chronicle, Don’t Miss, https://mercurytwenty.com/news/jpgs/Frizell_KING.jpg

2006 Tim Buckwalter, Berkeley Monthly, Behind the Scenes: East Bay Open Studios, http://www.themonthly.com/feature05-06.html

As Curator

2016 City in Mind, NIAD Gallery, Richmond, CA

2007 Big Bang, Mercury 20, Oakland, CA, Curated by Kathleen King & Maya Kabat

Statement

KATHLEEN KING: SO THIS

The sculpture in SO THIS is both formal and disposable. The design is simple, legible, and minimal. Materials used are found wood—and found objects including plastic buckets, glass containers, clothing, buttons, chain, and cement block. The work explores states of coexistence and contexts informed by construction, arrangement, and contrast.

A series of paintings on found paper inspired by tantra paintings is also presented. Using the inverted triangle shape—the symbol for female power—these diagrams support a devotional mindset and visionary imaginative processes such as a female-centered future.

The abuse of power today is clear: laws and speech meant to break down human compassion, hard-won connections, and solidarity at a rapid pace. Living amidst these tensions that tear at the heart of social unities, we find a need to build and create connection on a daily basis. Making this work is an act of critique and a support for a continuing resistance.

In the words of Iggy Pop:
They say ‘SO WHAT’ I say ‘SO THIS’.
Your honest face, your quiet, simple grace,
You are one thing I will not waste.

Kathleen King was born in Oakland, CA and has a BA in Art from the University of California, Berkeley. Her work has been exhibited at Mercury 20 Gallery, The Compound Gallery, Pro Arts, the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art and the City of Berkeley’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Civic Center Building. Her work is represented in numerous private collections.

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