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KIM TUROS
PO Box 9154
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
EDUCATION
1988 -1989 San Francisco Art Institute
1983, 1984 McNay Art Institute
1974 -1978 Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture
RESIDENCIES
2001 Headlands Center for the Arts, Invited Resident Artist,
Sausalito, California
1990 - 1991 Kunstlerwerkstatt, Kulturreferat of Germany,
Munich, Germany, 5 months
1989 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture
(Summer study with John Walker, Judy Rifka, Leon Golub, and Jacob Lawrence)
AWARDS
2001 Andy Warhol Grant Recipient,
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
1996 The American Institute of Architects, "Award for Excellence in Residential Design" for Art and Landscape Design
1987 "National Design Competition Award", for One St. Charles Place,
San Antonio, Texas, National Concrete and Masonry Association
1984 "Peoples Choice Award", San Antonio Committee for the Arts, Painting
1978 "Award of Honor", American Society of Landscape Architects
1977 "Robert F. White Award", for Landscape Architecture
EXHIBITIONS
   Solo
2005 "Kim Turos", BMoCA Spring Cycle 2005
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
2004 "NeH2O", Headlands Center for the Arts, Three part multi-media Installation, Sausalito, CA
2004 "Alpha Project", Molecular Sciences Institute, Multi-media Experimental installation, Berkeley, CA
2004 "Concept Drawings", Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado
2002 "Road Trip", View 155, San Francisco Arts Commission, Multi-media installation, San Francisco, CA
also "Cellula", film by Christian Farrell and Kim Turos
2001 "Forces of Nature: Divergence & Transformation", Headlands Center for the Arts, Project Space, Multi-media installation
2000 - 2001 "Kim Turos: Aliso Canyon", San Jose Museum Of Art, installation of mixed media & live media, San Jose, CA
1991 "Kim Turos-New Work," Kunstlerwerkstatt Lothringerstrasse,
Munich, Germany, Painting and Sculpture
EXHIBITIONS
   Group
2005 ODC: "Lost at Sea: 2005 Series"
Collaboration with choreographer KT Nelson, for Yerba Buena Center for the Performing Arts, San Francisco, CA
2004 ODC Unplugged: "Lost at Sea: 2005 Series",
Preview performance for modern ballet, Collaboration with KT Nelson, work in progress for Yerba Buena Center for the Performing Arts, San Francisco, CA
2003 "Plasma Room", multi-media installation, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2002 "Archipelago, an Intimate Immensity", Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver,CO, "Living room", multi-media installation
2002 "Richard Barnes, John Roloff, Kim Turos", 101 California Street, San Francisco, CA, sculpture installation
2002 "Inordium", Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, multi-media installation
2000 SIA "Time Capsule Opening", Poetic Statements, Predictions, Prophetic Drawings, Refusalon, San Francisco, CA
2000 "Life Signs", 3 person show, Modesto College Art Museum, Sculpture installation, Modesto, CA
2000 "City of Carlsbad Sculpture Garden Exhibition", California One year installation
1999 "Lost Curves", Debra Owen Gallery, San Diego, CA, Sculpture and Drawings
1998 "Sculpture Walk", sculpture installations, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA
1998 "A Skowhegan Decade" Alumni Exhibition, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1998 "Primary Elements", 3 person show, sculpture installations, The Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1997 "The Eleventh Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition," Emeryville, CA, Sculpture Installation
1989 Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, Painting
1987 "Yard Art," San Antonio Museum of Art, Painting
1986 "The McNay Art Museum Spring Exhibition", Drawings, San Antonio, TX
PRIVATE
SHOWINGS
1996 Art Inquiry (University of California Extension, "Form in Art"). Sculpture, Painting and Landscape Installation, Emeryville, CA
1996 Bechtel Corporation "Spring Tour." Art, Architecture, and the Garden, Berkeley, CA
1995 The Stanford Art Museum Contemporary Collectors Circle, "Art, Architecture and Landscape", Berkeley, CA
1995 1995 California College of Arts and Crafts Contemporary Art Group I, "1601 Project", Berkeley, California
PUBLICATIONS
& INTERVIEWS
2003 "The Not-so-still-life, a Century of California Painting and Sculpture"; Landauer et al, "Kitchen-aid"; University of California Press, 2003; pages 154, 156, 200
2003 The Denver Post, Colorado’s ten best art shows of 2002, "Archipelago: An Intimate Immensity," Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver, critic Kyle MacMillan
2002 The Denver Post, "Contemporary’s ‘Archipelago’ does its Job Brilliantly’, review by Kyle MacMillan
1998 The Oakland Tribune, "Critics Choice", "Primary Elements", The Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1997 Interior Design Magazine; "A Delicate Balance," Feature Article, Art, Architecture and the Landscape
1997 HG Television; "Hill Top Refuge", Berkeley, California, Film and Interview
1997 House & Garden Magazine; "In-between", Atrium Landscape and Art Installation
1996 National Public Radio; Interview, Boulder Garden
1995 CNN National & International Network; Interview, "Rock Art"
1995 The Wall Street Journal, "Why On Earth Do So Many People Collect Big Rocks?", front page article on boulder installation
1995 "Time Out," Contra Costa Times, Feature Article on Art