kimfaler@gmail.com
Solo Exhibitions
2023
More-or-Less, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
2022
Wasting Time, dePree Gallery, Hope College, Holland MI.
Double Bubble, PALO Gallery, New York City, NY
2021
Something that Feels like the Truth, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
2019
Cope and Drag, Saint Kate Hotel, Milwaukee, WI
Give Me Your Anxiety, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
2017
This Must Be The Place, Beeler Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
You Don’t Know my Horizon, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Excuse Me, LaMontagne Gallery, Winchester, MA
2016
You Don't Know My Horizon, Artpace, San Antonio, TX
2015
And then, Gridspace, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Ground Floor, Anaba Project, Bestheda, MD
2012
Everything changes everything, LaMontagne Gallery, South Boston, MA
2009
Thank something Large, RhysMendes Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
Gambiarra com Ouro, RhysMendes Gallery, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Awards, Fellowships and Residencies
2019
Kohler Artist-in-Industry Program, Kohler, WI
2018
Martha Boschen Porter Fund, Berkshire Taconic Foundation, Sheffield MA
2016
Artpace, Artist-in-Residence, San Antonio, TX
Artist Resource Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic Foundation, Sheffield, MA
2015
The Rauschenberg Residency on Captiva Island, FL
Assets for Artists, North Adams, MA
2014
Summer Artist Institute, LMCC/ Creative Capital, New York, NY
2013
Anaba Project, Artist Residency, Washington DC
2009
Capacete Entertainments, Residency Program, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Espaço Coringa Residency Program, São Paulo, Brazil
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Artist Residency Grant, Omaha, NE
2008
U.S. Fulbright Scholarship (BrazIl)
MFA Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
2004
Visual Arts Sea Grant, University of Rhode Island
Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency Grant, Johnson, VT
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Masion Palo, PALO Gallery, NYC
Art Without Borders Charity Auction, Royal Academy, London, UK
A Blue Semiotic, PALO Gallery, NYC
Femme F(r)iction, Academy Mansion, New York City, NY
2022
MASS MoCA Gala (commissioned work), North Adams, MA
2021
Kissing Through a Curtain, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
While you were Sleeping, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
2020
The Taste of a Cinder Block is Not a Cinder Block or An Ordinary Kind of Magic, The Able Baker, Portland, ME
Kissing Through a Curtain, Mass MoCA, North Adams, Ma
2018
Mixed Media, Site:Brooklyn, Ny, NY
Out of the Closet, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
A Half Note Familiar, C for Courtside, Knoxville, TN
Out of Line, September Gallery, Hudson, NY
2017
Sting 26, The Beehive, Boston, MA
No Agenda, Williamstown Town Hall, Williamstown, MA
LaMontagne Gallery, Untitled Art Fair, Miami, FL
We Need to Talk, Outside, North Adams, MA
U &Us, Blancher Gallery, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
2016
Reclamation, Collarworks, Albany, NY
The Art of Paper, A/D Gallery, University of North Carolina, Pembroke
Art Dubai Open Studio Program, Cuadro Gallery, Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
2015
Faculty Exhibition, Mary Lyon Hall, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
R10 Open Studios, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Captiva, FL
2014
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, LaMontagne Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Homespun, Albany Public Library, Albany, NY
The Architecture Between Us, The Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
No Country for Old Men, Landmark College, Putney, VT
2013
An Amory Show, Opalka Gallery, Sage College, Albany NY
Permanent, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA
Floor Plan, Plug Projects, Kansas City, MO
Reach, Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke MA
2012
DeCordova Biennial, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
Invisible Cities, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), N. Adams, MA
Comfort Zone, Guest Spot, Baltimore, MD
2011
Functional Shift, Mixed Greens, New York City, NY
RSVP 2011, New Wilmington Art Association, Wilmington, DE
2010
SP Arte/Feira Internacional de Arte de São Paulo, MendesWood Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
Pulp, Meltem Birey Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Jesus Freak, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA
2009
SP Arte/Feira Internacional de Arte de São Paulo, Rhys/Mendes, São Paulo, Brazil
Joan Mitchell 2008 MFA Grant Recipients, Cue Art Foundation, New York City, New York
2008
Safety Architecture, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Here and Now, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Nothing is Everything, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2007
Actual Size Biennial, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
What is a Carriage House?, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
Hotel Pontiac, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Visiting Artist and Public Lectures
2021
University of Albany, Visiting Lecturer (Sculpture), Albany, NY
Hamilton College, Hamilton, NY (Artist Lecture, Studio Visit)
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA (Artist Lecture)
2019
The Saint Kate Hotel, Milwaukee, WI
2018
The College of St.Rose, Albany, NY
2017
Columbus College of Art and Design, Lecture, Columbus, Ohio
Rhode Island School of Design, Visiting Critic, Glass Department, Providence, RI
Yale University, Visiting Artist, New Haven, CT
Williams College, Visiting Lecturer, Sculpture
2016
Texas State University, Visiting Artist/Critic, San Marcos, TX
Mount Holyoke College, Visiting Lecturer, Painting and Drawing
2015
Mount Holyoke College, Visiting Lecturer, Painting and Drawing
2014
Williams College, Visiting Lecturer, Sculpture
Plymouth State University, Visiting Artist
2013
Rhode Island School of Design, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Glass Dept., Providence, RI.
Syracuse University, Visiting Artist, Sculpture Dept, Syracuse, NY
2012
The Guest Spot, Artist Talk, Baltimore, MD, (lecture).
LaMontagne Gallery, Artist Talk, South Boston, MA (lecture).
The Buxton School Artist Talk, Williamstown, MA (Lecture).
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Artist Talk, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA (Lecture).
2009
Universidade Estadual de Minas Gerias, Escole Guignard, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (Lecture).
Espaço Coringa, Encontro Internacional, Såo Paulo, Brazil (Visting Artist Lecture).
Fulbright Regional Enhancement Seminar, Montevideo, Uruguay (Lecture).
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Art Talk, Omaha, NE (Lecture).
Commissions and Collections
2020
Mass MoCA, North Adams, (commission)
Saint Kate Hotel, Milwaukee, WI
2019
Saint Kate Hotel, Milwaukee, WI (commission)
Kohler Company Collection, Kohler, WI
Permanent Collection of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2016
Artpace, San Antonio, TX
Permanent Collection of the Linda Pace Foundation, San Antonio, TX
Private Collection (commission) of Joe Thompson
2013
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
2012
Mass MoCA (commission), Invisible Cities, North Adams, MA
deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park (commission), Biennial, Lincoln, MA
2011
Drawing Center, Viewing Program, New York, NY
2009
Private collection of Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
Private collection of Pedro Mendes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2008
Private collection of David Hillard, Boston, MA
2007
Preservation Interest Group, Pontiac, MI
Gallery Representation
PALO Gallery, New York City, NY
Education
M.F.A. 2008 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Sculpture
B.F.A. 2002 Ohio Wesleyan University, Studio Art
Selected Bibliography and Publications
2023
Carter, Lee “What I Buy and Why: Collecting is in the Blood of for Gallerist Paul Henkel, an Art Historian Who Hails From a Family of Connoisseurs”, Artnet, August 2023.
2022
Rahmanan, Anna, “Walk through floating sculptures of chewed bubble gum at this free exhibit downtown”, Timeout.com/newyork, March 11.
Cascone, Sarah, “Editors’ Picks: 12 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Ad Reinhardt Curated by James Turrell to Larger-Than-Life Chewing-Gum Art”, Artnet, February 22.
Anapur, Eli, “Kim Faler’s Immersive Installation comes to PALO Gallery”, Widewalls, February 26.
2021
Van Stratten, Laura, “At Mass MoCA, Supporting Artists Beyond, Exhibitions, The New York Times, October 21.
Harrington, Leah Triplett, “Purpose and Whimsy Blend in a Show at LaMontagne Gallery, WBUR, The ARTery, April 20.
Whyte, Murray, “At MASS MoCA, art from the faults of translation”, The Boston Globe, January 21.
2020
Huberdeau, Jennifer. Take 5 with Kim Faler: Sculptors work garners attention even during pandemic.The Berkshire Eagle, November 21.
Gural, Natasha. Live Gallery Experience Resumes With Dynamic Installations and Sculpture That Engage And Question The Viewer Forbes Magazine, September 3.
Farago, Jason. Berkshires Museums Are Beckoning. The New York Times, July 24.
Huberdeau, Jennifer. Lost…and found, in translation, The Berkshire Eagle, July 12.
2019
McQuaid, Cate, Artist finds import in the everyday, The Boston Globe, 1/23/19
2017
Cate McQuaid, The Ticket, The Boston Globe, 6/8/2017
Stafford, Scott, From office space to artist's place, The Berkshire Eagle, 12/4/17
2015
Clark, Lauren, Art with Attitude; New England Talent to Watch in 2016, 12/15-1/16, pg.42, Take Magazine (print edition) Artist to Watch in 2016
Clark, Lauren, ‘Looking over the Overlooked’, The Take Magazine, 2/20/15, The Take Magazine
Meloche, Jaclyn, ‘Materials Matter: The Politics of Posthumanist Performativity in Contemporary Studio Practice.’ PhD Thesis, Chapter 3, pg. 80-95, Concordia University, Spectrum Library
2014
Griffin, Amy, “No place like home” The Times Union, 5/15/14,preview section, pg. 19, The Times Union,
2013
Newhall, Edith, “Galleries: Sculptures, paintings and installation”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/16/2013, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Morgan, Keith N., “Invisible Cities”, College Art Association Review, 3/11/13. CAA Reviews
Rowlett, Samuel, Big Red and Shiny: Connecticut River Art Review, A Field Guide, 1/23/13,Big Red and Shiny
2012
Stretch, Bonnie Barrett, “Interview: Susan Cross, Curator of Invisible Cities at MASS MoCA , Art New England,11/12. Art New England
Ober, Cara, Instituting Change: Guest Spot @ The Reinstitute is a new and improved art space,9/10/12, BmoreArt Magazine
Cate McQuaid, ‘Galleries around Boston: ‘The Space Between’ and beyond’, The Boston Globe, 7/2512. The Boston Globe
Seven, John, “Artist makes works that end, North Adams Transcript, 5/4/12. North Adams Transcript
2012 Decordova Biennial (catalog) pg 24&58-9
Devlin, Elizabeth Lyons, ‘Impossible Objects Doomed from the Start,' 1/23/2012, Flux Boston
2011
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 14, pg 64-65
2009
Marti, Silas, “Artista exagera padrões de azulejos em fotografias”, Folha de São Paulo, 12/16/09, Section E, pg. 9. Folha de Sao Paulo
Armani, Priscila, “Galeria Rhys Mendes inaugua nesta quarta as mostras De Passagem e Thank Something Large”,12/16/09, POP4
Feira International de Arte de São Paulo, 2009 (catalog). RhysMendes Gallery, 5/09, pg. 164
White, Roger, "The work of Caleb Taylor, Asad Faulwell, Joanne Schiavone and Kimberly Faler", Joan Mitchell Foundation 2008 Grant Recipients, presented by the Cue Foundation 5/09, pg. 9-11.
Savich, Zach, Three Poems, Propeller Magazine, 10/09, pg. 30-39, Propeller Magazine
UMASS Small Press Bonanza, Microfilme Magazine One, Cover art. Issue 1, 12/09
2008
Joseph, Lou, Safety Architecture, Muhlenberg College, 10/08, pg. 6.
Faler, Kim, Here & Now, Cranbrook Academy of Art (graduate catalog), 5/09, pg. 159-160