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Kim Abeles

KIm Abeles

Kim Abeles was born in Richmond Height, MO on August 28,1952. She is an artist that specializes in Pollution. She resides in the city of Los Angeles, CA. She studied at the University of California, Irvine. She is a feminist and activist that is known to spread awareness. She has received many awards for her art and her political stance. She became a professor at public art, in the University of Northridge; But has retrieved that job and started to become a professor.

Early Life and education:

Kim discussed that living in Pittsburg has taught her a lot of her art that is known as the Smog Collectors and began in 1987. It brought national national attention. She described Pittsburg to be foggy with polluted air and smog all around. Her art recreates the past from her childhood.Kim Abeles studied at the university of Irvine: she got accepted to the fine arts program. Her first art work was a 1 ½ ton piece that was made from cobblestones that were. recycled from clay. In 1987 she created her most famous piece called “smog collectors”. It portrays the current conditions of our city and many diverse topics the community. Creating sculptures of people about environmental work. She sculpted Rosa parks, calamity jane, and joan of arc.

She obtained her BFA in the University of Ohio. After that she studied at the university of Irvine and received her MFA in 1980.

Smog Collector

The smog collector portrays the polluted air in Los Angeles. She laid out stencils into wood on her roof and waited for the smog to fall onto the painting which created the smog effect. Abeles started this art piece in the late 1980's. In 1992 she created her presidential commemorative smog plates. One of her interesting explanations she gives for her smog collectors piece is she wanted to convince her audience the "sky is falling" which is in reference to Chicken Little. Its all about understanding your surroundings.

Kim began to do smog art as a new technique. She laid out stencils into a wood on her roof and waited for the smog to fall onto the painting which created the smog collection she is famous for now. It’s a creation that’s been going forward since 1987. Her presidential commemorative smog plates were the ones that were really known in 1992. It was recorded the presents record. Her way of making her art become so unique is what stood out to society. It’s all about understanding your surroundings.

Exhibits

Here is a list of Kim Abeles Exhibitions:

• La Art Show (2017)
• Nicholas and Lee Begovich Gallery (2021)
• Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive (2020)
• Embed Gallery, Chatsworth, CA (2020)
• Santa Ana College Art Gallery, CA (2021)
• Laguna Art Museum, CA (2022)

Accomplishments

1. Kim Abeles has created projects with the California science fair Center
2. She has collaborations with air pollution control agencies.
3. She is involved with the natural history museums in CA.
4. She created art with smog from the air; Her work was collected from the smog collectors and they brought to become very national and well known.
5. She has received fellowships from Guggenheim memorial California community foundation J Paul Getty trust fund for the visual arts and many more.
6.  Her work is in known locations in LA. Such as LACMA, MOCA,  Berkeley art, CA African American museum and many more.
7. Kim has co-curated traveling exhibitions that are for the aids epidemic.
8. In 1997 she completed the environmental activity book which gave us details about her projects.
9. 9. She was sponsored by the fellows of contemporary art in 1993
10. Abeles work has been exhibited throughout Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, and the united states.