Born 1963, Montreal, Canada
Lives and works in London
Education
2004 MFA, Sculpture, The Royal College of Art, London, UK
2002 BA, Painting, City and Guilds of London Art School, London, UK
Solo Exhibitions:
2010
New Work, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009
Please Remain Calm, Nettie Horn Gallery, London, UK
2008
Don't Mention The War, P·P·O·W Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Don't Mention The War, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Group Exhibitions:
2009
Pattern Recognition, The City Gallery, Leicester, UK
One Every Day, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
Manchester Art Fair, Nettie Horn Gallery, Manchester, UK
Pictures of Words, Galerie Schmidt Maczollek, Cologne, Germany
Paper Trail v. 5: Intimate Gestures, Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA
2008
The Future Can Wait, Old Truman Brewery, London, UK
Scope Art Fair, Nettie Horn booth, London, UK
TEXT/URAL, OKOK Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Mark Moore Gallery booth, Miami, FL
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Mark Moore Gallery booth, London, UK
Claydon Heeley Jones Mason, The Glass Mill, short-listed for installation, Battersea, London, UK
Art Chicago, Mark Moore Gallery booth, Chicago, IL
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Mark Moore Gallery booth, New York, NY
2006
Year 06 Art Fair, Plus Ultra Gallery booth, London
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Mark Moore Gallery booth, Miami, FL
Ultrasonic International I, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Kiss, The Arts Club, London, UK
2005
Mixed Up Media, Spectrum Gallery, London, UK
Art News, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Artists of Fame and Promise, Spectrum Gallery, London, UK
Art News: Contemporary artists working with newspapers, Three Colts Gallery, London, UK
2003
Art of the Impossible, short-listed for the Centre Prize, The Great Eastern Hotel, London, UK
Everyday Shockers, A Gallery at Escape Art-Bar, London, UK
Public Collections:
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
The Progressive Art Collection
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
Awards:
2004 Royal College of Art Society – Thames and Hudson Prize, Winner
Art-Source-Davis Langton Award, Winner
2003 Centre Prize, Shortlisted
Bibliography:
Hall, Peter. "Reviews: Kim Rugg P·P·O·W Gallery", Modern Painters, July/August 2008
Review, "Susanne Treister and Kim Rugg at P·P·O·W", Art in America, June 2008
Yarish, Carla. "New Work: Kim Rugg", Art World, issue 3, February/March 2008, pp. 106-109
"Review", Flavorpill, issue 244, October 30, 2007
Ollman, Leah. "Her Altered States of Being", Los Angeles Times, October 19, 2007, p. E24
Ayers, Robert. "Armory Week: A Year Later, A Fair Better", ArtInfo, February 25, 2007, http://www.artinfo.com/News/Article.aspx?a=28335&c=221
Gray, Emma. "L.A. Confidential", ArtNet, August 21 2006, http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/gray/gray8-21-06.asp
Ollman, Leah. "International art with youthful edge," Los Angeles Times, July 28, 2006, p. E 23.
Gronlund, Melissa. "Art News- Three Colts Gallery", contemporary, issue 70, Nov – Dec, 2004