Offsite Gallery 2018 – curator for D. Hill exhibition
Lead artist, Public Art Summer Program 2019
Offsite Gallery 2024 solo exhibition November 15 – January 10, 2025
Kimberly McKinnis is an artist, educator, and curator originally from Southern California. She holds a BFA in Studio Art with a Concentration in Glass, and an MFA in Exhibition Design—both from the California State University in Fullerton, California. As member of the curatorial team Day Job Projects, she has been organizing exhibitions in and around Orange County, California, since 2012. Recently, she has returned to making her own work, which focuses on themes of identity, introspection, and exploring preconceived notions of beauty through symmetry. In her personal studio practice, she utilizes a variety of media including silver, glass, video, and performance. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and has been featured in publications such as the annual New Glass Review by the Corning Museum of Glass. McKinnis is an adjunct faculty member at Old Dominion University and The Governor’s School for the Arts, as well as a member of the glass studio team at the Chrysler Museum of Art.
Selected exhibitions:
2022 Untitled, a virtual exhibition of members of the International Art Association, a UNESCO partner
2021 MICA 21?, The City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
Thank Goodness it’s Face to Face, ODU Art Department Exhibition, Norfolk, CA
Call and Response; Craft as a Tool for Activism, The Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA
?X? Marks the Spot, Celebrating 10 years of the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio
There’s No Place Like Home, The Norfolk International Airport, Norfolk, Virginia
Governor’s School for the Arts Faculty Show, Commune, Norfolk, VA
2020 Chroma, The Gallery at Fort Houston, Nashville, TN, forthcoming
Cut fold and Handmade, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Hampton, VA
Artists Who Teach, Charles Taylor Art Center, Hampton, VA
2019 Small Works, Charles Taylor Art Center, Hampton, VA
There’s No Place Like Home, The Norfolk International Airport, Norfolk, Virginia
2018 Adorn, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Hampton, VA
Virginia Glass Guild Annual Member’s Exhibition, Charles Taylor Art Center, Hampton, VA
Now Arriving, The Norfolk International Airport, Norfolk, Virginia
Tidewater Community College Faculty Exhibition, Portsmouth Visual Arts Center, VA
Old Dominion University Faculty Show, Gordon & Baron Elin Galleries, Norfolk, VA
Virginia Glass Guild Members Exhibition, The Slover Library, Norfolk, VA
2017 Tidewater Community College Faculty Exhibition, TCC Visual Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA
VGG 30th Annual Juried Show, Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Now Arriving, The Norfolk International Airport, Chrysler Glass Studio Show
Dream House Remix, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
Breaking Barriers Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth, VA
Resident Artist Show, Glass Wheel Studio, Norfolk, VA
The Chrysler Performs, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
The Portsmouth Fine Arts Center, Embracing Narrative, Portsmouth, VA
2016 Fight or Flight?, The Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Vestibule 102, Norfolk, VA
Glass National, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
Virginia Glass Guild 29th Annual Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
The Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Vestibule 102, Norfolk, VA, OPEN SOURCE
Post Glass Film Festival, Sikka Art Fair, Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood, Dubai,
Handle with Care, Suffolk Art Gallery, Suffolk, VA,
Spectrum Invitational Exhibition, d’ART Center, Norfolk, VA
2015 Made in California, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
2012 Trilateral Exchange, DA Gallery, Pomona, CA
GLASS: A Juried Art Show, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Tracing Lines, The Urban Arts Space at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2011 Post Glass Video Festival, Australian Glass Conference, Sydney Australia
2010 How is this Glass? Heller Gallery, New York, NY, Post-Glass Video Festival
Tracing Lines Project, It Looks Like it’s Open, Columbus, OH
Re-appropriate, OBJCT Gallery, Pomona, CA,
2009 Annual Juried Student Show, Exit Gallery, California State University Fullerton, Ca,
Curatorial projects:
2023 Domestic Detritus; A Collective Recollection of the Pandemic, The City of Brea Art Gallery, CA
Wait Till You See Me in Spring, GSA Student Showcase, Gallery 261 inside MacArthur Center
Tidewater Community College (TCC) TCC Spring Student Showcase, Gallery 261 inside MacArthur Center
2021 Anjeanette Britton, Everyday Objects, Gallery 261 inside MacArthur Center
Pamela Pine Winslow, An Artist Journey Through Her Travels, Gallery 261 inside MacArthur Center
Poetry Jackson, Indigo Rising, Gallery 261 inside MacArthur Center
2019 Let Them Eat Cake: A Second helping, The Gordon & Baron Elin Art Gallery,
Old Dominion University, Norfolk Virginia
2018 Chaos & Awe, Third Thursday Performance at the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio
Slouching Toward Sunshine, Rutter Family Art Foundation at Commune, Norfolk, VA
Imported: Glass Art Society Exhibition, ORIGIN Gallery, Governor?s School for the Arts,
Gender Monologue, World Trade Center Gallery, Day Job Projects, Norfolk, Virginia
Blind Sighted, Chrysler Museum, 3rd Thursday, with the Governor?s School for the Arts
Becoming Unburdened, Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, 3rd Thursday, Visiting Artist
2016 Artist Collective Showcase, Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA
Let Them Eat Cake, Agnis Varis Art Center, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Plastic Paradise, Laguna Ink Spot Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA,
Curators in Conversation, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
History Repaints Itself, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
Blast from the Past, Laguna Ink Spot Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2014 Insti-tuitional Critique, Grand Central Art Center Collaboration Studio, Santa Ana, CA,
Our Synthetic Footprint, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
JUNK-N-GYRE: A 5 Gyres Travelling Exhibition, California State University Fullerton, CA
TattooPOP! Vintage Inspired Paintings, Laguna Ink Spot Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA,
#tagsforlikes, Grand Central Art Center, Curatorial Collab Studio, Santa Ana, CA
A Line in the Dark: Bleach Paintings, Laguna Ink Spot Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA,
2013 The Show and Tell Exhibition, Long Beach Arts Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Waking Dreams, Laguna Ink Spot Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Even-weave, California State Fullerton, West Gallery, Fullerton, CA
You Are What You Concede, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
Sun Soil City, Palm Courts Arts Complex, The Great Park, Irvine, CA
2012 Interstice: New Economies for Creative Communities (MFA Thesis Exhibition)
Cal State University Fullerton, Fullerton CA Lee and Nicholas Begovich Gallery
Professional experience:
2020 Barry Art Museum at Old Dominion University, Art Education Team, Norfolk, VA
2020-18 The Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Adjunct Faculty, Norfolk, VA
Old Dominion University, Adjunct Faculty, Arts 203: 3D Design, Arts 204: Concepts
Tidewater Community College, Adjunct Faculty, Art Appreciation, Portsmouth, VA
The Governor’s School for the Arts, Adjunct Faculty, Glass Instructor
2018 Virginia Glass Guild Co-Vice President, Annual Exhibition Co-Chair, Norfolk,
2017 Owner, For All Handkind Shop, MacArthur Center, Norfolk, Virginia
Owner, For All Handkind Pop-up Shop, Selden Market, Norfolk, Virginia
Resident Artist, Artistic Incubator Program, Glass Wheel Studio, Norfolk, VA
The Governor’s School for the Arts, Preparator- Origin Gallery, Norfolk VA
Charlotte Potter Designs, Administrative Assistant & Studio Assistant, Norfolk VA
2016 MFA Traveling Assistant, Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA
Vestibule 102 Manager, Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA
Visiting Artist Coordinator, Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA
Founder & Artist Coordinator, For All Hand Kind Artist Collective, Norfolk VA
2014-15 Exhibitions Coordinator, Titan Student Union Galleries, CSU Fullerton, CA
2013-15 Co-Founder and Exhibition Coordinator, Day Job Projects, Curatorial Team, USA
2012-14 Exhibitions Coordinator at City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
2012 Educational Programmer at 141 Penn Studios, El Segundo, CA
2010-11 English teacher for My English School, Gifu-City, Japan
2007-10 Gallery Assistant for the Begovich Gallery at Cal State University Fullerton, CA
2006-07 Student Assistant, Dean’s Office, College of the Arts, CSU Fullerton
Awards/Grants:
2020 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Merit-based Artist Emergency Relief Grant
2019 Student Scholarship, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Workshop with Michiko Sakano
2018 Juror’s award of Excellence, Virginia Glass Guild 31st Annual Juried Exhibition,
Awards Selected by Hank Murta Adams
Rutter Family Art Foundation, Curatorial Fellowship, Exhibition Grant Funding
2017 2nd Place, 30th Virginia Glass Guild Annual Juried Exhibition,
Awards Selected by Jutta-Annette Page
UrbanGlass Student Scholarship, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Honorable Mention, Virginia Glass Guild 29th Annual Juried Exhibition,
Awards Selected by Katya & Doug Heller
2015 UrbanGlass Partner University of California Scholarship, Brooklyn, NY
2012 EPOCH Graduate Research Fund Grant, Cal State University Fullerton, CA
2011 Bishop & Sumner Merritt Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle MN
2010 Partner Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Work Study Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2009 Student Scholarship Winner, Glass Art Society, USA
Summer Program Scholarship, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2008 Student Scholarship Recipient, CSU Summer Arts Program, Fresno, CA
Visiting Artist:
2022 Visiting Artist, Oscar Smith Middle School, Norfolk, VA
2020 LIVE, UNITE, INSPIRE, Virtual Visiting Artist
2009 Larchmont Elementary School, Norfolk, VA
Old Dominion University, Senior Show Class, Norfolk, VA
2008 Old Donation School, Virginia Beach, VA
1708 Workspace, Curatorial Panel, Virginia Beach, VA
2007 Palomar Community College, Three-Dimensional Design, Palomar CA
Chrysler Museum Glass Studio Assistantship Program, Exhibition Design
Bibliography:
2020 Virginia Pilot, Norfolk Artists? Collective is painting a future in bright bold colors, by Sandra J. Pennecke
2018 Coastal Virginia Business Magazine, Small but Spirited, June/July Volume 3 Issue, pgs 26-37
2017 The Mace and Crown, The Glass Blowers of Norfolk, Issue I, a publication of
Old Dominion University
2013 New Glass Review 34, a publication of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
2012 Interstice: New Economies for Creative Communities, A ?Plantable? Exhibition Catalog,
Greenfield Paper Company, San Diego, California
2011 New Glass Review 32, a publication of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
2010 Issues in Science and Technology, a publication of the National Academy of Sciences,
National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine and the University of Texas at Dallas, fall volume
