kim kei

Artist in Residence: january – february 2020

Kim Kei (b.1981, Corpus Christi, TX) is a multi-disciplinary Los Angeles-based artist whose practice utilizes sculpture, printmaking, painting, and photography to evoke sensations of vulnerability, invasiveness and tenderness towards the body. Kei attended the University of Arizona and received her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2003. Her work has exhibited internationally, with solo shows at the Irvine Fine Arts Center (Irvine, CA), Brandstater Gallery (Riverside, CA), Alter Space (San Francisco, CA), and Bustamante Gill (Los Angeles, CA). Kei attended residencies at Instinc, Singapore, Mass MoCa, Irvine Fine Arts Center, and La Sierra University. Her work has been featured in Juxtapoz, Artsy and Temporary Art Review. In addition to studio work, Kei has taught painting as an adjunct professor at La Sierra University.