Kimberly M. Webb
Born in Salisbury, MD, 1980
Currently lives in Columbus, Ohio
Contact: kimberlymwebb@gmail.com
I am a visual artist, community arts organizer, and educator, and I believe all of these roles are integral to my creative practice. I work primarily in photography, social practice, and sculpture. I am interested in human behavior, social constructs, and absurdity as well as environmental and social justice, ecology, and material studies. I am passionate about the intersections of wellness, creativity, and sustainability. My work is most often collaborative, interdisciplinary, and experimental.
Originally from the eastern shore of Maryland, Columbus has been my home since 1998. I earned my BFA from the Ohio State University (2006) with a concentration in fine art photography and a minor in contemporary art history. And received my MFA from Columbus College of Art & Design (2014) with a focus on sculpture and social practice. I am a former Manager of Fresh A.I.R. (Artists in Recovery) Gallery and Chop Chop Gallery, and Director of the Ohio Art League. I have supported the production of exhibitions and programming at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD), and independently with the city of Columbus, Capital Crossroads SID, COTA, and with various other artists and independent spaces. I am grateful to have received grants from the Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC), CCAD, and professional development support from the Ohio Arts Council. In 2013, I attended Mildred's Lane (Narrowsburg, NY) with a full fellowship from CCAD. In 2015, I was honored to be a part of the Can Serrat Artist Residency (El Bruc, Spain), supported in part by Can Serrat and GCAC. I have taught camera obscura at the Wexner Center for the Arts; sculpture, social practice, and community art education at Columbus College of Art & Design; and nature focused photography, alternative process photography, and curatorial studies with an emphasis on supporting artists’ mental health at Athens Photographic Project. I have worked as an independent artist/photographer and been commissioned to cover events, exhibitions, concerts, products, and weddings since 2005. I have also been creating Root Dub, organic natural plant remedies in collaboration with plants for human health since 2010.
Currently in my studio and in the community, I am exploring where photography, sculpture, and social practice collide and how they can be tools for creating shifts towards increasing social and environmental wellness.
Education
2014 MFA Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD), Columbus, OH
2006 BFA Photography Concentration, Contemporary Art History Minor, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Awards, Fellowships, Residencies
2021, 2023, 2024 Artist Grant, Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC), Columbus, OH
2018 CCAD Faculty Grant to attend Open Engagement Conference, Art and Social Change (Sustainability), Queens, NY
2016 Alliance of Artists Communities Conference with full support from Ohio Arts Council, Portland, OR
2015 Can Serrat Artist Residency with Stipend, El Bruc, Barcelona, Spain
Columbus Alive’s Best of 2015 Exhibitions, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery Anniversary
2014 Professional Development, GCAC, Columbus, OH
Supply Grant, GCAC, Columbus, OH
2013 Mildred’s Lane Learning to Resingularize Residency with Full Fellowship from CCAD, Narrowsburg, NY and Beach Lake, PA
Graduate Scholarship, CCAD, Columbus, OH
2012 Graduate Scholarship, CCAD, Columbus, OH
2012 National Council Award of Excellence - Reintegration Award for Advocacy supported by Eli Lilly, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery
2010 GCAC, Emerging Arts Leadership Award Nominee, Columbus, OH
2008 Chop Chop, Voted Best Art Gallery of 2008 by Columbus Underground
Solo Exhibitions
2015 - 2016 The Lottery of Dirt, Mote Gallery, Columbus, OH
2014 - 2015 ditched, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus, OH
2012 There There, S.Dot Gallery, Columbus, OH
2006 Resonated Detachment, Elements of Art Gallery, Columbus, OH
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Come Along With Me, Curated by Richard Fletcher, OAC Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
2015-2016 The Whiteness of the Whale, Curated by Molly Jo Burke and Andrea Myers, Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH
2014 Snapshot Aesthetic: Domestic and Everyday, Juried by Stacey McCarroll Cutshaw, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
All This Happened More or Less, Canzani Gallery, CCAD, Columbus, OH
2013 Of the Land, Juried by Heidi Norton, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
ReSingularize Drawings town Friday, The Mildred Complex(ity), Narrowsburg, NY
Scrabble Scramble an Algorithmic Dinner, Curated by J. Morgan Puett, Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, PA
In Loo, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
2012 Roots, CAP-UP public art installation bicentennial commission, Columbus, OH
2011 “Unexpected Guests” Art al Fresco, Outdoor Installation Juried by the Short North Business Association, Columbus, OH
Kenny Rogers, Invitational Exhibition Curated by Bobby Miller, Rumba Cafe, Columbus, OH
The Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Juried by Sharon Kokot, Columbus, OH
2010 Definitions of Character, Carnegie Gallery, CML, Columbus, OH
In the Summertime, Curated by Ryan Agnew, It Looks Like It’s Open, Columbus, OH
2009 C.A.W., Lindsay Gallery, Columbus, OH
Image Ohio, Juried by Paula Tognarelli, Fort Hayes Shot Tower, Columbus, OH
2008 Mobilize 08, Invitational Exhibition, Chop Chop Gallery, Columbus, OH
Ohio Art League 97th Annual Spring Exhibition, Juried by Migiwa Orimo, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
Image Ohio, Juried by Lori Nix, Fort Hayes Shot Tower, Columbus, OH
Pulp Art: Works on Paper, Juried by Diana Matuszak, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus OH
2007 Small Works, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
Celebrating Children, Kiaca Gallery, Columbus, OH
2006 Echo Chimeric, Juried by Stelarc, Haskett Hall OSU, Columbus, OH
2005 The Ohio State Photo Exhibition, Juried by OSU Photography Club, Silver Image Gallery, Columbus, OH
2004 Photonic Bliss, Curated by Stelarc Haskett Hall, Columbus, OH
Downtown for Democracy, Skylab Gallery, Columbus, OH
2003 Fergus-Gilmore Juried Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH
Press
Colleen Leonardi, “Local Hero: Kim Webb, Artist & Teacher”, Edible Columbus, March 14, 2018, https://ediblecolumbus.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/local-hero-kim-webb-artist-teacher
Melissa Starker, "Whale of a show, White leviathan of Melville classic inspires and array of nearby artists", Columbus Dispatch, December 20, 2015,
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2015/12/20/1-whale-of-a-show.html
Jim Fischer, "Franklinton Friday … and Festivus", Columbus Alive, December 10, 2015,
http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2015/12/10/franklinton-friday--and-festivus.html
Nancy Gilson, "Ohio Art League on the rebound", Columbus Dispatch, December 7, 2015,
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2015/12/08/1-on-the-rebound.html
Melissa Starker, “Works made from junk stress point about waste”, Columbus Dispatch, January 4, 2014, http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2015/01/04/01-works-made-from-junk-stress-point-about-waste.html
Jesse Tigges, “December Gallery Hop Preview”, Columbus Alive, December 4, 2014, http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2014/12/04/december-gallery-hop-preview.html
Jesse Tigges, “Beyond Art: Fresh A.I.R. is a gallery with a mission”, Columbus Alive, October 2, 2014, http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2014/10/02/beyond-art-fresh-a-i-r--is-a-gallery-with-a-mission.html
Jackie Mantey, “Preview: Columbus Arts Pop-Up Project”, Columbus Alive, September 27, 2012 http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2012/09/27/preview-columbus-arts-pop-up-project.html
Jackie Mantey, “CAP-UP’s window installations debut tonight”, Columbus Alive, September 25, 2012 http://www.columbusalive.com/content/blogs/thelatest/2012/09/cap-ups-window-installations-debut-tonight.html
Columbus Arts Pop Up Project, http://columbusartspopup.org/webb.php
Jamie Goldstein, “GCAC and Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District Announce Artists for Columbus Arts Pop-Up Project” http://www.gcac.org/press-release/gcac-and-capital-crossroads-special-improvement-district-announce-artists-for-columbus-arts-pop-up-project/
Melissa Starker, “Feature: S.Dot Gallery”, Columbus Alive, February 23, 2012, http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2012/02/23/feature-s-dot-gallery.html
C. C. Finlay, “True Story” November 27, 2006, http://ccfinlay.livejournal.com/75082.html
C. C. Finlay, “True Story... Now With Pictures!” December 2, 2006, http://ccfinlay.livejournal.com/2006/12/02/
Professional Experience
2021 - Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project, Athens, OH
2019 - 2020 Exhibitions Manager, Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, OH
2016 - 2018 Exhibitions and Marketing Fellowship, Ohio Arts Council Riffe Gallery, Columbus OH
2015 - 2016 Director, Ohio Art League, OH
2007 - 2015 Gallery Manager, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
2012 - 2015 Exhibition Preparator (part-time contingent), Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
2011, 2012, 2015 Exhibition Preparator (part-time contingent), Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
2010 - 2011 Patron Services Assistant, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
2008 - 2010 Gallery Manager, Chop Chop Gallery, Columbus, OH
2009 - 2010 Exhibition Preparator (part-time contingent), CCAD, Columbus, OH
Teaching Experience
2021 - Advanced Photography, Athens Photographic Project, Athens, OH
2018 Social Practice, CCAD, Columbus, OH
2017 Educating Artists Community Based Art Ed, CCAD, Columbus, OH
Sculpture Introduction Survey, CCAD, Columbus, OH
2013 Creative Summer Workshop, Sustainable Installation Art, CCAD, Columbus, OH
Beginning Sculpture, Teaching Assistant to Matthew Flegle, CCAD, Columbus, OH
Advanced Sculpture, Teaching Assistant to Danielle Julian Norton, CCAD, Columbus, OH
2011 Summer Kids Workshop, Camera Obscura, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
2009 Substitute Teacher, Columbus City Schools, Columbus, OH
2005 - 2007 Developed and implemented after school art program, Saint Joseph Montessori School, Columbus, OH
2005 Work Study Assistant in Education, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
Professional Service
2022 - Athens Racial Equity Coalition, Athens, OH
2022 Juror, Westbridge Camera Club, Columbus, OH
2019 Green Team, Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, OH
2018 Sustainability Committee, CCAD, Columbus, OH
Juror & Exhibitions Advisor, Art Against Bullying, Art Your Way, You Will Rise Foundation, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH
2016 Juror, Urban Scrawl, Columbus, OH
Art for Life Committee, Columbus, OH
2015 Juror, Young Hearts, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus, OH
2014 - 2015 Panel Member, Artists with Disabilities Access Program, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH
2013 Juror, Columbus Non-profit Invitational Art Competition, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus, OH
Professional Development
2020 Launching an Independent Art Space, Node Center for Curatorial Studies, Online
Theoretical Thinking and Writing in Art, Node Center for Curatorial Studies, Online
Art, Activism & Environment, Node Center for Curatorial Studies, Online
2018 Open Engagement Conference, Art and Social Change (Sustainability), Queens, NY
2017 Americans for the Arts Convention with full support from OAC, San Francisco, CA
2016 Alliance of Artists Communities Conference, Portland, OR
2015 MOOC Managing the Arts, Goethe Institut, Online
2014 Certificate of College Art Instruction, CCAD, Columbus, OH
2014 Exhibition Design Course Certification, Node Center for Curatorial Studies, Berlin, Online
Curatorial Projects
2015 Ohio Art League X Space Inaugural Exhibition (co-curated with Andrew Ina), Columbus, OH
10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
2014 Speaking in Tongues, Chase Bowman, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Illness is an Illusion, Samuel Gillis, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
So Far, Gary Herdman, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Portrait Invitational, Rosemary Matich, Shannon Cameron, Michael Coppage, Paul Wilbur, Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, OH
2013 New Realities, Lauren Carter, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Feathers and Fence Posts, Ronald Jason Van Hoose, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Beautiful Baby, Shannon Cameron, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Recollections and Resurrections, Douglass Gantt, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Imex Pressionism, Joel Witt, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
PhotoVoice II, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
In Loo, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
The Healing Power of Metaphors, Sherry Simone, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
2012 Metamorph, Tyler Bohm, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Art and Transformation, Randy Jones, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Postcards from My Travel Log, Tony Hoover, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Believe, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Stigmatized: The African American Male and Schizophrenia, Michael Coppage, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
2011 They say she is bipolar and he’s got OCD. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders Text Re-Revised and Related Texts, Pierre Leichner, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Medicine Man, Calen Pick, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Dark Night of the Soul, Derek Mortland, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Spirted Away, Kimberly Promenschenkel, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
City Scapes, Malcolm J, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Energy through Eternity, Chappelle Letman, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
The Inside of the Outside, Portraits of the Soul, Dr. Ruzabe Matic’, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
2010 Ground of Being, T. Datsi, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Mirrors, Kyle Boganwright, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Every Little Bit, Andrea Dawson-Johnston, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
In the Field of Recovery, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Different Similarities, Robyn Rinner, Sydney Brown, and Linda Owens, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
A Day in the Life of Charlottesville, Charlotte McGraw, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
2009 When Darkness Pulls on You, Casey M. Garcia, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Images from the Wrong Side of the Brain, Paul D. Wilbur, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Model Patient, Christine Merrick, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
John Lancaster, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Good For You, Chop Chop Gallery, Columbus, OH
New Perspectives: A Group Exhibition, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Friends of the Library: Fresh A.I.R. Gallery Invitational, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus, OH (Co-Curated with Stephanie Rond)
2008 Superstar: A Night with Warhol Collaborators, Co-curated with Matt Mascaro, Ashley Puckett, and Craig Dransfield, Chop Chop Gallery, Columbus, OH
Nothing Mystical Just Now, Michael Reed, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Grandmother’s Curtains, Sabrina Chapman, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Accessible Expressions Ohio VSA of Ohio group show, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus OH
Winds Of Change, Steven Riggs, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Matt Mascaro, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
admission, Dr. Jennifer Eisenhauer, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Her Mother, I never knew W. Bradley Moyer, Fresh AIR Gallery, Columbus, OH
ReFocus, Fresh AIR Gallery, Columbus, OH (Also Co-Facilitated photo workshop funded through GCAC)
2007 Sybil: The Artwork of Shirley Mason, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
The Sun Rises, Aubrey Victoria Touchman and Stephanie Matthews, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Color My World With Hope, Clint Stapleton, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH.
Echoes of Home, Kim Keffer and Janice Schmader, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
Dirty Taco, Hey Hey, Columbus, OH.
Celebrating Children, Kiaca Gallery, Columbus, OH