| Artist | Kim Anderson | Resides | Australia |
| Website | kim-anderson.com.au | Medium | Ink Charcoal |
| Print Shop | flg.com.au/artist/kim-anderson | info@kim-anderson.com.au | |
| Representing Gallery | Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne, Australia Penny Contemporary Hobart, Australia | Themes | Nature Environmental art Solastalgia Melancholy Solitude Emotive Introspective Figurative |
| Follow the Artist | Instagram | Facebook | Press | kim-anderson.com.au/publications |
About the artist
Kim Anderson completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) at the University of Ballarat in 2003, and in 2007 she was awarded a scholarship to study a Master of Fine Art at the University of Dundee in Scotland. Since then she have undertaken a number of residencies around the world including an Australia Council Studio Residency in Rome, at Echigo-Tsumari in Japan, DRAWinternational in Caylus, France, Sabhal Mór Ostaig on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, and at Hill End and the Bundanon Trust in New South Wales, Australia. Her practice has been supported by grants from the Australia Council, the City of Melbourne, the Ian Potter Cultural Trust, the Copyright Agency and Regional Arts Victoria.
Kim Anderson has exhibited around Australia and abroad, and been a finalist in numerous prestigious national awards including the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Muswellbrook Art Prize, Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, the National Works on Paper Award, the Swan Hill Print and Drawing Award, and the Paul Guest Award.
She currently resides in regional Victoria, Australia, on Dja Dja Wurrung country, and is represented by Flinders Lane Gallery in Melbourne, and Penny Contemporary in Hobart.
Artwork Themes & Subject Matter
Intricately detailed drawing forms the core of Kim Anderson’s practice as she explores the inextricable link between humanity and the natural world. Interweaving themes of interdependency, accountability, vulnerability and resilience, she navigates the ever-shifting boundaries between our inner and outer domains, often using elements of the external landscape as metaphors for intense psychological states. Inspired by a long background in dance and theatre, her meticulous, emotionally-laden drawings are based on photographs of herself immersed in isolated locations, undertaking solitary performances witnessed only by a remote-controlled camera. Adopting various personas and postures, these ‘performances’ are unrehearsed, spontaneous physical reactions to the topography around her that oscillate between awe, despair, melancholy, discomfort and solace. They are both an act of endurance, and a private moving meditation whereby she transcend the physical landscape and turn inwards to a state of deep introspection.
Press
Kim Anderson’s illustrations have been published in notable magazine and online sources including Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, The Review Board, TasWeekend Magazine, Art/Edit + Interior Design #25, Manifest Press, and Art Gallery of Ballarat Association Magazine.
Upcoming Exhibitions
| When | Exhibition | Gallery |
| December 2023 | Solo exhibition: “The Peace of Wild Things” | Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne, Australia |
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Education
2008 Master of Fine Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
2006 Postgraduate Certificate in Art Conservation, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), University of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021
Weight of the World, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2020
The Wind Wanders Around My Bones, Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Australia
2019
Solastalgia, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2018
To Live Alone in a World of Wounds, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, Australia
The Space Between, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Lives of Their Own, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2022
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair with Flinders Lane Gallery, Carriageworks, Sydney, Australia
2021
Mutual Realities: Finding Common Ground in Uncertain Times, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, Australia
2019
30 x 30, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Dark Horse: Wild Beasts and Curious Creatures, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, Australia
Beautiful Women, Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Australia
DRAWN 2018, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, USA
2017
Out of Line, May Space, Sydney, Australia
