Kim Renee´ Blodgett was raised in the outskirts of a small town in the mountains of Vermont. Remote and isolated, she spent nearly all her time with her Abenaki grandmother. When Kim turned eighteen, she began to travel profusely within the United States. To date, she has moved over fifty times. 

 

Between her travels, she attended Boston University, received a BFA in painting with a minor in moral and political philosophy, attended Brandeis University for a Post-Baccalaureate in painting and printmaking, and finally received her MFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design.

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The overarching theme of her work examines identity and the struggles one feels to operate in society. Her recent body of work addresses this theme more personally, where she grapples with her indigenous identity through a shift in materials and practice. This shift closely examines the ideologies of her academic education in an attempt to reconcile them with the values from her upbringing. ​

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MFA, Painting                                  

Rhode Island School of Design

 

 

Certificate, Collegiate Reflective Practice

Brown University - Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning

 

 

Post-Baccalaureate, Painting and Printmaking

Brandeis University

 

 

BFA, Painting with a minor: Moral and Political Philosophy

Boston University

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EXHIBITION AND PUBLICATION

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2021    Flora, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA 

             Curator: Mark Dion

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2020    Spectrum, Sulfur Studio, Savannah, GA 

             Curator: Emily Earl

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2019    White Elephant, Sulfur Studio, Savannah, GA

             Curator: Jennifer Moss

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2018    Group Show, Broyles Gallery, Atlanta, GA

 

2017    STAND UP, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA

             Curator: Tory Fair

 

2016    Group Show, Broyles Gallery, Atlanta, GA

 

2014    Burnaway Interview, Atlanta, GA

             Author: Leisa Rich

 

2012     Hyperconscious, Lynn Arts, Lynn, MA

             Curator: Jenn Houle

 

2012    TEDxSomerville, Arts at the Armory, Somerville, MA

             Curator: Kim Blodgett

 

2012     Critique, LilyPad, Cambridge, MA

             Curator: Katherine Vetne

 

2012     Adventures Close To Home, Washington Street Art Center, Somerville, MA

             Curator: Ladyfest

 

2011     Chain Letter, Samson, Boston, MA

             Curator: Camilo Alvarez

 

2011     (Solo) Sticks & Stones, LilyPad, Cambridge, MA

             Curator: Joseph Asal

 

2011     Home....is where the camera is, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT

             Juror and Curator: Julie Blackmon

 

2011      Hey I know that guy, Somerville, MA

             Curator: Michael Dacey

 

2011      Draw Drawing Everyday 2011, Somerville, MA

             Curator: Alex Feinstein

 

2010     Group Salon, LilyPad, Cambridge, CA

             Curator: Kim Blodgett

 

2009    Hollywood Dissent, Warner Brothers Studio, Burbank, CA

             Curator: Davy Lauterbach

 

2007    Night Blooms, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

             Curator: Mark Golamco

 

2006    Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI

             Curator: Robert Nickas

 

2005    ASAP, Providence, RI                                                                                                                                                Invitation, Curator: David Fraiser and Duane Slick

 

2005    Painting Here, Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston

             Curator: Christopher Taylor

 

2005    Would You Stay? Would You Lie Bye Me?, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI,

             Curator: Lauren Pearson and James Hall

 

1996    Boston Painters, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA

             Juror: John Walker

 

1995    Collaborative Drawing Project, Traveling Exhibition, MA

            Director: Peter Hoss

 

1995    Art of the Matter, Boston University

            Jurors: Visual Art Faculty at Boston University