About Kim von Arx
Kim was born in Basel, Switzerland, and did her art studies at The Art Institute of Chicago. After many years in southern Europe, the Middle East and USA, she moved to Oslo, Norway in 1994. Since then she has been engaged in a number of local and international exhibitions and art projects.
Kim has, amongst other things, worked with sound and visual tools since her student days, when her selected subjects were a combination of art history, drawing, painting and TV production, spiced up with sound synthesis, sampling, editing and more. Some years back, she was a partner in a company producing personal audio books. It felt rewarding enabling people to tell their stories and document important parts of their lives. “It was extremely interesting. Imagine being able to offer that time and space, normally lacking for such personal things; digging into the highlights of their lives in order to share them with their descendants.” In short, the concept eventually became part of developing My-Story, and thereafter add the Podcast series named People Art & Culture. “I like shifting between media and vary my approach between teaching, painting, and structuring meaningful conversations with people. A golden triangle, and never a dull moment.”
Kim ble født i Basel, Sveits, og har kunstutdannelsen fra The Art Institute of Chicago. Etter mange år i Sør-Europa, Midtøsten og USA, har hun vært bosatt i Oslo siden 1994, og har siden den gang vært engasjert i en rekke nasjonale og internasjonale utstillinger og kunstprosjekter.
Kim jobber med bilder og lyd. Dette har hun blant annet gjort siden studietiden, der hun valgte en kombinasjon av kunsthistorie, tegning, maling og tv-produksjon, krydret med lyd-syntese, sampling, redigering med mer. For noen år siden var hun partner i et selskap som produserte personlige lydbøker. Det føltes meningsfylt å tilrettelegge for folks fortellinger og dokumentere viktige sider av deres liv. Det var uhyre interessant. “Tenk å kunne tilby en arena der individer kan fordype seg og fortelle om høydepunktene fra eget liv, uten å legge beslag på sine nærmeste i tide og utide; - lytteren kan selv velge når det passer å høre fortellingen.” Kort sagt, ble det naturlig å flette dette konseptet inn i sin egen virksomhet, og deretter supplere med å ta neste steg; utvikle podcast serien ‘People Art & Culture’. “Jeg liker å veksle mellom medier og tilnærmingsmetoder, mellom undervisning og maling, og det å strukturere givende samtaler med folk. En gylden triangel, der det aldri blir et kjedelig øyeblikk.”
EXHIBITIONS/EVENTS/DISPLAY ONLINE/ COMMISSION WORKS
*2021 ongoing PEOPLE ART & CULTURE Podcast production
*2020 iPORTRETTPODDEN Podcast production
*2019 ongoing My-Story Audiobiography Production
*2017-18 Commission works
*2016 Lifestories Audiobooks
*2016 Commission works, Kunst Rett Vest
*2004 – 2015 Commission works – site specific for private and commercial principals
Lawfirm, CRO - Medical Research, Medical Private Clinic, Oslo, Brussels, London
*2009 Kunst Rett Vest, Galleri Trafo Asker
*2009 Galleri Ramfjord Jubileumsutstilling
*2009 Nesodden, Galleri Hellviktangen
*2007 Oslo Prosjektrom, December
*2007 Firenze Biennale, Firenze, Italy
*2007 Oslo Prosjektrom, one-woman exhibition; IF ALL IS PERISHABLE Oslo
*2007 IMMI, Borås, Sweden
*2007 Saatchi Gallery London, works on display online
*2007 UNICEF, Amsterdam, Netherland
*2006 Oslo Prosjektrom, Group exhibition, Oslo, Norway
*2006 Hole Artcenter, Group exhibition, Norway
*2006 Oslo Prosjektrom, 2:1, Oslo
*2006 Galleri Fimbul, one-woman exhibition PARALLELL, Oslo
*2006 London Biennale 2006, draw_drawing_2, The Foundry, London
*2006 Victor Neumann Assosiation, 'The Abstract Mind Mural'
The Museum of Science and Industry
The Daley Plaza Building, Chicago
O'Hare Airport, Chicago, USA
*2005/06 Artoteque work on display online
http://www.artoteque.com/artotech/artONdisplay1/Kim_vonArx/Kim_vonArx.htm
*2005 Galleri Fimbul, Oslo, group exhibition 'Fimbulvinter'
*2005 Fengselet, Hønefoss, Graphic Art
*2005 Galleri Dobag, International Forum, Oslo
*2005, Borgarting Lagmannsrett, Oslo
*2005, "Quanyin: Goddess of Mercy
and Compassion Commemorate", Toronto, Canada
*2005, Aldo Castillo Gallery Chicago
'A Cross-Cultural view of women in the Arts'
*2005/06 bound_less tour - Stenersen Muséet, Oslo, Norway -
Bodø Kunstforening, Jølster - Sogn & Fjordane Kunstmuseum,
Eikaasgalleriet - Harstad Trondarnes Distriktsmuseum -
Eidsberg kom. kulturkontoret - Kirkenes, Grenselandsmuséet -
Stavanger Kunstforening - Nord Trøndelag fylkesgalleri
*2005, Painting and lithography, Edvard Munch Studios, Ekely – Oslo
in collaboration with Bård Solhaug and Galleri Semmingsen
*2004 Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, ART AT WAR group project
*2003 Sotheby's Contemporary Fine Arts Chicago - Humanitarian
Auction, ART IN MOTION hosted by Aldo Castillo Gallery to the
benefit of RIVER NORTH DANCE COMPANY
*1994 International Art Fair, Chicago
*1994 Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago,One-woman exhibition
*1994 Gallery 312, Chicago, group exhibition 'Chicago Unknown'
ASSOCIATE
BONO, Norwegian Visual Artists Copyright Society
EDUCATION
*2001-2002 Philosophical Theory in Post Modern Art, Humanistisk
Akademi, Oslo, Norway
*1994-1995 Figure drawing with Jan Cato Bødtger, Oslo, Norway
*1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts, The School of The Art Institute
of Chicago, USA
HONORS
Sothebys Contemporary Chicago, Humanitarian Artist 2003
Edvard Munch Studios, Ekely 2004 – 2006
Lithographies, collection of the Munch Museum Art magazines, Oslo, 2004 - 2006