Kim Largey

Catalog

Abstract painting of a roughly vertical cluster of colorful brushstrokes, with greens, yellows, and hints of orange on a grayish background and a yellow-green surface, suggesting a loosely defined bouquet or organic form.
An abstract painting of a jar with blurred yellow and white shapes, featuring a bold red paint drip running down the center, set against a dark background and a gray surface.
An abstract painting of a penguin features bold, colorful brushstrokes in shades of yellow, pink, white, and black on a dark background with a light surface beneath.
An impressionistic painting of a white vase holding purple and white flowers with yellow accents, set against a muted green background on a light surface.
Abstract painting of a bouquet with pink, purple, and yellow brushstrokes on a dark background and light turquoise surface. The flowers are loosely rendered, creating a dreamy, impressionistic effect.
An abstract painting of a vase with purple and yellow flowers on a beige surface, set against a muted green background. The brushstrokes are loose and expressive, giving the image a dreamy, textured appearance.
An abstract painting of a white bird surrounded by swirling, colorful brushstrokes in shades of purple, yellow, pink, and gray, set against a muted background and a reddish surface.
An abstract painting features a white, loosely-formed arch with vibrant yellow, green, and pink brushstrokes at its base, set against a dark background and a pale surface.
Abstract painting of a white and gray flower with expressive, textured brushstrokes, set against a muted mauve background and a beige foreground.
An abstract painting of a vase with a bouquet of white, gray, and purple flowers on a bright red surface, set against a muted green background. The brushstrokes are loose and textured, giving a dreamy, impressionistic feel.
An abstract painting of a floral bouquet in a round glass vase, with bold strokes of yellow, orange, red, and green against a dark green background on a light surface.
Abstract painting of a colorful, loosely defined mound with red, yellow, green, and white areas on a blue surface against a purple background. The shapes and brushstrokes are soft and textured.
A vase of pink and white flowers sits on a yellow-green surface, with abstract white shards radiating from the base. The background is dark, creating contrast with the soft, colorful petals.
An abstract painting of white flowers with green stems and leaves against a muted blue-gray background. Soft brushstrokes blend colors like white, green, orange, and pink, creating a dreamy, ethereal effect.

Kim Largey

Born: 1978, Berlin, VT

Biography and Information

Biography
Kim Largey  (b. 1978) uses the tradition of floral still life painting as a point of departure to investigate the space between chaos and control. Each painting begins with a fluorescent pink under-layer, from which successive forms emerge through the application, wiping, and blurring of acrylic paint. Working from both observed flowers and imagined forms, Largey allows shapes to surface, recede, and reassert themselves in a cyclical process that reflects an ongoing tension between intention and chance.

Largey has exhibited at Bristol Art Museum in Bristol, RI, Danforth Art Museum in Framingham, MA, Phoenix Art Museum in Phoenix, AZ, and Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson, AZ, among others. The artist is the recipient of the Bristol Art Museum Recognition of Excellence Award and the Sally and Richard Lehmann Emerging Artist Award from Phoenix Art Museum. She has participated in residencies at Bischoff Inn Residency in Tamaqua, PA, Hewnoaks Artist Colony in Center Lovell, ME, Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT, and Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson, AZ. Largey lives and works in Biddeford, ME.

Forms remain suspended in-between where they are neither resolved nor entirely undone, mirroring the fluidity of change and the passage of time. Through this instability the paintings hold multiple truths at once: that things can be enduring and fragile, robust and vulnerable, capable of growth yet susceptible to erosion and decay. —Kim Largey

Education
Master of Fine Arts, 2D Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Select Exhibitions
2026
Trio v2, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2025
Rock Paper Scissors, Bristol Art Museum- Bristol, RI
2024
Nano, Pillar Gallery, Concord, NH
Too Hot, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
Rising, 82 Parris Space, Portland, ME
Down the Rabbit Hole, Lights Out Gallery, Norway, ME
2023
Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition, The Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA
All Together Now, See/Saw Gallery, Manchester, NH
2022
Small Works, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021
Flora, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA (juror: Mark Dion)
2019
Small Works, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (juror: Sharon Louden)
2018
Intermission, Engine Gallery, Biddeford, ME
2017
Mini Mess, Everybody Gallery, Tucson, AZ
If You Stay Busy You Have No Time To Be Sad, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
2016
On The Map, 3S Gallery- Portsmouth, NH
One, SPACE Gallery- Portland, ME
2015
Subtle Spaces, Mist Gallery, Richmond, VA
Celestial Sunset, NARS Foundation Benefit, Brooklyn, NY
The Big Draw, Catalyst Gallery, Beacon, NY
2014
Expected Outcomes, SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME
TBD, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2013
NURTUREart Benefit Show, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
A Fine Line, Claypool-Young Gallery, Morehead, KY (juror: Anne Harris)
2012
Think Unsexy Thoughts, Wardenclyffe Gallery, Austin, TX
2011
Speak Peace, UA Poetry Center, Tucson, AZ
Reconstructions, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2010
One More Before I Go, TAC Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Made In Tucson/Born In Tucson/ Live in Tucson, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ

Residencies
2025 Bischoff Inn Residency, Tamaqua, PA
2023 Hewnoaks Artist Colony, Center Lovell, ME
2014 Hewnoaks Artist Colony, Center Lovell, ME
2013 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2008 Artist-in-Residence, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ

Awards
2025 Recipient, Bristol Art Museum, Recognition of Excellence Award
2017 Nominee, St. Botolph Club (Boston), Emerging Artist Grant
2014 Recipient, Vermont Studio Center, Funding Grant
2013 Recipient, Sally and Richard Lehmann Emerging Artist Award (PAM), Phoenix, AZ
2010 Nominee, Buffalo Exchange Community Foundation for Southern Arizona Arts Award

Press Release
2026 Trio v2 at Richard Levy Gallery in Albuquerque, NM