KIM SCHMITT THOMAS
Artist/Painter
Curator/Gallery Director
E-mail- kimschmitt@me.com
Website- www.kimschmittthomas.com
Instagram & Facebook- @kimschmittthomasart
Specializing in original large scale paintings & custom designed commissions
BORN
1970, NYC. Raised and currently resides in NJ.
EDUCATION
1988-89, University of Bridgeport, Illustration Major
1989-90, Montclair State University, Fine Arts Major
1990-92, The Neighborhood Playhouse, full-time performing arts conservatory, NYC
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
CINQ Gallery, Dallas Design District, Texas (2017-now)
Barsky Gallery of Hoboken, NJ (2021-now)
The Art Collective, Rogers, Arkansas (2020-now)
WALL Gallery, Dallas, Texas (2016-closing 2017)
GALLERY EMPLOYMENT
Curator/Gallery Director at Gallery at HACPAC, Hackensack Performing Arts Center (2023-now)
OTHER
hOMe Store (furniture/art/interior design) Hawthorne, NJ- In-house Studio Artist (2021-now)
The Collective Salon at The Colony, featured artist, Fort Lee, NJ (2024-now) Willie Wilson Theatre Arts Group, scenic set artist (2023-now)
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023- Gallery at HACPAC, Hackensack, NJ (solo)
2023- Barsky Gallery of Hoboken, Graffiti Dreams, Hoboken, NJ (solo)
2022- Glen Hansen Gallery, Mythical Figures- Lyrical Abstractions, Southold, NY (two person) 2022- Gallery at HACPAC, Connect the Dots, Hackensack, NJ (solo)
2019- Gallery at HACPAC, Without Adult Supervision, Hackensack, NJ (solo painter with sculptor) 2017- CINQ Gallery, KIM WUZ HERE!, Dallas, Texas (solo)
2016- Intermezzo Gallery, Truth or Dare, Bergen Performing Arts Center, Englewood, NJ (solo) 2016- Gallery 691, Wyckoff, NJ (solo) 2006- The Park Avenue Club, Florham Park, NJ (solo)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024- Gallery at HACPAC, Cubism & Chroma, 3-person show, Hackensack, NJ 2024- CINQ Gallery, Summer Show, Dallas, TX 2024- CINQ Gallery, Spring Show, Dallas, TX
2024- Barsky Gallery, on-going exhibition, Hoboken, NJ
2023- CINQ Gallery, Summer Group Show, Dallas, TX
2022- Barsky Gallery of Hoboken Grand Opening in Westfield location, NJ
2022- LA Art Show, represented by Cinq Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022- Glen Hansen Gallery, The Big Duck Show, Southold, NY
2022- CINQ Gallery, Summer Group Show, Dallas, TX
2020-21 On-Going exhibition at The Art Collective, AR
2020- Virtual Bergen County Art in the Park Juried Show, NJ- 2nd Place winner mixed media 2019- Represented Gallery Artists Group Show, Iris, CINQ Gallery, Dallas, TX 2019- Represented Gallery Artists Group Show, Surface, CINQ Gallery, Dallas, TX
2018- MAD Gallery, NYC Group Pop-Up Exhibition, Chelsea, NY
2018- Represented Gallery Artists Group Show, Legend, CINQ Gallery, Dallas, TX
2018- Represented Gallery Artists Group Show, Coil and Catch, CINQ Gallery, Dallas, TX 2018- Studio Montclair Galleries, State of the Art 2018, Montclair, NJ
2017- Ember and Smoke, CINQ Gallery, Dallas, TX
2017- Autumnation, CINQ Gallery, Dallas, TX
2017- Text Me, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
2017- 53rd Annual Bergen County Art in the Park Juried Show, Paramus, NJ 2017- State of the Art 2017, Studio Montclair Inc, Montclair, NJ
2016- 52nd Annual Bergen County Art in the Park Juried Show, Paramus, NJ (winner)
2016- CAT Walk Art Exhibition, Hackensack, NJ
2016- Art Slope Arts Festival, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
2016- Back Story, SMI Galleries @ Academy Square, Montclair, NJ
2015- Viewpoints 2015, Studio Montclair’s 18th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, at Aljira, A Center For Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
2015- 51st Annual Bergen County Art in the Park Juried Show, Paramus, NJ
2015- Wyckoff YMCA, Wyckoff, NJ
2014- 50th Annual Bergen County Art in the Park Juried Show, Paramus, NJ
2013- 49th Annual Bergen County Art in the Park Juried Show, Paramus, NJ (winner)
TELEVISION/MEDIA
2023- Jay Mickens Music/Jay Mickens Productions, featured painter in music video, I’ve Been Better 2022- Showtime’s City on a Hill, Season 3 starring Kevin Bacon, 2 large paintings on permanent set
AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS, PRESS
2024- ROSEWOOD MANSION GUIDE, photo ad for CINQ Gallery, Dallas, TX
2024- Arts Edition of (201) MAGAZINE, headline quote as curator for The Gallery at HACPAC
2022- Arts Edition of (201) MAGAZINE, Featured Story, Bergen County, NJ. 2020- 2nd Place Winner Mixed Media, Bergen County Art in the Park Juried Virtual Show
2020- THE BERGEN RECORD, featured artist interview/photos, NJ
2020- 2020 Arts Edition of 201 MAGAZINE, Best of Bergen County, February, Featured Artist, interview and photos, Bergen County, NJ 2019-TOWN NEWS/ NORTHJERSEY.COM, article w/photos publicizing show, Without Adult Supervision at HACPAC, NJ
2018- THE BOSTON VOYAGER, July 2nd, photos and written interview conducted by Edward Clark
2017- DALLAS STYE & DESIGN MAGAZINE, WINTER ARTS ISSUE, CINQ Gallery, Dallas, TX
2017- DALLAS STYE & DESIGN MAGAZINE, FALL ARTS ISSUE, CINQ Gallery, Dallas, TX
2017- DALLAS STYE & DESIGN MAGAZINE, SUMMER ARTS ISSUE, CINQ Gallery, Dallas, TX
2017- DALLAS STYLE AND DESIGN MAGAZINE, SPRING ARTS ISSUE, photo of Bell Bottom Blues, full page ad promoting KIM WUZ HERE! solo show at WALL Gallery, Dallas, TX
2016- THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sunday, August 14, Metro/Arts/NJ section, published photo of
The Bodysnatcher, publicizing solo exhibition, Truth Or Dare, at BERGEN PAC, Englewood, NJ.
2016- THE DAILY VOICE, interview, article and photo by Miriam Davenport, publicizing solo
exhibition, Truth Or Dare, at BERGEN PAC, Englewood, NJ.
2016- BEST OF NJ. COM, Publicizing Solo Exhibition, Truth Or Dare, at BERGEN PAC, Englewood, NJ 2016- BROADWAY WORLD. COM, photos, article for solo exhibit, Truth Or Dare, at BERGEN PAC, NJ 2016- TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP. COM, photos, article for solo exhibit, Truth Or Dare, at BERGEN PAC, NJ 2016- THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sunday May 22, Metro/Arts/NJ section, published photo/ info of The Body Shop on display at Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ.
2013- First Place Winner Award of Mixed Media, 49th Annual Bergen County Art in the Park Juried Show, Paramus, NJ; awarded by the Division of Cultural/Historic Affairs
PUBLIC/CORPORATE WORKS
Women’s Pelvic Surgery, LLC, Dr. Shakiba, Park Avenue office, NYC Women’s Pelvic Surgery, LLC, Dr. Shakiba, Hackensack office, NJ. Dragonfly Modeling Agency, Los Angeles, California Savoy Associates, Florham Park, New Jersey
Summit Hills Florist, Summit, New Jersey
Nouveau Sushi Restaurant, Montclair, New Jersey Bert Stratford Productions, NYC, New York
LECTURES
2022- Speaking engagement, Gifted & Talented students, Ramapo Ridge Middle School, Mahwah, NJ
BIOGRAPHY
KIM SCHMITT THOMAS was born in 1970 in the Hell’s Kitchen area of NYC to two young actors, then later raised in nearby Bergen County, NJ, where she currently resides with her 12 year old twin daughters, Dylan and Layla. Her early childhood was often spent drawing caricatures of flamboyant dancers and actors in theatre wings and dressing rooms, after being inspired by an Al Hirschfeld drawing of her mom, Lee Meredith, in The Sunshine Boys. She also spent many afternoons studying graffiti covered billboards on the streets of NYC while bar hopping for Shirley Temples with her babysitter, a retired longshoreman named Pat Flannery. Those colorful early years, along with her own extensive training in dance, acting, and illustration, have had a great influence on the active and dynamic line quality and use of vibrant color that moves throughout her work. Whether she is painting abstracts, faces, or intertwined figures, Kim’s work celebrates everyday life with all its twists and turns, ups and downs, joy and pain.
In the late 80s, Kim majored in Illustration at the University of Bridgeport, and then Montclair State University, but she will admit that her best education as an expressive painter came simply from a lifetime of self-reflection and an enthusiasm to share her most authentic self. Kim also attended the two-year performing arts academy, The Neighborhood Playhouse, NYC, where she received rigorous training in acting (Meisner Technique) and dance, while freelancing as an illustrator. Kim also worked as an interior artist/muralist for many years, but since 2001, she has focused primarily on her studio work, which is her main passion.
Currently, Kim works as the in-house studio artist at hOMe Store in Hawthorne, NJ, an interior design/ furniture/art store where she collaborates with clients and designers to create custom original commissioned paintings, often using specified colors and sizes while working from the vibe of the room and home owner. Kim is also represented by Barsky Gallery of Hoboken, NJ, CINQ Gallery in Dallas, TX, The Art Collective Gallery in Rogers, AR, and is the curator/gallery director at the Gallery at HACPAC (Hackensack Performing Arts Center). Kim’s work hangs in both private and corporate collections across the country, and has been featured in (201) Magazine, The Bergen Record, The New York Times, Furniture Today, Dallas Style & Design Magazine, Rosewood Mansion Guide, Boston Voyager. And most recently, Kim is excited to have partnered with The Collective Salon at The Colony in Fort Lee, where her work is on view and available for purchase.