Kim Truesdale
Education
2020 Masters of Fine Arts, University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2020 Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2013 Masters of Arts in Teaching in Art Education, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2008 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, Coker College, Hartsville, SC
2005 Associate Degree of Arts, Central Carolina Technical College, Sumter, SC
Honors and Awards
2020 Judith Alexander Foundation Grant, Atlanta, GA
Shelter Project Fellowship, Wilson Center for Humanities and Art, Athens, GA
2019 2nd Place, SC Festival of Flowers, Arts Center of Greenwood, Greenwood, SC
Merit Award, Artfields, Lake City, SC
44th Juried Exhibition Artist Talk, Lyndon House, Athens, GA
2018 Jerry Goldstein Foundation Merit Award, Jerry’s Artarama
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Lamar Dodd School of Art
Graduate Assistantship, Lamar Dodd School of Art
2017 Dorothy Rousch Scholarship, Lamar Dodd School of Art
2013 The Graduate Art Education Research Award
2013 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Spring, USC
2012 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Fall, USC
2012 7th Annual Human Rights Exhibition, McAllen, TX, Merit Award
2012 Visiting Artist/ Guest Lecturer, Coker College
2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spring, USC
2011 South Carolina State Fair Professional Division, Ingrid Carson Award of Merit
2010 Lipstick and Rouge, Second St. Gallery, Spokane, WA, 2nd place
2010 South Carolina State Fair Professional Division Fine Art, Donna Lynn Gore Award of Merit
2009 Small Works, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, VA, 1st place
2009 Visiting Artist/Guest Lecturer, Coker College
2008 South Carolina State Fair Professional Division Fine Art 1st place painting
South Carolina State Fair Fine Art Purchase Patron Award
Outstanding Academic Achievement in the Department of Art, Coker College
2007-08 Art Mentor, Coker College
2007 Coker College Annual Student Competition, 1st place
2006 Coker College Annual Student Competition, 2nd place painting, Honorable Mention mixed media
2002 Distinguished Senior Artist of the Year, Lugoff-Elgin High School
Solo Shows
2020 Whitespace Gallery (Whitespec), Atlanta, GA
2019 Stirrin' the Pot, Wilson Center for Humanities and Art, Athens, GA
Kim Truesdale, Hip Vintage and Handmade, Athens, GA
2009 Devouring the Maimed, Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County, Camden, SC
2008 Stigma Stains, Cecilia Coker Bell Gallery, Hartsville, SC
Group Shows
2020 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Pee Dee Regional Art Competition, Florence Museum of Art, Florence, SC
2019 SC Festival of Flowers, Arts Center of Greenwood, Greenwood, SC
44th Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
The ROB, Artfields, Lake City, SC
Free Verse, Wilson Center for Humanities and Art, Athens, GA
Pee Dee Regional Art Competition, Florence Museum of Art, Florence, SC
Ringers Contemporary Portraiture, Athica, Athens, GA
MFA: The Next Generation, OCAF, Athens, GA
Pressing Matters IX, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
2018 Juried Exhibition, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
Activating the Apparatus Vol. 2, Stranger Matter ATL, Atlanta, GA
Painting and Drawing Group Exhibition, Glass Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA
SC Festival of Flowers, Arts Center of Greenwood, Greenwood, SC
Painting and Drawing Group Exhibition, Wilson Center, Athens, GA
2016 Power of Small, Fredericksburg Center for the Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
Faculty Show, Cecilia Coker Bell Gallery, Coker College, Hartsville, SC
2015 Human Rights, International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX
2014 South Carolina State Fair Professional Division Fine Art, Columbia, SC
Art Educator Exhibit, Tapps Art Center, Columbia SC
2013 Respect, Equality, and Dignity, University of Ottawa, Canada
South Carolina State Fair Professional Division, Columbia, SC
Gallery 409, Brownsville, TX
8th Annual Human Rights Exhibition, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
2012 South Carolina State Fair Professional Division, Columbia, SC
War on Women, Backlash 2012, Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY
Human Rights Exhibition, Lee College, Baytown, TX
7th Annual Human Rights Exhibition, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
2011 Selections from the Collection of Jim Boden, Hartsville, SC
South Carolina State Fair Professional Division Fine Art, Columbia, SC
Fairfield County Art Competition, Winnsboro, SC
2010 Lipstick and Rouge, Second St. Gallery, Spokane, Washington
National Small Oil Painting Exhibition 2010, Wichita Center for the
Arts, Wichita, KS
Uncensored, Anderson Creative Gallery, Canton, Ohio
Unwrap Your Mind, Gallery That, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
Imaginary, A Singular Creation, Online
Never Think Small-Redux, Climate Gallery, Long Island City, NY
5th Annual Human Rights Exhibition, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
For and About Women, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
Columbia City Ballet Auction, Columbia, SC
South Carolina State Fair Professional Division Fine Art, Columbia SC
Animal Magnetism, Vermont Photo Workplace Gallery, VT
2009 Annual Small Works Invitational Exhibition, Elon University, Elon NC
Five Senses, A Singular Creation, Online
Small Works, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg VA
South Carolina State Fair Professional Division Fine Art, Columbia, SC
Manu Propria International Drawing Triennial Tallinn 2009, Viinistu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2008 South Carolina State Fair Professional Division Fine Art, Columbia, SC
2007 Coker College Annual Student Competition, Hartsville, SC
2006 Coker College Annual Student Competition, Hartsville, SC
2005 Pee Dee Annual Competition Florence Museum, Florence SC
2002 Gotta Have Art, Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County, Camden SC
Public Collections
2013 Play Things, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
2010 Manufacturing Human Bombs #1, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
Selected Publications
2020 Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. 46
2012 7th Annual Human Rights Exhibition, South Texas College, Catalog
2011 Selections from the Collection of Jim Boden
2011 Coker College Seniors and Selected Alumni
2010 Anderson Creative Gallery, Canton, Ohio
2010 National Small Oil Painting Exhibition 2010, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
2010 5th Annual Human Rights Exhibition, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
2010 Never Think Small-Redux 2010, Climate Gallery, NY
2009 Animal Magnetism, Vermont Photo Workplace Gallery, VT
Selected Bibliography
Smith, Jessica, Georgia Museum of Art Presents Annual Exit Show for Lamar Dodd MFA Candidates. May, 6, 2020.
Smith, Jessica. Fun in the Dark. Flagpole Magazine. December 19, 2019.
Moyer, Nancy. Surface Treatment: Social Injustices. The Monitor. Nov. 23, 2015.
Featured Film Stills. Engaging a Prosumer. Journal of National Art Education Association. March 2015. Volume 68, No.2.
Kane, Dan. Uncensored Art Makes Strong Statements. Canton Rep. Oct. 1, 2010.
Wachunas, Tom. Sense and Censorability. ArtWatch. Oct. 1, 2010.
Kim Truesdale and Henry Boyd at the Fine Art Center, Camden Chronicle, September 2009.
Schlatter, Elizabeth, Small Works, FCCA, December 2009.
Theater Production
Featured Artist, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Pinetree Playhouse Community Theater, Winnsboro, SC
Photographer, A Pinetree Player’s Christmas 2010, Pinetree Playhouse Community Theater, Winnsboro, SC