KIMBERLY FABER

PAINTINGSABOUTCV/PRESSCONTACT

CV

b. 1987


SOLO EXHIBITIONS 
2027    The American DreamEast WindowBoulder, CO

2024     Why is the Sky So Blue?Pirate ContemporaryLakewood, CO

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2025What We Hold On To Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum Englewood, CO 2025
One Square Foot
RedLine Contemporary Art Center
 Denver, CO

2025Dis/Embodied Power
Pirate Contemporary
 Lakewood, CO

2024
Seed, curated by Michael Burnett of Space Gallery
BRDG Project
 Denver, CO 2024    
5 True West, curated by Michael Dowling
BRDG Project
 Denver, CO
2024    
The Wild Bunch, curated by Ryan A. Lee
Memento Mori Gallery
 Lakewood, CO
2024    
I'm So F&$#ing Bored
East Colfax Gallery/ACAD
 Denver, CO
2023    
Annual Juried Show
Pirate Contemporary
 Lakewood, CO2023    
Banging on the Machine
The Laboratory on Santa Fe
 Denver, CO2023    
Flora & Fauna
Memento Mori Gallery
 Lakewood, CO
2022    
Femmes to the Front
Magpie Arts Collective
 Denver, CO    2011 Kuhn Collaboration Art Show (with Lindsey Kuhn)
Marion Street Tattoo & Gallery
 Denver, CO2011    
Wish for Wheels Bowling Pin Art Show
Marion Street Tattoo & Gallery
 Denver, CO2009 
Mount Ida College Senior Show
Mount Ida College
 Newton, MA2005    
Altrusa Art Fair
The Art Center
 Grand Junction, CO

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2026ARTnews Awards, Exhibiting Artist in Best Gallery Group Show Nominee, “What We Hold On To”, Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum
ArtNewsNew York, NY

 2025
Artist in Residence, Drawing Never Dies
Drawing Never Dies
 Denver, CO 2009Thesis Critics Choice AwardMount Ida College    Newton, MA2009Best in PhotographyMount Ida College    Newton, MA2005Blue Ribbon, DrawingAltrusa Art Fair
Grand Junction, CO


PRESS2026
Maximilíano Durón and Alex Greenberger, “ARTnews Announces Nominees for Third Annual ARTnews Awards” (“What We Hold On To” at Black Cube, nominated for Best Gallery Group Show), ArtNews
New York, NY 2025
Ray Mark Rinaldi, “The Best Denver Art Exhibits of 2025”, December 27, 2025The Denver PostDenver, CO 2025
Ray Mark Rinaldi, “‘What We Hold On To’ is Unlike Any Other Exhibition You’ve Seen Before”, October 10, 2025The Denver PostDenver, CO 2025
Danielle Cunningham, “Review ‘What We Hold On To’”, November 18, 2025DariaDenver, CO2024
Susan J. Froyd, “All the Best Shows to See in Denver on First Friday”, October 2, 2024WestwordDenver, CO2024
Wes Brown and Todd Pierson, “Episode 179: Ryan A. Lee - Painter”, Jan 25, 2024Tenet Podcast Denver, CO
PANELS, LECTURES, and PRESENTATIONS
2025
“What We Hold on To”, Panelist, with Amber Cobb, Viviane Le Courtois, Irene Delka McCray, Jerónimo Reyes-Retana, and Derrick VelasquezBlack Cube Nomadic Art MuseumEnglewood, CO2024
“Absurdity in the American West: Tradition, Idioms, and Obliterating the Western Myth”, LecturePirate ContemporaryLakewood, CO


CURATORIAL EXPERIMENTS2025
Dis/Embodied Power
Pirate Contemporary
 Denver, CO
EDUCATION2009
Bachelor of ScienceMount Ida CollegeNewton, MA
GUEST CRITIC, MENTORSHIP
2026
Guest Critic, “Painting: Contemporary Practices”
Rocky Mountain College of Art and DesignDenver, CO 2026
Studio-Hosted Lecture, “The Double Portrait”
Rocky Mountain College of Art and DesignDenver, CO2026
Internship Mentor, “Art, Design, Engineering: Thinking and Making”
University of Colorado BoulderDenver, CO 2018
Guest Critic, “Future Fantasies”
University of Colorado Denver
College of Architecture and Planning
 Denver, CO




further reading/news and press clips


“ARTnews Announces Nominees for Third Annual ARTnews Awards”


Maximilíano Durón,
Alex Greenberger
ARTnews

“Best Gallery Group Show

Recognizing a group show at a commercial gallery or an untraditional venue as part of an artist-initiated project that has an intriguing selection of artists and a unique perspective.

“Horror”
at Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles (November 21, 2025–February 14, 2026)
Curator: Jill Mulleady

“How Beautiful This Living Thing Is”
at Ortuzar, New York (April 22–May 30, 2026)
Curator: Andrew Durbin

“Snake, Turtle, Alligator: The Atomic Archive of Bryan LaPlante, Gregg Bordowitz, Nina
Katchadourian, Lucy Raven, Elaine Reichek, Turquoise, Bruno Zhu”
at David Peter Francis, New York, co-organized with Interrobang (January 10–February 7, 2026)

“Statics of an Egg”
at David Zwirner, New York (May 8–June 27, 2026)
Curator: Martin Germann

“What We Hold On To”
at Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum, Englewood, Colorado (September 5—December 12, 2025)”

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“7 Art Shows to See in Denver This Weekend”


Susan J. Froyd
WESTWORD


“Pirate gets edgy with two in-your-face political shows opening this week. Dis/Embodied Power, a group exhibition billed as a “curatorial experiment” by Kimberly Faber, showcases thirty works by seven noteworthy artists who’ve experienced rejections by galleries due to controversial subject matter. Nineteen of the thirty [works] have never been shown in public; six more are making their Denver debut. What doesn’t make the cut in the art world at large? As an example, Danielle SeeWalker’s mixed-media work “G is for Genocide” caused her removal from Vail’s Art in Public Places program just last May. You might be surprised, but what’s proper or improper for viewing all boils down to one’s point of view, as this show clearly demonstrates.”

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“ALL THE BEST SHOWS TO SEE IN DENVER ON FIRST FRIDAY”


Susan J. Froyd
WESTWORD


“Pirate’s current shows opened last weekend, but the gallery will still be hopping on First Friday, with Louis Recchia’s well-loved pop imagery (which has been collected in Denver for years) and his guest and partner Zoa Ace, also a local favorite, sharing space. But, painter Kimberly Faber’s work is a major release and no less exciting to see, comprising a series of large-scale paintings inspired by her research and sense of place regarding the American West, where she grew up. Faber chose a personal approach to illustrating cowboy truisms, including the stereotypical view of Western art itself; the result, presented using large canvases, sculpture and film, explores what’s real and not real about invented historical contrivances in art. Faber will discuss the show during an artist talk at 7 p.m. on October 10.”

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