KIM CLARK (ALUM)

Born 1980, Concord, California
Practiced at Creative Growth 2000–2019

Kim Clark is heavily influenced by pop culture, idolizing everything from Elvis to the Twilight Saga to niche sitcoms. Generally sourcing from movie posters or internet printouts, Clark converts the saccharine, digitally perfect figures into her own expressive style reminiscent of Egon Schiele’s pulled and distorted figuration. She is skilled at both drawing with colored pencil and painting in watercolor, and approaches her subjects with reverence, unfettered enthusiasm, and humor. With a voracious appetite for the glossy covers of celebrity tabloids, Clark also memorializes recently deceased stars through embroidered textile portraits, including everyone from Hollywood’s A-list to the more obscure character actors.