Kim Piotrowski makes paintings and works on paper that play between micro and macro uses of scale. For Piotrowski, color, surface, broad brushstrokes and fine details are paramount in her abstractions. With mark-making that is both aggressive and gentle, Piotrowski incorporates notions of order and chaos, tenderness and violence, calm and anxiety, imbuing the right amounts of edginess, uncertainty and mystery to keep herself inspired and her viewers engaged.
Piotrowski’s work has been featured at McCormick Gallery, Chicago, Grolle:Pass:Projects, Wuppertal, Germany, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX and in numerous group exhibitions.
Piotrowski is the recipient of such prestigious honors as the Artadia Grant, the Illinois Arts Council Visual Artist Grant, Artist in Residence at Yaddo, Ox-Bow and the Ragdale Residency in Lake Forest, IL.
Piotrowski received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and currently resides in the Midwest.