Education
Cleveland Institute of Art Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, 2017
Cleveland State University Master of Applied Communication Theory, 1988
Bachelor of Arts, Communication, 1981
Ashland University Associate of Arts, 1979
Work Experience
Twenty-five years of national/international corporate and collegiate marketing experience. Created Docent Designs, a retail jewelry business exclusively for The Cleveland Museum of Art. Currently a full-time porcelain sculptor.
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH, exact dates TBD
2023 National Museum of Psychology, Akron University, Aug 1-Dec 2, Akron OH
2023 Emily Davis Gallery, Akron University, Aug 1-Dec 2, Akron OH
2022-23 Erie Museum of Art, Erie Pennsylvania, Oct. 20-May 14
2022 Kennedy Museum of Art, May 28-Sept 17 Athens OH
2022 Dairy Barn Arts Center, May 28-June26, Athens OH
2022 Southeast Ohio History Center, July 7-Sept 17, Athens OH
2021 Colburn Art Gallery, Sept 30-Oct 29, Ashland OH
2021 Fawick Gallery, Sept 7-24, Berea OH
2021 Mansfield Art Gallery, June 27-July 25, Mansfield OH
2020 John J. McDonough Museum, Jan 24-March 7, Youngstown OH
Group Exhibitions
2022 Valley Art Center, 51st Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Chagrin Falls OH
Valley Art Center, Where Are We? Surrealism at VAC, Chagrin Falls, OH
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Women Artists Making Their Mark, Mill Valley, CA
Bryn Du Mansion, 18th Annual Juried Show, Granville OH
BAYarts Annual Juried Exhibition, Second Place Prize, Bay Village OH
Erie Art Museum, 99th Nicole & Harry Martin Spring Show, Erie PA
Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, Annual Members Exhibition, Cleveland OH
Zanesville Museum of Art 76th Ohio Annual Exhibition, (online) Zanesville OH
Valley Art Center, Where Are We? Chagrin Falls OH
2021 Valley Art Center, 50th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Chagrin Falls OH
Yards Project, Fish, Fly, Fur, Cleveland OH
Akron Art Museum & Current Cleveland Mouse House, Cleveland OH
BAYarts Annual Juried Exhibition, Bay Village OH
Erie Art Museum, 98th Nicole & Harry Martin Spring Show, Erie PA
Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, NewNow2021, Juror’s Award, Cleveland OH
The Gallery at Lakeland, From Women XIV, Kirtland OH
2020 Ohio Art League 2020 Juried Exhibition, Columbus, OH
Florence O’Donnell Wasmer Gallery, The New Masters 2: Women, Pepper Pike OH
Valley Art Center, 49th Juried Art Exhibition, Chagrin Falls OH
Erie Art Museum, 97th Nicole & Harry Martin Spring Show, Erie PA
Ohio Craft Museum, Best of 2020 Exhibition, Columbus & Mansfield OH
Group 10 Gallery, 7th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Kent OH
Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, Annual Members Exhibition, Cleveland OH
Valley Art Center, Identity: Things, Chagrin Falls OH
The Gallery at Lakeland, Women XIII, Kirtland OH
2019 Valley Art Center, 48th Juried Exhibition, “Honorable Mention” Chagrin Falls OH
The Gallery at Lakeland, The Skull & Skeleton in Art VI, Kirtland OH
The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Ohio Paint/Print/Photo, Athens OH
Heights Arts, Emergent 2019, Cleveland, Heights OH
Florence O’Donnell Wasmer Gallery, Summer Mash-Up, Pepper Pike OH
Valley Art Center, Observation/Conservation, Chagrin Falls OH
BAYarts Annual Juried Exhibition, “Best in Show,” Bay Village OH
Valley Art Center, Identity: Places, Chagrin Falls OH
The Gallery at Lakeland, Women XII, Kirtland OH
2018 Valley Art Center, 47th Juried Art Exhibition, Chagrin Falls OH
Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, RECAST, Cleveland OH
Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition, “Brick Ceramic Design Prize,” Cleveland OH
The Gallery at Lakeland, May Show Juried Arts Exhibition, Kirtland OH
Florence O’Donnell Wasmer Gallery, The New Masters: Women, Pepper Pike OH
Cleveland Institute of Art, 2018 Alumni Exhibition, Cleveland OH
The Gallery at Lakeland, Women XI, Kirtland OH
2017 Valley Art Center, 46th Juried Art Exhibition, Chagrin Falls OH
The Gallery at Lakeland, The Skull & Skeleton in Art V, Kirtland OH
Tri-C Gallery West, Emerging Artist Series, Parma OH
Summer Show, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland OH
2016 Ceramics Invitational Exhibition, River Gallery, Rocky River OH
Student Independent Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland OH
2014 Student Independent Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland OH
Cleveland Institute of Art Awards
2017 Gund Family Scholarship
Second Agnes Gund Traveling Award
2016 Gund Family Scholarship
Guy Cowan Pottery Association Scholarship for Ceramic Excellence
Charles F. Mosgo ’35 Fund for Excellence in Ceramics
2015 Gund Family Scholarship
Viktor Schreckengost ‘29 Award for Excellence in Ceramics
Board of Trustees Award – Student Independent Exhibition
2014 Gund Family Scholarship
Robert Jergens ‘60 Scholarship for Excellence in Design and Craft
Women’s Art Club of Cleveland Scholarship Award
Press
Ceramics Monthly Magazine, “Out of the White Cube,” Oct 2022
Cleveland Arts Network (CAN) Journal, “Where Tragedy & Elegance Converge,” Fall 2022
Sun Newspapers, “Exhibit Shows Cruelty Imposed on Women,” Sept 2, 2021
MIMI Magazine, “Sculpting Pain,” Sept 16, 202
Cleveland Magazine, Community Leader, “Discovering the Artist Within,” Feb 2020
Ceramics Monthly Magazine, “Exposure,” Feb 2020
CANVAS Magazine, “Five Questions With Kimberly Chapman,” Winter 2019
CANVAS Magazine, “Who’s Next,” Spring 2019
CAN Journal, “Pearl, Time, Memory: BAYart’s Annual Juried Show,” Spring 2018
Ceramics Monthly Magazine, “Becoming Grandma & Graduate,” Dec 2018
Plain Dealer, “Cleveland Institute of Art Seniors Gear Up for BFA Week,” May 6, 2017
Speaking Engagements
Erie Art Museum, Artist Lecture, Erie OH 2022
University Hospitals Global Health Scholars, Bratenahl OH 2022
Baldwin Wallace University, Berea OH 2021
Ashland University, Ashland, OH 2021
John J. McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH 2020
National Conference on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Pittsburg, PA 2018
Initiatives
Cleveland Institute of Art Advisory Council (Chair)
Cleveland Museum of Art, Women’s Council Member, Docent
Memberships
Artist Archives of the Western Reserve
Artaxis
BAYarts
Cleveland Museum of Art
Erie Art Museum
Massillon Museum
NCECA
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Northern Ohio Clay
Ohio Designer Craftsman
Valley Arts Center