Clarity
Acrylic & Oil on Panel
60h x 60w in.
Born in Lawrence, Kansas in 1950 and largely self-taught, Kimo Minton began studying art at 22 while supporting his family as a carpenter. His work is shaped by a long relationship with jazz and early modernism, which together inform what he calls “immediate improvisation.” Working across sculpture, carved wood reliefs, painting, and works on paper, he moves through a sequence of decisions in which each mark guides the next, allowing color, texture, pattern, and form to establish the structure of the composition. His work has been placed in a lineage that includes Stuart Davis and Wassily Kandinsky, artists who explored the structural and musical dimensions of abstraction. Minton’s practice reflects a commitment to craftsmanship, material engagement, and what he describes as the “magic of the hand.”
Minton’s practice took shape in Atlanta’s Little Five Points beginning in 1976, working from a shop beneath the former Atomic Café within a lively community of artists and musicians. This early period led to a 1985 Mattress Factory exhibition and, after a feature on his sculpture in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a yearlong commission carving architectural columns for developer Bill Bailey. His work has since been exhibited nationally and is held in the public collections of the High Museum of Art (Atlanta), the Georgia Museum of Art (Athens), the Art Museum of Western Virginia (Roanoke), and the Bishop Museum (Honolulu), along with numerous corporate and private collections. He maintains studios in London and New Mexico.
Installation of Fall 2020 Show....
October 2020 Fall show.....
