From participating in the Product Design Program at Stanford University to competing on national British television on Sky Portrait Artist of the Year,  Kimberly Klauss has traveled around the world and back to serve as the Inaugural Artist-in-Residence at the Bruce Museum. On Thursday May 23 at 6pm, join us as we hear more about Klauss’s extraordinary journey and her life as a working artist.

Over the course of her residency, Klauss was asked to respond to two works on loan from the Art Bridges Foundation, Collage X Landscape by George Morrison, a seminal Native American artist known for his abstract landscapes and powerful use of color and form, and DNA: Sepia V by McArthur Binion, a celebrated abstract artist known for his grid-based compositions and exploration of identity. During this program, Klauss will delve into the profound influence of two iconic figures in the art world, sharing personal reflections on how Morrison and Binion's work has impacted her artistic vision.

At the conclusion of this program there will be a Q&A session where the audience can pose questions to Kimberly Klauss about her creative process, the impact of her artistic influences, and the broader themes explored in her work.

About the Artist-in-Residence:

Kimberly Klauss is a painter formerly based in Munich. She was born in the U.S. and spent time as a child in Japan, as well as most of her adult life in Germany. Her life experience as a foreigner has given rise to questions about the universal and singular experience of personhood, as well as the reliability of perception and portrayal. Working from life and photographs and often with a limited palette, her oil paintings recall the fudging all parties bring to the act of viewing and portraying. Recently she has begun including print techniques in the paintings, a result of her time as an artist in residence at Villa Lena Foundation in Italy. Kimberly’s work was introduced to a wider audience in 2017, when she was a finalist in Sky Arts’ Portrait Artist of the Year (UK). She has since shown works in the ING Discerning Eye exhibition, with Young Space, and at Compton Verney Gallery, and has paintings held in the Soho House and Ruth Borchard Next Generation Collections.

About Art Bridges Foundation
Art Bridges Foundation is the vision of philanthropist and arts patron Alice Walton. The mission of Art Bridges is to expand access to American art in all regions across the United States. Since 2017, Art Bridges has created and supported programs that bring outstanding works of American art out of storage and into communities. Art Bridges partners with a growing network of more than 230 museums to provide financial and strategic support for exhibition development, loans from the Art Bridges Permanent Collection, and programs designed to educate, inspire, and deepen engagement with local audiences. The Art Bridges Permanent Collection represents an expanding vision of American art from the 19th century to present day and encompasses multiple media and voices. For more information, visit artbridgesfoundation.org.

Bruce Presents: George Morrison, McArthur Binion, and Me will take place on Thursday, May 23, at 6pm in the Gale and Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., and Pamela and Robert Goergen Auditorium and will be livestreamed online.

Support for Bruce Presents is generously provided by Berkley One, a Berkley Company.

Space is limited. Online registration required.

Cost: Adults - $20, Livestream-$20, Students and Members receive a 20% discount

Members receive a 20% discount on their ticket. Members of the Bruce Adventurer's Circle, Bruce Curator's Circle, Bruce Visionary Circle, Complimentary Bruce Adventurer's Circle, Complimentary Bruce Curator's Circle, Founding Bruce Adventurer's Circle, Founding Bruce Curator's Circle, Founding Bruce Visionary Circle receive 2 free tickets to public programs.

Students must show valid student ID at the front desk to receive discount.