Long Biography
KiKi Kaye is German artist who was born in Shanghai China. She spent her early life in Düsseldorf Germany, where she finished her (Gymnasium) High school. Since then she has lead a very international life, living in Monte Carlo/Monaco, Scottsdale / Arizona and now, in Ajijic, Mexico, while also traveling to many other places.
As a young woman she worked as a model, starting her career in New York City. Her career quickly evolved and she soon moved back to Germany to become the country’s leading Model. Modeling created a flood of opportunity to travel all over the world, which exposed Kiki to many different cultures. Being both curious and sensitive she took every opportunity to explore the visual culture of the places she travelled to, and it was these vastly different experiences and cultural influences that would evolve into her lifelong passion for art and impact her own budding artistic career. It helped make her the unique artist she is today.
Kiki started drawing as a child; it was one of her favorite pass-times. Once she started drawing, she really never stopped. It became part of her daily life and a way she expressed herself. When she was a little older and travelling the world she took the opportunity to study with internationally acclaimed artists whenever possible. She worked with Jim Strong and Lu Bellamack in the United States; she was mentored by Theresa Pissani Winkelman in the United Kingdom and she studied with Ernst Bruzek in Austria to name a few. She joined workshops wherever she stayed. Aside from using workshops as a means to expand her artistic knowledge, she also studied for two intensive years at the Art Instruction School in Minneapolis , where she was awarded the prestigious Blue Ribbon.
Kiki’s artistic explorations have touched on many different mediums and ideas. She began with drawing as her base, eventually building on those skills by gaining expertise in realistic oil painting. During another chapter in Kiki’s artistic life she acquired the skill of cartooning. Kiki invented her own cartoon called “Zoomy’s” . Zoomy’s were balloon characters; a family living in the clouds. Their arch enemies were called “The Polluters” who also lived in the sky. After publishing 2 books about “Zoomy’s” and their high altitude adventures Kiki felt inspired to change her mode of expression again, and she returned to painting. She fully embraced her imagination and jumped into Abstract paintings. She slowly started introducing different materials to her practice and her paintings became combines – a mixture of painting and sculpture in which she would attach electrical components to paintings. She also started exploring narrative painting about the future. And finally figurative sculpture was added to her practice making Kiki Kaye’s practice a truly dynamic one.
Kiki is aware of the ubiquitous nature of electronics and our co-dependent relationship with technology. She can not help but wonder how radically our lives will change in the near and distant future as technology makes exponential leaps forward.
Kiki has exhibited at the following places:
Selected Exhibitions:
2013 Solo Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, NYC, NY
2012 Bieniale 2012Art Award, Chianciano Art Museum, Chianciano, Italy
Group Exhibition, Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2012 Group Show, Ceres Gallery, NYC
2011 Group Show, Ceres Gallery, NYC
2012 - 2011 Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2012 Arrival and Departure, JFK Airport, NYC, NY.
2010 Arrival and Departure, Puerto Vallarta Airport, Mexico
2009 Solo show, Quadro Galleria, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
2008 Solo Show, the Cultural Center, Ajijic, Mexico
2008 Group Show, Gallery Casa Rombo, Guadalajara, Mexico.
1992 L’Exposition Internationals de Genes, Switzerland. (awarded the blue ribbon)
Group Show, Galleria Rocher, France
Group Show, Galleria d’Art Monte Carlo, Monaco
The Animal Shelter Art Gallery A.C. , Ajijic, Mexico
Bibiliography
KiKi Kaye’s work has been shown in numerous publications including the book “International Contemporary Masters” and the Artist Advocate Magazine where she was selected for the cover of the winter edition 2009. Most recently Kiki was featured on the online magazine Fine Art Views.
http://faso.com/fineartviews/47801/faso-featured-artists-artist-kiki-kaye
Kiki Kaye is represented by these Galleries:
Hay Hill Gallery on Cork Street in London. UK www.artbridge.biz:88
Ceres Gallery. 547 West 27th Street, Suite #201 New York 10001 USA www.ceresgallery.org
KiKi Kaye was recently honord with 4 Ribbons by "American Art Awards"
Kiki has exhibited at the following places:
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1992 Exposition Internationals de Genes, Switzerland. (awarded the blue ribbon)
Group Show, Galleria Rocher, France
Group Show, GalleryArt Monte Carlo, Monaco
The Animal Shelter Art Gallery A.C. Ajijic, Mexico
KiKi Kaye's work has been shown in numerous publications including the book International Contemporary Masters and the Artist Advocate Magazine where she was selected for the cover of the winter edition 2009. Most recently Kiki was featured on the online magazine Fine Art Views.
http://faso.com/fineartviews/47801/faso-featured-artists-artist-kiki-kaye
www.kikikaye.com
Kiki Kaye is represented by these Galleries:
Hay Hill Gallery on Cork Street in London. UK www.artbridge.biz:88
Ceres Gallery. 547 West 27th Street, Suite #201 New York 10001 USA www.ceresgallery.org
KiKi Kaye
My Statement:
I am primarily interested in blurring boundaries between two dimensional and three dimensional form while symbolically marrying the organic to the inorganic. My exuberant palette and reflective materials are integrally tied to my content about human potential, technology and our collective future. Circuit boards ignite ecstatic color fields of paint, cast feet stabilize crowds, and serene, introspective women connect to shiny cyber-ware in symbiotic relationships. With my work both people and electronic equipment bask in the glow of harmony where human dynamism and our technological triumphs reveal what we can be.
FASO Featured Artists: Artist KiKi Kaye
by Carrie Turner on 8/6/2012 4:47:52 AM
KiKi Kaye Concerning her use of recycled technology, Kaye states, "My use of computer components reflect awareness for the time in which we live. I am fascinated with the electronics that exist today – and with the unimaginable advances that the future will introduce.".
News: Sept 2012 Kaye Kaye is honored with 4 Ribbons for her Art by "American Art Award".
News:Sept 2012 KiKi Kaye received a Certificate from Chianciano "Art Award Oxford University"
This Certification from the Oxford University.
News: Sept 2012 Kaye Kaye is honort with 4 Ribbons for her Art by " American Art Award"
