Kimia Ferdowsi Kline
Kimia Ferdowski Kline is an Iranian-American painter and installation artist living and working in New York City. Working primarily in oil and oil stick on panel, Kline's work draws inspiration from Fauvism and is notable for its use of rich, bright colors depicting scenes of entangled bodies and ecstatic nudes amidst what she calls "garden paradises." Her works play with the idea of duality in intimacy. Humans need each other and yet too push each other away. She uses painting as a way of relating to her family's homeland, to which she cannot return as they are members of the Baha’i faith, which is still persecuted in Iran. Her paintings are based on stories from her parents about their garden, photographs by Iranian photographers, family photos, and on her imagination.
In addition to her studio practice, Kline is also curator of the permanent collection at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She is represented by Turn Gallery in New York, and Marrow Gallery in San Francisco, where she has held multiple solo exhibitions. In addition, Kline has participated in group shows at Ceysson & Bénétière in Wandhaff, Luxembourg; the East Hampton Biennial, represented by CANADA Gallery; Elaine L. Jacobs Gallery in …
Kimia Ferdowski Kline is an Iranian-American painter and installation artist living and working in New York City. Working primarily in oil and oil stick on panel, Kline's work draws inspiration from Fauvism and is notable for its use of rich, bright colors depicting scenes of entangled bodies and ecstatic nudes amidst what she calls "garden paradises." Her works play with the idea of duality in intimacy. Humans need each other and yet too push each other away. She uses painting as a way of relating to her family's homeland, to which she cannot return as they are members of the Baha’i faith, which is still persecuted in Iran. Her paintings are based on stories from her parents about their garden, photographs by Iranian photographers, family photos, and on her imagination.
In addition to her studio practice, Kline is also curator of the permanent collection at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She is represented by Turn Gallery in New York, and Marrow Gallery in San Francisco, where she has held multiple solo exhibitions. In addition, Kline has participated in group shows at Ceysson & Bénétière in Wandhaff, Luxembourg; the East Hampton Biennial, represented by CANADA Gallery; Elaine L. Jacobs Gallery in Detroit, MI; Field Projects in New York, NY; Galerie Nicolas Hugo in London, UK; 83 Meserole in Brooklyn, NY; Idio Gallery in Brooklyn, New York; and more. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and residencies including the 68 Projects Residency in Berlin, Germany in 2017; The Makehouse Artist Residency in 2014-2015; a Master Class Scholarship from the New York Academy of Art in 2014; The Dune Residency in Pondicherry, India in 2011; the Huntsinger Memorial Prize in Painting from Washington University in 2007.
