Education
1994
Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Stanley L. & Lucy M. Lopata Fellow (1992-1994)
1991
Bachelor of Arts, With Distinction, Studio Art, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Bachelor of Arts, With Distinction, Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, California
Fine Arts Gallery, American University of Paris, Paris, France
2019
Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, California
Artemis-SF Project Space, San Francisco, California
2016
Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2015
Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2013
Soundings, Center for New Music, San Francisco, California
2012
Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2011
Pared Down Language, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California
2010
New Works, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, California
1994
Recent Paintings, Left Bank Books, St. Louis, Missouri
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Summer Group Exhibition, Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, California
2021
Summer Group Exhibition, Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, California
2019
Summer Group Exhibition, Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, California
2015
White Album, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, California
nothing=everything, c2c Project Space, San Francisco, California
2009
Artists of Zyzzyva, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, California
2007
Department of the Interior, San Francisco, California
Then & Now: Japanese Influences in American Art, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
2006
Emerge 2006, GenArt San Francisco, San Francisco, California
2005
Presence & Absence, Fisher Weisman Studio, San Francisco, California
Works on Paper, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
Small Works, Graystone Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
2004
Small Works, Graystone Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
2002
The Miniature Show, Graystone Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
2000
Delta National Small Print Exhibition, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas
Coastal Arts League Traveling Exhibit 2000, Half Moon Bay, California and Lake Forest, Illinois
1998
American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
1997
Exemplary Contemporary 1997 Paintings, University of California Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
National Juried Exhibition of Small Works, Montclair State University, New Jersey
Three Painters, Gallery Theatre, Skyline College, San Bruno, California
1995
Northwest Fine Arts, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1994
Faculty Exhibition, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California
Coastal Arts League Museum 10th Annual Competition, Half Moon Bay, California
Honor Award Exhibition, St. Louis Design Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Abstractions, Maryville University, St. Louis, Missouri
Art St. Louis IX, St. Louis Design Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Collaborative Projects
2013
Soundings: Complete String Quartets of Robert Erickson, Del Sol String Quartet, San Francisco, California
2001, 2002, 2009, 2010
Visiting Artist, +=studio blu=+, Seattle, Washington
Grants and Awards
2020
Intersection for the Arts, Safety Net Fund Grant
2016
Artist Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2012
Artist Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2011
Pollock-Krasner Fellowship, MacDowell, Peterborough, New Hampshire
2010
Center for Cultural Innovation, Creative Capacity Fund Quick Grant
2003
Artist Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2002
Artist Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1995
Artist Residency Fellowship, MacDowell, Peterborough, New Hampshire
1994
Grumbacher Award, Coastal Arts League Museum, Half Moon Bay, California
1992
Stanley L. & Lucy M. Lopata Fellowship, Washington University in St. Louis
1991
Daniel M. Mendelowitz Memorial Award, Stanford University
Raina Giese Award in Creative Painting, Stanford University
1990
Latin American Studies Field Research Grant, Stanford University
National Science Foundation Research Experience, City University of New York
1989
Robert M. Golden Grant for the Arts and Humanities, Stanford University
1988
Scholarship, Washington Studio School, Washington, DC
Bibliography
Yau, John. “Memories So Fair and Bright”. Hyperallergic, March 28, 2023
Baker, Kenneth. “Light Touches”. Exhibition catalog, Peter Mendenhall Gallery, April 2015
Baker, Kenneth. "Three at Meridian." San Francisco Chronicle, 19 November 2011: E2
Rohan, Theres. From the Devotional Folio, Society of Art Publications of the Americas, September 2011
Baker, Kenneth. "Quiet Gems Merit Close Attention”. San Francisco Chronicle, 22 May 2010: E2
Johnson, Elizabeth. "New Works by Kimetha Vanderveen”. Art Practical, 3 June 2010
Baker, Kenneth. "Morandi's Still Lifes; Emerge 2006." San Francisco Chronicle, 11 November 2006: E10
Hirsch, Faye. “Working Proof” review, Art on Paper, September-October 2001: p.71
Bellos, Alexandra. “Honorable Mentions” The Riverfront Times: January 26 1994: p.44
C. F. S. “Honor Awards Exhibit” St. Louis Post Dispatch: January 13, 1994
Zyzzyva, Volume XVII, No.1 Spring 2001
Public Collections
American University of Paris, Paris, France
Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, California
Achenbach Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Additional
2011
Exhibition talk and studio visits, Painting Program, Sonoma State University, California
2002
Artist Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Research, departments of special collections, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris;
Lithograph edition, Jonathan Shimony-Atlantis Press
2001
Visiting Artist Lecture, Senior Thesis Seminar, CCAC Oakland, California
1995
Board of Directors, WORKS/San Jose. San Jose, California
1994
Instructor, drawing, painting. Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California
1993
Teaching Assistant, School of Art, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Art Director, Eliot Review, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Gallery Assistant, School of Fine Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
1992
Teaching Assistant, Community School for Music and Arts, Mountain View, California
Intern, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California
Graduate Admissions Assistant, Department of Art & Art History, Stanford University, Stanford, California
1991
Teaching Assistant, Department of Art & Art History, Stanford University, Stanford, California
1990
Individual research fieldwork conducted in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Dept. of Latin American Studies, and Dept. of Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
1989
Robert M. Golden Grant for Arts and Humanities, Stanford University, Stanford, California
1986
Library Intern, Hirshhorn Museum of Art, Washington, D.C.