Hi! I’m Kim and this is part of my crew.
When I’m not creating, I’m spending time with family which includes these goofballs! I’m a huge animal lover along with anything that’s outdoors.
exhibitions / events
Whirlpool Coffee Chalkboard 2023
Chalk the Block 2022
MOWA Chalk Festival 2022
Pittsburgh Chalkfest 2022
ArtPrize Artist at Ando Sushi + Bar 2021
Chalk the Block 2021
Borderline Chalkfest 2021
South Haven Bike Rack Mural Juried Artist 2021
South Haven Center for the Arts Member Show “Six Feet” 2021
Michiana Annual Art Competition Juried Participant 2021
Mural for Box Factory for the Arts “Birds of a Feather, Flock Together” 2020
*underwritten by a grant from the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts
South Haven Center for the Arts 71st Member Exhibition “Setting Stones” 2020
Downtown Minneapolis Street Art Festival 2020
St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam Minnesota 2019
Mankato Chalk Festival 2019
Arbor Lakes Chalk Festival 2020
Borderline Chalkfest 2020
Tempe Chalk Festival 2019
Venice Chalk Festival 2019
Chalk the Block 2019
Borderline Chalkfest 2019 People’s Choice Winner
Noah’s Ark Waterpark Chalk Event 2019
Arbor Lakes Chalk Festival 2019
MOWA Chalk Festival 2019 People’s Choice Winner
Marietta Chalk Festival 2019
Bloom N’ Chalk Festival 2019
Chalk the Bay 2019
Downtown Minneapolis Street Art Festival 2019
Coloured Earth Festival, Halifax, England 2019 (1 of 4 chosen US artists)
MAAC Show 2019 - Best of Drawing Category Winner
South Haven Center for the Arts “Two by Two” 2019
Anna Russo-Sieber Gallery Faculty Show 2019
Anna Russo-Sieber Gallery, Solo Show “Fearless” 2018
Zeeland City: Willy Wonka 2018
Venice Chalk Festival 2018
Marietta Chalk Festival 2018
Chalk the Block Saint Joseph 2018
Canterbury Park Chalk 2018
Bloom n Chalk Festival - People’s Choice Winner 2018
MOWA Chalk Festival 2018
Biggby Coffee Shop 2011 - 2018
Marietta Chalk Festival 2017
MOWA Chalk Festival 2017
Chalk the Block 2017
North Pier Brewing Co 2017
Arbor Lakes Chalk Festival 2017
West Michigan Chalk Art Festival 2017
Canterbury Park Chalk 2017
Chalk the Block - Best in Show 2016
Marietta Chalk Festival 2016
Arbor Lakes Chalkfest 2016
Bloom n Chalk Festival 2016
Chalk the Block 2015
Southwestern Michigan College Area Art Teachers Show 2015
Michiana Annual Art Competition Juried Participant 2014
Anna Russo-Sieber Gallery Faculty Show 2014
Art.Downtown 2014
Whirlpool Technology Center 2011-2013
Krasl Art Center Artisan Market 2012
Michiana Annual Art Competition Juried Participant 2012
It’s Mid-September in Saint Joseph, Michigan. You can feel the season changing and see the façade of The Box Factory for the Arts changing as well. Residents from the condo building next door stop by to admire the scene while out on daily walks. Cars and trucks pass by, honking their horns, some even rolling down their windows to yell words of encouragement. Meanwhile, Kimberly Wood, the artist responsible for all the change and excitement sits high above Broad Street on scaffolding with her bucket of supplies, painting a bird from her mural, “Birds of a Feather Flock Together”.
For a span of only three and a half weeks, Kimberly Wood (Saint Joseph), with the help of fellow artist, Shawn McCann (Minneapolis, MN), accomplished a colorful and playful mural on the West and South exterior walls of The Box Factory for the Arts. The Mural project funded by a grant from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs as well as the National Endowment for the Arts was created as a way to encourage the community to take notice of this multi-use facility existing to nurture the arts. Kimberly’s design was chosen in July by the Berrien Artist Guild Board of Directors from three submitted proposals and concepts.
The mural design, “Birds of a Feather Flock Together” is meant to emulate the community and the arts as vibrant and playful. In a clever way, Kimberly specifically chose origami birds to mimic the history of the Williams Brothers Paper Box Manufacturing building. Given our four distinct seasons in Southwest Michigan, Kimberly knew that using bright colors would help the design stand out from the brick and surroundings. She wanted the simple design to be pleasing to all and hoped onlookers would find something to enjoy among the animals and greenery. Her goal was to encourage people to get to know The Box Factory for the Arts as more than an historic building.
Kimberly Wood grew up in Saint Joseph and from an early age was encouraged by family and friends to pursue art as a career. She remains grateful for her own arts education in how it shaped her interests and skills. Kimberly received her BFA and K-12 Art Education Training from Grand Valley State University and her Master’s Degree in Careers in Technical Education from Western Michigan. Together with her past experiences of being nurtured and supported to grow a career in art and her formal education she now works as a Commercial Design Instructor for Van Buren Tech. She is working to help her students explore the possibilities of a future in art through real life experience during High School.
When Kimberly isn’t teaching, she works as an artist and graphic designer under her business name, The Seventh Studio (www.theseventhstudio.com). She works as a freelance artist for non-profits and businesses. Her most recent design project aside from the Mural for the Box Factory is a Southwest Michigan Bike Map sponsored by the Southwest Michigan Planning Commission. The Berrien Artist Guild is also proud to include her as a long-time member.