Curriculum Vitae
Pamela Kirkham
9762 Church Street
Bridgman, Michigan 49106
269.861.3899
Pamela Kirkham graduated from Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan. From a class, which originally numbered 150 students, she graduated as 1 of 12 worthy of graduating as illustrators in her class.
The artist has lived in and created murals in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Michigan, where she executed 20 murals in churches, businesses, and homes. Pamela’s designs for painting two, life-size, fiberglass bison were chosen by the Nature Conservancy in Oklahoma to be painted as part of a fundraiser to benefit the survival of Bison. One buffalo was commissioned by the Bank of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City and the other by the Harris Foundation, Oklahoma City. Photos of her buffalo have been published in the book, Spirit of the Buffalo by Linda Bosteels.
She recently returned to Michigan where she currently is a full-time professional fine artist working in acrylics on canvas. She participated in the largest art competition in the world, ArtPrize, in 2014 & 2015. Most recently, she displayed her work at ArtBox Projects 1.0, 2.0, & 3.0 in Zürich, Switzerland, and ArtBox Project Barcelona 1.0 in Barcelona, Spain. Pamela’s work can be found in many private art collections world-wide.
Education
Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan – Graduated with major in Illustration
Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Bachelor of Science, Associates Degree in Graphic Design
2015 and 2014 ArtPrize Artist, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Artist-in-Residence
Oklahoma Arts Council, state-wide art educator
Solo Exhibitions
Radisson Plaza Hotel - Kalamazoo, Michigan 2021
Consumers Credit Union, Kalamazoo, Michigan
The Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, Michigan
Diekema Hamann Architects
Radisson Plaza Hotel - Kalamazoo, Michigan 2018
Canton Museum of Art World Fair, Canton, Ohio
37th Elkart Juried Regional Show, Elkart, Indiana
The Buchanan Art Center - Buchanan, Michigan
The Artworks Gallery – The Woodlands, Texas
Nueces Street Gallery – Austin, Texas
West Chaco Gallery – Aztec, New Mexico
Exhibited Continuously
Toh-Atin Gallery – Durango, Colorado
Group Exhibitions
Around the Bend, South Bend Art Museum 2022
ArtBox Project Zürich, Switzerland 3.0 at the Swiss Art Expo 2021
ArtBox Project Barcelona, Spain 1.0 at Valid World Hall, Buenaventura Muñoz 2021
ArtBox Project Zürich, Switzerland 2.0 at the Swiss Art Expo 2020
ArtBox Project Zürich, Switzerland 1.0 at the Swiss Art Expo 2019
ArtBox Project New York 1.0 at the Stricoff Gallery, New York City and facilitated by the ArtBox Gallery,
Zürich, Switzerland
Nominated
New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts
Art in Public Places, 1% for the Arts – New Mexico
Purchase: Mural, We Are One, by Bloomfield School District (Charlie Y. Brown Secondary School)
Purchase: Mural, Safety City Mural, by Farmington Police Department
Purchase: Original mixed media piece, Visitation of the Hopi Spirits, by San Juan College, Farmington, New Mexico
Awards
Southwest Biological Photographers’ Association Show – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Award: Best of Show
Award: First Place, Natural Science Illustration
Whirpool Art Exhibition – St. Joseph, Michigan
Award: Best of Show
Northwest New Mexico Arts Council Regional Juried Show – Farmington, New Mexico
Award: Second Place, All Media
Riverfest – Farmington, New Mexico
Award: Second Place, Oils and Acrylics
Invited Juror
Totah Festival Fine Art Exhibitions – Farmington, New Mexico (five years)
Invited Artist
The Day Studio Group, San Francisco, California – Murals for renovation of the Enid Symphony Center, Enid, Oklahoma
Studied Under
Robert Divita, Sandra Ringlever, and Curtis Johnson - Grand Rapids, Michigan
Rob Hubble - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Selected Corporate/College Permanent Collections
Berrien County Cancer Services - St. Joseph, Michigan
Mitchell Energy and Development Corporation – The Woodlands, Texas
The Whitley Company – Houston, Texas
Color Tech – Dallas, Texas
San Juan Regional Medical Center and the Cancer Treatment Center – Farmington, New Mexico
San Juan College – Farmington, New Mexico
Selected Private Collections
Mr. Matthew Taylor - Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Mr. Garrett Rose - Brighton, Massachusetts
Dr. Lynn Hayes, P.H.D. – Austin, Texas
Ms. Amy Symons – Denver, Colorado
Mr. Bill Marone, - Saint Joseph, Michigan
Mr. & Mrs. Rockford Coscia – Scarsdale, New York
Mr. & Mrs. Otis Halverson – Cheyenne, Wyoming
Mrs. Vern Schroeder – Aiken, Minnesota
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Breon – Iowa City, Iowa
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin B. Steinberg – Baltimore, Maryland