Kim Ellen Kauffman

ADAM CAVE FINE ART - 115-1/2 East Hargett Street, 2nd Floor - Raleigh, NC 27601 - (919) 838-6692

KIM ELLEN KAUFFMAN: CAMERALESS FILMLESS ART PHOTOGRAPHY

Kim Ellen Kaufman creates masterful collages using digital techniques. She uses her unique and effective approach to create botanical photo prints from multiple scans of original and familiar material. Kauffman's art has evolved from both her work as a photographer and from her interest in gardening, with its color, texture, rhythm and drama. On her recent work, Kauffman says, “It is a different expression of the same dialogue about my place in the natural world.” See EXAMPLES.

KIM ELLEN KAUFFMAN: SUBJECTS REVEALED

Kim Ellen Kaufman is directly recording flowers, seed packs and leaves found in nature on a flatbed scanner, layering multiple images, embellishing areas and adding colors using special photo manipulation software, then processed with a lightjet printer to creat high quality, archival prints. This allows her to employ botanical materials from different seasons and in different stages of growth and deterioration with bird feathers, metal turnings, window screen, aluminum honeycomb grid, mesh bags and human made objects mimicking organic and natural forms.

KIM ELLEN KAUFFMAN: SELECTED SHOW LIST

Educated and residing in Michigan, Kauffman has been a faculty member at Michigan State University and Lansing Community College. Her extensive vitae includes numerous solo, group and juried exhibits. A full vitae can be found HERE but some highlights include:

2007 - University Gallery, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg KS

2006 - North Carolina Museum of Natural Science, Raleigh, NC

2005 - Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA "15th Annual International Exhibition

2004 - Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI "Florilegium"

2003 - Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY "Ninth Annual International Exhibition of Women’s Art

2002 - Nexus Gallery, New York, NY "NY Photography 2002" National Juried Exhibition
Kim Ellen Kauffman is represented by ADAM CAVE FINE ART, Raleigh, North Carolina