About the Artist
Kim VanDerHoek
American contemporary fine artist who creates textural oil paintings.
Phone: (949) 510-6921
Email: [email protected]
Kim VanDerHoek is an American contemporary fine artist who creates vibrant oil paintings featuring landscape and urban scenes that are imbued with her signature texture. She works out of her studio in Southern California.
Born in California and raised in the mountains of Big Bear City, Kim spent many hours as a child climbing trees, sledding down snow-covered hills, horseback riding and hiking through the woods. Surrounded by the wild beauty of the forest Kim developed an early appreciation for the outdoors and a fascination for urban environments, which she continues to explore today through painting.
After graduating in 1993 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in illustration from the California College of the Arts in Oakland, California, Kim worked as a graphic designer for 11 years. She left the design field to pursue a career as a full-time painter.
She learned to paint by painting en Plein Air because it combined her love of being outside, creating art and studying from life. “I enjoy the challenges Plein Air painting poses. Dealing with the weather, changing light and other hurdles of outdoor painting has forced me to to have a plan for each painting, to paint with commitment and to fearlessly experiment .” Kim feels that through Plein Air painting she has gained a better understanding of the effects of light and atmosphere. She aims to translate those effects into her studio paintings. Currently, she is working on a series of studio paintings featuring aerial views.
“It is my hope that when you view my painting from across the room, the large shapes make a strong visual statement that allow you to easily see what the subject is, then, upon closer inspection, you find yourself lost in the paint texture. I am always striving to elevate the scene I am painting in order to show the viewer the everyday beauty surrounding us. In each painting I aim to accurately represent the subject while allowing the paint to have an equal voice and a strong presence.”
Kim is represented by Principle Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia, Principle Gallery in Charleston, South Carolina and Chemers Gallery in Tustin, California. She is a juried artist member of the California Art Club (CAC), a signature member of the American Impressionist Society (AIS), a Signature Member of the American Women Artists (AWA) and a member of the Oil Painters of America (OPA). She is a Trekell Pro Team Artist as well as a “Member | The Circle of Gamblin Artists + Educators” and a painting instructor who teaches online classes.
Artist's Curriculum Vitae
Art Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, California College of the Arts, 1993
Awards
2022 Trekell Pro Team
2021 Artists Choice Award, Sonoma Plein Air Festival
2021 Finalist in Southwest Art Magazine’s Artistic Excellence annual competition
2021 Distinguished Achievement in Landscape, Seascape, or Cityscape Award in the American Women Artists Lifting the Sky: Elevating the Works of American Women Artists National Juried Exhibition
2021 Honorable Mention, Plein Air Easton Quick Draw Competition by judge Daniel Weiss, President & CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
2021 April Plein Air Salon Winner Best Nocturne, Sunrise, Sunset category by judge Jean Stern, Director Emeritus, The Irvine Museum
2021 Plein Air Salon Annual Finalist
2021 Trekell Pro Team Member
2021 Finalist in the December BoldBrush Painting Competition, selected by judge Brian Blood
2020 Art Renewal Center International Salon Finalist
2020 Awarded an Honorable Mention in Southwest Art Magazine’s Artistic Excellence annual competition
2020 Awarded the Alden Bryan Memorial Landscape Award of Excellence by judge Rose Frantzen at the 29th Annual Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX
2020 Top 20 finalist in the PleinAir Salon's annual award competition
2020 Best Oil, December Plein Air Salon Competition, selected by judge Scott A. Shields, Associate Director & Chief Curator of the Crocker Art Museum
2020 Best Nocturne, November Plein Air Salon Competition, selected by Judge Cynthia McBride owner of McBride Gallery
2020 Best of Show from judge Naomi Shachar at the heArt of OC Show, Chemers Gallery
2020 Finalist in the December BoldBrush Painting Competition, selected by judge Chin Shin
2020 Finalist in the September BoldBrush Painting Competition, selected by judge Rob Rey
2020 Finalist in the January BoldBrush Painting Competition, selected by judge JM Brodrick
2019 1st Place, 6" Squared National Show at Randy Higbee Gallery, selected by judge Jean Stern director of the Irvine Museum
2019 3rd Place, Oil Painters of America Summer Showcase, selected by judge Greg LaRock
2019 Best Oil Painting, Plein Air Salon Competition, selected by judge Michele Marceau Ward owner of Principle Gallery
2019 Art Renewal Center International Salon Finalist
2019 3rd Place, Plein Air Salon Competition, selected by judge David Ethridge Gallery curator and co-owner of Abend Gallery
2019 Best Oil Painting, Plein Air Salon Competition, selected by judge David Ethridge Gallery curator and co-owner of Abend Gallery
2019 Best of Show Award Winner, March BoldBrush Painting competition, selected by judge Nancy Boren
2019 First Place, Contemporary Art Category from judge Barbara Thompson, MFA Curator OC Center for Contemporary Art at the heArt of OC Show, Chemers Gallery
2019 Second Place, Daily Paintworks July competition, selected by judge Yael Maimon
2019 Honorable Mention, Oil Painters of America Fall Online Showcase Associate Division, selected by judge Steve Atkinson
2018 Finalist in the August BoldBrush Painting competition, selected by judge Mark Lague
2018 Honorable Mention at the Sonoma Plein Air Festival
2018 Western Art & Architecture Award at the Haggin Museum American Women Artists Juried National Exhibition, Stockton, CA
2018 First Place, Contemporary Art Category from LCAD president Johnathan Burke and Fine Art Chair Hope Riley, at the heArt of OC Show, Chemers Gallery
2017 Honorable Mention at the Sonoma Plein Air Festival
2016 2nd Place Award at the Southern California Plein Air Painters Assoc. Painting the Light Show
2016 1st Place Award from the V.P. of Collections & Exhibitions at the Bowers Museum, Chemers Gallery
2015 6" Squared Award at the Randy Higbee Gallery
2015 3rd Place Award at the Holiday Treasures Show - Debra Huse Gallery
2015 2nd Place Award at the Southern California Plein Air Painters Assoc. Painting the Light Show
2015 Best of Show, Southern California Plein Air Painters Assoc. OC Fair Paintout
2015 Honorable Mention, Los Gatos Plein Air
2014 Raymar Art Finalist, December
2013 Judge's Choice Daily Paintworks Monthly Painting Competition
2013 6" Squared Award at the Randy Higbee Gallery
2013 3rd Place Daily Paintworks Monthly Painting Competition
2013 Randy Higbee Gallery Award for an Artist's Body of Work at the Laguna Plein Air Invitational
2013 3rd Place Award at the LPAPA Less is More Show - Randy Higbee Gallery
2012 2nd Place Award at the Holiday Treasures Show - Debra Huse Gallery
2012 3rd Place Award at the SOCALPAPA Back Bay Show
2012 3rd Place Award at the LPAPA 8th Annual Best of Plein Air Show
2012 3rd Place Professional Artist's Award at the Scenes of Tustin Show at Chemers Gallery
2011 6" Squared Award at the Randy Higbee Gallery
2011 Finalist in the Artist's Magazine Landscape/Interior Competition
2011 Raymar Art Finalist, June
2011 Finalist for the American Artists Magazine Cover Competition
2010 Paint American Top 100 Juried National Show
Art Exhibits
2022 Festival of the Arts Exhibitor, Laguna Beach, CA
2022 Plein Air Easton, Easton, MD
2022 Door County Plein Air Invitational, Fish Creek, WI
2022 Plein Air Live Featured Instructor, Online Event
2022 American Women Artists National Juried Exhibition, Customs House Museum & Cultural Center, Clarksville TN
2022 Sonoma Plein Air, Sonoma, CA
2021 Principle Gallery Small Works Exhibition, Alexandria, VA
2021 Sonoma Plein Air Festival, Sonoma, CA
2021 American Women Artists Lifting the Sky: Elevating the Works of American Women Artists National Juried Exhibition, Virtual Event
2021 Door County Plein Air Invitational, Fish Creek, WI
2021 Plein Air Easton, Easton, MD
2021 VisionX Live Virtual Conference VIP Access Presenter, Trekell Pro Team Member
2021 Gloucester Plein Air Festival, Gloucester, VA
2021 The heArt of OC Annual Juried Exhibition, Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA
2021 Journeys, Three Person Exhibition, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2020 Principle Gallery Small Works Exhibition, Alexandria, VA
2020 From Above Two-Person Exhibition, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2020 American Impressionist Society Juried National Small Works Juried Exhibition, RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX
2020 Oil Painters of America 29th National Juried Exhibition, RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX
2020 American Impressionist Society's Online Juried Exhibition
2020 heArt of OC Group Exhibition, Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA
2020 Door County Plein Air Virtual Event
2020 Great American Paint In Virtual Group Exhibition
2020 Arts In Focus, Group Exhibition, Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA
2020 heART of OC Group Exhibition, Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA
2019 Small Works Group Exhibition, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2019 6" Squared National Group Show at Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2019 American Impressionist Society’s 20th Annual National Juried Group Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2019 Sonoma Plein Air, Sonoma, CA
2019 Plein Air Easton, Easton, MD
2019 Landscape Today Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN
2019 American Impressionist Society Juried National Small Works Juried Exhibition, Petrosky, MI
2019 The heART of OC Show at Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA
2019 American Women Artists Online Juried National Show
2019 25th Anniversary Invitational Show, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2018 Small Works Group Exhibition, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2018 American Impressionist Society’s 19th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Fish Creek, WI
2018 Sonoma Plein Air, Sonoma, CA
2018 The Haggin Museum Show, American Women Artists National Juried Exhibition, Stockton, CA
2018 Door County Plein Air Painting Invitational, Fish Creek, WI
2018 Plein Air Easton, Easton, MD
2018 heArt of OC Show at Chemers Gallery
2018 Kern County Plein Air, CA
2017 Urban Landscapes, Saga Fine Art, Monrovia, CA
2017 Plein Air Easton, Easton, MD
2017 Sonoma Plein Air Festival, Sonoma, CA
2016 Urban Landscapes 3 Person Show at Saga Fine Art, Monrovia, CA
2016 Cashiers Plein Air Festival, Cashiers, NC
2106 Tracks, Highways, Biways, Freeways and Footpaths, Saga Fine Art, Monrovia, CA
2016 Water's Edge, Seas, Streams, Ripples and Reflections, Saga Fine Art, Monrovia, CA
2016 Sonoma Plein Air Festival, Sonoma, CA
2016 St. Mary's College Museum of Art, California Art Club Reflections in Water, Moraga, CA
2016 California Art Club Golden State Sunshine, Altadena, CA
2016 Miniature Masterpieces, Saga Fine Art, Monrovia, CA
2016 Special Painting Event, Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA
2016 California Art Club California Urban Landscapes, Altadena, CA
2016 California Art Club, "The Plein Air Perspective," Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona, CA
2016 Laguna Plein Air Painters Assoc. "Signature Member Show," Huntington Beach Art Center, HB, CA
2015 Viewpoints, Scenes of OC Group Art Show at Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA
2015 Classic Laguna Group Art Show, Forest & Ocean Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2015 Los Gatos Plein Air, Los Gatos, CA
2015 Last Days of Summer Group Art Show, Forest & Ocean Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2015 Sonoma Plein Air, Sonoma, CA
2015 Ultimate Sunset 2 Sunrise Group Art Show, Debra Huse Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
2015 Southern California Plein Air Painters Assoc. Painting the Light Show, Newport Beach, CA
2015 6" Squared Group Show at Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2015 Holiday Treasures Group Art Show at Debra Huse Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
2015 Sorolla's Legacy - LPAPA Inspired by a Master, Forest & Ocean Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2014 Viewpoints, Scenes of OC Group Art Show at Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA
2014 Just Plein Fun, Plein Air Invitational, Huse Gallery
2014 Easton Plein Air, Easton, MD
2014 6" Squared Group Show at Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2013 NWSA Group Show at Copperwood Artware Gallery, Orange, CA
2013 Springtime Magic Group Art Show & Sale, Crystal Cove Alliance, Newport Coast, CA
2013 LPAPA Less is More Group Art Show at Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2013 Viewpoints, Scenes of OC Group Art Show at Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA
2013 A Breath of Fresh Air Art Show and Sale, Crystal Cove Alliance, Newport Coast, CA
2013 LPAPA Best of Plein Air Group At Show at Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2013 Slippery When Wet Group Art Show, Crystal Cove Alliance, Newport Coast, CA
2013 Easton Plein Air, Easton, MD
2013 Sonoma Plein Air Festival, Sonoma, CA
2013 Laguna Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA
2013 6" Squared Group Show at Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2013 Holiday Treasures Group Art Show at Debra Huse Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
2012 NWSA Group Show at Copperwood Artware Gallery, Orange, CA
2012 Laguna Plein Air Painters Assoc. Best of Plein Air
2012 Southern California Plein Air Painters Back Bay Art Show & Sale
2012 Sonoma Plein Air Festival, Sonoma, CA
2012 Solo Exhibit, Copperwood Artware Gallery, Orange, CA
2012 6" Squared Group Show at Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2012 Holiday Treasures Group Art Show at Debra Huse Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
2011 NWSA Group Show at Copperwood Artware Gallery, Orange, CA
2011 6" Squared Group Show at Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2011 Salon International at Greenhouse Gallery
2011 Sonoma Plein Air Festival, Sonoma, CA
2011 San Luis Obispo Plein Air Festival, San Luis Obispo, CA
2011 Tustin Plein Air Festival, Tustin, CA
2010 NWSA Group Show at Copperwood Artware Gallery, Orange, CA
2010 6" Squared Group Show at Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2009 NWSA Group Show at Copperwood Artware Gallery, Orange, CA
2009 Orange Open Group Art Show, Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, CA
