KAZHIA KOLB
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Biography
Kazhia Kolb was born in New York City in 1953. She grew up near London, England, and in 1971 moved to Paris, France, to study at the Sorbonne and at the École des Beaux Arts. She has lived in the U.S. since 1978 and in Saint Meinrad, Indiana since 2006.
Over the last 30 years she has exhibited work in Indiana, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. Her work is found in various private and corporate collections, including the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Media General Corporation, Owensboro Medical Health System, St. Vincent/St. Mary's Health System of Evansville, and Mount Carmel Health System, Columbus, Ohio.
Kazhia paints on location where the constantly changing light is both a challenge and a source of inspiration. The artist is enthralled by the dramatic action of sunlight as it reveals forms and colors. Favorite subjects include ‘windowscapes,’ woodland landscapes, and water scenes.
Education
1981-1984, Department of Fine Art, Indiana University/South Bend.
1979-1980, Department of Fine Art, University of Notre Dame.
1975-1978, L’Ecole des Beaux
Arts, Paris, France.
1972-1975, Université de la Sorbonne, Paris, France.
Works in Collections
Selected Shows
October-November 2024, “Transitory Moments,” solo exhibit, Archabbey Library Gallery, St. Meinrad, Indiana
November-December 2022, “Fugitive Moments”, solo exhibit, Jasper Community Arts Center, Jasper Indiana
September - October 2019, “Together We Print,” three-person exhibit, Citi-Center Gallery, Henderson, Kentucky
November 2018, “A Salute to Bluegrass Music,” invitational group exhibit Owensboro Museum of Fine Art.
November - December 2018, “A Salute To Bluegrass Music,” Owensboro Museum of Fine Art.
May – June 2018, “Printscapes,” three person exhibit, Gamut Gallery, Evansville, Indiana.
January 2018, “Landscape Invitational Exhibit,” Kremp Gallery, Jasper Indiana.
July – October 2017, “Way of the Land,” invitational exhibit, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art.
July – August 2017, “Windows,” exhibit of oil paintings, Gamut Gallery, Evansville, Indiana.
April-May 2017, “One Plus One,” two-person show, Archabbey Library gallery, Saint Meinrad, Indiana.
September - October 2016, Begley Museum Shop, Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science.
July – August 2014, Two person show, Archabbey Library Gallery, Saint Meinrad, Indiana.
March 2014, "A Sense of Place," Oakland City University, Indiana.
January 2012, Recent Work, Archabbey Library Gallery, Saint Meinrad Archabbey, Indiana.
July 2008, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington Indiana, three artist show.
July 2007, Recent Work, Archabbey Library Gallery, Saint Meinrad Archabbey, Indiana.
January – March 2006, “Remarkable Regional Realist Women,” group show, Steven Scott Gallery. Owings Mills, Maryland.
July – August 2005, “Gardens and Vistas,” group show, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
July – September 2004, “Rooms (with Views),” Steven Scott Gallery, Owings Mills Maryland.
July-September 2003, “Land Escapes” Group Show, Steven Scott Gallery, Owings Mill Maryland.
January-March 2003, “Recent Paintings,” Maryland House of Delegates, Annapolis, Maryland.
August-September 2002, “Mountain Vistas and Country Roads,” three artist show, Mattawoman Creek Art Center, LaPlata, Maryland.
April 2002, “Recent Paintings,” Cecil County Arts Council, Elkton, Maryland.
June 2001, “Light Effects,” two artist show, Craig Flinner Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore.
February 2001, “Kazhia Kolb, Paintings and Monoprints,” 49 West Coffee House/Gallery, Annapolis.
June 2000, “On Location,” Lobby for the Arts Gallery, Cumberland Theater, Cumberland, Maryland.
December 1999, “Shadows and Sunlight,” Shenandoah Valley Arts Center, Waynesboro, Virginia.
February-March 1999, “Somerhill Gallery Exhibition,” Barton Museum, Wilson, North Carolina, invitational group show.
June-August 1994, “Natural Inclinations,” Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Group show.
February 1993, “Landscapes by Kazhia Kolb,” Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, Virginia.
Selected Juried Exhibitions
Parkside National Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin – Kenosha, Wisconsin, 2023
Contemporary Printmaking, national juried exhibition, Berkeley Arts Council, Martinsburg, WV 2022
Art from the Heartland, regional juried exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center, 2022
Artlink Juried Regional Exhibition, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 2022, 2023, 2024
“New Editions: A Printmaking Exhibition,” national juried exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center, 2021
Whitewater Valley Art Competition, Indiana University East, 2020
Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Swope Museum of Art, Terre Haute, Indiana, 2010, 2012, 2019, 2023
Owensboro Art Guild Juried Exhibition, Owensboro, Kentucky 2013, 2016, 2017 (honorable mention
and purchase prize), 2018 (merit prize), 2019 (third in show), 2020 purchase prize, 2022
“At the River’s Bend: Our Place on the Ohio,” Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, Evansville Indiana,
October – November 2016
“Fresh Perspective,” Audubon Art Museum, Henderson, Kentucky, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022
13th, 14th, 15th, 20th, 21st and 23rd Annual Juried Art Exhibits, Krempp Gallery, Jasper Arts Center, Jasper, Indiana, 2006,
2007, 2008 (honorable mention), 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022
Cedarhurst Biennial, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon, Illinois, 2015.
56th and 57th Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Fine Arts, Evansville, Indiana, 2012-13; 2014-15.
Inspired Women in Art, Arts Council of South Western Indiana and The Women’s Hospital, 2009, 2010 (second place in show), 2012.
13th, 14th, and 15th Annual Juried Art Exhibits, Krempp Gallery, Jasper Arts Center, Jasper, Indiana, 2006, 2007, and 2008 (honorable mention).
14th, 15th, and 16th, and 19th Annual Juried Exhibition, “Working Together,” Evansville Museum of Art and Science, 2007, 2008, 2009 (honorable mention), and 2012.
River Country 2011, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, Kentucky.
Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute Public Art Project, Glick Eye Institute, Bloomington Indiana, 2011.
Art Competition at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, Maryland , February-March 2002 (first in show).
Maryland Federation of Art, Spring 2002 (best in show); Winter 2002, 2001; Spring 2000, Small Works 2001, 2002; Fall 1999 (third in show).
Mattawoman Creek Art Center 6th Annual Juried Exhibition, 2000, Marbury, Maryland, (honorable mention.)
Olin Gallery’s Biennial Exhibition, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia, 1992, 1994, 1996.
Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Fells Point, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992, 1994 (merit prize).
Roanoke Showcase of the Arts, Roanoke Virginia, 1991 (second in show), 1993 (merit prize).
Community Artists 92 Juried Arts Exhibition, Bristol Gallery, Bristol, Virginia, 1992.
Central Carolina Bank
Hotel Roanoke
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
First Union Bank
North Carolina National Bank
Wheat First Securities
Duke University Ambulatory Care Center
Media General Corporation
Owensboro Medical Health System
St. Vincent/St. Mary's Health System,
Evansville, Indiana
Mount Carmel Health System,
Columbus, Ohio
2010 - present
2010 - present