Artist Statement
Using vibrant colors, discarded materials, and unpredictable environments, my work attempts to describe and uncover the many invisible infrastructures that shape the personal, interpersonal, and collective experiences of my local communities. With abstraction and hints of cartography, I ask questions about value, control, way-making, and the expansion of self awareness.
Bio
Kimmy Noonen (she/her, b. 1983) earned her MFA from the University of Chicago and her BA in Visual Arts from Mount Vernon Nazarene University. She works as a multi-disciplinary artist, educator, small business owner, arts organizer, and creator of Kimmy Not Kim Podcast.
Exhibitions highlights include Chicago’s Corner Gallery, Terrain Biennial, Hyde Park Art Center, Smart Museum, Positive Space Studios, Dank Haus German Cultural Center as well as Schnormeier Gallery (Ohio), Draewell Gallery (Judson University) and Supermarket Independent Art Fair (Stockholm, Sweden). Recipient of a Chicago Arts Assistance (CAAP) Grant and 2025/2026 Resident with Artists in Public Schools (AiPS), Noonen resides on the Northwest side of Chicago with her husband and two children.
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