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KIMBERLY MEUSE
Kimberly is self-taught in her style of watercolor painting, after an introductory course in college where she studied Graphic Design opened the door to the wonders and challenges of the medium. The graphic design world focuses on simplifying messages, while Kimberly's eye consistently sought the finer points and sumptuous detail. After a decade of working in corporate design, she followed her heart to fine art and watercolor.
Taking watercolor painting from a generally loose methodology to create works that defy the confines of representational painting, she has surmounted the challenges inherent in water-based media to create exquisitely deep, rich paintings that have become a career-long passion.
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KIMBERLY MEUSE
Iowa State University, BA of Applied Arts/Graphic Design
Self-taught Watercolorist
Selected Solo Exhibits:
2021 Rochester Museum of Fine Arts, Rochester, NY
2017 NH Art Association, Concord, NH
2013 Thos. Moser Furniture Gallery, Boston, MA
2012 Fire House Gallery, Newburyport, MA
2010 Frame Works Gallery, Stratford, CT
Blueberry Music & Art House, Greenwich, CT
2008 Passionate Watercolors, Uptown Gallery, NYC, NY
2007 Water & LIght, Bruce S. Kershner Gallery, Fairfield, CT
2006 Kimberly Meuse Watercolors, The Crest Gallery, Woodbridge, CT
2005 Kimberly Meuse Watercolors, The Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2004 Watercolor Studies in Still Life, Brookfield, CT
Light and Reflection, 3030 Park Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
Spirit of Light, Art/Place Gallery, Southport, CT
2003 Watercolor & Light, Meetinghouse Gallery, Bedford Valley, NY
2001 Water & Light, Art/Place Gallery, Southport, CT
Watercolor by Kimberly Meuse, Bethany Gallery, Bethany, CT
Reflections, The Movie House Gallery, Millerton, NY
1995 Kimberly Meuse Watercolors, Graystone Gallery, Middletown, NY
Selected Group Exhibits:
2023 New England Watercolor Society, Plymouth, MA
Lassonde Exhibit, New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, NH
The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
The Sheafe Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2022 Two Artists Exhibit, The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine
2021 American Watercolor Society, NYC, NY
2021-2022 The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine
2020 National Watercolor Society, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, MA
Lassonde Exhibit, New Hampshire Art Association,
2017 Guild of Boston Artists Annual Regional Juried Exhibition
2016 “Water and Light”, 2-person exhibit, NHAA Robert Lincoln Levy East
Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Open Juried Exhibit, The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
Open Juried Exhibit, Sheafe Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Flora & Fauna, Cambridge Art Association, Boston, MA
Regional Juried Art Exhibit, Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, MA
Northeast Regional Watermedia Competition, Rhode Island
Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI
Eight Cubed, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
2015 “This is What Artists Look Like”, Portraits of 30+ artists by
Photographer Jay Goldsmith, Discover Portsmouth Gallery,
New Members Show, Levi Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Nature’s Palette, The Fells Historic Estate, Sunapee, NH
2014 Holiday Small Works Show, Copley Society Gallery, Boston, MA
Holiday Small Works Show, Levi Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Seacoast Arts Alliance, Tame Things, Portsmouth, NH
NHAA's 28th Annual Omer T. Lassonde Open Juried Exhibition,
Portsmouth, NH
Winter Show, Picture This/Nylen Gallery, Westport, CT
2013 Fine Art Competition/Wethersfield Academy for the Arts,
Wethersfield, CT
2012 Newburyport Art Association, New Works, New Members,
Newburyport, MA
Exeter Arts, Buds and Blooms Show, Exeter, NH
2011 Haley Art Gallery “Cherished Spaces”, Kittery, ME
2010 Laura Barton Gallery Christmas Show, Westport, CT
Festival! Stratford, Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, CT
Cartus Corporation Art Exhibit LXXIX, Danbury, CT
Holiday Show Artstream Gallery, Rochester, NH
2009 GE Women’s History Month Art Show, GE HQ, Fairfield, CT
2006 Our World Gallery at the Stone Studio, Stamford, CT
Flower Show, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Poetry and Painting, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Art to the Avenue, Greenwich, CT
Flower Show, City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
Dogwood Festival, Greenfield, CT
Easton Arts Council Show, Easton, CT
Your Art Here, City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
2005 Connecticut Watercolor Society Fall Show, West Hartford, CT
A Gathering of Artists, Litchfield, CT
Groupings, Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers, Boston, Massachusetts
Reflected Worlds, Small Space Gallery, New Haven, CT
Cornucopia, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
2004 The American Artists Professional League Fall Art Show, New
York, NY
Dogwood Festival, Greenfield Congregational Church, Greenfield Hills,
CT
Art to the Avenue, Greenwich Times, Greenwich, CT
Northeast Watercolor Society, Kent, CT
Cendant Mobility Galleries, Danbury, CT
Group Show, Art/Place Gallery, Southport, CT
2003 Two Painters, Cendant Mobility Galleries, Danbury, CT
The American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Art Club,
New York, NY
Fireworks Group Show, Art/Place Gallery, Southport, CT
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe 107th Exhibition, The National Arts Club,
New York, NY
Connecticut Watercolor Society Exhibition, The Saltbox Gallery, W.
Hartford, CT
Holiday Art Show, Art/Place Gallery, Southport, CT
2002 (If There Be Any Virtue), Barney’s Place Gallery, Greenwich, CT,
Two Watercolorists, Butler Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Holiday Art Show, Art/Place Gallery, Southport, CT
2001 Artful Giving, Art/Place Gallery, Southport, CT
Kimberly Meuse Watercolors, Stratford Library, Stratford, CT
2000 New Members Show, Art/Place Gallery, Southport, CT
Artful Giving, Art/Place Gallery, Southport, CT
Connecticut Women Artists 71st Annual Show, John Slade Ely
House, New Haven, CT
1999 The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown, Annual Spring Show,
Newtown, CT
Junior League of Fairfield County Spring Art Show, Burr
Homestead, Fairfield, CT
Paperworks 99, RGA Gallery, Ridgefield, CT
Connecticut Watercolor Society, John Slade Ely House, New Haven,
CT
Connecticut Women Artists, Saltbox Gallery, West Hartford, CT
Housatonic Art League Annual Art Show, New Milford, CT
1998 Housatonic Art League Annual Art Show, New Milford, CT
Junior League of Fairfield County Spring Art Show, Burr
Homestead, Fairfield, CT
1997 Northeast Watercolor Society Juried Show, New Paltz, NY
Angel Show, Graystone Gallery, Middletown, NY
1996 Four Women For Women, Graystone Gallery, Middletown, NY
1994 Connecticut Classic Art Spring Juried Show, Parsons Complex,
Milford, CT
1993 Connecticut Invitational III - Curator’s Choice, John Slade Ely
House, New Haven, CT
Connecticut Classic Art Spring Juried Show, Bridgeport, CT
1991 Connecticut Classic Art Spring Juried Show, Milford, CT
Watermedia ’91, Montana Watercolor Society 9th Annual Exhibition,
Northcutt Gallery, Billings, Montana
Grand Nat’l Watercolor Exhibition, Mississippi Watercolor Society, MS
Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Anguilla Gallery, Stonington, CT
1990 Connecticut Classic Art Spring Juried Show, Milford, CT
Awards and Honors:
2023 First Place Lassonde Exhibit, NHAA Portsmouth, NH
Signature Membership, American Watercolor Society, NYC, NY
2021 Honorable Mention, Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, MA
2020 Signature Member, National Watercolor Society, Los Angeles, CA
2016 People’s Choice, Sheafe Gallery, Portsmouth
Summer prize, Flora and Fauna, Cambridge Art Association
Open Juried Show, The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
2015 First Place Award, Juried NHAA Show at Sheafe Warehouse in Prescott
Park, Portsmouth, NH
2014 Best of Show, Tame Things, Seacoast Arts Alliance, Exeter, NH
Second Place Award, NHAA's 28th Annual Omer T. Lassonde Open Juried
Exhibition, Portsmouth, NH
2012 People’s Choice Award, Art in the Park summer show, Sheafe Gallery,
Portsmouth, NH
Families First Annual Calendar, Chosen to be featured as one of 12
artists in region
2008 First Place Award, Art, Connecticut Watercolor Society Summer show
Honorable Mention, Connecticut Women Artist Open Juried Show
Award of Excellence, Connecticut Regional Hospice Art Show, Summer
2007 Second Place, Connecticut Women Artists Members Show, Summer
2006 Best in Show, Easton Arts Council, Easton, CT
2005 First Place, Connecticut Watercolor Society Fall Show, November
2004 Honorable Mention, AAPL Grand National
2003 First Place, Connecticut Watercolor Society Fall Juried Show
Windsor Newton Award, AAPL Grand National 2003
The Art Times Award for Watercolor, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
2002 Jerry’s Artarama Award, Connecticut Watercolor Society
Grumbacher Gold Award, Connecticut Women Artists
1999 Arches and Rives Paper Award, Connecticut Watercolor Society
Dick Blick Award, Society of Creative Arts of Newtown
Windsor Newton Award, Connecticut Women Artists
Art Calendar 1999 Crabbie Competition, Art Calendar Magazine, NYC
1998 Third Place, Housatonic Art League Show
1994 First Place Watercolor Award, Connecticut Classic Arts
Critics’ Pix, Manhattan Arts International 1994 Cover Art Competition
1991 First Place Watercolor Award, Connecticut Classic Arts
1990 Best of Show, Connecticut Classic Arts
Memberships and affiliations (past and present)
National Watercolor Society, Los Angeles, CA - Signature Member
American Watercolor Society, NYC, NY - Signature Member
New England Watercolor Society, Plymouth, MA
The Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, MA
The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
Cambidge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Copley Society of Artists, member artist, Boston, MA
Seacoast Arts Alliance, Exeter, NH
Haley Art Gallery, Kittery, ME
NH Art Association, Portsmouth, NH
Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
The Greene Gallery, Guilford Center, CT
Butler Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Stratford Arts Guild
Friends of Kershner Gallery
AreaArtist.com
National Watercolor Society
Sherry French Gallery, NYC, NY
Uptown Gallery, NYC, NY
SCAN ART, Society of Creative Arts of Newtown, Inc.
CWA, Connecticut Women Artists, Inc.
PS Gallery, Litchfield, CT
Laura Barton Gallery, Westport, CT
The Arts Council of Greater New Haven
Connecticut Watercolor Society
Picture That, LLC, Stamford, CT
The Copley Society, Boston, MA
Picture This of Westport, Westport, CT
Art/Place Gallery, Southport, CT
The Painter’s Gallery, South Norwalk, CT
Graystone Gallery, Middletown, NY
Volunteer Work in the Arts
Arts in Recovery, at Seacoast Mental Health, Portsmouth, NH
The Tommy Fund at Yale New Haven Hospital, assisting children with
cancer in creating artwork for annual holiday cards. The cards are sold
to benefit The Tommy Fund.
Connecticut Hospice Arts Department, in-home care
The American Red Cross, Stratford and Bridgeport, CT. Kimberly has
donated paintings for annual auction since 2000.
Stratford Animal Rescue Society (STARS), donation of paintings for
auction
Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society, Salisbury, MA
The Center for Wildlife, York, ME