K V Abbott: Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center

About the Artist

K.V. Abbott

born 1960, Townshend, Vermont

　

"I was fortunate to have been raised in a culturally rich place and time. Southern Vermont was an art mecca during the 1960's and 70's. Bennington College boasted faculty members that included Sir Anthony Caro, David Smith, Jules Olitsky and Helen Frankenthaler to name a few. Kenneth Noland, Norman Bluhm, Wolf Kahn, John Fernie,Patrick Farrow, and many other artists of considerable acclaim moved to the mountains to find solitude and inspiration. Some of these artists were neighbors and their children were classmates and friends. Visiting their homes at a young age left a lasting impression on me. The desire to make art was already there, but this intimacy with established career artists propelled me to make art my career."

"While I enjoy and admire most periods and genre, it is the post-war, "New York School" artists. The "Ab-Ex" artists that have captured my imagination and interest. These artists have informed my work the greatest and continue to be my inspiration."

I maintain seasonal studios in Bernhards Bay, New York and Sanford, Florida.

K.V. Abbott

Selected Honors and Awards

Resident Artist David Hayes Sculpture Fields, Coventry, Ct. August 2021 VAMC Art Competition Orlando, First Place Sculpture 2014

VAMC Art Competition Orlando, Second Place Mixed Media 2014

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Individual Artist Grant 2008

First Place Mixed Media, AANNY Annual Show, Sackets Harbor, NY 2007, 2008

First Place, 54th Annual Adirondack Art Show, Arts Center, Old Forge, NY 2006

Best of Show, CNYAC Juried Exhibition, Stanley Theater Gallery, Utica, NY 2004

Best of Show, Art Association of Oswego Annual Members Show, Oswego, NY 2004

Best Work on Paper, Canal Town Museum Small Scale Show, Canastota, NY 1992

Honorable Mention "24" Collection Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY 1987, 1990

Keith L. Ware Award Finalist, for Excellence in Military Journalism 1984

People’s Choice Award, Central California Salon of Photography , Monterey, Ca.1984

First Place Color Photography, Central California Salon of Photography Monterey, Ca.1984

Best of Show, Fort Ord Gallery, Monterey, Ca 1983 and 1984

First Place, Arsenal House Gallery Photography Exhibition Fayetteville, NC 1982

　

Exhibitions*

"Anthology" Recent work by Debe and Kevin Abbott, Mount Dora Center for the Arts. Mount Dora, Fl. 2021

4 Elements, Utica, NY 2018 - present.

The Reach Center, Rome, NY 2018

Experience Contemporary, Casselberry, Fl. 2018

Art Effect Gallery, The Vue at Lake Eola, Orlando 2018

Gallery 3040, Old Forge, New York 2015 - present

The Gallery at Avalon Island, Orlando. Hope, History and Horizons, 2015

Orlando Museum of Art, The Boiler Plate Ball, Steampunk Steps Out. 2013

Finger Lakes Gallery, Canandaigua, NY 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Art Circle Gallery, Walhalla, SC 2012

Orlando Museum of Art, "Sculpture The Ultimate Process" 2012

Artist in Residence, Gallery On First, Sanford Florida 2011 - present.

"Changes" - Edgewood Gallery, Syracuse, NY 2010

St. David’s Celebration of the Arts, Dewitt, NY 2008, 2009, 2010

"Willful Eclecticism", Post Modern Invitational, Timothy McHenry Gallery, Oswego, NY 2009

"Totally Abstract", Nonobjective Invitational, Timothy McHenry Gallery, Oswego, NY 2008

VAS #61, Link Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 2007

Great Artspectations Gallery, Syracuse, NY 2003

Roberta Wood Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC 2003

Divercity Gallery, Syracuse, NY 2001

Roberta Wood Gallery, Dewitt, NY 1999

Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY 1999

Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY 1998

Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY 1998

Salmon River Fine Art Center, Pulaski, NY 1997

Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont 1995

Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY 1992

Chapman Foundation Exhibition, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY 1992

Lilac House Gallery, Syracuse, NY 1992

Canal Town Museum Small Scale Show, Canastota, NY 1991, 1992

"24" Collection, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY 1986. 87, 88, 89, 90, 91

FaxArt, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill 1990

Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, Ca. 1984

*This is a partial listing. To date I have participated in well over 100 solo and group exhibitions dating back to the late 1970's..

　

Publications

Art Business News, Decor Magazine, Future Magazine, Lake Mary Life, Orlando Arts Magazine, OrlandoLife, Orlando Sentinel, Orlando Arts Magazine, Oswego County Business Magazine, New Mountain Communities Magazine, Preview Magazine, Sanford Herald, Seminole Magazine, Syracuse Post Standard, Syracuse New Times, My Sanford Magazine.
　

Organizations

Atlantic Center for the Arts

Tourism Advisory Council, Oswego County Legislature 2009

Arts and Culture for Oswego County - Past member, Board of Directors

Orlando Museum of Art

Art Association of Oswego (Honorary Lifetime Member)