Kim Curtis

Biography

Originally from San Francisco, Kim Curtis designed and constructed costumes throughout the bay area and the US for 15 years including a six-year stint co-running the Costume Crafts department for the San Francisco Opera. At SFO, Curtis created the armor, masks, jewelry, head-dresses, and animals for some of the world’s most renowned designers and performers.

In 2003, armed with further training in the Fine Arts, she moved to Illinois and began a parallel career in Painting. Her work can be seen in collections both stateside and abroad. Curtis is represented by numerous galleries including Kasia Kay Art Projects in Chicago and Nancy Toomey Fine Art in San Francisco.

Ms. Curtis holds degrees in History of Art from UC Berkeley and in Painting/Drawing from California College of the Arts in Oakland, CA. Her internal visual archive draws from extensive travel throughout the US and abroad, mainly Italy and Germany, where she has lived for various periods of time.

Curtis currently teaches in the Department of Theatre at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and continues to work in theater, fine art, and illustration from her studio in Urbana.