Kim Markel is a first generation american artist and designer. Based in the Hudson Valley, Kim's studio is driven by curiosity and the desire to create captivating objects through reimagining materials and processes.

Before beginning her studio, Kim developed public policy at the city, state, and federal levels. She holds bachelor and masters degrees from Carnegie Mellon and currently teaches at Parsons School of Design

email: info@kimmarkel.com

Awards

2020 New York State Individual Artist Grant
2017 Dwell Young Guns in Design
2016 Interior Design Best of Year Award
2016 ICFF Best of Seating Award
2016 Rado Star Prize for Innovation

Exhibits / Shows

Salon Art & Design, with Culture Object, Park Ave Armory, Nov 2021
Adaptation, Culture Object, NYC, Sept 2021
Emergence, BAU, Beacon, NY Feb, 2021
Chair Show, Westchester Arts, NY, Sept 2019
Barbie: Dreaming of a Female Future, Birmingham Art Museum, Aug 2019
Rethinking Plastic, yksi expo, Eindhoven, June 2019
Re:Plastic, Parsons School of Design, NYC, April 2019
Mill Collective, High Point, NC, March 2019
This is not a chair, High Point, NC, Oct 2018
Plasticscene, London Design Festival, London, Sept 2018
Sight Unseen Offsite, NYC, May 2018
NADA Art Fair, NYC, March 2017
Trascendental Functionalism, Jeff Bailey, Hudson, NY, Dec 2017
Toyama Prefectural Museum of Design, Japan, Nov 2017
Salvage Lab, NYC, May 2017
Sight Unseen Selects, NYC, May 2017
Architectural Digest “Master Makers”, NYC, March 2017
Wanted Design, NYC, May 2016
AMDC Growth, NYC, May 2016
Architectural Digest Design Show, NYC, March 2016