Painting can be exhausting. |
Kim Rody is a native Floridian. Born in Hialeah and raised
in Miami Shores, she has been swimming with fish for as long as she can
remember. Kim became a divemaster in the late eighties, assisting hundreds
of SCUBA students who have remarked “she acts differently underwater”.
She has degrees from Furman University and Texas A&M University. Since
enrolling in her first painting class in high school, Kim has continued
painting over the past two decades.
After being land-locked in Texas for 21 years, she moved “back home”
in 2002 to new studio digs in Stuart, Florida where she brings fish to
life with exciting color, texture and design. Living in South Florida
not only provides fresh material and subjects for her paintings, but also
allows easy commuting to the Caribbean Islands where there is a large
demand for her work.
Stuart, FL 34996
772-341-6566
kim@rody.com
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"I don't care who you are, you're over your luggage limit!"
Kim Rody
| Exhibits |
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“Fish for the Sea” exhibit, Good Conscience Gallery, Southampton, NY July 2007
- Coconut Grove Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL upcoming solo show February 2008
- Elliot Museum Group Show, Stuart, Florida February–March 2007
Art Source Gallery, Raleigh, NC January 2006 – present
- Crabtree Creek Art and Floral Gallery, Burnsville, NC, March 2006-present
- A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery “Power of the
Palette” January, 2006
- “Florida Flora and Fauna” exhibit, Elliott Museum, Stuart,
FL 2006
Zafka Gallery, Jensen Beach 2004-present
- A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery “Walk on the Wild Side”
September-October 2003
- Wet Paint Studio & Gallery, August 2003 – August 2005
- Jan’s Antiques, Captiva Island March 2003 – June 2004
- “Nude Nite” traveling exhibit: Tampa, Orlando and New Orleans
1/2003-3/2003
- 2nd Ave. Gallery, Delray, FL December 2002-December 2003
- Red Bone Gallery, Islamorada, FL December 2002-present
- Geoffrey C. Smith Galleries, Stuart, FL December 2002-April 2003
- IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum, Dania Beach, Florida “Kim
Rody – Marine Art” September 15 -December 12, 2002
- ArtMerge Gallery, Dallas Texas “Beneath the Surface” September
-October 2001.
- Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park Solo Exhibit 6/8/2000-9/15/2000
- Eastfield College Solo Exhibit 2/28/2000-3/24/2000
- Starbuck’s Coffee Solo Exhibit February 2000
- Daddy Jack’s Solo Exhibit 11/25-11/7/1999
- Café Brazil Solo Exhibit 3/15-4/4/1999
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| Awards |
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3rd Place Cash Award “Florida Flora & Fauna” exhibit, Elliot Museum, Stuart, FL 2005 Painting “Mondo Fern”
- 1st Place Cash Award Marine & Nautical Exhibit, Elliott Museum, Stuart, FL 2004.
Painting: “Plenty Snapper”
- 3rd Place Cash Award “Will the Real Florida Please Stand Up” juried Photo Show 2005 A.E.Backus Gallery, Ft. Pierce, FL
- Featured Artist, Tri-County TEC’s 2005 Art for Living Calendar “Louanne’s Coconut Tree”
- Finalist and Winner, Martin County Council for the Arts Poster Contest, 2004.
- Finalist and Winner, Dallas/Farmer’s Market Calendar Contest 2000. Painting, “The Careful Shopper” was chosen for the City of Dallas’s Farmer’s Market Calendar. Cash award was presented by Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk at city council meeting to the artist and Eastfield College.
- 1st Place Cash Award Desoto Art League Show 2000 for painting “Oysters on Half-Shell”
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| Shows |
Coconut Grove Art Show, February 2007 - Sunfest, Ocean City, Maryland September 2005
Art Expo, Atlanta, September 2005
Arts Council Stuart/Martin County Juried Show 2005
IGFA Invitation Tournament of Art, 2004, 2005
- Abaco Art Festival, Marsh Harbor, Bahamas, yearly, 2001-2007
- Harbour Lodge Art show, Elbow Cay, Abaco, Bahamas, yearly, 2003- 2007
- Treasure Cay Art Show, Abaco, Bahamas Summer 2003
- Sailfish Marina Sunset Celebration, Singer Island, FL
- Stuart ArtsFest 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Stuart, FL
- Montage, Dallas, TX 1999
- Artfest, Dallas, TX 1999
- Dallas Dive Exposition, slide presentation and show, 1999
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| Education |
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Painting Classes: the Armoury, WPB; IRCC, Stuart, Florida; Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX; Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX . Ongoing.
- 1981-1983 – Texas A&M University, MBA, Business Administration,
- College Station, TX
- 1977-1980 – Furman University, BA Double Major, Business and Spanish, Greenville, SC. Finished four-year degree in three years with double major. Lived and studied in Madrid, Spain for one term.
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| Experience |
Owned and operated successful State Farm Franchise from 1985
to 2000. Retired August 2000 to paint full time.
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| Interests |
Swimming, PADI Divemaster, cooking, reading, fishing and playing
on my boat.
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