Kim Chasen has been a professional artist since 1997 and has lived in Palm Springs and Joshua Tree for over 40 years. Kim co-owned DEZART ONE GALLERY in Palm Springs from 2001-2016 and created the ‘Backstreet Art District’ with her two partners.
In all of her work, Kim creates her own sense of unique color and sensuous texture. Her objectives and methods are relatively simple, with a conscious connection between the horizontal and vertical. Lying just beneath the surface, the paintings often project a double life without compromising their integrity as pure abstraction. Kim has the innate ability to coax a feeling of strength and vitality from a few well chosen colors. “In my recent work, i’ve infused rusted metal to the canvas to complement the color and texture”.
Kim’s work has been shown in several Artist Council Exhibitions at the Palm Springs Art Museum, Joshua Tree Art Gallery, Michael Barba Art Gallery, as well as the Morongo Basin Open Studio Tours. Her work is in private collections throughout the US and Canada. Currently, Kim Chasen’s paintings are on display in ALICE B Restaurant at Living Out in Palm Springs, Ca.