Recently, my partner Christine showed a 3 year-old girl named Bay one of my abstract woodcuts and asked, “Do you know what it is?” Without hesitation Bay answered, “Music”.

I think that will do for me. I try to work in a way similar to Jazz improvisation, letting my inspiration have free reign to use the “chops” I have developed from my long involvement with carving and painting.

Just as some music does not have words to carry its meaning, some pictures do not need subjects or overt symbolism.

I have always been a carver. I have loved being involved with form and color. I believe in individual style and invention over academic theory, trendiness, and conformity. I believe in the magic of the hand. I believe in integrity because, as a wonderful southern gentleman once said to me, “The truth will stand when the world is on fire.”

Born 1950 in Lawrence, Kansas. Lives and works in New Mexico

Solo Exhibitions

2011

Wood Work, curated by Anne Tracht; Gallery Walk at Terminus, Atlanta, GA
Thoughtful Graces; TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

2010

20th Anniversary Exhibition; TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

2009

The Drawing Show, Kimo Minton, Isabelle Melchior, Louis Schneiderman & Carolyn Schlam; TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2008

Sculpture and Panels; TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

2007

Improvisation, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2006

TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

2001

TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2000

Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA

1999

Sculptures; TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

1998

Paintings; Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte
Paintings; TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

1997

Sculptures; TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

1996

Francine Sedders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC

1995

Francine Sedders Gallery, Seattle, WA

1994

Wyndy Morehead Fine Art, New Orleans, LA
TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Art Miami (International Art Fair), Miami; exhibited by TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

1993

Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC

1992

TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

1990

TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

1989

H.L. Stine Fine Arts, Atlanta, GA

Bibliography

• Fox, Cathy. “Representing the Abstract”, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta , Georgia , Sunday, February 8, 2004 , p. M1
• Cullum, Jerry, “Minton has Matchless way with Modernism”, The Atlanta Journal- Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, November 12, 1999, p. 8
• Garvey, Jane, “Fusing Cultures The Sculpture of Kimo Minton”, Museums and Galleries, Atlanta , May/June 1997, p. 20-22
• Cullum, Jerry, “Sculptor is displaying new dimension”, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, June 6, 1997, p. 1, 22
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• Updike, Robin, “It’s a family affair”, The Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington, Thursday, February 8, 1996, Tempo, p. D 20
• Locke, Donald, “Whittle Me This, Self-taught sculptor Kimo Minton”, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, Georgia, August 26, 1995, p. 29, 35
• Waddington, Chris, “Spiritual energy sculpted into wood”, The Times – Picayune, New Orleans , Louisiana , May 27, 1994 , Lagniappe, p. 22
• Jinkner-Lloyd, Amy, ” Atlanta , Kimo Minton at Timothy Tew”, Art in America , New York , October 1993, p. 147
• Jinkner-Lloyd, Amy, “Chip and Hale”, Creative Loafing, Atlanta , Georgia , October 10, 1992 , p. 26,27
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• Sanders, Luane, “Celestial Carvings”, Creative Loafing, Atlanta , Georgia , November 24, 1990 , p. 25
• Crenshaw, Holly, “Kimo Minton sculpts spirits in wood, stone”, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday, November 18, 1990, p. N2

Group Exhibitions

2011

TOP 25; TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Permanent Display; Gaugy Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2009

Scratching the Surface, curator Marianne Lambert; Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2008

Twenty Fifth Anniversary Exhibition; Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2007

Pico, an Invitational Exhibition of Indigenous Artist from the Pacific Rim, The Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI

2006

Portraits, with Yasharel Manzy, Miranda Lake; TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

2004

Isabelle Melchior, Kimo Minton and Chuck Bowdish, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Kimo Minton, Stewart Helm, Chris Bilton, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

2002

Heads; TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

2001

Currents, Trinity Presbyterian Church; Atlanta, GA
Guardians of the Spirit; Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte

1999

Ordinary People Work, Pat De Caro, Jacob Lawrence, Spike Mafford, and Kimo Minton; Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA

1998

Art Miami; Jerald Melberg Gallery, Miami FL

1997

Wood; Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA

1995

Angela Verdon, Kimo Minton, and Charles Keiger; TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

1994

International, Haidee Becker, Stephanus Heidacker, Isabelle Melchior, Kimo Minton; TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Quinlan Art Center, Gainesville, GA

1993

Isabelle Melchior and Kimo Minton, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

1992

Three-Person Show; Cafe Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
David Levine and Haidee Becker, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

1991

Sacred, Lucy Currie, Stewart Helm, and Kimo Minton; TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Spotlight on Georgia Artists, Hotel Nikko, Atlanta

1990

Situation x Style, Ten artists working in wood; Chastain Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The Earth Affair; Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Atlanta, GA
The Black Image; TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Spotlight on Georgia Artists; Colony Square, Atlanta, GA

1989

The Jewish Home Show, The Jewish Center, Atlanta, GA

1988

The MAC Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The Mattress Factory Show, Atlanta, GA

1987

The Mattress Factory Show, Atlanta, GA

1986

The Mattress Factory Show, Atlanta, GA

1985

The Mattress Factory Show, Atlanta, GA

1984

Expressions in Wood, Omni Hotel, Atlanta, GA

1981

RJK Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Corporate Collections

• Embassy Row, Bailey and Associates, Atlanta , Georgia . Commission of eight, 17 feet x 3 feet columns
• Embassy Suites, Syracuse , New York
• First Union Bank, Charlotte
• Moore and Van Allen, Charlotte
• Intercontinental Hotel, Toronto , Canada
• Swissotel, Atlanta
• Waikapu South Country Club, Maui , Hawaii
• Museum Collections
• Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke