Kimberly Renee’ is an award-winning artist specializing in the ancient process of sculpting metal by hand—chasing and repousse’. This technique involves chiseling out a design on the front of flat metal, raising the metal from the back of the piece to create volume and definition, and lastly, working on the front of the metal for refining details and adding texture.
The repetitive hammering while moving the punches into and along the metal, while pushing—sculpting slowly— is ritualistic in itself, becoming purposeful and sacred. With every hammer strike, every mark in metal becomes the essence of expression of that which is intimate and revealed.
Juried Exhibitions & Awards
Art Market at Historic Honey Horn 2nd Place Best in Show 2023
Artisphere Artists of the Upstate Juried Exhibition 2018
Artisphere Artists of the Upstate Juried Exhibition 2016
Artist Guild of Clemson 2016
Artists Guild Gallery of Greenville Small Works 2015
Artists Guild Gallery of Greenville Small Works 2014
League of Innovation Award 2011