Kimberly Helgeson Sams

kimberly@stagedragon.com                          

(509) 362-8520 (cell)

www.stagedragon.com                                                     

Awards

2009                Clayton Community Fair, Award of Merit

2003                Deer Park Community Fair, Best-in-Show

2002                Spokane Interstate Fair, Best of Category (Professional Division)

1998                 Deer Park Community Fair, Reserve Champion Award

1998                 Deer Park Community Fair, Best Adult Art Award

1996                 Valley Community Fair, Best-in-Show

1996                 Deer Park Community Fair, Best Adult Art Award

1995                 Northeast Washington Fair, Best-in-Show and Judge's Choice

1995                 Deer Park Community Fair, Best Over-All Youth Art Award

1995                 Tri-Counties Association of the Arts Scholarship Award

1994                 Spokane Interstate Fair, Honorable Mention

1993                 Deer Park Community Fair, Best 4-H Art Award

1991                 Evergreen State Fair, Two Merit Awards

1989                 Evergreen State Fair, Merit Award

Bibliography

2008                 Considered for article on Dog Artists Around the World in Dog Magazine July 2008

1997                 Artwork for Advertising & Programs for Boise Little Theater Production

1995                 Artwork for Cover of 1996 Deer Park Community Fair Premium Book

1993                 Artwork for Cover of Washington State Dairy Goat Council Newsletter (Fall Issue)

1992                 Artwork for Cover of Washington State Dairy Goat Council Newsletter (Spring Issue)

Professional Experience

2010                Commissioned Paintings/Drawings (various states)

2009                Commissioned Paintings/Drawings (various states)

2008                Commissioned Paintings/Drawings (various states)

2007                Commissioned Paintings/Drawings (various states)

2006                Commissioned PaintingsDrawings (various states)

2006                 Prints & Originals are now carried by Fortunes Rocks Fine Art in Guntersville, AL

2006                 Prints are now carried by Misha's Pets in Lake Charles, LA

2005                 Prints are now carried by the Posh Pet Boutique & SPAw in Scottsdale, AZ

2005                 Prints are now carried by Fetching Boutique in Scranton, PA

2005                 Prints & Originals are now carried by the HoneyPaws Dog Boutique Line in Greensboro, NC

2005                 Large painting commissioned for the opening of The Grateful Dog in Florida    

2005                Commissioned Paintings (various states)

2004                Commissioned Paintings (various states)

2004                 Became an ebay PowerSeller

2004                Art becomes available in limited edition giclée prints

2004                 Artwork for t-shirt line

2003                Giant Wall Mural for Market Street Market in Spokane, Washington

2003                Commissioned Paintings (various states)

2002                Commissioned Paintings

2001                Commissioned Paintings

2001                 Started selling my art on ebay

2000                Illustrations for children's book authors (various states)

1999                Commissioned Painting in Mead, WA

1998                 Illustrations for Humorous Book/Calendar in Spokane, WA

1997                Matching Pendragon banners for a set in Boise Little Theater Production

1996                Antique Look Paintings on Furniture for Business Commissioned in Spokane, WA

1995                Taught Portraiture Class to 4-H Youths in Springdale, WA

1992 - 1996       Tri-Counties Association of the Arts Member

1992                Artwork & Lettering for Signs for Private Citizens in WA, ID, and Canada

1992                Drawings Commissioned by Wildlife Photographer, Ione Down River Days in Ione, WA

1990                Drew Pattern of Nubian Dairy Goat for Wood Carver, Evergreen State Fair in Monroe, WA

Exhibits

2009 - Present   BELA Gallery, Spokane, WA

2007-2009        The Artist Tree Gallery, Spokane, WA

2007                 Spokane Interstate Fair, Spokane, WA 

2007                 Clayton Community Fair, Clayton, WA 

2006                 Spokane Interstate Fair, Spokane, WA 

2005                 Spokane Interstate Fair, Spokane, WA         

2004                 Deer Park Community Fair, Deer Park, WA         

2004                 Valley Community Fair, Valley, WA

2003                 Market Street Market Booth & Exhibits, Spokane, WA

2002                 Out of Our Minds Gallery Exhibit, Spokane, WA

1999                 Silver Spur Restaurant Exhibit, Mead, WA

1997                 Springdale Art in the Park (Stevens County Arts Commission), Springdale, WA

1996                 Springdale Art in the Park (Stevens County Arts Commission), Springdale, WA

1995                 Tri-Counties Association of the Arts Show and Exhibit, Deer Park, WA

1994                 Tri-Counties Association of the Arts Show and Exhibit, Deer Park, WA

1993                 Tri-Counties Association of the Arts Show and Exhibit, Deer Park, WA

1992                 Ione Down River Days Booth & Exhibit, Ione, WA

1990                 Evergreen State Fair, Monroe, WA

1989                 Silvanna Community Fair, Silvanna, WA

1988                Evergreen State Fair, Monroe, WA

Collections

Ohio Arts Council

The Grateful Dog, The Villages, FL

Janet Wright, Spokane, WA

TJ Thompson, Spokane, WA

Kevin & Shannon Yakely, Carlsbad, CA

Elisabeth Pound, St. Paul, MN

Christopher & Corinne Duval, Poulsbo, WA

Works are also in many other private collections in all 50 US states, the Virgin Islands, in Canada, France (including Paris!), Slovenia, Russia, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, to name a few, and all over the UK and Australia. 

©2010 Kimberly Helgeson Sams