Past Exhibitions at the KIA

Organized by Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan, this exhibition presents the leading work in contemporary glass from around the world. The year 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the development of contemporary glass in the United States, and the KIA is proud to participate in this nationwide celebration initiated by the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, which is also providing support for this exhibition in Kalamazoo.

This exhibition features more than 60 photos by Elliott Erwitt that convey the unconditional love, dignity, humor, friendship and life-long companionship that dogs share with their human families.

In the work A Conversation between Monet and Sochi, Lee-nam Lee projects the images of a classic painting from the Western tradition by Claude Monet (1840-1926) and an ink painting from the Eastern tradition by Korean artist Sochi (1803-1893). As the projected images change and interact, the artist brings the paintings to life.

The stars of Birds in Art - avian species interpreted in oil, watercolor, the graphic arts, bronze, stone, and more - fly thousands of miles every autumn to reach the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum. Sixty artworks from each Wausau exhibition are then presented at museums across the United States and across the Atlantic and Pacific.

This annual juried exhibition is open to artists 18 years or younger in grades 9-12 residing in nine neighboring counties.

Separated by roughly two centuries, John James Audubon and John Costin both produced spectacular portfolios recording the splendor of American birds. This exhibition pairs images of species featured in Costin's Large Florida Birds project with the corresponding work by Audubon.

This exhibition presents sixty beautifully-carved alabaster panels and free-standing figures that were displayed in the homes, chapels, and churches of both aristocratic and non-aristocratic Christians in the 15th and 16th centuries. The exhibition is organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia.

A juried exhibition, the West Michigan Area Show draws hundreds of entries from a 14-county region of West Michigan. This year, 520 works were submitted from 240 artists, in media ranging from paintings, prints and photos to mosaics, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture and mixed-media works. From these, 106 works by 93 artists were chosen to be included in the exhibition.

With his wife Leona, the late Harry Hefner (1911-2006), who was a prominent artist and professor of art at Western Michigan University, formed a distinguished collection of East Asian art - Chinese, Japanese, and Korean ceramics, metal objects, prints, and paintings.

In this exhibition of his recent work, photographer Christopher Light explores the urban and natural world through infrared digital photographs.

This mid-career retrospective exhibition surveys Annette Lemieux's work over the past 25 years, tracing themes such as the relationship between personal memory and cultural history, content and medium, and text as image.

This annual exhibition presents the diversity of work produced by young artists enrolled in Kalamazoo County schools. Teachers select examples of 2D and 3D work by their students (kindergarten through eighth grade) created in class this year.

Featuring recent work by the school's faculty members, this biennial exhibition includes ceramics, painting, printmaking, watercolor, jewelry, weaving, sculpture and other media. A special focus was on the work of James Riegel, who recently retired from his position as Head of Photography in the school.

Drawn from the KIA's permanent collection, this exhibition utilizes over 65 free-standing sculptures and wall reliefs from the 1950s to the present to demonstrate the 20th-century impulse to push the boundaries of fine art.

This exhibition explores a crucial period of contemporary ceramic art in Japan, including the pioneering potters in the 1930s and the potters of the 1950s and 1960s who used their personal visions to become the central interest of their work.

This exhibition, drawn from the rich print collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, focuses on the artists of the "etching revival," including such masters of the medium as James McNeill Whistler, Charles Meryon, and Samuel Palmer.

Featuring the work of Indonesian artist Entang Wiharso, Second Skin: Peeling Back the Layers looks at the complex socio-political realities of modern Indonesia through paintings, prints, large-scale puppets and wall-mounted sculptures.