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Details About Oil and acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 in. © 2018 Born in America, Sydney-based Kim Leutwyler migrated to Australia in 2012. She works in a variety of media including pain ting, installation, ceramics, printmedia and drawing. Kim holds concurrent bachelor degrees in Studio and Art History from Arizona State University, and additionally graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a Painting and Drawing degree.Kim’s current work takes its form in paintings dealing with images of beauty, gender and Queer-identity. She has come to focus on painting as a medium because of its primarily masculine history in the western art canon. Her artwork has been exhibited in multiple galleries and museums throughout Australia and the United States.Some of Leutwyler's recent accolades include being selected as a finalist in the Archibald, Sulman and Bluethumb Art Prizes, the Churchie national emerging art prize as well as the Portia Geach Memorial Award. Show more