Professional Experience
Kim Fay has been a working abstract painter for three decades. Her abstractions are included in private collections from auto racing mogul Roger Penske to musical artist Kem. Fay made her curatorial mark through her company, Reel Art Detroit, which provided local art to Hollywood productions shooting in Detroit including ABC, Warner Bros, Mitch Albom and more. This translated to curating Beaumont Arts for the Spirit Program. She acts as a liaison to interior designers looking to acquire exceptional work for their patrons which includes personal commissions.
She began writing critically for the now defunct DDEAF magazine followed by Bedrock Detroit’s TBD mag, the Jewish News and the Detroit Art Review. Through these publications it came to her attention that too many of Detroit’s artists and exhibition spaces were not finding coverage. This inspired the launch of Real Art Detroit, a digital art review newsletter boasting close to 500 subscribers averaging 500-600+ views per article. She has been picked up by Art Report Today who is not only promoting Real Art Detroit nationally, she has also been named their journalist for the Detroit art scene beat. She was awarded a 2023 Culture Source Creators of Culture Grant for this publication.
Significant Publications, Presentations and Exhibitions
Actual Size, biennale group exhibition, detroit contemporary, December 2023
Creators of Culture Grant for Art Journalism, Culture Source Spring 2023
April 2023 Spring Salon exhibition essay for detroit contemporary
February 2023 exhibition essay for detroit contemporary
BasBlue CCS Faculty exhibition, WassermanWorks Dec 2022-Feb 2023
Detroit Correspondent Art Report Today
Real Art Detroit, publisher/writer, weekly local art review newsletter June 2021-present
By Slow Degrees, 2-person exhibition, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, March 2021
Recipient Culture Source Flourish Fund Grant in partnership with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts 2021
In Flux, M Contemporary, Ferndale, MI, September 2019
Reel Art Detroit, vendor to film productions 2010-2012
Scenic artist for several film productions including A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas, Warner Brothers/Santa Stash Productions 2010-2012