Kyle Highsmith
Artist

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Architecture, North Carolina State University, School of Design Registered Architect

BORN: Greenville, North Carolina, 1947

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS:

Artspace, Raleigh, North Carolina
New Elements Gallery, Wilmington, North Carolina
Broadhurst Gallery, Pinehurst, North Carolina
ArtSource, Raleigh, North Carolina
Little Art Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
City Art Gallery, Greenville, North Carolina
Carteret Contemporary Art, Morehead, North Carolina
Tyndall Galleries, Durham, North Carolina
ERL Originals, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Peach Street Gallery, Cape Charles, Virginia

EXHIBITIONS:

"Just East of Here," (one man show), City Art Gallery, Greenville, North Carolina, 1998
"Local Color," (one man show), ArtSource, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1998
"Roaming," (one man show), ERL Originals, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1997
"Oil Paintings - Paris, Amsterdam, Provence," (one man show), New Elements Gallery, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1997
"Easy Times, Easy Places," (one man show), Carteret Contemporary Gallery, Morehead, North Carolina, 1997
"Coming Home" (one man show), Little Art Gallery, Raleigh North Carolina, 1996
"Kiss of Paradise" (one man show), City Artworks Gallery, New Bern, North Carolina, 1996
"Recent Works of North Carolina Artists Kyle Highsmith and Moira Messana," Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1996
"Just Where I Want To Be," (one man show), The Arts Council of Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, 1995
"Charms of North Carolina, Oil Paintings by Kyle Highsmith," (one man show), New Elements Gallery, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1995
"A Wonderful Place To Be," (one man show), City Art Works Gallery, New Bern, North Carolina, 1994
"Other Places," (one man show), ArtSource, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1994
"More Paint," (one man show), New Elements Gallery, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1993
"Southern Exposure," (one man show), Broadhurst Gallery, Pinehurst, North Carolina, 1993
"Kyle Highsmith, Oil on Canvas," (one man show), Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, North Carolina curated by Barbour Strickland, 1992
"On Location, Oil Paintings by Kyle Highsmith," (one man show), City Art Works, New Bern, North Carolina, 1992
"New Works Show," Artspace, Raleigh, North Carolina, juried by Tom Perriman, 1992
"Recent Paintings," (one man show), Circa Gallery, Wilson, North Carolina, 1992
"Kyle Highsmith - Recent Paintings," (one man show), ArtSource, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1992
"New Works Show", Artspace, Glaxo Purchase Award, juried by Jean McLaughlin, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1991
"Wilmington and Other Places," (one man show), New Elements Gallery, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1991
"Self Image, Beyond the Edge," (invitational group show), Artspace, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1991
"Down East," (one man show), Gallery C, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1990
"Annual Artists Exhibition," Durham Art Guild, juried by Dore Ashton, Durham, North Carolina, 1990
"Friendly Places," (one man show), Jan Goin Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina, 1990
"New Works Show," Artspace, Merit Award, juried by Huston Paschal, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1990
"Artsplosure WVAA," juried by Paul Hartley, Wake Visual Arts Association, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1990
"Kyle in France," (one man show), Gallery C, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1990
"Southern Neighbors," (one man show), Campbell House Galleries, Moore County Arts Council, curated by Stuart Fulgum, Southern Pines, North Carolina, 1990
"Recent Paintings," (one man show), Raleigh Municipal building, curated by Beverly Ayscue, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1989
Wake County Fine Arts Exhibition, Meredith College, juried by Emily Rankin, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1989
"Recent Works," (one man show), Louisburg College, curated by Will Hinton, Louisburg, North Carolina, 1989
"Annual Artists Exhibition," Durham Art Guild, juried by Jules Olitski, Durham, North Carolina, 1989
"Recent Painitngs," (one man show), New Elements Gallery, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1989
"Paintings of Spain and Southern France," (one man show), Jill Flink Fine Art Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina 1988
"New Works Show," Artspace, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1987
"Three Contemporary Impressionists," Gallery C, Raleigh, North Carolina 1987

PUBLICATIONS:

News and Observer, February 15, 1992, "Painting The Town," Sarah Friday
Spectator Magazine, June 13, 1991, Artist Award, "Best in the Triangle"
Pace Magazine, April 1988 (gallery highlight), "Courageous use of color," Melinda Stovall
Spectator Magazine, March 27, 1987, review of "Three Impressionists' Show," "Highsmith takes real life and gives it back to us intensified," Rubel Romero
News and Observer, June 1989, review of "Raleigh Municipal Building Show," "Mr. Highsmith is a chronicler of the state's vernacular landscape," Steven Litt

SELECTED CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS:

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
IBM, Cary, North Carolina
Glaxo Pharrnaceuticals Manufacturing, Wendell, North Carolina
Glaxo Pharmaceuticals Research, RTP, North Carolina
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Louisburg College, Louisburg, North Carolina
Rex Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina
G.E. Mortgage Corporation, Raleigh, North Carolina
Occidental Life Insurance Company, Raleigh, North Carolina
Wachovia Bank, Raleigh, North Carolina
NationsBank, Raleigh, North Carolina
UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Duke Hospital, Durham, North Carolina
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Raleigh, North Carolina