Kazaan Viveiros

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Artist Kazaan Viveiros earned a BA with distinction from the University of Virginia in Studio Art and Religious Studies, and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute.

She has since exhibited work in solo and group exhibitions in the U.S. and Europe, including solo shows in New York, San Francisco, Berkeley, Scottsdale, AZ, Richmond, VA, Savannah, GA, and Rome.

Viveiros’s paintings have been collected by a wide array of corporations, including eBay, Marriott International, and Capital One Bank, as well as by notable individuals such as author Danielle Steel. Her diptych, The Whale, was purchased by Banner Children’s Hospital and currently hangs in their radiology ward. Summit Health Cancer Center in New Jersey has many of her works in their collection. In addition, five of Viveiros’s paintings were purchased by the

Art in Embassies Program and are permanently installed in the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

In 2022, Viveiros was awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. She was also a 2011 Bethesda Painting Awards semi-finalist, was twice chosen as a visiting artist at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA, and was twice an artist-in-residence at Weir Farm in Wilton, CT. In 2015, Viveiros became a Fellow at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts.

She recently joined with three other artists in the Delaware River Valley to form the artist collective Steamroller Group.

Born 1969 Taunton, Massachusetts

EDUCATION

1994
MFA in Printmaking, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1992
BA in Studio Art and Religious Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (with distinction)

 

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022
4 Hands, J Nunez Gallery, Millburn, NJ

2016
Umbrella, Hopewell, NJ

2015
Chamber of Commerce, Alexandria, VA

2014
The Landing, Woodbridge, VA

2011
Blenheim Vineyards, Charlottesville, VA

2010
Athanaeum, Alexandria, VA

2009
Super Natural Observations, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2008
New Paintings, G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2007
Beyond Nature, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Recent Works, 2CarGarage Gallery, Savannah, GA

2006
New Works, G 2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2005
Bounty, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY

2003
G 2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Evolution, TAD Concept Store, Rome, Italy
Passages, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA

2000
Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA

 

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Sunscreen, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Postcards from the Edge, Metro Pictures, New York, NY

2016
87th Annual Exhibition, Phillip’s Mill, New Hope, PA
Art of Stewardship, Howard County Conservancy, Woodstock, MD

2015
Shimmer, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Project: Postcard 2015, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
Athenaeum Invitational, Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA
Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
Aviary, Washington ArtWorks Gallery, Rockville, MD

2013
Art + Beer, Artists Circle Fine Art, N. Potomac, MD
Shade: A Summer Group Exhibition, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Alchemical Vessels, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington, DC
Concerning Line, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2012
Visual AIDS Postcards from the Edge, Cheim & Read, New York, NY
Illuminate, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2011
Spectrum, Summer Group Exhibition, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Past Meets Present VI, Ruffin Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Enduring Legacy: Selected Acquisitions, 2009-10, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, VA
Realism…Believe, ArtDC Gallery, Hyattsville, MD

2010
Love Test, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS, Zieher Smith Gallery, New York, NY

2009
Going Postal, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
End of Summer Sale, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA
Ultralux: 2009 Art Auction and Gala, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, VA
Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS, Metro Pictures, New York, NY

2008
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artist Space, New York, NY
WPA Art Auction Gala, Katzen Art Center, American University, Washington, D.C.

2007
December Project, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
ARTivism: Engaging a Greener Generation, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
Summer Group Exhibit, 2 Car Garage Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2006
Opening Exhibition, 2CarGarage Gallery, Savannah, GA
The Steel Gallery Event at Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Fathom, Solomon Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Less, Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples, FL

2005
Print/Group, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Exquisite History, Vol.1: Land of Wandering, Off Grounds Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Show Girls, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Fine Things, Steel Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004
Special Holiday Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
Lazy Days, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
Favorite Things, Steel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Spring!: Group Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
Works on Paper, Momus Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Mostra-Mercato Arte, Spazio AKA, Rome, Italy

2003
Good Things Come in Small Packages, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
Remember My Name, Momus Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2002
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Post-Postcard 6, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

2001
Baker’s Dozen, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
Post-Postcard 5, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Japonisme: Asian Inspirations, Torpedo Factory Art Center,
Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA

2000
Gallery Artists, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA

 

AWARDS

2022
Individual Artist Fellowship, New Jersey State Council on the Arts

2018
Artist-in-Residence Award, Weir Farm Art Center, Wilton, CT
Award in Memory of Joseph Crilley, 89th Phillips’ Mill Exhibition, New Hope, PA

2015
Artist Residency, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA

2012
Best in show, 25: Target Gallery Celebrates 25 Years, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria VA

2011
Visiting Artist Residency Award, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
Semi-Finalist, Bethesda Painting Awards, Bethesda, MD

2010
Visiting Artist Residency Award, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
Residency Award, Weir Farm Art Center, Wilton, CT

2003
1st Place Winner, KVIE Art Auction

2001
Award for Excellence, Communication Arts Illustration Annual
Residency Award, Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Temecula, CA
Kala Printmaking Fellowship, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
Intermediate Honors, University of Virginia
National Merit Commended Scholar

SELECT COLLECTIONS

Perkins Coie LLP
Philadelphia Downtown Marriott Summit Health Cancer Center UVA Hospital
Coronado Island Marriott Resort VCU Hospital
U.S. State Department
Banner Children’s Hospital eBay
The Campbell Foundation Owens and Minor
Capital One Bank Rafaella Guidobono Deloitte & Touche
Time/Warner
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
AACRAO
Jewish Educational Alliance
U.S. Embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

PUBLICATIONS

2022
Buck’s County Herald, “Three Hunterdon Artists Awarded NJ Arts Council Grants,” March 17, 2022

2020
River Towns Magazine, “A Toast to the Art of the River Towns,” Winter 2020
Buck’s County Herald, “Artist of the Week: Kazaan Viveiros,” November 5, 2020
Marinscope: Community Newspaper, “Slow Down, Take in the Golden Hour,” October 15, 2020

2018
The Book of Sharks, by Rob Carney, Black Lawrence Press, Cover Artwork, July 2018
The Hour, “Painter Finds Inspiration in Weir Farm’s Forests,” February 22, 2018

2010
Yep, Dylan. “Art Center Draws on New Artists,” Mount Vernon Gazette
Ross, Alice. “Mental Landscape: Embracing Art as an Organic Process,” Elan Magazine

2009
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 5
Roberts-Pullen, Paulette. “Past is Prologue,” Style Weekly

2007
Proctor, Roy. “Elements of Style,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, Sunday, May 20
Hersh, Allison. “Natural Beauty,” Savannah Morning News, February 8, 2007

2005
Phillips, Deborah. “Fine Things,” ARTnews Magazine, December 2005

2004
Swanhuyser, Hiya. “Painting Favorites,” SF Weekly, August, 2004
“Designs of Distinction,” Naples Illustrated, September/October 2004

2003
“Up and Comers,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Sunday, August 3, 2003
“Mind and Matter,” Alumni News (University of Virginia Alumni Magazine)
“Kazaan Viveiros at Julie Baker Fine Art,” Artweek, April 2003
New American Paintings, Mid-Atlantic Issue

2002
Art on Paper, July/August 2002
Artweek, February 2002

2001
Communication Arts, Illustration Annual 42, July 2001
“Gallery Beat,” Old Town Crier, May 2001

2000
South Coast Style, 2000/2001 1st Printing
Pottery Barn Bed + Bath, Premier Issue 2000 and Summer 2000 Issue
East Bay Express, January 21, 2000, Volume 22, No.15

1999
Inquiring Mind, Fall 1999, Volume 16, No. 1
i Magazine, Spring 1999, Vol.2, No.2 and Summer 2000, Vol.3, No.3

1995
Ormes, Mabrie. “Printmaking Possibilities,” Chico News and Review

Lectures

2010
Kazaan Viveiros: Weir Farm Artist-in-Residence, Wilton Public Library, Wilton, CT, Feb 2010

2003
Art Talk, Julie Baker Fine Art Gallery, Grass Valley, CA, February 2003

2002
Guest Lecture, University of Virginia Printmaking Department, November 2002

My paintings incorporate invention and observation, mind and matter. The work is diverse. Some works focus on the majesty of the landscape, the complex lives of trees, or the roles wild animals play in human lives. The Passages series uses geometry to reference varied natural phenomena, evolution, and ecological systems, depicting the ebb and flow of interconnected forces and the mechanisms of the natural world. Each project I’ve pursued reflects an aspect of my core interests—each has involved the same philosophy and world view. My focus is on the human connection to the natural world, the point of intersection between man and environment; the idea that we are part of, not apart from, Nature; that the difference between humans and other species is one of degree, not kind; that we are connected to all life in a continuum; that there is an underlying pattern and flow to all things; that landscape can be transformative; that we should learn from nature, not commodify it; that you can see the macrocosm in the microcosm—the universe in a single leaf; that, as designer Charles Eames said, “Eventually, everything connects.”