Local artist Doug Smith took his first encaustic class at the Kimball Art Center, and now is a successful artist using this long-established medium for contemporary explorations in color, form and texture. Using a variety of techniques and materials like rust prints, metal, horsehair, campfire charcoal, print media, kanji symbols and more, his abstract works are a compelling example of continual experimentation.
Exhibition
Posterity and Parks
Inspired by WPA-era serigraphs (also called screenprints) used to advertise America’s national parks, Doug Leen’s work is both aesthetically and historically significant. The Work Progress Administration (WPA) was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people to carry out public works projects during the Great Depression. Hiring artists to make advertisements for national parks was just one of many New Deal projects. Leen, a former park ranger, has researched and salvaged these historic designs to bring the original posters back to life while also creating new contemporary serigraphs for today’s national parks.
KPCW Interview with Doug Leen
NewLand
How do artifacts tell us of a place’s past? Artist Faith Hagenhofer asks this question in her installation NewLand. Hagenhofer creates felted wool objects—quilts, boulders, and buckets of water—to act as artifacts from a former frontier that the audience must interpret for themselves. Confronted by these artifacts, the viewer will have to make sense of a past civilization, how they used the land and why through what remains of their material cultural.
KPCW Interview with Faith Hagenhofer
You Are Here
You Are Here presents two unique views of Utah. It begins with Inland/Outland: Utah—a multidisciplinary project by Icelandic artist Svavar Jonatansson and Utah-based composers Matthew Durrant and Devin Maxwell. Their four short films comprised of timelapse video and original music create a mesmerizing and objective-minded look at the majesty of Utah’s landscapes. In contrast, Utah-based artist Jared Steffensen’s work reconstructs the state’s identity through appropriated movie footage that is filmed in Utah but depicts a different place in the movie’s plot—Arizona, New Mexico, and even Mars. These two complimenting examinations of Utah pull into focus our own awareness, misconceptions, and perceptions of our surroundings.
Exhibition Schedule
Returning To Wonder
January 16, 2026 – May 3, 2026
Opening 6:00 PM
Kimball Art Center
Exhibitions Archive
All Sketches Wish to Be Real
January 16, 2026 – March 8, 2026
Kimball Art Center
Featuring: Alexandra Fuller, Antra Sinha, Elpitha Tsoutsounakis
Gaze Into These Eyes
September 26, 2025 – January 4, 2026
Opening 6:00 PM
Kimball Art Center
Featuring: Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Frank Blazquez, Omari Booker, Courtney Cone, Russell Craig, Jamie Diaz, Jaiquan Fayson, Asia Johnson, Jesse Krimes, L.W.D., George Anthony Morton, Beverly Price, Victor "Marka27" Quiñonez, Gary Tyler, Fulton Leroy Washington (aka Mr. Wash)
Step After Step
May 30, 2025 – September 14, 2025
Featuring: Marina Abramović / Ulay, Francis Alÿs, Regina José Galindo, Bill Gilbert, Richard Long, Hendl Helen Mirra, Museum of Walking (with Angela Ellsworth and KB Thomason), Paulo Nazareth, Sohei Nishino, Ernesto Pujol, and Kristen Jean Wheatley
Traces
March 7, 2025 – May 18, 2025
Featuring: Ashwini Bhat, Jenny Hata Blumenfield, Nicki Green, Anabel Juárez, Heidi Lau, Galia Linn, Brie Ruais, Nicole Seisler, and Bari Ziperstein
Moving Pictures
December 14, 2024 – February 23, 2025
Featuring: Rosa Barba, Matthew Barney, Iñaki Bonillas, David Brothers, Gary Hill, Sky Hopinka, Lisa Oppenheim, and Alex Prager
Less Bad
August 30, 2024 – December 1, 2024
Featuring: Karl Haendel
In the Shadow of the Wall
June 7, 2024 – August 18, 2024
Featuring: Tanya Aguiñiga, Margarita Cabrera, Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman, Ana Teresa Fernández, Christina Fernandez, Pablo López Luz, Hector Dionicio Mendoza, Elizabeth Pineda, Jami Porter Lara, Rael San Fratello, Jorge Rojas, Stephanie Syjuco, Kelly Tapia-Chuning, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, and the Undocumented Migration Project
Under Construction
March 8, 2024 – May 26, 2024
Featuring: Lewis Baltz, Rodrigo Valenzuela
Lee Mingwei: The Gifts of Connection
November 17, 2023 – February 25, 2024
Featuring: Lee Mingwei
Between Life and Land: Crisis
July 21, 2023 – October 29, 2023
Kimball Art Center
Featuring: Ackroyd & Harvey, Lani Asunción, Tiana Birrell, Lily Brooks, DesertArtLAB, John Grade, Beth Krensky, Meditation Ocean Constellation, Postcommodity, Gabriela Salazar, and Wendy Wischer
Between Life and Land: Identity
April 21, 2023 – July 9, 2023
Featuring: Adam Bateman, Ann Böttcher, Raven Chacon, Blue Curry, Al Denyer, Daniel George, Rashawn Griffin, Levi Jackson, Ron Linn, Richard Misrach, Jared Ragland, Wendy Red Star, Jerrin Wagstaff, Jaclyn Wright, and Steven Yazzie.
Between Life and Land: Material
December 9, 2022 – April 9, 2023
Featuring: Collin Bradford, David Brooks, Nancy Holt, Patrick Dean Hubbell, Sara Lynne Lindsay, Stefan Lesueur, Colour Maisch, Mary Mattingly, Robert Smithson, and Rodrigo Valenzuela.
Wonderland
August 26, 2022 – November 27, 2022
Featuring: David Altmejd, Uta Bekaia, Yasue Maetake, and Catalina Ouyang
Eat Me, Drink Me
August 26, 2022 – November 27, 2022
Featuring: Jennifer Angus
More Than A Thousand Words – Artists of Creative Growth
May 12, 2022 – August 14, 2022
Featuring:
Jibade-Khalil Huffman: Parallax Distance
January 14, 2022 – March 27, 2022
Featuring: Jibade-Khalil Huffman
Maia Cruz Palileo: Long Kwento
January 14, 2022 – May 1, 2022
Featuring: Maia Cruz Palileo
Claire Sherman: Here Now
October 1, 2021 – January 2, 2022
Featuring: Claire Sherman
In Memoriam: Carbon Paintings by Cara Despain
October 1, 2021 – January 2, 2022
Featuring: Cara Despain
David Hartt: On Exactitude in Science (Watts)
October 1, 2021 – January 2, 2022
Featuring: David Hartt
The Stories Woven Within
June 25, 2021 – September 19, 2021
Featuring: Marie Watt, Adrian Esparza, and Elodie Blanchard
People of Corn / Gente de Maiz with Artist in Residence–Jorge Rojas
June 23, 2021 – September 19, 2021
Featuring: Jorge Rojas
When Evening Has Passed and Tomorrow Comes
March 23, 2021 – June 13, 2021
Featuring: Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze, Nicola López, Cauleen Smith, and Saya Woolfalk
Xi Zhang: Dream Dust Milkshake | Xi Zhang: Un batido de polvo de sueños
February 14, 2020 – May 17, 2020
Featuring: Xi Zhang
Jiyoun Lee-Lodge: Mindscape | Jiyoun Lee-Lodge: Paisaje Mental
February 14, 2020 – May 17, 2020
Featuring: Jiyoun Lee-Lodge
1401
November 15, 2019 – January 5, 2020
Featuring: 50+ Local Artists
Creative Journeys
November 15, 2019 – January 5, 2020
Featuring: An Exhibition of the Park City Professional Artists Association
Jim Jacobs: The Imperfections That Render Us Visible
September 20, 2019 – November 3, 2019
Featuring: Jim Jacobs
Van Chu: Photographic Brushstroke
August 23, 2019 – November 3, 2019
Featuring: Van Chu
Pam Bowman and Jacqui Larsen: Things My Mother Taught Me
July 19, 2019 – September 8, 2019
Featuring: Pam Bowman and Jacqui Larsen
John Hess: Permutations
June 15, 2019 – August 18, 2019
Featuring: John Hess
Parker Jones: From My Seat in the Dirt
April 19, 2019 – June 2, 2019
Featuring: Parker Jones
Zhi Lin: “Chinaman’s Chance” on Promontory Summit
April 19, 2019 – June 2, 2019
Featuring: Zhi Lin
Paul Crow: On Ice
February 15, 2019 – April 7, 2019
Featuring: Paul Crow
Cold Places: Photographs by Sue Flood
February 15, 2019 – April 7, 2019
Featuring: Sue Flood
Park City Collects III
November 16, 2018 – January 6, 2019
Featuring:
Dreamscapes
November 16, 2018 – January 6, 2019
Featuring:
Downy Doxey-Marshall: The Stitching Years
September 28, 2018 – November 4, 2018
Featuring:
Body and Soul
September 28, 2018 – November 4, 2018
Featuring:
Niki de Saint Phalle: Freedom Would Be Mine
July 21, 2018 – September 16, 2018
Featuring:
Reclaimed: Mixed-media Paintings by Erin Westenskow Berrett
July 2, 2018 – September 16, 2018
Featuring: Erin Westenskow Berrett
Historias de Ayer y Hoy | Stories of Yesterday and Today
June 9, 2018 – July 8, 2018
Featuring:
Mark Crenshaw: In Bloom
April 28, 2018 – June 24, 2018
Featuring: Mark Crenshaw
Wildness: Drawings and Prints by Fred Montague
February 10, 2018 – April 15, 2018
Featuring: Fred Montague
Nicole Pietrantoni: Alas, Alack
February 10, 2018 – April 15, 2018
Featuring: Nicole Pietrantoni
Old Town Cellars Wine Label Contest
December 16, 2017 – January 6, 2018
Featuring:
David Habben: Flow
December 16, 2017 – January 7, 2018
Featuring: David Hadden
BRANDed PC Pop-Up Shop
December 4, 2017 – December 10, 2017
Featuring:
Jimmi Toro: Kindle a Light
September 1, 2017 – November 26, 2017
Featuring: Jimmi Toro
Jimmi Toro: Kindle a Light
September 1, 2017 – November 26, 2017
Featuring: Jimmi Toro
Richard Serra: Prints
June 10, 2017 – August 20, 2017
Featuring:
Ink for Alaska
June 1, 2017 – August 27, 2017
Featuring: Various Artists
Art Starts Here: A KAC Instructor Showcase
March 27, 2017 – May 21, 2017
Featuring: Kimball Art Center Instructors
Groundbreaking: Innovations in Clay
February 18, 2017 – April 16, 2017
Featuring:
Food for Thought: Photographs by Christopher Boffoli
January 19, 2017 – March 19, 2017
Featuring:
Thirty-Three: Celebrating 33 Years of the Independent Spirit & Sundance Film Festival
January 19, 2017 – February 12, 2017
Featuring:
Holly Manneck: Popped & Twisted
November 19, 2016 – January 8, 2017
Featuring: Holly Manneck
Carl Richards: This is Where I Draw the Line
November 11, 2016 – January 8, 2017
Featuring: Carl Richards
Dealer’s Choice: Select Artists by the Park City Gallery Association
October 9, 2016 – November 6, 2016
Featuring:
Encaustic Paintings by Doug Smith
October 9, 2016 – October 30, 2016
Featuring: Doug Smith
Take Flight: Alaska From Above
August 6, 2016 – October 2, 2016
Featuring: Mark Reed
Summer Rainfall
August 5, 2016 – September 25, 2016
Featuring: Sibylle Szaggars Redford
Don Weller: Another Cowboy
June 17, 2016 – July 24, 2016
Featuring: Don Weller
Illuminations Of Africa’s Wildlife: Its Beauty, Its Struggle To Survive
January 21, 2016 – April 24, 2016
Featuring: Beverly Joubert
Picturing the Iconic: Andy Warhol to Kara Walker
October 24, 2015 – January 15, 2016
Featuring: Jordan D. Schnitzer and The Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
Rainworks
September 13, 2015 – October 31, 2015
Featuring: The Seattle-Based Rainworks Team
You Are Here
May 29, 2015 – August 30, 2015
Featuring: Svavar Jonatansson and Jared Steffensen
NewLand
May 29, 2015 – August 30, 2015
Featuring: Faith Hagenhofer
Posterity and Parks
May 22, 2015 – August 30, 2015
Featuring: Doug Leen
Over the Moon, Under the Sea
April 24, 2015 – May 17, 2015
Featuring: Wasatch Back Student Art Show
Lost in Translation…
February 27, 2015 – April 12, 2015
Featuring: Sandra Doore
Drawings from 1977-2006
February 13, 2015 – April 19, 2015
Featuring: Susan Cofer
Out of Sight / In the Mind
February 13, 2015 – April 12, 2015
Featuring: Bonnie Sucec & Susan Beck
Christo & Jeanne-Claude
November 1, 2014 – January 4, 2015
Featuring: Christo & Jeanne-Claude
One Nation
October 31, 2014 – January 5, 2015
Featuring: PCPAA & EVA
The Time Travelers
September 26, 2014 – November 9, 2014
Featuring: Naomi Vona
Relevant
August 16, 2014 – October 26, 2014
Featuring: Alumni Show
Scrawls on the Walls
August 1, 2014 – September 28, 2014
Featuring: Local Street Artists
American Travels
July 25, 2014 – September 21, 2014
Featuring: Greta Van Campen
Postcards
May 30, 2014 – July 20, 2014
Featuring: Carla Boecklin
Dog Dogs
May 30, 2014 – August 10, 2014
Featuring: Elliott Erwitt
Faces of Summit County
May 23, 2014 – July 17, 2014
Featuring: Utah Photographers
What Dreams Are Made Of
April 12, 2014 – May 25, 2014
Featuring: Student Art Show
The Art of the Timepiece
February 8, 2014 – April 6, 2014
Featuring:
The Hidden Art of the Timepiece
February 8, 2014 – April 6, 2014
Featuring: Karol Renau
Art of the Timepiece
February 8, 2014 – April 6, 2014
Featuring: Krysia Renau, Stacy Sherr, Chad Knapp
Spiral Bound
December 5, 2013 – January 4, 2014
Featuring: Adam Greener
PC Creates
November 22, 2013 – January 4, 2014
Featuring: P.C.P.A.A.
PC Collects II
November 9, 2013 – January 4, 2014
Featuring:
Soldier Boy. Soldier Girl
October 18, 2013 – December 1, 2013
Featuring: Lynn Blodgett
Veterans’ Art Show
October 18, 2013 – November 19, 2013
Featuring:
Cities, Circuits or Cilia?
October 1, 2013 – October 13, 2013
Featuring: Michael Amici Jr, 1985-2013
Painters of the Wasatch Mountains
September 7, 2013 – November 3, 2013
Featuring: Wasatch School
Members’ Pin Up Show
August 30, 2013 – October 13, 2013
Featuring:
RELEVANT 2013 SHOW
August 2, 2013 – September 1, 2013
Featuring:
The Simple Life
August 2, 2013 – September 29, 2013
Featuring: James Winegar
SRAM pART Project Park City
July 26, 2013 – August 25, 2013
Featuring:
Ink, Paper, Scissors
June 8, 2013 – July 28, 2013
Featuring:
Election 2007-2013
June 6, 2013 – July 28, 2013
Featuring: John Bell
