Biography
Pace has developed a distinctive cosmology of invented, archetypal characters—tricksters and shadow-beings—which act as avatars to explore the complex parts of inner and social life: desire, shame, awkwardness, and relationships between people.
Kim L Pace (b. London) lives and works between East Sussex and London. Her most recent solo exhibitions include: Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, UK (2025-26); Arusha Gallery Somerset, UK (2024); Arusha Gallery Edinburgh (2022); Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London (2018, 2019); Westminster Library Gallery, London (duo 2017).
Previous solo exhibitions include Berwick Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick-on-Tweed; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; McLean County Art Center, Illinois, USA; Austrian Cultural Forum, London (duo); Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Northern Territory Gallery for Contemporary Art, AU; Domobaal, London; Limerick City Art Gallery, IE; Bonington Gallery, Nottingham; Talk Artist Space, Melbourne, AU (duo).
Selected group shows include ASC Gallery, London (2025, 2024); Terra Viva Galerie, St Quentin la Poterie, FR (2023); Royal Academy of Arts, London (2022, 2021); Arusha Gallery, London (2021); Sedona Arts Center, Arizona USA (2020); Villa Erba, Lake Como, IT (2018); Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales (2016); Eastside Projects, UK (2015).
Pace has received many awards for her work, including seven Arts Council England awards. She has been invited to curate projects for Hayward Gallery Touring, London; Czech Centre, NYC, USA and Tate Britain, and has received commissions from Hayward Gallery, London and English Heritage. Pace has lectured extensively; currently at MA level, Camberwell College of Arts, UAL.