Kim Tateo

Bio

Kim Tateo was born in 1984 in Seoul, South Korea. She was adopted when she was three months old and grew up in the state of Iowa. After college, she relocated to New York City where she resided for nearly 10 years before moving to upstate, NY. She has a BA in Music from the University of Iowa and works as an artist, musician and educator in the Capital Region.

She is also the Executive Director and Farm Manager of Friends of Tivoli Lake Preserve and Farm, Inc. (FTLPF) which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that facilitates conservation, environmental education and outdoor recreation within Tivoli Lake Preserve which is located in an Environmental Justice (EJ) community in Albany, New York. Kim is an artist that likes to explore and play in all mediums including paint, glitter, plants, pastels, watercolors and anything that creates color.  She has been part of several group exhibitions in NYC and the Capital Region.

Highlighted shows include "What Blooms in Moonlight" which was a solo event held at Taste Collection in 2019 and two jury-selected shows, S010 at Con Artist Gallery in collaboration with Meural and The Sixth Annual Regional Juried Art Show at the Spencertown Academy.

Artist Statement

Kim Tateo is an artist who paints her feelings into worlds of whimsy. A common theme for her work is interconnectedness—to each other as humans and to the Earth. Her work moves between releasing feelings into abstract expressions and creating magical worlds which are meant to be the unseen spaces where all hearts are connected. Her work is meant to evoke a sense of dreaming, playfulness, peace and gently pull on the heartstrings of whimsy that are in all beings.

Her recent works have been exploring the idea of moving through the “ego” or the “self” and into the collective—the heart space where we are all flooded with love. Moving from somewhere to everywhere, moving from someone to everyone, from something to everything.