About me
Kobi Nolan [b. 2000] received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute as a painting major and entrepreneurship minor. Kobi works in several mediums including, paint, printmaking, sculpture, photography, and graphic design. Kobi has completed several murals in the Kansas City area, has shown work at the InterUrban ArtHouse, was one of the 2023 Parade of Hearts Artists, and was recently published in the Dead Peasant Journal.
Education
BFA in Painting
2019-2023
Kansas City Art Institute
Minor in Entrepreneurship
2019-2023
Kansas City Art Institute
Exhibitions
Mar. 2024 ArtHeals Exhibition, InterUrban ArtHouse, Kansas City, MO
Nov. 2023 Emerging Street Artist Exhibition, Upper Level Gallery, Kansas City, MO
June 2023 Private Client Event Showing, KC Public Library Rooftop, Kansas City, MO
May 2023 H.A.G.S., Lester Goldman Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Apr. 2023 Annual BFA Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
Mar. - Aug. 2023 Oak Street Mansion, Kansas City, MO
Feb. 2023 With Admiration, Lester Goldman Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Oct. 2022 Amoeba, Kansas City, MO
Feb. 2022 Oak Street Mansion, Kansas City, MO
Jan. - Feb. 2022 ArtHeals Exhibition, InterUrban ArtHouse, Kansas City, MO
Mar. 2021 After Image, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Sept.- Nov. 2019 Light, Color, Space, Community Christian Church, Kansas City, MO
Mar. 2019 Gold Key Exhibition, Scholastic Regional Arts Awards, Kansas City, MO
Mar. 2018 SCC Exhibition, St.Louis Community College, Florissant Valley, MO
Mar. 2018/2019 Film Festival, St.Charles Community College, Saint Peters, MO
Nov. 2017/2018 Young Artists & Their Teachers, Lindenwood University, Saint Charles, MO
Apr. 2016 Emerging Artists Exhibition, St.Charles Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles, MO
Bibliography
Dead Peasant: “Electric Scabs”, Art Journal, Issue 4, July 2023
Artsin Square, International Print & Online Platform, Online Selected Artist, May 2023
Youngstown Art Scene Zine, Featured Artist of the Month, 14th Issue, September 2022
Spectaculum Magazine, “Dances With Light,” Web Magazine, vol. 55, August 2022 https://spectaculum-magazine.com/2022/08/14/dances-with-light/
Dead Peasant: “Don’t Look”, Art Journal, Issue 3, July 2022, p. 22
Awards
Jan. 2024 Kansas City Parade of Hearts Artist
Jul. 2023 InterUrban ArtHouse Centerpiece Project Award
Apr. 2023 Annual BFA Exhibition, Best in Show Honorable Mention
Jan. 2023 Kansas City Parade of Hearts Artist
2022, Selected for the City of Fountains Foundation Coloring Book
2021, Beals Studios Award of Excellence and Innovation
2021, ANAD Art Contest, 1st Place Award
2019, Scholastic Regional Arts Awards, Awarded 2 Gold Keys2019, St.Charles Community College Film Festival, 1st Place Comedy, 1st Place Documentary, Audience Favorite