Kimberly Callas, MFA, associate professor in the Department of Art and Design, will have her artwork featured in two group exhibitions this summer, both highlighting themes of connection, identity, and environmental change.
Bridges of Belonging: Where Paths Converge
Seven Bridges Foundation, Greenwich, CT
On View: May 26 – June 26, 2025 (by appointment)
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 7, 2–4 p.m.
This collaborative exhibition—presented by AANYAA and Seven Bridges Foundation—invites viewers to reflect on shared identity and common humanity. Featuring curators Jamie DiMiceli, Karla McKenzie, Vincent and Roxanne Desiderio, and Peter Trippi of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine, the show brings together artists who seek to bridge divisions through beauty and empathy.
Callas’s sculpture, Rosetta, is included in the exhibition. The work draws on biological and cosmological forms to express the fundamental patterns that link species, ecosystems, and people. Referencing the Rosetta Stone, the piece explores how connection can be deciphered through form, suggesting that belonging is embedded in the structures of both nature and culture.
WASHED AWAY
Lewis Gallery, Portland Public Library, Portland, ME
On View: May 2 – June 28, 2025
Artists’ Reception: Friday, May 2, 5–8 p.m.
Curator’s Talk with Carl Little: Friday, June 6, 5:30 p.m.
Presented by the Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA), “WASHED AWAY” addresses the accelerating impacts of climate change on Maine’s coastline. Juried by renowned art critic Carl Little, the exhibition features artists whose work responds to loss, resilience, and environmental transformation. Callas joins a roster of painters, sculptors, printmakers, and video artists reflecting on the storms that have reshaped the region and our collective future.
Callas is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the ecological self through life-size figurative sculptures, reliefs, and drawings that merge natural materials with digital fabrication. Her work has been featured in Art New England magazine, The Huffington Post, and CICA Museum publications.