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Rosemary KimBal’s work has flowed through many spaces over the years—exhibitions, magazine features, and media stories. Each brushstroke, each word, forms a tapestry—woven into the fabric of contemporary Zen art world. Each feature speaks to the present moment, yet echoes through time.
Artist statement
My Contemporary Zen Paintings are a quiet dialogue between motion and stillness. Each brushstroke an echo of breath, each pause a deliberate space for reflection. Guided by the Four Treasures: Ink Stone, Ink Stick, Rice Paper, and Bamboo Brush, I paint intuitively, allowing the form to unfold without expectation. The process is not one of control, but of discovery. A gentle surrender to the rhythm of the moment. Through a balance of abstraction and realism, I invite the viewer to enter a visual
meditation. When a painting draws one inward toward a center of calm, clarity, and presence, it has fulfilled its purpose.
In stillness, I paint as Rosemary KimBal, founder of Dancing Brush®, the name given to my practice and path. Each piece is signed with “Beautiful Joy”, (Mei Yue in Chinese, Meitsu in Japanese) a quiet reflection of the spirit I trust each stroke conveys.
sdma artists guild exhibit
This video is shared at the SDMA ARTISTS GUILD exhibit at MOPA in Balboa Park, San Diego from 11/09/24-03/09/2025. Rosemary's Giant Brushes are shown at minute 2:09, Painting exhibited "Wings of Courage" at 2:13, Rosemary painting a Brush Stroke at 4:18, and placing a Seal at 4:20
San Diego Museum of Art - Artists Guild
San Diego Home and Garden
Sumi-e
EXHIBITIONS:
SOLO
- Cardiff by-the-Sea California Library (February 1, 2022-March 29, 2022)
- Ren Brown Collection, Bodega Bay (1994)
- Global Gallery, La Jolla (1994)
- Saraphina Gallery, San Diego (1990)
- Intarsia Gallery, Del Mar (1989)
- Athenaeum, La Jolla (1987, 1983)
- Greenville Museum of Art, North Carolina (1986)
- Contemporary Korean Gallery in Fire Station with Amber Restaurant (1983)
- Contemporary Asian Gallery, San Diego (1983)
- Visual Dimensions Gallery, San Diego (1983)
- Athenaeum Lovers and Friends…combination of Rosemary KimBal paintings and a collection of Antique Japanese Scrolls (1983)
TWO PERSON
- Solana Beach City Art Gallery with Vietnamese Artist Moch Van Nyguen (2000)
- State University Gallery with a Ceramic Artist Raleigh, North Carolina (1985)
THREE PERSON
- Ronin Gallery, New York City (Largest Collection of Japanese Art in America) KimBal representing Zen Painting in America, Toko Shinoda, representing Zen painting in Japan and; Gyokusho A 19th Century Woodblock Artist (1999)
GROUP
- San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild at Museum of Photographic Arts Dammeyer Gallery - Inaugural Exhibition, juried by La Jolla Contemporary Art Museum Director Emeritus Hugh Davies (November 7, 2024-March 9, 2025)
- Featured in People's Choice of Best of Show at Fallbrook Art Center (2024)
- San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild “Festival of Fine Art, juried show by Derrick Cartwright, Museum Director (2005)
- Solana Beach City Hall Gallery with Asian Impressions(2004)
- San Diego Hospice with Asian Impressions Artists (2002)
- Michael Collins Gallery in Escondidowith Asian Impressions (2001)
- Ren Brown Collection, Bodega Bay (1991 - 1993)
- Ronin Gallery, New York City (1987 - 1994)
- Sumi-e Society International Exhibition, Fine Art Museum of the South, Atlanta, Georgia (1992)
- National Arts Club, Sumi-e Society, New York (1988)
- Eva Chan Gallery, La Jolla (1987)
- Chinese Brush Painting Society, San Diego (1975 - 1994)
- Pacific Cultural Foundation Invitational Show, Talpel, Taiwan, China (1984)
- Sumi-e Society, Salamagundi Club, New York City, (1984, 1985 Award, 1986, 1987)
- American Artists of Chinese Brush Painting, Newport Beach (1984 Award)
- American Artists of Chinese Brush Painters; in Person in Taipei, Taiwan at Pacific Asian Arts Group Show of American Artists of Chinese Brush Painters (AACBP) (1984)
- Raymond Chow Galleries, Vancouver, BC, Canada (1981 - 1983)
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS:
- Encinitas Advocate article by Lonnie Burston Hewitt and Maurice Hewitt and online at the San Diego Union-Tribune (published on July 25, 2025)
- TV Channel 8: Hal Clement Interview (1991)
- First Thursday Magazine: Best of San Diego Edition (1991)
- San Diego Home & Garden (1990)
- Light Connection: covers of monthly publication (1988 - 1992)
- Sumi-e Society of America: Fall Quarterly Cover (1988)
- Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich : book cover: *Chinese Emperor* (1987)
- Ronin Gallery, New York City: The Japan Collection Catalog (1987 -1994)
- San Diego Union, Art Review by H. Gardiner (1984)
- West - Art Magazine (1981)
- Del Mar Centennial *Looking Back* bookcover