Hello
I'm Kaley Debrick, a visual artist from rural Kansas, who lives a semi nomadic life. I earned my BFA in Painting in 2012 and use my degree to create wild and pure works by investigating color origins. I'm interested in the "why" of beauty's existence & creating intimate visual conversations about creation (our natural world). Its wild structures, repetitive patterns & unique shapes keep me questioning and exploring. In 2015 I started concocting inks derived from plants & wild foraged materials. My debut show "botanic marque" in Eagle Colorado showcased pieces made with my wild plant ink in the spring of 2019. Since then I have released two wild ink collections in 2021 and showcased my original botanical color works at Hand & Land in Kansas City in 2022.
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The aging environment is telling a grand story. There is an order, a wild structure to the world, steady & consistent, arriving again and again each new day. I notice these structures in their complex patterns and simplest of shapes. The tall timbers & creek beds of Kansas. It was there where I learned what it meant to be purely inquisitive. I seek to translate these moments of dangerous & curious beauty I was exposed to in my youth. Creation says design matters, beauty matters, we matter. If beauty exists, what for? As I excavate these obscure subtleties of my created environment, I'm rethinking where my materials come from. My pursuit of wild foraged and natural materials teaches me of the great generosity and abundance I can take part in. The chemistry of concocting ink from roots, flowers, fruits, & seeds is as intriguing as the objects construction itself. Original design and ancient methods fuel the desire to make a purely wild work of art. This ink is ALIVE! I desire to translate these moments of scared place and continuous time that is unique only to my eyes. Nature's sympathy is carrying on and I want to take part. I hear a song of rejoicing from the meadow lark, the warmth of the suns glow, and the feeling of dirt underneath my feet. It's a form of rejection of the digital, artificial and synthetic world I see unfolding around me. I search to go backwards. Dig down to the roots of original design and ancient traditions to make a tangible purely wild work of art. Nature has a gentle way of inviting all senses and all people. I accept the invitation gladly, & attempt to translate what I’ve absorbed.
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EDUCATION
2008 - 2012 Kansas State University Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting Major Manhattan, KS SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS & SHOWINGS 2022 Color Origins . Hand & Land Kansas City, MO 2019 Botanic Marque . Petals of Provence Eagle, CO Mind Box . Downtown Truckee Coffeebar Truckee, CA 2017 Circles . Doughnut Lounge Kansas City, MO 2013 Activating Ancient . Todd Weiner Gallery Kansas City, MO Art in the Stacks . Johnson County Library Overland Park, KS Rights of Passage . Tortoise Fine Art Gallery Paola, KS 2012 Corporate Exhibition . KCCVA Kansa City, MO 2011 Amongst Trees . Bluestem Bistro Manhattan, KS MURALS, COLLABORATIONS & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Mural . Giving Bracelets Art Collaboration . Let’s Picnic Project Artwork Collection . Gracious Savior Artwork Collection . Donnelly Housing of Kansas City Public Art Installation . Cultivate KC : Heirloom Tomato Farm PUBLICATIONS Kansas City Star Newspaper . Activating Ancient Exhibition Feature INK KC Magazine . Crossroads First Friday Crossroad Currents - Todd Weiner Gallery Artist Feature Saxifrage Press - Online Publication . July’s Featured Visual Artist |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & SHOWINGS
2018 Featured Artist . Mountain Arts Collective Truckee, CA 2014 Fine Art Collection . Eva Reynolds Fine Arts Leawood, KS 2013 January Lightbox, Era Gallery Online Exhibition 2012 BFA Exhibition . Mark A. Chapman Gallery Manhattan, KS Now Showing Artists . ArtsKC Kansas City, MO August Exhibition . Pop Up Art Gallery Kansas City, MO 2011 Commerce Bank Show . Commerce Bank Manhattan, KS 2010 Human Form . D’Marie Fine Art Gallery Paola, KS KSU Undergraduate Show . Manhattan Art Center Manhattan, KS Painting Society of KSU Show . 5.4.7 Arts Center Greensburg, KS 2009 Painting Society of KSU Show . Carnegie Arts Center Leavenworth, KS SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Artist Pecha Kucha Presentation . ArisitINC Artist Talk : Art360 . ArtsKC Artist Gallery Talk . Kansas State University HONORS & AWARDS Mcpherson Materials Award Mcnall Eugenia Art/Music Scholarship Larmer Oscar V. Painting Scholarship Honorable Mention, Commerce Bank Show Eisenhower Grant Achievement Award |
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