“Kimpton’s work concerns itself most of all with issues of freedom.  She challenges stereotypes and any efforts to constrain or pass judgment.  Kimpton recycles images and memorabilia from the past in encaustic and collage to communicate to and about her culture.  By using recycled materials in her work, Kimpton says she is able to start with a history and personality that helps guide where the work is going.”  (press release, Donna Seager Gallery, September 2007)

While embracing many “new age” systems of our era Kimpton became especially interested in the largest social art experiment of our time, Black Rock, Nevada’s “Burning Man” movement.  In 2007, Kimpton along with her team received a grant to build “Celtic Forest”, a sculpture and fire site consisting of a 13 foot ritual statue and fire moat surrounded by four 25 foot steel trees. Various parts of the site have been exhibited in New York and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

“Indeed, the art created at and for Burning Man is among the most important contemporary art being created today. As an open door to creative activities and to experimentation, it is democratic, often ephemeral, and built on the principle of risk taking. This mindset allows for a distilled, elemental experience that is the visual and emotional manifestation of art, soul and spirit.”  (Close to the Flame: In the Spirit of Burning Man, Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, California)

The nature of Kimpton’s work is inherently social as she requires reaction and discussion for it to complete its task. She is continually exploring new mediums in her search for revelatory communication.

Kimpton received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The San Francisco Art Institute and a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from The University of San Francisco.  She currently resides in Marin County, California. Her works have been exhibited throughout the US including the Schomburg Gallery, Los Angeles, Pigman Gallery, San Francisco, NY Studio Gallery, New York, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, California, Flow Miami Art Fair, and the Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz, California.