Jeff Kahm

Tempo, 2014


Jeff Kahm, Plains Cree, born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in 1990 to study painting and photography and soon after was awarded a painting scholarship to attend the Kansas City Art Institute and earning a BFA in 1994.  He continued graduate studies at the University of Alberta earning an MFA in painting in 1997.

 

In 2002, Jeff returned to New Mexico, a land that he has grown to love and where he now calls home.  He became a permanent resident in 2003 and soon began teaching at the Institute of American Indian Arts as a visiting faculty member. Today he is an associate professor at IAIA where he teaches studio art courses at the intermediate and advanced levels.

 

His recent solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico (2012) and at Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Art in Winnipeg, Manitoba (2013) highlighted his most recent work – a striking series of small works on paper and panels and an impressive collection of large scale paintings on canvas – work he describes as ‘rooted in Indigenous abstraction and Modernist aesthetics'.  His work continues to reach a wider audience through various invitational and group shows nationally and internationally.

See also:

Jeff Kahm, Axiom

Jeff Kahm

Axiom, 2012
Jeff Kahm, Converse No. 2

Jeff Kahm

Converse No. 2, 2014
Jeff Kahm, Chant

Jeff Kahm

Chant, 2014
Jeff Kahm, Vernacular No. 3

Jeff Kahm

Vernacular No. 3, 2015
Jeff Kahm, Vernacular No. 2

Jeff Kahm

Vernacular No. 2, 2015
Jeff Kahm, V-Series no. 3

Jeff Kahm

V-Series no. 3, 2012
Jeff Kahm, Nexus

Jeff Kahm

Nexus, 2015
Jeff Kahm, Juxtaposition No. 2

Jeff Kahm

Juxtaposition No. 2, 2010
Jeff Kahm, Juxtaposition No. 8

Jeff Kahm

Juxtaposition No. 8, 2010
Jeff Kahm, Convergence

Jeff Kahm

Convergence, 2010
Jeff Kahm, Confluence

Jeff Kahm

Confluence, 2010
Jeff Kahm, Juxtaposition No. 7

Jeff Kahm

Juxtaposition No. 7, 2010
Jeff Kahm, Transition III

Jeff Kahm

Transition III, 2008
Jeff Kahm, Juxtaposition No. 4

Jeff Kahm

Juxtaposition No. 4, 2010
Jeff Kahm, Transition IV

Jeff Kahm

Transition IV, 2008
Jeff Kahm, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Jeff Kahm

Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2016
Jeff Kahm, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Jeff Kahm

Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2015
Jeff Kahm, Madison Gallery, La Jolla, California

Jeff Kahm

Madison Gallery, La Jolla, California, 2014
Jeff Kahm, Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

Jeff Kahm

Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, 2013
Jeff Kahm, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Jeff Kahm

Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2012