Education
M.F.A.   2008 Sculpture Cranbrook Academy of Art
B.F.A. 2002 Studio Art Ohio Wesleyan University (magna cum laude)  
Non-degree education:  2001 Universidade de Salamanca / Ohio Wesleyan University
1998 Kalamazoo College
Grants and Awards
2009 U.S. Fulbright Scholarship to Brazil
-Focused on Temporality in Contemporary Brazilian Installation Art.
Capacete Entertainments, Residency Program, Rio d
e Janiero, Brazil
Espaço Coringa Residency Program, São Paulo, Brazil
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Artist Residency Grant, Omaha, NE

2008  MFA Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant

2004   Visual Arts Sea Grant, University of Rhode Island
  Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency Grant

2000-2002 Sallie Thompson Humphrey's Art Prize, Ohio Wesleyan University
 
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Thank something Large, RhysMendes Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Gambiarra com Ouro, RhysMendes Gallery, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Group Exhibitions
2009 SP Arte/Feira Internacional de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Joan Mitchell 2008 MFA Grant Recipients, Cue Art Foundation, New York City, New York

2008 Safety Architecture, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Here and Now, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Mi
Nothing is Everything, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Mi

2007 Actual Size Biennial, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
What is a Carriage House?, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
Hotel Pontiac, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2005 Jameson and Thompson Group Exhibition, Boston, MA
Sculpture and Photography Open, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

2004 Summer Group Show, Naoussa Gallery, Tyringham, MA
Brookline Open Studios, Framers’ Workshop, Brookline, MA

2003 Small, smaller, smallest..., Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA
Jamaica Plain Open Studio, Boston, MA

2002 Juiced, Ohio Wesleyan University Senior Show, Delaware, OH
Juried Student Spring Art Show, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
AISTAW Photography Exhibition, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH

2001 Juried Student Spring Art Show, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
Ohio Art League 89th Annual Spring Juried Exhibition, Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH
 
Professional Experience - Teaching, Visiting Artist and Public Lectures
2009 Universidade Estadual de Minas Gerias, Escole Guignard, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Encontro Internacional, Espaço Coringa, São Paulo, Brazil
Fulbright Regional Enhancement Seminar, Montevideo, Uruguay
Art Talk, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE

2008  Paint Creek Center for the Arts: Rochester, Michigan - Ceramic Art Instructor
 
Commisions and Collections
2009 Private collection of Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
Private collection of Pedro Mendes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Private collection of David Hillard, Boston, Ma

2008  Preservation Interest Group, Commissioned installation of Untitled Recital, Pontiac, Mi
 
Bibliography and Publications

2009

Marti, Silas, "Artista exagera padrões de azulejos em fotografias", Folha de São Paulo, 12/16/09,
Section E Page 9.

Armani, Priscila, "Galeria Rhys Mendes inaugua nesta quarta as mostras De Passagem e
Thank Something Large", December 2009, Mondo Cult Magazine, www. Opperra.com,
December 16, 2009, Section Artes Visuais

Agende-se, Rg Vogue, Agenda-se December 16, 2009. www.rgvogue.com.br

RhysMendes, Feira International de Arte de São Paulo, 2009 (catalog). RhysMendes Gallery,
May 2009, pg 164

Joan Mitchell Foundation 2008 Grant Recipients, presented by the Cue Foundation.
White, Roger, The work of Caleb Taylor, Asad Faulwell, Joanne Schiavone and Kimberly Faler,
June 2009 pg 9-11.

Savich, Zach, Three Poems, Propeller Magazine, October 2009, pg 30-39, www.propellermag.com

UMASS Small Press Bonanza, Microfilme Magazine One, Cover art. Issue 1, Dec. 2009

2008

Joseph, Lou, Safety Architecture, Muhlenberg College, Oct 2008, pg 6.

Faler, Kim, Here & Now, Cranbrook Academy of Art (graduate catalog), May 09, pg 159-160

2007

Sousanis, Nick, "Faler/Lui: What is a Carriage House?", The Detroiter, 8/31/07, www.thedetroiter.com

Nelson, Dave, "Carriage House Gallery Opens", Grow Detroit, 8/20/07, www.growdetroit.com

Kavanaugh, Kelli, "Woodbridge's Carriage House stages first installation", Model D Media, 8/12/07, www.modeldmedia.com