Brief biography

 Kimberly Varnadoe received her BFA in Painting from the University of South Alabama in 1983 and her MFA in Printmaking from the University of Memphis in 1991. She works in oil painting, experimental photography and a variety of printmaking techniques, often combining these processes in her artwork. She enjoys experimentation and feels that art is most alive during the process of art making and the product is the record of the process. 

Varnadoe taught art for 25+ years and retired as Professor of Art in the Art, Art History and Design Department at Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. During her years at Salem, she directed the Elberson Fine Arts Center Galleries, curating exhibitions of local, national and international artists.

Varnadoe has been a member of Artworks Gallery in Winston-Salem, NC since 2003, serving on the board. She also serves on the boards of Associated Artists of Winston-Salem and DADA, the Downtown Arts District Association. She is a Founding Artist of Artfolios, an online fine art gallery. She maintains a studio with the Culture WS collective in Winston-Salem.

In addition to extensive exhibitions locally and regionally, Varnadoe has exhibited and presented workshops internationally. She participated in an exhibit in Shanghai, China as an invited member of the Washington Printmakers Gallery in an exhibition titled Contemporary American Printmaking. In July of 2012 she was invited to Lviv, Ukraine to present her work on the Polaroid Emulsion Lift process at the 5x5 Photo Club.