sample work:
KIMBERLEE TRAUB’s unique pen & ink illustrations are created in her Fishtown, Philadelphia studio and her art has appeared in exhibits from NJ to San Francisco. Her work has also been shown around Philly from galleries, clubs and a sculpture garden to the mud pit of the Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby. Past gigs include gallery assistant, body painter, production artist for a puppet theater, clothing company visual artist, volunteer art teacher and creator for local Halloween attractions as an actress, stage manager and creator in haunted houses. She also helped lead the Mutter Museum inspired art installation at the base of the Burning Man 2015 effigy. In 2016 she brought her first mural to Center Camp in Black Rock City and has since regularly had mural placement at the desert event. Locally, She was part of The Philadelphia Experiment (PEX) where she assisted the art director and effigy team and displayed her own art at festivals and events. She currently is an illustrator, massage therapist and volunteer on many art projects in the Philadelphia area.
Kimberlee’s pen & ink illustrations started in 1990s ‘zines and grew to the streets of Philadelphia. To her, art is gateway to great things when used to feed imagination; it connects people, helps us imagine possibility, and gives space to dreams. By creating impermanent and burnable art, pasting murals around Philly, and illustrating in a Gothic style, Kimberlee creates art that is imaginative and unique. Her ideal is to elevate experience with beauty, magic and mindful moments. Her subjects range from dancer muses to Goddess images meant to inspire feminine creative power.
Kimberlee’s pen & ink illustrations started in 1990s ‘zines and grew to the streets of Philadelphia. To her, art is gateway to great things when used to feed imagination; it connects people, helps us imagine possibility, and gives space to dreams. By creating impermanent and burnable art, pasting murals around Philly, and illustrating in a Gothic style, Kimberlee creates art that is imaginative and unique. Her ideal is to elevate experience with beauty, magic and mindful moments. Her subjects range from dancer muses to Goddess images meant to inspire feminine creative power.
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I occasionally wheat paste around Philly. Let me know if you see any of my creatures out in the wild.
I follow a lot of creativity on the streets of Philly as I ride my bike around town. I have been posting photo albums documenting this part of the urban landscape for years. I used to do it quarterly, but now do it at the end of each month. Here's a link to those old school albums if you want to check them out.:
https://www.facebook.com/kim.traub.9/photos_albums
(see Kim Traub Facebook profile's photo albums if the link is wonky)
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