Kimberly Witham is an artist and educator who currently resides in Glen Gardner, NJ. She was born and raised in Wakefield, Rhode Island. She earned a BA in Art History from Duke University and an MFA in photography from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Since moving to New Jersey in 2006, her work has focused on the relationship between humans and wildlife. Her still life images include yard sale items and flowers and fruit (often grown in the artist’s own garden). Witham’s photographs are strongly influenced by her studies in art history, particularly the iconography and techniques of Dutch still life and Vanitas painting. They draw inspiration from natural history dioramas, cabinets of curiosity, still life painting and other manifestations of humankind’s attempt to categorize, comprehend and ultimately control the natural world. Giving such an iconic imagery a modern twist by switching the medium from oil painting to photography, creates a whimsical and sharp uncanny effect that is mesmerizing from first glance. Witham’s work has been featured in Color Magazine, PHOTO+, BLOW photo, The Photo Review, BLINK, Foto, Orion, The New Republic, and Wired (online) and has been used as cover illustration for books in the US and France. She has won awards and grants including a 2023 Individual Artist Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Award, a fellowship at the Center for Emerging Visual Artists and the Clarence John Laughlin Award. Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad and is held in numerous public and private collections. *** Witham's artwork is currently showing at Miriam restaurant, 140 Seventh Ave South ***