Kim Dingle creates painting and sculptures that provocatively comment on gender, identity, and race. Often featuring her “Priss Girls”—two misbehaving little girls, Dingle subverts the tropes of female childhood and myths of nationhood and history. Her characters lash out and act violently, often in the grips of some inexplicable force against each other, and perhaps against nature as well. With muted beiges, browns, and sepias, Dingle creates ethereal scenes of frolic and frenzy that reference historical events and cultural norms. Most recently, she created a painting that referenced the 2016 election. Painted on a nursery wallpaper sprinkled with images of innocent lambs and hearts, she depicted the portraits of the 350 psychiatrists and mental health professionals who deemed Trump unfit to serve in office and warned the public about it before the 2016 election. Throughout her decades long practice, Dingle has employed deft humor and painterly skill to effectively communicate her message.
Born in 1951 in Pomona, California, Kim Dingle lives and works in Los Angeles. Dingle graduated from California State University Los Angeles with a BFA and two years later earned a MFA from Claremont Graduate School. She earned a Master of Fine Arts (1990) Claremont Graduate School.
Recently, her work was included in Women Painting Women at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (2022). Dingle was included in the 2000 Whitney Biennial, and her work appeared in the group exhibition Sunshine and Noir: Art in L. A., 1960-1997, at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark (1997), which traveled to major institutions in Europe and the United States. Early solo exhibitions of her work were presented at institutions including California State University, Los Angeles (1991); Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles (1995-96); and the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago (1996).
Her work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Orange County Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, and the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art.
![This image depicts an artwork by Kim Dingle titled "350 Psychiatrists and other Mental Health Professionals Warn Americans Trump Is Unfit To Serve High Office -2016." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 60" x 48" x 2" [HxWxD] (152.4 x 121.92 x 5.08 cm); 61 ¹⁄₂" x 49 ¹⁄₂" x 2 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (156.21 x 125.73 x 6.35 cm) Framed. Its medium is Oil, ink, wallpaper on mahogany panel.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Kim-Dingle_DIN408_1701545584-768x1024.jpg)
"350 Psychiatrists and other Mental Health Professionals Warn Americans Trump Is Unfit To Serve High Office -2016", 2023
“350 Psychiatrists and other Mental Health Professionals Warn Americans Trump Is Unfit To Serve High Office -2016,” 2023
Oil, ink, wallpaper on mahogany panel
60" x 48" x 2" [HxWxD] (152.4 x 121.92 x 5.08 cm); 61 ¹⁄₂" x 49 ¹⁄₂" x 2 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (156.21 x 125.73 x 6.35 cm) Framed
Inventory #DIN408
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox

“Silver Lake, Lovely Room, Valentine St.,” 2020
“Silver Lake, Lovely Room, Valentine St.,” 2020
Oil on aluminum mounted c prints, digital photos and ink
24" x 19" [HxW] (60.96 x 48.26 cm)
Inventory #DIN286
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

“Girls Moving In The Right Direction Index,” 2021
“Girls Moving In The Right Direction Index,” 2021
Oil, pencil, ink in wood mahogany box. 28 parts
26 3"x 5" paintings, box, table
Inventory #DIN367
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

“Erasure History,” dates variable
“Erasure History,” dates variable
Oil on felt, Eraser collection on painted pedestals
Eraser collection on painted pedestals: 16" x 26" x 30" [HxWxD] (40.64 x 66.04 x 76.2 cm) each; Backdrop: x 6: 75" x 19' [HxW] (190.5 x 579.12 cm)
Inventory #DIN371
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

“Priss Installation,” 1994/1995
“Priss Installation,” 1994/1995
Mixed media, wallpaper, oil, paint, crib, newsprint, stuffed animals, wood panels, sculptures, porcelain, china paint, steel wool, fabric
Overall dimensions variable
Inventory #DIN309
Courtesy of Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Evan Bedford

“The Afterthought Room,” 2018
“The Afterthought Room,” 2018
Sculptures: Porcelain, china paint, steel wool, clothing, pussy hat, Installation: oil on linen, oil on dibond, red bull cans, cash box, pennies, oil on glassine, diaper, photograph
38 x 84 x 84" [HxWxD] (96.52 x 213.36 x 213.36 cm)
Inventory #DIN214
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

“Painting Blindfolded,” 2017
“Painting Blindfolded,” 2017
Color video with sound
1 minute and 39 seconds
Inventory #DIN206
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

“(Study for the Last Supper at Fatty’s),” 2006
“(Study for the Last Supper at Fatty’s),” 2006
Oil on vellum
25 ¹⁄₄" x 30 ¹⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (64.14 x 76.84 x 5.08 cm)
Inventory #DIN331
Courtesy of Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox

“Girlica,” 2018
“Girlica,” 2018
Oil on linen w/ aluminum stretchers
84 x 144" [HxW] (213.36 x 365.76 cm)
Inventory #DIN225
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

“Untitled (girl with toy gun),” 2017
“Untitled (girl with toy gun),” 2017
Oil on canvas
60 x 48" [HxW] (152.4 x 121.92 cm)
Inventory #DIN276
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

“Appropriately Violent,” 2017
“Appropriately Violent,” 2017
Oil on canvas
60 x 48" [HxW] (152.4 x 121.92 cm)
Inventory #DIN303
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Ed Mumford

“Home Depot Coloring Books (Anyone Can Do It),” 2019
“Home Depot Coloring Books (Anyone Can Do It),” 2019
Oil on OSB
24 x 19" [HxW] (60.96 x 48.26 cm)
Inventory #DIN284
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![Kim Dingle “Home Depot Coloring Books (Anyone Can Do It),” 2019 Oil on OSB 24 x 19" [HxW] (60.96 x 48.26 cm) Inventory #DIN283 Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles Photo credit: Jeff McLane](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/dingle_283_homedepotcoloringbook_hires-683x1024.jpg)
“Home Depot Coloring Books (Anyone Can Do It),” 2019
“Home Depot Coloring Books (Anyone Can Do It),” 2019
Oil on OSB
24 x 19" [HxW] (60.96 x 48.26 cm)
Inventory #DIN283
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

“floater,” 2010-2019
“floater,” 2010-2019
Oil on canvas and wood
29.5 x 31 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (74.93 x 78.73 x 3.81 cm) framed
Inventory #DIN298
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

“The Lost Supper (empty plates),” 2006
“The Lost Supper (empty plates),” 2006
Oil on mylar on panel
54 x 72" [HxW] (144.78 x 182.88 cm) overall dimensions; 18 x 24" [HxW] (45.72 x 60.96 cm) each panel; 9 panels total
Inventory #DIN270
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

"Table Tipping," 2005
Table Tipping, 2005
Oil on mylar
90 x 72" [HxW] (228.6 x 182.88 cm) overall dimensions; 18 x 24" [HxW] (45.72 x 60.96 cm) each panel; 15 panels total
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
![This image depicts an artwork by Kim Dingle titled "Toy Baby." This artwork was created in 1993 and measures 11" x 5" x 4" [HxWxD] (27.94 x 12.7 x 10.16 cm). Its medium is Oil on toy baby.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Kim-Dingle_DIN344_1701545651-768x1024.jpg)
"Toy Baby", 1993
“Toy Baby,” 1993
Oil on toy baby
11" x 5" x 4" [HxWxD] (27.94 x 12.7 x 10.16 cm)
Inventory #DIN344
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by Kim Dingle titled "Corner Girls." This artwork was created in 1992 and measures 9 ³⁄₄" x 14 ¹⁄₂" x 7" [HxWxD] (24.77 x 36.83 x 17.78 cm). Its medium is Oil on Belgian canvas.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Kim-Dingle_DIN335_1701286894-1024x768.jpg)
"Corner Girls", 1992
“Corner Girls,” 1992
Oil on Belgian canvas
9 ³⁄₄" x 14 ¹⁄₂" x 7" [HxWxD] (24.77 x 36.83 x 17.78 cm)
Inventory #DIN335
Courtesy of Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
- Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
- 1990
- MFA, Claremont Graduate School, Los Angeles, CA
- 1988
- BFA, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
- 2023
- "Open Call For Blue Lemons," Sperone Westwater, New York, NY
- 2021
- "Pudgey Pomona Presents," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "Dingle Does O’Flaherty’s," O'Flaherty's, New York City, NY (Link)
- 2020
- "Restaurant Mandala," Andrew Kreps, New York, NY
- 2019
- "I Will Be Your Server (the Lost Supper Paintings)," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Culver City, CA
- 2018
- "Kim Dingle: Painting Blindfolded," Sperone Westwater, New York, NY (Link)
- 2017
- "YIPES," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- 2013
- "Wine Bar For Children at Mister Ling's Market,” Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA
- 2012
- "Kim Dingle: still lives,” Sperone Westwater, New York, NY
- 2008
- Lightbox, Los Angeles, CA
- 2007
- "Studies for the Last Supper at Fatty's,” Sperone Westwater, New York, NY
- 2000
- "Kim Dingle Bell Gallery,” Brown University, Providence, RI
- "Never In School,” Sperone Westwater, New York, NY
- 1998
- "Fatty,” Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome, Italy
- "Fatty and Fudge,” Sperone Westwater, New York, NY
- 1997
- "The Prisspapers,” Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
- 1996
- "Kim Dingle: A Survey,” The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- 1995
- "Kim Dingle,” Otis Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
- "A Glimpse of the Norton Collection as Revealed by Kim Dingle,” Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
- SITE Santa Fe, NM
- "Kim Dingle,” Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
- 1994
- "Kim Dingle,” Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
- 1993
- Jason Rubell Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
- 1992
- Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- "The Romance and Drama of the Rubber Industry,” Closet of Modern Art (COMA), California State University Los Angeles, CA
- 1991
- "Portraits from the Dingle Library,” Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- "Dingle Library Presents Paintings of the West with Horse Drawings by Teenage Girls,” Parker Zanic, Los Angeles, CA
- 1985
- "pre-History A Dog’s Bach is Worse Than it Sounds,” Double Rocking G Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1982
- "Remembering Pencil,” Double Rocking G Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2024
- "The Café," O'Flaherty's, New York, NY
- 2023
- “People of the Otherworld: Ken Kiff in Dialogue,” albertz benda, New York, NY
- "Perpetual Portrait," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2022
- “For The Love Of Dog,” A.E. Sobieski Project Space, Studio44, Pasadena, CA
- "DON’T FUCK WITH OUR HUMAN," Galerie Fabian Lang, Zurich, Switzerland
- "Plants Now!" Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "Women Painting Women," The Modern, Fort Worth, TX
- 2021
- "20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "Wood Works: Raw, Cut, Carved, Covered," Sperone Westwater, New York, NY
- 2020
- "The Biblical Imagination," Mission Gathering, Pasadena, CA
- "20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "WOMAHR," Fondazione Molise Cultura, Campobasso, Italy
- "Home Depot Coloring Books—Anyone Can Do It," Gallery Platform LA, online
- "Double Take," CMAY Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2019
- "Coordinates: Maps and Art Exploring Shared Terrain." David Rumpsey Map Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
- 2018-2019
- "Terres de femmes," Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles, CA
- 2018
- "Recelebration," Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State LA, Los Angeles, CA
- "Shift," Denk Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Link)
- 2014
- "Secrets and Lies” Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
- "The Avant Garde," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
- Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emillia, Italy
- 2013
- "Untitled (Giotto’s O),” Sperone Westwater, Lugano, Switzerland
- 2005
- "Light Options; A Selection,” Lightbox, Los Angeles, CA
- 2001
- "Lateral Thinking, Art of the 1990’s,” Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
- "Uncomfortable Beauty,” Jack Tilton/Anna Kustera, New York, NY
- "Pop & Post-Pop (On Paper),” Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
- 2000
- "Made in California: Art, Image and Identity, 1900-2000,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- "The Darker Side of Playland: Childhood Imagery from the Logan Collection,” Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
- Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- "Arte Americana; Ultimo Decennio," Museo d'Arte della Citta di Ravenna, Ravenna, Italy
- "The End," Exit Art, New York, NY
- "Emotional Rescue,” The Contemporary Art Project Collection, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
- 1999
- "Almost Warm & Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art,” curated by Susan Lubowsky Talbott and Lea Rosson DeLong, organized and circulated by Independent Curators International (ICI), Des Moines Art Center, IA; traveled to Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ; MoMA PS1, New York, NY; Fundació "la Caixa”, Barcelona, Spain; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Cleveland Center for the Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH "Almost Warm and Fuzzy; Childhood and Contemporary Art," Des Moines Art Center, Iowa
- "I'm the Boss of Myself", Sara Meltzer's on View, New York, NY
- "Looking at Ourselves: Works by Women Artists from the Logan Collection," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
- 1998
- "Family Viewing," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
- "Presumed Innocence," Anderson Gallery, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
- "Sunshine and Noir: Art in L. A. 1960–1997,” Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark; traveled to Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany; Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy; Hammer Museum, Los Angles, CA
- "My Little Pretty: Images of Girls by Contemporary Women Artists," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
- "Women's Work: Examining theFeminine in Contemporary Painting," Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
- "Narcissism: Artists Reflect Themselves," California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, CA
- "American Kaleidoscope," National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
- "Early Learning," Entwistle, London, UK
- "Between Reality and Abstraction: California Art at the End of the Century," Scottsdale Center for the Arts, AZ
- "Playtime: Artists and Toys," Whitney Museum of America Art at Champion, Stamford, CT
- "Space of Time," Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
- "Inside Out: Psychological Self Portraiture in the 90's," The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
- "Gender, Myth and Exploration," University of North Texas, Denton, TX
- "Wallpaper Works," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
- 1994
- "Mapping,” curated by Robert Stor, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; traveled to University of Texas at San Antonio, TX; Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA, curated by Francis Colpitt
- "Bad Girls West," UCLA Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- "Arrested Childhood," Center for Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
- 1993
- "Fourth Newport Biennial: Southern California 1993," The Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
- 1992
- "Déjà vu," Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- "I Thought California Would Be Different, New Work in the Permanent Collection," Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
- "Fever," Exit Art, New York
- "Space of Time," Americas Society, New York, NY
- "The Imp of the Perverse, Eight Artists from Los Angeles," Sally Hawkins Gallery, New York, NY
- "Group Show: Mary Beyt, Kim Dingle, David Dupuis, Scott Grodesky," Rubenstein/Diacono Gallery, New York, NY
- "Contemporary Identities: 23 Artists. The 1993 Phoenix Triennial," Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
- Corcoran Gallery of Art Biennial, Washington, DC
- 1991
- "The Store Show," Richard Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles
- "Les Fleurs," Parker/Zanic Gallery and Sue Spaid Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
- "Synthetic Histories," Parker/Zanic Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1990
- "Con-Text," Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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- Mahoney, Robert, "Emotion Detectors,” ARTnews, October 2000, p. 42.
- Gray, Channing, "Art Scene - Evil brats in party dresses,” The Providence Journal, November 30
- "Kim Dingle,” The New Yorker, November 27
- "Kim Dingle,” The New Yorker, December 4
- Glueck, Grace, "Kim Dingle, ‘Never in School’,” The New York Times, December 1
- Minola, Anna, Maria Cristina Mundici, et. al "da Warhol al 2000: Gian Enzo Sperone,” exhibition catalogue, Palazzo Cavour, Regione Piemonte,Turin, Italy:Hopeful Monster
- Johnson, Ken, "’Uncomfortable Beauty’,” The New York Times, December 29
- 1999
- Mahoney, Robert, "Miracles of Girldom," Artnet, January 12
- Spada, Sabina, "Kim Dingle," Tema Celeste, no. 72, January–February
- Siegel, Katy, "Kim Dingle: Sperone Westwater," Artforum, vol. 37, no. 6, February
- Muchnic, Suzanne, "'Sunshine & Noir'," Artnews, vol. 98, no. 2, February
- Salvioni, Daniela, "Looking at Ourselves: Works by Women Artists from the Logan Collection,” Exhibition catalogue, San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- D 'Souza, Aruna, "Kim Dingle at Sperone Westwater," Art in America, vol. 87 no. 3, March
- Lovelace, Carey, "Kim Dingle at Sperone Westwater” Art in America, vol. 87 no. 3, March
- Cho, Christina, "Kim Dingle” ARTnews, Volume 98, Issue 4, April
- "ZOO,” July, Purple House Limited
- Vogel, Carol, "Choosing a Palette of Biennal Artist," The New York Times, December 9
- Plagens, Peter, and Corie Brown, "Hollywood's Big Art Deal," Newsweek, 6 December
- 1998
- Pagel, David, "Kim Dingle: Blum & Poe, Santa Monica." Art/Text, no. 60, February–April
- Duncan, Michael, "Import/Export: Variations in Noir," Art in America, vol. 86, no. 4, April
- Crutchfield, Jean, "Presumed Innocence,” Exhibition catalogue, essays by Kathryn Hixson and Robert Hobbs, Richmond, VA: Anderson Gallery, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Seattle and London: University of Washington Press
- Newhall, Edith, "Art Preview: Galleries," New York, 14 September
- Gilbert, David, "Interior Design's Guide to Fall in New York," Interior Design, vol. 69, no. 11, September
- Ichihara, Kentaro, "New Figurative Painting in the 90s," Bijustu-Techo, vol. 50, no. 763, November
- Boodro, Michael, "People Are Talking about Art: Home Alone," Vogue (New York), November
- Pinchbeck, Daniel, "Art Market: Our Choice of New York Contemporary Galleries," The Art Newspaper, no. 86, November
- Wallach, Amei, "Malevolent Babies Busting Up Walls, Sharpening Darts," The New York Times, 1 November
- Smith, Roberta, "Art in Review: Kim Dingle," The New York Times, 27 November 1998, p. E43.
- Wallach, Amei, "Vision of the Void Behind the California Sun," The New York Times, 29 November
- Schwendener, Martha, "Kim Dingle, 'Fatty and Fudge'," Time Out New York, 10–17 December
- Willette, Jeanne S. M., "Kim Dingle and Cohorts: The Writer, The Bad Girl, and The Seamstress," Artweek, vol. 29 no. 11, November
- Willette, Jeanne S. M., "The Little White Dress," Dutch, no. 19
- "Arte e Mercato," Arte, No. 304, December
- 1997
- Nittve, Lars and Helle Crenzien, Sunshine and Noir: Art in L. A., 1960–1997,” Exhibition catalogue, Humlebaek, Denmark: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
- Grisham, E, "Kim Dingle; Kara Walker.” Art Papers, v. 21, May/June
- Connors, T, "Kim Dingle,” Sculpture (Washington, D.C.) v. 16, May/June
- Kandel, Susan, "Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice? Not Quite," Los Angeles Times, September 19
- Frank, Peter, "Pick of the Week," L. A. Weekly, September 19–26
- Fleming, Jeff, Women's Work: Examining the Feminine in Contemporary Painting,” Exhibition brochure, Winston- Salem, NC: Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
- Kozloff, Max, "Sunshine & Noir: Art in L. A., 1960–1997," Artforum, vol. 36, no. 3, November
- Gonzalez, Rita, "Poliester,” Winter 1997–98
- Harvey, Doug, "Kim Dingle at Blum & Poe," Art Issues, November/December
- 1996
- Greenstein, M. A., "A Conversation with Kim Dingle, Artist.” Artweek, January
- Anderson, Isabel, "Kim Dingle at Otis Gallery," Artweek, January
- Schjeldahl, Peter, "The Dingle Flap,” Village Voice, January 30
- Rugoff, Ralph, "Crate Expectation," L. A. Weekly, January 12–18
- Pincus, Robert L. "Dreaming of Me,” February 11
- Lewis, Jo Ann, "Kaleidoscope, Pieces of a Dream," Washington Post, October 10
- Jones, Joyce, "American Art, Through a Prism," Washington Post, October 11.
- Artner, Alan, "Critic's Choice," Chicago Tribune, November 24
- Artner, Alan, "Critic's Choice," Chicago Tribune, December 1
- 1995
- Schaffner, Ingrid, "Kim Dingle: Jack Tilton Gallery," Artforum, vol. 34 no. 6, February
- Cameron, Dan. "Kertess's List," Art & Auction, February
- Pagel, David, "Mayhem, Mischief & Little Girls," Los Angeles Times, February 7
- Kandel, Susan, "Naughty Dolls Don't Make for Bad Girls," Los Angeles Times, February 8
- Darling, Michael. "Kim Dingle at Blum & Poe," Art Issues, March/April
- Pagel, David, "Kim Dingle: Blum & Poe, Los Angeles," Frieze, no. 21, March–April
- Zellen, Jody, Art Press, April 1995
- Kutner, Janet, "Artists Explore the Issues of Human Gender," The Dallas Morning News, April 30
- Pagel, David, "Kim Dingle," Bomb, no. 52, Summer
- Hoving, Thomas, "Art for the Ages," Cigar Aficionado, Summer
- Morgan, Susan, "Little Miss Mayhem," Elle, November
- Knode, Marilu and Peter Schjeldahl, "Kim Dingle,” Exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles: Otis College of Art and Design
- Greene, David, "Born to Be Bad," Los Angeles Reader, December 8
- Knight, Christopher, "Exposing the Inner Child of U.S. Politics," Los Angeles Times, December 3
- Wilson, William, "Eccentric 'Glimpse' at Norton Collection," Los Angeles Times, December 12
- Wilson, William, "Canvassing the Year of Brilliance," Los Angeles Times, December 31
- Gamblin, Noriko, "A Glimpse of the Norton Collection as Revealed by Kim Dingle,” Exhibition brochure, Santa Monica Museum of Art
- Gauthier, Jennifer, Angela Kramer Murphy, and Cynthia Roznoy, "Playtime: Artists and Toys,” Exhibition catalogue, Whitney Museum of America Art
- 1994
- Cohen, Jean Lawlor, "43rd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting,” Art News, vol. 93 no. 2, February
- Knight, Christopher, "'Bad Girls': Feminism on Wry, Tone Bemusedly Subversive in West Coast Edition of N.Y. Show," Los Angeles Times, February 8
- "The Space of Time," Art Nexus, no. 1, February–March
- Edelman, Robert. "The Figure Returns," Art in America, vol. 83 no. 3, March
- Roth, Charlene, "Bad Girls," Artweek, March 10–17
- Lumpkin, Libby, "Bad Girls West," Art Issues, no. 32, March–April
- LaBelle, Charles, "Biggest, Badettes," Cover, April
- Weissman, Benjamin, "Bad Girls Blues: Los Angeles (Sigh)," Artforum, vol. 33 no. 9, May
- Bertei, Adele, "Kim Dingle's Wild Girls," Vibe, May
- Clearwater, Bonne, "Arrested Childhood,” Exhibition catalogue, Miami, FL: Center for Contemporary Art
- Kohen, Helen, "Naughty and Nice Show at COCA Explores Emotions of Childhood," The Miami Herald, May 22
- DeLeon, Jessica, "Reshaping the Globes," Denton Record-Chronicle, September 25
- Storr, Robert, "Mapping,” Exhibition catalogue, New York: Museum of Modern Art, and Harry N. Abrams
- Smith, Roberta, "Mapping," New York Times, 14 October
- The New Yorker, November 7–13
- Schjeldahl, Peter, "Bringing Up Baby," Village Voice, November 5
- Auerbach, Lisa Anne, "Kim Dingle's Cherubic Brats," Vernacular, Winter
- Duncan, Michael, "L. A. Rising," Art in America, vol. 83, no. 12, December
- Cameron, Dan, "The Easel Way Out," Art & Auction, December
- Weil, Benjamin, "Mapping," Art Monthly, December 1994 – January 1995
- Young, Geoffrey, "Kim Dingle," Lingo, no. 3
- 1993
- Curtis, Cathy, "Upstairs Invigorate Art Scene," Los Angeles Times, January, Orange County Edition
- Scarborough, James, Art Press, no. 178, March
- Cottingham, Laura, "Fever," Frieze, March/April
- Crockett, Tobey, "Violent Femmes," Visions, Summer
- Hodges, Karen C, and Bruce D. Kurtz, "Contemporary Identities: 23 Artists,” The 1993 Phoenix Triennial, Exhibition catalogue, Phoenix, AZ: Phoenix Art Museum
- Wilson, William, "Biennial' Uses Humorous Paradox to Tackle Issues," Los Angeles Times, October 9
- Curtis, Cathy, "Painting Pictures," Los Angeles Times, October 14
- Dash, Phillip, "Kim Dingle at Jason Rubell Gallery," Beach Weekly, vol. 1 no. 4
- Guenther, Bruce, "Forth Newport Biennial: Southern California,” Exhibition catalogue, Bruce Newport Beach, CA: Newport Harbor Museum
- Demos, Alison V., "Bodies Galore," Lear's, October
- Richard, Paul, "What's Wrong With This Picture?" Washington Post, October 31
- McWilliams, Martha, "Go Figure," Washington City Paper, November 12
- Russell, John, "The Corcoran Gives New Meaning to 'Biennial'," The New York Times, November 21
- Pagel, David, "43rd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting,” Exhibition catalogue, Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art.
- Willette, J. S. M., "Kim Dingle.” Exhibition brochure, Miami Beach, FL: Jason Rubell Gallery
- 1992 Curtis, Cathy, "Young Artists in Laguna Spotlight," Los Angeles Times, February 17
- Littlefield, Kenny, "California Culture Clash," The Register, March 8
- Pagel, David, "Kim Dingle," Art Issues, March/April
- Kandel, Susan, "Sly Homage," Los Angeles Times, June 26
- Crockett, Tobey, "Kim Dingle at Richard/Bennett and Parker Zanic." Art in America, vol. 6 no. 7, July
- Scarborough, James, "The Pun Also Rises," Artweek, September 3
- Curtis, Cathy, "Hers Is Unfinished Business," Los Angeles Times, September 23, Orange Country Edition
- Plochere, Michelle, "Visions,” Fall
- Pagel, David, "What Little Girls Are Made Of,” Los Angeles Times, November 5
- Crockett, Tobey, "Art Angeles," Venice, December
- Hess, Elizabeth, "Give Me Fever,” Village Voice, December 29
- 1991
- Curtis, Cathy, "Les Fleurs, Snipes at Flowery Tradition," Los Angeles Times, May 17
- Frank, Peter, "Pick of the Week,” L. A. Weekly, May 17-23
- Kandel, Susan, "Skewed Portraits," Los Angeles Times, September 12
- Frank, Peter, "Pick of the Week." L. A. Weekly, September 20
- Scarborough, James, "Dressing up the Idea," Artweek, October 3
- Pagel, David, "Kim Dingle," Arts Magazine, December
- Zellen, Jody, "Kim Dingle," Artscene, December
- 1990
- Frank, Peter. "Pick of the Week." L. A. Weekly, 26 October–1 November
Public Collections
- Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
- Denver Museum Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
- Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
- Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
- Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
- San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
- Seattle Museum of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
- Sheldon Museum of Art in Lincoln, NE
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY