Kim Wagner Nolan
Art & Design
Kim W. Nolan is a multidisciplinary Artist and Museum Exhibition Designer with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design. While attending RISD she began working as an Exhibit Developer for the Providence Children's Museum. It was there that she was able to combine her passion for both art and science and discovered a love for creating engaging interactive exhibits.
Since then she has had a successful career designing exhibits for many notable institutions such as the Long Island Children's Museum, Macy's, New York Hall of Science, African American Museum, and the Wildlife Conservation Society designing exhibits for the Bronx Zoo, Queens Zoo, New York Aquarium, Central Park Zoo and Prospect Park Zoo.
Kim grew up in New York and has also lived in Rhode Island, Hawaii and is currently living in Florida. Her role as Project Manager for an international design and engineering firm led her to travel all over the world which she's chronicled in Museum Trekker, a blog about museums she's visited all over the globe.
Her work, which spans a broad variety of media ranging from illustration, painting, graphic design, photography, and exhibit design has been published in several books and magazines and displayed in museums, galleries, libraries, and both private and corporate collections all over the world.
Discovery Museum and Planetarium - Bridgeport, CT
Karen Ledbetter Galleries - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Art-Tee-Da gallery - Stuart, FL
The Palm Room - Sewall's Point, FL
Elliott Museum- Stuart, FL
Longhi's - Lahaina, HI
By the Bay Gallery - Paia, HI
Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center - Makawao, HI
One Strange Bird Gallery - Chicago, IL
National Institutes of Health - Bethesda, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital - Boston, MA
Wheaton College - Norton, MA
Discovery Museum - Acton, MA
AQA gallery - Forest Hills, NY
Smithtown Historical Society - Smithtown, NY
Nassau County Museum of Art - Roslyn, NY
The Long Island Museum - Stony Brook, NY
Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau - Hauppauge, NY
Huntington Arts Council - Huntington, NY
Moneta Sleet Foundation - Baldwin, NY
Maritime Explorium - Huntington, NY
Martin Luther King Community Center - Long Beach, NY
Long Island Christian Academy - Hicksville, NY
Temple Shaaray Tefila - Bedford Corners, NY
Curiosity on Court - Brooklyn, NY
New York Hall of Science - Corona, NY
Long Island Children's Museum - Garden City, NY
Bronx Zoo - Bronx, NY
Queens Zoo - Corona, NY
Central Park Zoo - New York, NY
New York Aquarium - Coney Island, NY
African American Museum of Nassau County - Hempstead, NY
Andrew Edlin Gallery - New York, NY
The Mermaid Inn - New York, NY
Black Box Gallery - Portland, OR
RISD library gallery - Providence, RI
Providence Art Club Dodge House Gallery - Providence, RI
ISB gallery - Providence, RI
Woods-Gerry gallery - Providence, RI
Providence Children's Museum - Providence, RI
Don Harrington Discovery Center - Amarillo, TX
Since then she has had a successful career designing exhibits for many notable institutions such as the Long Island Children's Museum, Macy's, New York Hall of Science, African American Museum, and the Wildlife Conservation Society designing exhibits for the Bronx Zoo, Queens Zoo, New York Aquarium, Central Park Zoo and Prospect Park Zoo.
Kim grew up in New York and has also lived in Rhode Island, Hawaii and is currently living in Florida. Her role as Project Manager for an international design and engineering firm led her to travel all over the world which she's chronicled in Museum Trekker, a blog about museums she's visited all over the globe.
Her work, which spans a broad variety of media ranging from illustration, painting, graphic design, photography, and exhibit design has been published in several books and magazines and displayed in museums, galleries, libraries, and both private and corporate collections all over the world.
Discovery Museum and Planetarium - Bridgeport, CT
Karen Ledbetter Galleries - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Art-Tee-Da gallery - Stuart, FL
The Palm Room - Sewall's Point, FL
Elliott Museum- Stuart, FL
Longhi's - Lahaina, HI
By the Bay Gallery - Paia, HI
Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center - Makawao, HI
One Strange Bird Gallery - Chicago, IL
National Institutes of Health - Bethesda, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital - Boston, MA
Wheaton College - Norton, MA
Discovery Museum - Acton, MA
AQA gallery - Forest Hills, NY
Smithtown Historical Society - Smithtown, NY
Nassau County Museum of Art - Roslyn, NY
The Long Island Museum - Stony Brook, NY
Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau - Hauppauge, NY
Huntington Arts Council - Huntington, NY
Moneta Sleet Foundation - Baldwin, NY
Maritime Explorium - Huntington, NY
Martin Luther King Community Center - Long Beach, NY
Long Island Christian Academy - Hicksville, NY
Temple Shaaray Tefila - Bedford Corners, NY
Curiosity on Court - Brooklyn, NY
New York Hall of Science - Corona, NY
Long Island Children's Museum - Garden City, NY
Bronx Zoo - Bronx, NY
Queens Zoo - Corona, NY
Central Park Zoo - New York, NY
New York Aquarium - Coney Island, NY
African American Museum of Nassau County - Hempstead, NY
Andrew Edlin Gallery - New York, NY
The Mermaid Inn - New York, NY
Black Box Gallery - Portland, OR
RISD library gallery - Providence, RI
Providence Art Club Dodge House Gallery - Providence, RI
ISB gallery - Providence, RI
Woods-Gerry gallery - Providence, RI
Providence Children's Museum - Providence, RI
Don Harrington Discovery Center - Amarillo, TX
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