Kim Bentley is a Baltimore-based artist, designer, printmaker, and educator.

Kim’s studio practice focuses on the interactions of color and pattern, pulling from her background in design, painting, and all types of printmaking. Her studio work also includes designing for clients and working with artists to print their work. She is adjunct faculty at the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she got her MFA in Graphic Design, and where she continues to teach screenprinting for graphic designers, and occasional letterpress and Risograph workshops. She is also co-founder of Baltimore Print Studios, and has spent her time there developing and teaching workshops, consulting with artists and designers, running social media and marketing, and designing colorful prints and products. A selection of work can be seen below.

Interested in design work, printing, or a collaboration? Get in touch.

Art & Design Work

A selection of recent work featuring screenprinting, letterpress, and risograph printing.

Halftone Shirt

Brayer Shirt

Sea Change 2 screenprint

Mechanical Abstraction
Risograph and letterpress

Halftone Shirt

Sea Change 3 screenprint

Interruptions
Risograph and letterpress

Sea Change 1 screenprint

Negative Space letterpress

A Partial Recording of Time
Risograph and letterpress

Growth Chart screenprint on Tyvek

Kid’s Ornament Shirt: Peacock

Kid’s Ornament Shirt: Lion

Kid’s Numbers Shirt

Autumn Series screenprinted monoprint

Counterbalance letterpress

Autumn Series screenprinted monoprint

Dream State
Risograph and letterpress

Halftone Shirt

Halftone Shirt

Kids Numbers Shirt

Sunset Shirt

Moonrise Shirt