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