About Marion Kahn
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Marion Kahn is a contemporary painter with deep roots in Colorado and Arkansas. Her paintings creatively share the unceasing beauty of the world around her. She translates these ideas into abstract and loose representational paintings.
 
Versatile and experimental, Marion confidently captures surprising details that draw in the viewer.  Her palettes can be soft or bold.  She is noted for her inspiring use of color. Some of her works express quiet meditations while others are filled with exuberant joy.
 
Marion's work is found in the homes of sophisticated collectors around the country. Her work also hangs in hospitals, and was featured in the Colorado State Capitol and in New York on Times Square Jumbotron.
 
"My desire to paint exploded in Sicily when I saw two young artists atop a scaffolding as they restored a 400-year-old fresco," says Marion.  "I watched, mesmerized and full of questions."
 
Up to that point Marion's work combined marketing communications consulting for companies like Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and Delta Air Lines.  She formerly modeled and acted in the U.S. and Paris.  She also designed jewelry for custom clients.
 
Through these fields of interpretation, Marion was engaged in the creation of form, design and color that cause a desired response from the target audience.  
Painting, on the other hand, requires the artist to be true to herself without regard to the after-effect. In this way, when connection occurs between a painting and a viewer, a private union of shared inspiration is created.
 
Good painters create a series of problems that they must solve. As Sir Winston Churchill wrote, "...painting a picture is like fighting a battle....  It is, if anything, more exciting than fighting it successfully."
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Marion studied with established artists including: renowned photorealist painter, Robert Cottingham; abstract painters, Sammy Peters and Lauren Mantecon; American Impressionists, Kim English and Barry Thomas; abstract colorist, Casey Klahn, and plein air painters, Jean Perry and Joan Hoffmann.
 
Marion instructs private students who want to grow their art practice. 
 
In Colorado she comments locally on the arts, juries regional shows, and has reviewed grants for Colorado Creative Industries. She served on the board of Arts for Colorado for 14 years.

For more information about buying an existing piece or commissioning a painting, please contact Marion.
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Representation
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Zandee Gallery
703 Lincoln Avenue
Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 map
970-367-9358
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Cherry Creek Art Gallery
Denver, Colorado
https://www.cherrycreekartgallery.com/page/20387/the-artists
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Artful Home
Madison, WI
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Marion Kahn Fine Art
Little Rock, AR and 
Steamboat Springs, CO
 
In the news
Art with Altitude
 https://artwithaltitudemagazine.com/a-deep-and-meaningful-exchange/
See In the News for complete article

Arkansas Democrat Gazette
https://edition.arkansasonline.com/arkansas-democrat-gazette/?_ga=2.14878705.670331960.1721416348-1257936537.1721416348&_gl=1*133mz3q*_ga*MTI1NzkzNjUzNy4xNzIxNDE2MzQ4*_ga_5XPQGXY93Q*MTcyMTQxNjM0OC4xLjEuMTcyMTQxNjQ2MS4yMy4wLjA.
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Steamboat Magazine
https://www.steamboatmagazine.com/2023/10/05/468217/the-feel-of-the-forest
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Denver Post
https://yourhub.denverpost.com/blog/2023/04/bitfactory-gallery-spring-awakening/303944/
 
Steamboat Pilot Public Art
https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/public-art-collaboration-downtown-brings-hope-ahead-of-holiday-season-with-interactive-map/
 
Cover Artist, Yampa Valley Arts & Culture Guide https://www.steamboatmagazine.com/2021/08/25/366165/equine-assisted-grief-therapy-healing-with-horses-at-humble-ranch
 
Steamboat Pilot Abstract Art
Steamboat Pilot, July 16, 2021
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Steamboat Magazine
https://www.steamboatmagazine.com/2021/08/25/366165/equine-assisted-grief-therapy-healing-with-horses-at-humble-ranch
 
Front page artist, Steamboat Pilot, December 28, 2019
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Cover artist, 1st Friday Artwalk, February 2018
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Featured Artist, Steamboat Springs 1st Friday Artwalk, July 2016
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Recognition
Purchase Award, 2025
ADC Fine Art, Cincinnati

Reflections 101, Finalist, Camelback Gallery's Bold Abstract's Exhibition, 2024
 
Purple Bear, Finalist, Camelback Gallery's Amazing Animals, 2023
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Finalist, Best Artist in Steamboat Springs, 2022
 
Finalist, Best Artist in Steamboat. Springs, 2021
 
Artist of the New Decade 2020
by Windfall Fine Art Gallery
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Solo Shows
Rumor Designs. 2023, 2022, 2021
Vail Health Hospital 2022, 2021
Rumor Designs 2021
Chief Theater
Alpine Bank
Harwig's
Riverwalk Collective
Center for Visual Arts
Featured Artist, Riverwalk Collective, 2021, 2020, 2019
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Juried Shows
The Healing Power of Color, New York, online May 2023
HMVC Gallery, New York, Summer Feels show, July 2023 online and on Times Square Jumbotron, https://www.hmvcgallery.com/exhibitions-group/
HMVC Gallery, New York, Online Abstract Show May 2023 https://www.hmvcgallery.com/exhibitions-group/
The Healing Power of Color, New York, online May 2023
PACE Center, Parker, Colorado 2023
Healing Power of Color, NY, 2023
Colorado State Capitol, Art of Colorado 2022
Embodying Spirit, Santa Fe, NM 2022 
The Healing Power of Color, NY 2022
Cover Artist, Yampa Valley Art & Culture Guide 2021
Western Heritage, 2021, 2019
Framed Image 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
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Collections
Cancer Center at Porter Care, Denver, Colorado
Shaw Cancer Center, Vail Colorado
Parker Adventist Cancer Center, Parker, Colorado
CARTI (Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute), Little Rock, Arkansas
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Group Shows
Cherry Creek Art Gallery at Steamboat Mountain Ranch, 2024
BitFactory Gallery, Denver, 2023
Embodying Spirit, 2022, Nocturne 818, Santa Fe, NM
Colorado State Capitol, 2022
The Healing Power of Color, NY 2022
Cherry Creek Art Gallery, 2022
Riverwalk Collective, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Center for Visual Arts, 2012-2018
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Private Collections
Naples, Florida
San Clemente, California
Denver, Colorado
Cincinnati, Ohio
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Washington, DC
Boulder, Colorado
Holland, Michigan
Kensington, New Hampshire
Fairfax, Virginia
Little Rock, Arkansas
Illinois
and others
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Public Art
Steamboat Springs, Colorado