Larry McKim

1952 – 2019  ·  Washington – New Jersey

Larry McKim was an artist and art teacher living in New Jersey. He earned his BFA in Painting from the University of Washington in Seattle and an MFA in Mixed Media from the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. He showed nationally in over 30 group exhibitions and had over 10 solo exhibitions, teaching at Rutgers University, Jersey City University, and the College of New Jersey.

He studied with Leon Golub, Jacob Lawrence, and John Goodyear, and received two artist fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and several from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. He worked in painting, printmaking, and drawing throughout his life.

He passed on February 7, 2019 following a heart attack. He spent his life creating.