Residing in London for the last 12 years, Kim Randall made her first steps in the art world after studying at the exclusive Inchbald School of Design which consequently launched her to the position of Gallery Manager at the David Gill Galleries.
In 2003 she moved on to create her own art consulting business, Saffron Interior Arts, establishing a company that represented a very exclusive group of visionary artists to the public and the industry and whose works included furniture, lighting, sculpture and textiles with the primary purpose to provide artistic direction to a market consisting of high-end interior design and architecture clients.
As life experiences pulled her in different directions, the most important, being the impending birth of her son, Kai, Kim set off abroad for what has now turned into a sabbatical from her much loved London to South East Asia.
Bali welcomed her, on the eve of new year 2008, when she arrived at first to visit her parents who reside on the smiley island. Chance, through a guest at a family brunch, dropped the position of chief editor for the Bali 1st Asian Beach Games publications in her lap and she made her decision to stay. This gave her the opportunity to combine her re-integration to the working world while still allowing for plenty of time to attentively mother her young child, thanks to the ease of life available on the island.
With that project coming to a close at summer’s end and wondering where her next step would take her, she was most appropriately introduced to Bruno Wauters, the driving force behind the creation of the Kendra Gallery, a beautiful contemporary art space situated uncommonly in the Seminyak area, specialising in the discovery and promotion of asian based artists. The meeting, a blessing for both, ended with an offer of the management of the gallery, an opportunity she accepted with delight.
Thus, from London to Bali, with grace and the wonderful sparks she adds to any situation, Kim Randall has found her way back to the bright and colourful world of her “beloved” artists, for both hers and their benefit.
- Posted by Stephanie Robert |
