Kimberly A. Sutton is a sound artist, cellist, and composer in Detroit, Michigan. Her sound design for Theatre Y in Chicago was nominated for a Non-Equity Jeff Award in 2025. Recent installations have been shown at Lincoln Park Conservatory in Chicago, IL, ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the Chicago Home Theater Festival.
Her installations and sound design work explore the connections between the physical properties of sound and the cultural signifiers of its content. A student of Pauline Oliveros, her performance practice with cello and electronics is improvisatory and explores the possibilities created by both a physical immediacy and meditational connection to her instruments. She has degrees in Political Science and Music from the University of Chicago and an MFA in Electronic Music and Recorded Media from Mills College.
contact: kimberlyasutton[at]gmail