Kimberlee Koym-Murteira’s studio, Embodied in the Making, creates bodycasts and self-portraits with participants to capture a significant moment in time. Through somatic connection - a relationship to the body Koym-Murteira explores  power, ecology, and feminism. Originally from Texas, Koym-Murteira’s connection to the environment was born on her family’s land near Austin. She holds an M.F.A. from Mills College, an M.A. from Central St Martin's London, and teaches at Diablo Valley College, CCA, and Cal State East Bay. 

Her work has been shown nationally and internationally. In Northern California, she has shown her work at the DeYoung Museum(2023/24), Melissa Morgan Fine Art (2022), Gearbox Gallery (2020), Museum of Sonoma (2018), Kala Art Institute(2017),  the Zero 1 Bienniale (2012), YBCA (2008), Invisible Venue (2008),Mission 17 (2007), The Lab (2005), and Sonoma State University (2002). Other venues include Plexus Projects (2023) and the PBICA (2001).  In Europe, her work has been shown at the Future Places Festival (2008), the Biennial of Mediterranean Young Artist in Saravejo (2001), 'Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin.(2001), Porto 2000 Capital of Culture, Cultural Center Malaposta(2000), and Gallery ZDB (2000). She received grants from Immersive Arts Alliance (2022) and residencies at Lugar Comum in Lisbon (2004) and Kala Institute in Berkeley (2017).