Kim Simonelli was born in Portland Oregon in 1944. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis MD and The University of Washington, School of Architecture, then worked for over 30 years in Technical Publishing before retiring in 2006. Kim has devoted most of his time since 2009 to pursuing a long term interest in art. He is continually developing his style of abstract metal sculpture and occasionally takes time off to do some abstract paintings in acrylic paint and assorted mixed media. Other than a few art and design classes in the early 1960s and a welding class in the late 1990s, he is a self-taught artist.

Kim is a past Board Member and Webmaster for Northwind Arts Center, a non-profit arts organization in Port Townsend. Kim has had two solo shows, two two-man shows, and his artwork has been selected to show in dozens of juried and invitational exhibitions since 2010. Kim lives in Port Townsend and works at his home studio.