Born 1974, Wainwright, Alberta, Canada
Lives and works in Toronto, Canada
Education
2003 MFA, York University, Toronto, Canada
1998 BFA, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
Solo Exhibitions:
2010
New Work, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
1991, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
New Work, PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
2009
Canadian Content, Skew Gallery, Alberta, Canada
Kim Dorland, Bonelli Arte Contemporanea, Mantova, Italy
Super! Natural!, Freight + Volume, New York, NY
Project Room, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Her, Parisian Laundry, Montréal, Canada
2008
Bonelli Arte Contemporanea, Mantova, Italy
North, Freight + Volume, New York, NY
2007
Somewhere in the Neighborhood, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
About a Girl, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Over the Fence, Skew Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Kim Dorland, Centro Cuturale Cascina Grande, Rozzano, Italy, curated by Maria Chiara Valacchi
2006
The Edge of Town, Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago, IL
Kim Dorland, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Into the Woods, Contemporaneamente, Milan, Italy
2005
Kim Dorland, Skew Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
doubletake, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2004
Paintings of Desire, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Hunting Scene, Fly Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003
Overload, Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Canada
2002
exquisitenorth, Luft Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Sun Of The Golden West - Paintings by Kim Dorland, 1080BUS Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2001
It Looks Like Art, West Wing Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Group Exhibitions:
2009
Holy Destruction, Galerie Polad-Hardouin, Paris
Giving Face: Portraits for a New Generation, Nicholas Robinson Gallery, New York, NY
Home, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
sUBSTANTIAL RESOURCES, Art Gallery of Sudbury, Sudbury, ON
2008
People, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
Carte Blanche Volume 2: Painting, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada
2007
Rear/View, curated by Eric C. Shiner, Freight + Volume, New York, NY
Out Behind the Shed, Richard A. and Rissa W. Grossman Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
RBC Canadian Painting Competition Touring Exhibition, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto; Galerie díart Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen, Moncton; MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ont.; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg; Emily Carr Institute Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada
Gary Goldstein, Jenny Dubnau, Kim Dorland and Sally Heller, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York
Oil Spill: New Paintings in Ontario, Saw Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
Notions of Wilderness, Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago, IL
Summer Group Show, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2006
RBC Canadian Painting Competition Touring Exhibition, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto; Galerie díart Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen, Moncton; MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ont.; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg; Emily Carr Institute Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada
Three Painters: group show curated by Gary Owens, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle WA
The Daily Constitutional, Kim Dorland, Bruce Wilhelm, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
Impression/Ism: Contemporary Impressions, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
2005
You don't want to miss that shit: Contemporary painters at the
Gladstone Hotel (curated by Katharine Mulherin), Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
Blame Canada, Harvey Levine Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Best of BUS: Volume 1, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Canada
Little Stabs at Happiness, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003
If I Ruled The World, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Crossing Borders, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Keep Six, Kitchener, ON, Canada
Deathfuck, Art System Gallery, Toronto, Canada
New Friends, 1080BUS Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Grants and Awards
2006 Ontario Arts Council Emerging Visual Artist Grant
2004 Toronto Arts Council Creation Grant
2004 Canada Council for the Arts Emerging Artist Creation/Production Grant
2003 Toronto Arts Council Level 1 Visual Art Grant
2001 Talent Scholarship, Graduate Programme in Visual Arts, York University
Collections
ALDO Group, Montreal
Bank of Montreal
The Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection
Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas
Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation
The Glenbow Museum, Calgary
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
The Neumann Family Collection, New York
Oppenheimer Collection, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City
Royal Bank of Canada
The Sander Collection, Berlin
Bibliography
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Smith, Roberta. "Art in Review: Kim Dorland, Super! Natural", New York Times, June 19, 2009, p. C29
Rosen, Aaron. "Beauty, Phooey", artnet Magazine, June 2009, http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/rosen/kim-dorland6-17-09.asp
Lee, Sasha. "Interview: Kim Dorland", Beautiful/Decay, June 8, 2009, http://beautifuldecay.com/2009/06/08/interview-kim-dorland/
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Myers, Holly. "Trailblazing Chinatown gallery scene keeps up with city's pace", Los Angeles Times, November 11, 2007
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Tousley, Nancy. "Brush strokes expose angst of everyday suburbia", Calgary Herald, September 14, 2007
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