Biography
Born 1974, Wainwright, Alberta, Canada
Lives and works in Toronto, Canada
Education
2003 MFA, York University, Toronto, Ontario
1998 BFA, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Art Toronto, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Enter, Light, Galerie Division, Montréal, Québec
For Lori, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
Nocturne, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2010
New Material, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
1991, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Kim Dorland, Mark Moore Gallery, PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
2009
Canadian Content, Skew Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Kim Dorland, Bonelli ArteContemporanea, Mantova, Italy
Super! Natural!, Freight + Volume, New York, NY
Her, Parisian Laundry, Montréal, Québec
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4 Portraits and a Landscape, Angell Gallery, Toronto
North, Freight + Volume, New York, NY (Catalogue)
2007
Somewhere in the Neighborhood, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
About a Girl, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Over the Fence, Skew Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
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, Ontario
Into the Woods, Contemporaneamente, Milan, Italy (Catalogue)
2005
Kim Dorland, SKEW Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
doubletake, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2004
Paintings of Desire, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2003
Overload, Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Ontario
2002
exquisitenorth, Luft Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Sun Of The Golden West, 1080BUS Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2001
It Looks Like Art, West Wing Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Group Exhibitions
2011
Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, Jersey City, NJ
Paper A-Z, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY
OPEN, Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA
2010
Peinture Extreme, Galerie Division, Montréal, Québec
Reflexive Self, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
Natural Renditions, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
2009
Holy Destruction, Galerie Polad-Hardouin, Paris (Catalogue)
SUBSTANTIAL RESOURCES, Art Gallery of Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario
Home, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
Giving Face: Portraits for a New Generation, curated by Stephen
Heighton, Nicholas\Robinson Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Carte Blanche Volume 2: Painting, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario
People, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
2007
Rear/View, Freight + Volume, New York, NY (Curated by Eric Shiner)
Out Behind the Shed, Richard A. and Rissa W. Grossman Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
RBC Canadian Painting Competition Exhibition, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto; Galerie d'art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen, Université de Moncton; MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie; Winnipeg Art Gallery; Emily Carr Institute Art + Design, Vancouver
Gary Goldstein, Jenny Dubnau, Kim Dorland and Sally Heller, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
Oil Spill: New Paintings in Ontario, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
Summer Group Show, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Notions of Wilderness, Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago, IL
2006
RBC Canadian Painting Competition Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto; Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ont.; Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal; Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
3 Painters, Howard House, Seattle, WA
The Daily Constitutional, Kim Dorland, Bruce Wilhelm, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
Impression/Ism: Contemporary Impressions, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA (Catalogue)
2005
You don’t want to miss that shit: Contemporary painters at the Gladstone Hotel (Curated by Katharine Mulherin), Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
Blame Canada, Harvey Levine Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Best of BUS: Volume 1, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Ontario
Little Stabs at Happiness, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Selected Bibliography
2011
Indrisek, Scott. Kim Dorland: Painting With Guts, Modern Painters, August 24, 2011
Valdez, Aldrin. Love Letter in Paint, ArtSlant, August 24, 2011
Meier, Allison. Painting Through Your Obsession About Love, Hyperallergic.com, August 23, 2011
Raw and Unapologetic: Kim Dorland's Portraits of Wife Lori at Mike Weiss Gallery, artdaily.org, July 22, 2011
Morgan, Saretta. Art Review: Kim Dorland For Lori, NY Arts Magazine, July 21, 2011
Zevitas, Steven. 10 Must-See Painting Shows In The US: Summer Heat Edition, Huffington Post, July 18, 2011
Angel, Sara. Kim Dorland: Nocturne, EYE WEEKLY, February 2, 2011
Hansen, Michael. Interview: Kim Dorland, ArtSync, January 28, 2011
Jager, David. Spooky Dorland, New Paintings Go to the Darker Side, NOW Magazine, January 27, 2011
Vaughan, R.M. Too Toronto-centric? I have no problem with that, The Globe and Mail, January 1, 2011
2010
Hegert, Natalie. Shack in the Woods, ArtSlant, November 14, 2010
Bahrenburg, Genevieve. Taxidermy Woodland Animals Dipped in Paint and Sprinkled in Glitter? Yes, See This Exhibit, ELLE, November 4, 2010
Intini, John. That’s a bit extreme, isn’t it?, Maclean’s, August 12, 2010
Pagel, David. Art Review: Kim Dorland at Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles Times, March 26, 2010
Hegert, Natalie. Eye-Catchers at SCOPE, ArtSlant, March 2010
Vilas, Amber; Russeth, Andrew. Scope Comes on Strong, ARTINFO, March 8, 2010
2009
Enright, Robert. Paint-Wrangler (An interview with Kim Dorland in two parts), Kim Dorland (catalogue), Bonelli ArteContemporanea
Rosen, Aaron. Bruised Beauty, paintings by Kim Dorland, Canadian Art Scene, June 20, 2009
Smith, Roberta. Art in Review: Kim Dorland, Super! Natural, The New York Times, June 19, 2009
Rosen, Aaron. Beauty, Phooey, Artnet Magazine, June 2009
Lee, Sasha. Interview: Kim Dorland, Beautiful/Decay, June 8, 2009
Redfern, Christine. Artist uses big, gooey globe, The Gazette, April 4, 2009
Catchlove, Lucinda. Apocalyptic Love, Zink, Spring 2009
Beem, Edgar Allen. Home at Westport Arts Center, Yankee Magazine, March 31, 2009
Sudarsky, Noah Marcel. GIVING FACE: Portraits for a New Generation @ NicholasRobinson Gallery, Whitehot Magazine, March 2009
2008
Milroy, Sarah. Curatorial celebrations? Try inventor stockpiles, The Globe and Mail,November 22, 2008
Carte Blanche Volume 2: Painting, Magenta Publishing for the Arts, Toronto
Dault, Gary Michael. Gallery Going, The Globe and Mail, September 13, 2008
2870 Grams of Art, M19, Paris
Kim Dorland, NY Arts, May-June 2008
Kalm, James. Kim Dorland North, The Brooklyn Rail, May 2008
Kim Dorland: The Idea of North (exhibition catalogue), Freight + Volume, New York, NY
Doucette, Valerie. Oil Spill: New Painting in Ontario, Border Crossings, Issue No. 104
2007
Myers, Holly. Trailblazing Chinatown gallery scene keeps up with city's pace, Los Angeles Times, November 11, 2007
Dault, Gary Michael. Pigments of the imagination, The Globe and Mail, November 10, 2007
Gray, Emma. Emma Gray’s top 10 shows in Los Angeles this month, Saatchi Online Daily Magazine, November 3, 2007
Goddard, Peter. Warning: Wet Paint, Toronto Star, October 18, 2007
Berry, Melissa. Where the grass is greener, FFWD, September 20, 2007
Tousley, Nancy. Brush strokes expose angst of everyday suburbia, Calgary Herald, September 14, 2007
Vogl, Rhiannon. Group of Seven, Ottawa XPress, August 9, 2007
2006
Jager, David. Group Hug at Angell, NOW Magazine, December 7, 2006
McVeigh, Jennifer. RBC Showcases Canadian Talent, Calgary Herald, November 5, 2006
Best of Toronto, Now, October 26, 2006
Jager, David. Dorland's Styles Collide, NOW Magazine, September 21, 2006
Dault, Gary Michael. Gallery Going, The Globe and Mail, September 15, 2006
Hackett, Regina. Galleries explore a new world of landscapes, Seattle Post Intelligencer, June 9, 2006
Brevi, Manuela. Into the Woods (exhibition catalogue), Contemporaneamente, Milan, Italy
2005
Dault, Gary Michael. Gallery Going, The Globe and Mail, December 31, 2005
Dault, Julia. Our group of seven, National Post, December 8, 2005
Willard, Christopher. Losers and Winners: Kim Dorland homes in on Generation Y, Calgary Herald, November 5, 2005
Dault, Gary Michael. Gallery Going, The Globe and Mail, February 26, 2005
Goddard, Peter. Hot fantasies, heroes, a hotel and much more, TheToronto Star, February 12, 2005
2004
Dault, Julia. Desire, and a slice of colour, National Post, March 25, 2004
2003
Osborne, Catherine. Show buoyed by feverish optimism, National Post, November 15, 2003
Selected Permanent Collections
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
ALDO Group, Montréal
Bank of Montréal
The Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection
Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas
Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, New York
The Glenbow Museum, Calgary
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
The Neumann Family Collection, New York
Oppenheimer Collection, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
The Richard Massey Foundation, New York
Royal Bank of Canada
The Sander Collection, Berlin
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