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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

200 8
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