A Full Heart Exhibition + Series
'Lacy Interior' is a limited edition digital print on hot press paper, just over 5ft long; debuted at my solo show A Full Heart at Cedar Ridge Creative Centre in March 2019.
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ARTWORKS: Please click on any thumbnail below to see full images and view slideshow.
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A Full Heart is an ongoing series in which I explore the human heart (using a variety of media): as a repository for emotions, as metaphor, as physical structure; using those as a gateway to what our hearts mean to us.
My process begins with a feeling, a stirring of emotion, which then moves onto paper. Whether brush and ink on mulberry paper, (an expression of the Chinese half of my heritage), or mixed drawing media like charcoal, crayon, and pastel, it needs to be direct and immediate. I am fascinated by antique anatomical illustrations and three-dimensional medical models of the heart, which I use along with other material as references, or layers in my photo-digital work. Hybrid forms are a special interest, so I often layer and combine digital and tactile media and methods, which become either digital or physical originals, as in the digital print series I first showed in 2017. A future blog post is being planned.
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Hidden Complexity by Kim-Lee Kho. 36" x 108" digital print on hot press paper, edition of 3.
The Scrolls |
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A Full Heart Solo Exhibition, March 2019 at Cedar Ridge
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A Full Heart was also my largest solo show to date, filling all three exhibition spaces at Cedar Ridge Creative Centre in Toronto, Ontario, during March 2019. Click here for more information about the show.
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Hearts in Place at the 2018 In Situ Festival
2018 Hearts in Place installation in various media by Kim-Lee Kho, at the 2018 In Situ arts festival in Mississauga, Ontario. Photo by Kim-Lee Kho.
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The 2018 In Situ arts festival took place over three consecutive nights in November at an old factory space in Mississauga, Ontario, now known as the Small Arms Inspection Building, only part of which has been refurbished. I had the good fortune of being given an entire room in the decrepit portion to transform into my installation.
The result, entitled Hearts in Place, was all-new work, comprised of: 7-foot tall scrolls with large scale transfer prints on translucent mulberry paper, of photo-digital imagery and hand-lettered text (my own); a fibre and paper diptych inspired by veins and arteries; a site-built sculpture of a giant heart incorporating tree branches, metal ductwork and meshes, hoses and LED lights; a mural drawn as a performance piece each night, completed on the final night. |
A Full Heart at Cross-Breeds, 2017
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The series made its public debut at the Cross-Breeds exhibition in Toronto in October, 2017, with the thumbnail images you can see (click to see full images) at right or below.
These are available as limited edition prints, either full size (image 24" x 18" except for Head Meets Heart which is 24" x 30") or in a very affordable letter-size (8.5" x 11") format. Please contact me directly via the contact form with questions or to purchase. |
Please click on any thumbnail below to view slideshow (and see full images).
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