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Solo Art Exhibition 'A Full Heart' March 9–21, 2019

3/6/2019

 
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A Full Heart is my biggest solo show so far in my career. Full of recent and brand-new work in various media, it explores the human heart from various angles: structural, emotional and metaphorical.

​I've written a blog post about preparations for the show, click here to read it.

All the details can be found there, but the key location information is here as well.

Cedar Ridge Creative Centre
225 Confederation Drive
Toronto, ON  M1G 1B2
(416) 396-4026

It's Over: The 2018 In Situ Multi-Arts Festival

12/1/2018

 
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The tools and materials for my nightly mural drawing performances. Photo: Jennifer Vong
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Final night of three, working on my 'Hearts in Place' mural, in front of an audience. Photo: Jennifer Vong
Another wonderful In Situ Festival, put on by Creative Hub 1352 (the main focus of The Small Arms Society) in Mississauga, and their wonderful team, volunteers and board, and most especially artistic director Heather Snell who gave us artists the physical and psychic space to be at our best and combine to create an environment of artistic ferment!

I've written a blog post (part one) with my first thoughts about 'Hearts in Place', my room installation at the festival, which was held at the Small Arms Inspection Building (click here to read) – loads of photos!

Thanks to the many, many friends, colleagues and students who came out!
​Thanks also to Jennifer Vong for the photos on this page.

It's Back: In Situ II Multi-Arts Festival, Nov 8–10, 2018

9/29/2018

 
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Site visit and selection day. Heather Snell, director of the In Situ II event and artistic director/curator of the arts content, shown here meeting with sculptor Derya Ozparlak to discuss location options for her work. Behind and to the left of them you can see the renovated main space of the formerly derelict building, now called the Small Arms Inspection Building. Photos above and top: Kim-Lee Kho, 2018.
Here's a sneak peek at the room I will be installing for this year's In Situ II multi-arts festival: Making Space, Making Place.
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One of my favourite events of all time was the first In Situ festival in 2018, held at the then-abandoned factory space known as the Small Arms Building in Mississauga.

Produced by the Small Arms Society which saved the building from demolition, they were also instrumental in persuading the City of Mississauga to take over ownership of the site (renamed the Small Arms Inspection Building) which means the building is now partially renovated and features heat and running water (and bathrooms!), none of which was true for the first In Situ. Not that that held us back!

When I update this post I will show you a photo of the room I am creating an installation for, happily it's in the old, unrenovated wing – I do so love the decrepit beauty of it!

​Finally, I am planning to do live drawing again each of the three nights from 8-9pm.
​Hope to see you there!

Here are the details:
In Situ II multi-arts festival
November 8 to 10, 2018, 7pm to 11pm

Small Arms Inspection Building
1352 Lakeshore Rd East
Mississauga
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Tickets are now available!
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At this link:

www.smallarmsbuilding.ca/insitu
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Photo: Kim-Lee Kho 2018

Coming Soon: Nuit Blanche Members' Show @redheadgallery

9/20/2018

 
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@redheadgallery
Weds Sept 26 –
Sat Sept 29, 2018


The Red Head Gallery
​
401 Richmond St West
Suite 115, Toronto, M5V 3A8
(416) 504-5654
UPDATE: TONIGHT IS THE BIG EVENT! OPEN UNTIL 1:00 AM!
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Installation starts this weekend for ​​@redheadgallery, a short-but-sweet group members' show that ends with a bang during Toronto's massive Nuit Blanche all-night art event.

You can join the throngs on Saturday September 29 (I'll be there from 5 to 7pm) or have a nice quiet look at the work starting Wednesday September 26 when the gallery will extend its regular hours to 7pm, as well as during regular open hours (12-5pm) on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. On Saturday night the gallery will stay open until 1:00am.

If you've been following this news section or my social media this year then you'll know that being accepted as a member at The Red Head Gallery collective was probably my biggest accomplishment in what has been an exciting year. So...

I'm delighted to be in my first show as a Red Head member!

For more information please visit: The Red Head Gallery

​RED HEAD ARTISTS:
Mathew Borrett, Jim Bourke, Jack Butler, Tonia Di Risio, Teri Donovan, Soheila Esfahani, Leah Garnett, Philip Hare, Gillian Iles, Margie Kelk, Kim-Lee Kho, Ian Mackay, Cate McGuire, Peggy Taylor Reid, Lois Schklar, Sally Thurlow, and Elaine Whittaker

Upcoming Talk on Contemporary Painting on Sunday, April 29

4/15/2018

 
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Contemporary Painting:
The Vocabulary of Paint

A talk + presentation by Kim-Lee Kho
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Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 2:00pm

Neilson Park Creative Centre
56 Neilson Drive,
​Etobicoke, ON (near Dundas & Hwy 427)
Illustration at the top of the page features details from paintings by (clockwise from top left): Wendy White, Erin Loree, Jennifer Wigmore and Kim Dorland.
Many contemporary painters are working with an expansive vocabulary of paint, or a distinctly contemporary language, using (and pushing) the properties of the paint, and its application, in varied and unexpected ways. 

Their paintings can really surprise us, offering us rich tactile experiences, a vivid sense of the artist’s hand as well as fascinating optical effects. 

See lots of examples from artists working today – many of them Canadian! – focusing in on their painterly vocabulary and unique ways of working with paint. 

Kim-Lee Kho teaches regularly at Neilson Park Creative Centre. She’s an actively exhibiting multidisciplinary Canadian artist and recovering graphic designer/art director. As a teacher, speaker and consultant, she leads people on adventures in art. 

This presentation relates closely to her own approach to painting and she has taught numerous popular courses and workshops on related topics. 

Her upcoming weekend workshop at Neilson Park, Contemporary Painting: Transparent Glazes in Acrylics, will focus on creating the gorgeous depth, lustre and complexity of layered transparent glazes. It will look at mediums: suitability and how to choose, mixing and dilution, applying and layering, the very different nature of transparent colour and how to combine it with other approaches. 

Experienced glaze painters can also benefit from working on their own projects in consultation with Kim.

For more information: click here

OSA Open Juried Exhibition: I’m In and You’re Invited!

4/9/2018

 
The Ontario Society of Artists has a long history – almost 150 years of it. Their Open Juried Exhibition is always an event, and this year, I’m happy to report, that event includes my work! The large print of Tangled Heart, No Blood Left made it in.

This was a very tough show to get into, I know a number of artists who didn’t make the cut, so I count myself lucky. I was initially drawn to submit my work largely because of the two (out of three) jurors I knew of, regardless of whether I got in or not. One of the jurors, Richard Rhodes, I know in-person; he was the longtime editor of Canadian Art magazine, and we met properly at the gallery he started after leaving Canadian Art, Richard Rhodes Dupont Projects, which had some wonderful shows, though it’s since closed I’m sad to say.

If you can make the reception on Thursday, April 12, 6–8pm, please say hi; otherwise I hope you can visit the show which is sure to be interesting and worth seeing.

Show runs April 10 through May 4, 2018.
Location information including a map is below. Hope to see you there!
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John B. Aird Gallery
Macdonald Block (Ontario Government building)
900 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Newly-Elected Member at Red Head Gallery in Toronto!

3/20/2018

 
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It’s a dream come true!

Approximately 10 years ago I paid my first visit to The Red Head Gallery and when I learned that is was an artist collective, thought “wow, imagine belonging to a place like this, how exciting that would be!”

And now, I am pleased to announce that I am a newly-elected member to the artist collective that is The Red Head Gallery. This was my second application to join, and tomorrow I will attend my first meeting!

To be part of this community of artists I respect and admire, part of a gallery in a high-profile location for visual art, which the landmark 401 Richmond building certainly is, marks a big transition for me, and the reality hasn't sunk in properly yet.

One key benefit of membership is a solo show at the gallery approximately every 21 months. I have lots of interesting work planned for that, including forays into new territory media/format-wise, so stay tuned!
The Red Head Gallery
401 Richmond St West, Suite 115
Toronto, ON, Canada  M5V 3A8

Gallery hours:
Wednesday to Saturday
12:00 - 5:00 PM


(416) 504-5654
www.redheadgallery.org

Now Showing in The Latcham Gallery Juried Show

3/15/2018

 
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Here are my father and stepmother with me and my digital mixed media print 'Heart Haiku' at The Latcham Gallery Annual Juried Exhibition opening a couple of Saturdays ago. 

Kal Honey, the only artist with two pieces in the show, is the photographer.

Terrific show! Wonderful mix and variety beautifully curated by Elisa Coish. We're both so pleased to be part of it. 

Many thanks to the jurors, including artist/OCADU associate professor Nicole Collins, Melissa Bennett, contemporary curator at the Art Gallery of Hamilton and Gary Evans, artist and instructor in Georgian College's School of Design And Visual Art. 

The show runs through April 28, 2018.
The Latcham Gallery
​6240 Main Street
Whitchurch-Stouffville, ON
L4A 1E2

On Now: Instructors’ Show at Neilson Park, Reception Jan. 28

1/15/2018

 
On January 8 Kal Honey and I delivered our work for the instructors' exhibition at Neilson Park Creative Centre in Etobicoke (Toronto’s west end), Ontario. The centre has numerous skilled and talented instructors, many of whom have work in the show.
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The opening reception is on Sunday, January 28 from 2-4 pm.

Exhibition runs until February 4.

The artwork detail shown above is from my ‘Heart Branchlines’ mixed media piece, one of four I have in the exhibition. See more from that body of work here (click).

This is the write up from Neilson Park's Facebook page:
“Kim-Lee Kho is a multidisciplinary visual artist and designer, who works in drawing, painting, sculpture, video, installation, performance and photo-digital mixed media. For many years, Kim-Lee has encouraged NPCC participants to extract more expression from their materials. Celebrate with Kim-Lee and learn about upcoming instructional offerings at the reception on January 28 from 2-4 pm.”

'Drawing from Life' Films & Discussion for VAM Members Jan. 15

1/10/2018

 
Kal Honey and I are working hard to prepare for a special event for Visual Arts Mississauga members, 'Drawing from Life' which combines talk, visuals, film clips and discussion. Co-presented by the two of us, we will focus on the influence and importance of an artist's life in relation to their work, the sometimes surprising pathways and results. 

Monday, January 15 (2018), at 7 PM - 10 PM

The most important thing we bring
to our work as
artists is our unique selves.
 

Free for members. Register in advance: 905-277-4313. Map below.
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Visual Arts Mississauga, 4170 Riverwood Park Lane, Mississauga, Ontario L5C 2S7
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