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October 30–November 23, 2019 will be my debut solo exhibition at The Red Head Gallery in downtown Toronto. WINTER
MARKHAM GROUP OF ARTISTS, Markham (Saturday, January 5, 10:00–noon) Critique Session for Members Get some insight, feedback or advice on selected work. NEILSON PARK CREATIVE CENTRE, Etobicoke (Wednesdays, Jan 16–Feb 27, 2019, 9:30am–12:30pm) Contemporary Portraits (It’s Not About the Likeness) Working with a model, we will combine artistic thinking, process, and sometimes unusual materials to create creative, adventurous and contemporary portraits. We will look at how key anatomical structures can prove useful and how to make them silly putty in our hands. Various media, some included in the $20 materials fee payable to the instructor on the first day. Level: adventurous, whether intermediate or advanced Registration is now open: Click here for more information. NEILSON PARK CREATIVE CENTRE, Etobicoke (Wednesdays, January 16–Feb 27, 2019, 1:00–4:00pm) Figurative Art: Drawn & Beyond I'm working on some new ideas for this term of working from the model... Not a classical life drawing class! Work with a model as a doorway to exploring artistic thinking, design, tools, processes and surfaces, plus ways of seeing. Get more out of your tools and materials and try interesting combinations. Each term is different, each week stretches your creative muscles and build your skills. Drawing-based but includes mixed and other media. Materials fee $15, payable to the instructor in the first class. Level: adventurous, whether beginner, intermediate or advanced Registration is now open: Click here for more information. ★ONE-DAY WORKSHOP MARKHAM GROUP OF ARTISTS, Markham (Saturday, January 19, 10am–3pm) Adding Dimension to Your Painting: Creating Texture and Impasto in Acrylics Enrich your paintings by pushing the paint out from the flatness of the canvas or panel into delicious relief surfaces we can feel with our eyes, (like work by post-impressionist Vincent Van Gogh through l’automatiste Paul-Émile Borduas to contemporary painter Kim Dorland). In this two-day workshop, build vivid surfaces in acrylic paint by developing your skills to create rich and varied textures, sculpt the paint and build up impasto marks. Also learn how to extend the open time so you can work back into the existing paint layer. Instructor Kim-Lee Kho will guide you through creative and technical – and fun! – aspects of working with and modifying acrylics to enhance the third dimension in your work. Check the materials list to see if you have the acrylic mediums you’ll need for this workshop, and if not, Kim will have some available at a discount from retail pricing. Materials fee $10, payable to the instructor. Registration is now open: Click here for more information. ★ONE-DAY WORKSHOP ARTEMBASSY, Toronto (Friday, February 8, 10am–4pm) Working in Layers with Contemporary Mixed Media Techniques In a combination of structured exercises and personal exploration, you’ll layer, distress, work into, and interfere with your mixed media and images to integrate and reveal contrasting visual material which can include painting, drawing, collage, transfers, embedding etc. Be inspired and informed by physical samples and images, supported by one-on-one consultations and group discussion. Level: adventurous, whether beginner, intermediate or advanced. Materials fee $15, payable to the instructor, covers a variety of prepared materials and tools you will need for the projects (in addition to those you will bring). Registration is now open: Click here for more information. EXHIBITION NEILSON PARK CREATIVE CENTRE, Main Gallery, Etobicoke ( January 7–27, 2019) Take Two Exhibition Instructors-paired-with-students exhibition. I will be exhibiting five pieces with Helen Jones. Closing reception: Sunday January 27, 2–4pm. Click here for more information. EXHIBITION LIVING ARTS CENTRE, Mississauga ( January 20–March 17, 2019) Rock, Paper, Scissors Exhibition A group exhibition curated by Katie Micak. I will be exhibiting 6–8 works on paper. Opening reception: Thursday January 17, 7–9pm. More information: at the gallery website. SPRING SOLO EXHIBITION CEDAR RIDGE CREATIVE CENTRE GALLERY, Scarborough (March 9–21, 2019) Kim-Lee Kho: A Full Heart Starting with the anatomical structures of the heart as a way into examining states of the human heart, with a special interest in vulnerability and empathy. My largest, most in-depth solo exhibition ever, focussed on the work I've been doing for the past three years, including brand-new work. Location information and more in my blog post about preparing for the show. ★WORKSHOP NEILSON PARK CREATIVE CENTRE, Etobicoke (Sunday mornings, March 31 & April 7, 9:30–12:30) Photoshop for Beginners A Very Basic Introduction to Photoshop. An artist's approach to Photoshop, which serves as a preliminary introduction for those interested in general or as preparation for my Traditional into Digital Studio course, which combines digital and regular art studio approaches to create hybrid forms and contemporary mixed media. Click here to register or for more information NEILSON PARK CREATIVE CENTRE, Etobicoke (Wednesdays, 5 FULL DAYS, Apr 17–May 15, 9:30am–4:00pm) Traditional into Digital Studio: Creating and Combining Layers and Elements Level: intermediate or advanced; introductory Photoshop OR advanced computer experience required Working with paint, paper and various tools we’ll make elements, layered surfaces and patterns; we will digitize and work with those in our “digital studio” (your laptop with Photoshop already installed), combining and layering with photography and other digitized visuals. Each day is divided between hands-on traditional and digital studio time, working at a reasonable pace for creative development and technical learning. Suited to students who have previous experience with Photoshop (you don’t have to be an expert!) or are computer mavens. Please note the Photoshop for Beginners workshop I am offering before this one for anyone who wants to take this but has no Photoshop experience. Adobe Photoshop CS 5.5, CS6 or CC software is required (more experienced users have managed with Elements, but you have to be familiar with it). $15 materials fee payable to instructor at the first class. Click here to register or for more information ★LECTURE PRESENTATION (Sunday, April 28, 2:00–4:00pm) NEILSON PARK CREATIVE CENTRE Gallery, Etobicoke Taking a Look at Contemporary Portraiture In this heavily-illustrated talk, Kim-Lee Kho will take you on a tour looking at some of the fascinating and sometimes surprising ideas, approaches, influences and media being used and combined in contemporary portraiture. Ranging from exquisite to outrageous; representational to rejections of it; the imaginary to photo-based; and working with interference, disruption, flux and complexity; the range and diversity reflects the complexity of our contemporary world. My upcoming weekend workshop at Neilson Park Creative Centre, Contemporary Portraits: Beyond Likeness, will focus trying a variety of approaches that are suitable for a workshop format. Call 416-622-5294 for registration information. ★WEEKEND WORKSHOP (Sat & Sun May 4 & 5, 9:30–4:00) Neilson Park Creative Centre, Etobicoke Contemporary Portraiture (It’s Not About the Likeness) Working with a model, we will combine artistic thinking, process, and sometimes unconventional tools and materials can be used to create creative, adventurous and contemporary portraits. Treating portraiture as our artistic playground we will put art ahead of likeness. Various media, some included in the $10 materials fee payable to the instructor on the first day. Level: adventurous, whether intermediate or advanced Click here to register or for more information ★LECTURE PRESENTATION (Friday May 10, 7–9:30pm) DON VALLEY ART CLUB / FOREST HILL ART CLUB, Toronto Contemporary Painting: Extending the Vocabulary of Paint Many contemporary painters are working with an expansive vocabulary of paint, using (and pushing) the properties of the material and its application in ways that 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 gorgeous examples from artists working today – many of them Canadian! – focusing on their painterly vocabulary and unique ways of working. This presentation relates closely to Kim-Lee Kho’s own approach to painting and she has taught numerous popular courses and workshops on related topics. She will bring some physical samples of selected processes for you to take a closer look at. For more information about DVAC, visit their website ★4-DAY INTENSIVE NEILSON PARK CREATIVE CENTRE, Etobicoke (All day, Mon–Thur, June 3–6, 9:30–4:00pm) Image Transfer and Contemporary Mixed Media Image transfers have become a common element in contemporary mixed media. During this 4-day course we will look at a variety of transfer approaches, including some tried and true plus (I hope!) a couple of new techniques I am currently testing in my studio. Work with layering and combining them with other media to experiment and build new work (or revive old!). Classes will include a combination of live demo, physical samples, examples from contemporary art and some materials for you to work with. Click here to register or for more information SUMMER WEEK-LONG INTENSIVE One of my most popular courses Acrylics – Explore, Express, Experiment Monday July 22 – Friday July 26, 2019 9:00am to 4:30pm Haliburton School of Art + Design (link) The most versatile of all paint media, acrylics can do almost anything you want. Through the magic of acrylic mediums you can change the appearance, behaviour and characteristics of acrylics in surprising ways, from pourable glazes to texturized and transparent impasto, layered encaustic-like effects to sculpted surfaces. In this intensive, materials and process-based course, a variety of acrylic mediums, physical processes and techniques will be explored. These may include drip, scrape, scratch, scumble, tickle, pour, squeeze, sculpt, roll, collage, layer, making skins and embedding objects. You will also investigate tools - how to select, use and customize them, with particular emphasis on unconventional choices. Materials fee and list. All levels and abilities are welcome (including advanced or pro), the only prerequisite is an open mind and an adventurous spirit. WEEK-LONG INTENSIVE Another popular course Acrylic Glazing & Encaustic Effects Monday July 29 – Friday August 2, 2019 9:00am to 4:30pm Haliburton School of Art + Design (link) From the Old Masters to cutting-edge contemporary artists, the use of transparent paint glazes is a tradition that has come a long way. In this process and materials-based course you will learn the language of transparent colour in acrylics, how to mix and work with glazes, which mediums to use when, and the importance of dilution, sheen and thickness. Glazing will be complemented with the rich surfaces and translucent depth of encaustic effects in acrylics. In structured exercises and your own creative explorations you will work with layering, blending, painterly marks, impasto surfaces and combine acrylics with other media to create depth and invite light into your paintings. Materials fee and list. Suited to students who have studied acrylics with me in the past, and anyone interested in enriching their acrylic painting with mediums, focussing in-depth on glazing and encaustic effects, exploring their technical aspects and creative potentials.
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