Kim Vergil: Canada
Kim Vergil is a Canadian Artist, living and working in Basel, Switzerland. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the “University of Quebec”- Montreal, Canada, and is a Member and Chair of the Arts committee for the “International Association for the Study of Dreams”. A member of “Visarte and “Schweizerische Gesellschaft Bilderder Kunstlerinnen”, Basel, Switzerland. And a Canadian member of - “Regroupement des Artist en Art Visuelle”.
Kim's creative process is inspired by her understanding on how we create our dreams at night; (a combination of symbolic imagery and emotional energy). A reflection of this process is found in her mixed media collages. Using photography from her everyday life and travels, combined with paint and painting to express emotional energy, Kim transforms her finished expressions into "Abstracted Dream Scenes". A process of “Searching and Finding meaning within Chaos”. Creating invitations into the “Portals of the Imagination” as well as dynamic “Shape Shifters” over time.
“My work creates an opportunity to dig deep and discover personal meaning within the Chaos of our daily lives. As a reflection of Society, art should also guide and feed us as emotional and intellectual beings. What seems at first glance to be Chaos can still come into focus as our personal story is discovered and emerges—creating personal definition”. - Kim Vergil.
Kim's creative process is inspired by her understanding on how we create our dreams at night; (a combination of symbolic imagery and emotional energy). A reflection of this process is found in her mixed media collages. Using photography from her everyday life and travels, combined with paint and painting to express emotional energy, Kim transforms her finished expressions into "Abstracted Dream Scenes". A process of “Searching and Finding meaning within Chaos”. Creating invitations into the “Portals of the Imagination” as well as dynamic “Shape Shifters” over time.
“My work creates an opportunity to dig deep and discover personal meaning within the Chaos of our daily lives. As a reflection of Society, art should also guide and feed us as emotional and intellectual beings. What seems at first glance to be Chaos can still come into focus as our personal story is discovered and emerges—creating personal definition”. - Kim Vergil.
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FRONTOFBICYCLE EXHIBITIONS 2019 - 2022
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 - Dream Sharing, CentrePoint Art Wall, Basel, CH 2017 - Finding meaning within Chaos, Galerie Erga, Montreal, QC, Can 2016 - Day Residue… E.K. Volland Gallery, Montreal, QC, CAN 2016-4 - One Day… IASD Regional Conference, Montreal, QC, CAN 2013 - One Day, Week, Month, Year… Place des Arts, Vancouver, BC 2013 - Les Reves IASD Conference, Montreal, QC, CAN 2011 - Dream Scenes Studio Georgeville, Georgeville, QC, CAN 2011 - “If it were my dream” Coop Bons Voisins, Pte-Claire, QC, CAN 2011 - Reves, quand la nuit porte conseil IASD Conference, Mtl, QC, CAN 2009 - Dream Scenes Galerie Art Neuf, Montreal, QC, CAN 2007 - Concious-Unconcious Centre Culturel Verdun, Verdun, QC, CAN 2006 - Portals and Passages Galerie de La Ville, Dollard, QC, CAN 2005 - Horizons Beaconsfield Library, Beaconsfield QC, CAN 1999 - Sculptural-Painting and More Kirkland Library, Kirkland, QC, CAN GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2021 - Untitled #4, Kulturtreffpunkt, Rheinfelden, CH 2021 - frontofbicycle Gallery - #ME, Basel, CH 2020 - Recycle – UpCycle, SSFA, Basel, CH 2019 - Entree & Hommages, Projektraum M54, Basel, CH 2019 - ART Recommended Dose, frontofbicycle Gallery, Basel, CH 2017 - Trellis and Interstices, Gallerie de la Ville, QC, CAN 2016-17 - Spring Exhibition, Lakeshore Association of Artists, QC. CAN 2015 - So Says… Gallerie de la Ville, QC, CAN 2014 - Warmth Cube Gallery, Ottawa, ON 2014 - ARTBOMB E.K. Voland Art Gallery, Montreal, QC, CAN 2014 - Streetwise Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR, USA 2014 - Woman’s Works Old Court House, Woodstock, IL, USA 2008-19 - IASD Conference Dream Art exhibitions, Montreal, QC, CA; Berkeley, CA, USA; Virginia Beach, VA, USA; Berkeley, CA, USA; Kerkrade, Netherlands; Ashville, NC, USA; Chicago, IL, USA 2013 - Articulations Viva Vida Gallery, Montreal, QC, CAN 2012 - Sailing on the sea of dreams aMFa Gallery, Berkeley, CA, USA 2009 - Red Alert Galerie de l’ouest, Quebec, QC, CAN 2008 - Dreams without Borders Galerie Art Neuf, Montreal, QC, CAN 2006 - Galerie McClure, Visual Arts Centre, Westmount, QC, CAN 1999 - Old Traditions–Young Visions Stewart Hall ,Pte-Claire, QC HYBRID ART, SCULPTURE and INSTALLATIONS 2014 - Let’s Talk Art in the Wild, Wildwood Park, PA, USA 2012 - Saule Village Stanstead, QC, CAN 2010 - Land Art Mont-St-Hilaire, QC, CAN 2007-06 - International Flora Montreal, Quebec 2006 - Voices from the Woods Philadelphia, PA, USA 2004 - Bird Sanctuary Jardins Botanique de Montreal, Montreal, QC, CAN 2004 - Out of the Woods Catskill Foundation Gallery, Hunter, NY, USA 2002 - Medieval Garden Jardins Botanique Montreal, Montreal, QC, CAN EDUCATION 2009 - Willow Sculpture Musgove Willows, England 2001- 06 - Independent Studies Visual Arts Centre, Westmount, QC 2000 - Living Willow Structure Claire Wilks, England 1999 - Rustic Furniture Daniel Mack, Maine Craft Association, USA 1997 - Rustic Furniture St. Lawrence Art College, Brockville, Ontario 1995 - Bachelor of Fine Arts Univérsite du Québec à Montreal, QC, CAN 1983 - Ceramics Technology John Abbott College, Montreal, QC, CAN MEDIA – PRINT 2017 - Featured Artist, Artsy Shark, online, Aug 2017 - Featured Artist, Dreams Unzipped with Kelly Sullivan, Sept 2017 - Featured Artist, Creative Thresholds, online, Sept 2016 - Wise Women CJAD Radio interview, Jan 2013 - One Day…, Tri City News, Vancouver, Sept 2011 - Kim Vergil’s Dreamscenes H. Paterson, Sherbrook Record, April 2011 - If it were my Dream…, The Chronicle, September 2009 - Dreamtime, International Association for the Study of Dreams, Spring AWARDS 2017 - Snap, Photography Competition, Toronto, CAN 2014 - Art in the Wild 2nd Place, Wildwood Park, Pennsylvania, USA 2008 - Medieval Garden 1st Prize, APPQ, Botanical Gardens, Mtl, QC, CAN 1998-99-04 - Honorable Mention, Ville de Pierrefonds Concours d’Art, QC, CAN 1997 - Sculpture installation, C.L.S.C Sanguinet, Montreal, QC, CAN ASSOCIATIONS / GALLERIES 2019-2020 frontofbicycle Gallery, Basel, CH 2019-2020 Schweizerische Gesellschaft Bildender Kunstlerinnen, SGBK, CH 2018-2020 Visarte, Basel CH and EU 2016-2017 Lakeshore Association of Artists, QC, CAN 2009-2020 International Association for the Study of Dreams, CA, USA 2011-2017 English Language Art Network, ELAN, QC, CAN 1997-2019 Regroupement des Artistes en Arts Visuels, QC, CAN |