EDUCATION
2001 BFA, Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design, Vancouver BC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 You, Only Better, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver BC
2017 Fast Girls Get There First, WAAP, Vancouver BC
2015 Industry, Charity, Faith, Hope, curated by Patrik Andersson, West Vancouver Museum, BC
2014 Boy Band Buddha, CFA Gallery, Vancouver BC
2013 Sunny Thoughts & Busy Fingers, Hardscrabble Gallery, Vancouver BC
2012 AJ, Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver BC
2009 Pimp Juice, Lawrence Eng Gallery, Vancouver BC
2005 K Structure, State Gallery, Vancouver BC
2002 The Teen Dream Series, Itt-En Gallery, Vancouver BC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 New Acquisitions, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby BC
2021 Teeth, Loan and Trust Company, Consolidated: The Trylowsky Collection, curated by Patrik Andersson, Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver BC
2021 Office Work, Trapp Projects, Trylowsky Gallery, Vancouver BC
2021 Together Again, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver BC
2020 Trapped in 2020, Trapp Projects, Vancouver BC
2019 Leftovers, curated by Patrik Andersson, Trapp Projects, Vancouver BC
2018 Metamorphosis, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2018 Text, Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art, Guelph ON
2018 Campaign HQ, Peanuts Gallery, Vancouver BC
2018 Serpentine Path, Terminal Creek Contemporary, Bowen Island BC
2018 Today's Paper, Angell Gallery, Toronto ON
2016 The Best Example is All Together, WAAP, Vancouver BC
2016 Kitchen Midden, curated by Gareth Moore & Anne Lowe, Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver BC
2016 No Big Picture, curated by Patrik Andersson, Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver BC
2016 Surrogates, curated by Helga Pakasaar, Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver BC
2013 Some Woolly Buzz, Publication Studios, Vancouver BC
2012 Long Legged Streak of Misery, curated by Mark DeLong, East Van Studios, Vancouver BC
2011 On the Nature of Things, curated by Patrik Andersson, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops BC
2011 It’s a Trap, The Writing on the Wall, The Crying Room, Vancouver BC
2010 It’s All Blowing Up, The International Chilliwack Biennial, Bodgers’ and Kludgers’ Site, Cultus Lake BC
2010 Saturday Is The New Sunday, curated by Geoffrey Farmer, Every Letter In The Alphabet, Vancouver BC
2010 This One’s About SPORTS! Gallery Atsui, Vancouver BC
2008 Local, curated by Lee Plested, Fillip Office, Vancouver BC
2008 The Subject of Education, curated by Jonathan Middleton, Emily Carr University, Vancouver BC
2008 Thick Hot, Gallery Atsui, Vancouver BC
2007 There Are Those, curated by Jenifer Papararo, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 Post Suzuki, curated by Tyler Brett, Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge AB
2006 Dibujos, curated by Anne Lowe, El Levante, Rosario Argentina
2006 The Property In Question, Charles H. Scott Gallery, curated by Cate Rimmer, Vancouver BC
2006 Recent Tracks, curated by Patrik Andersson, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 A Thing Called Love, curated by Patrik Andersson, Neon Gallery, Brösarp Sweden
2005 Classified Materials, curated by Monika Szewczyk, Daina Augaitis, Grant Arnold, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
2005 If Only For Today, Perhaps Tomorrow, State Projects, New York NY
2005 Paul Butler’s Collage Party, Anti-Social Gallery, Vancouver BC
2004 Summer Show-Case No. 1, State Gallery, Vancouver BC
2004 To The Point, State Gallery, Vancouver BC
2004 WAR, The Fred and Jock Gallery, curated by Gareth Moore & Christian Kliegel, Vancouver BC
2003 On Location, Belkin Satellite Gallery, curated by Monika Szewczyk, Vancouver BC
2003 Drawing on Architecture, curated by Patrik Andersson, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver BC
2003 Psychic Geographies II, Or Gallery, curated by Sydney Hermant, Vancouver BC
BOOKS AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2016 No Big Picture, Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver BC
2016 Surrogates, Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver BC
2011 On the Nature of Things, Trapp Editions, Kamloops Art Gallery
ARTIST PROJECTS AND EDITIONS
2021 ShowBoat, The Wall, CBC Building, Public Art Work
2018 Better Fruit, Western Front ARC, Tea Towel Edition
2015 Or Gallery ARC Christmas Card, Or Gallery
2015 Sports Without Pressure, Tote Bag Edition, READ Bookstore, Charles H. Scott Gallery
2011 Beaver Dam, Shopping Bag Edition, Red Flag Design
2009 ArtStamp, Custom Postage Stamp, Artspeak Gallery, Apr.24-Jul.1
2007 Sarah and Kim Drunk in the Gutter, CAG Christmas Card, Contemporary Art Gallery
2005 Cage Match, Centrefold Image, Vancouver Review, pp.14-15, No.7 Fall
2004 d’Or: Explorations in Psychic Geography, Table of Contents Design, Or Gallery pp.4-5, 66
2004 Model Read: Shopping Bag Project, READ Bookstore, Charles H. Scott Gallery
2002 Think Pink? Artist Feature, Made Magazine, pp.21-26, Issue 2
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Art work for dental work: This Vancouver dentist has traded his services for 25 years. Collins, Leah. https://www.cbc.ca/arts/art-work-for-dental-work-this-vancouver-dentist-has-traded-his-services-for-25-years-1.6177955
New Bowen Exhibit Makes Wish List of Artists A Reality, Bronwyn Beairsto, Bowen Island Undercurrent, Aug.23, 2018
Vancouver Report: Behind the Screen, Lucien Durey, Canadian Art, May 17, 2017
Profound Meets the Banal in Kim Kennedy Austin’s Industry, Charity, Faith, Hope, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, Feb.11, 2015
Generating Some Woolly Buzz, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, p.36, Jan.23-30 2014
Kim Kennedy Austin: AJ, Emmy Lee, Here and Elsewhere (Q&A),
http://hereelsewhere.com/see/kim-kennedy-austin-aj/ Jan.3 2012
The Opening – Kim Kennedy Austin, Anne Cottingham, Vancouver is Awesome (Q&A), http://vancouverisawesome.com/2011/11/11/the-opening-kim-kennedy-austin/ Nov.11 2011
On the Nature of Things: So Much to See, Robin Laurence, Canadian Art (online review), Nov.3 2011
Galleries Stake Out a Neighbourhood in Flux, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, p.124, Sep.18-25 2008
There Are Those: Drawings by Six Artists, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, Jul.19 2007
When Real Estate Becomes Art, Clint Burnham, Vancouver Sun, Aug.12 2006
Love and Pain, Julia Svensson, Kvallsposten, Sweden, Apr.2 2006
Emerging Contemporary Canadian Art at Neon, Osterlenmagasinet, Mar.3 2006
The Art of Pop Music with Love in Brösarp, Anders Blomdahl, Kristianstadbladet, Sweden, Mar.14 2006
Playful Art About Love, Ulf Martensson, Ystads Allehanda, Sweden, Mar.3 2006
Love From Kanada, Sune Johannesson, Kristianstadbladet, Sweden, Mar.3 2006
Girl Talk, Robin Laurence, Border Crossings, pp.80-86, Vol.24 No.3, Issue 95 2005
Austin’s Work Pulses With Paradoxes, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, p.52, Apr.7-14 2005
Analytical Beauty: Kim Kennedy Austin and the Art of Conceptual Architecture, Christopher Brayshaw, Terminal City, p.13, Mar.24 2005
Reader and Wanderer Mine Past, Present, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, p.69, Sep.16-23 2004
News – Vancouver, Lee Henderson, Contemporary Magazine, p.23 No.63 2004
Chewing-Gum Romance Meets Real-Estate Cliché, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, Mar.25-Apr.1 2004
Penny For Your Unfolded Artistic Thoughts, Vancouver Sun, p.C3, Mar.18-25 2004
Drawing on Architecture, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, Sep.25-Oct.2 2003
Kim Kennedy Austin, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, Dec.19-26 2002
COLLECTIONS
Burnaby Art Gallery
West Vancouver Museum
Vancouver Art Gallery
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS
2017 Artist Residency, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver BC
2014 Artist Residency, The Sointula Art Shed, Sointula BC
2011 Print Research Residency, Malaspina Printmakers, Vancouver BC
2010 Canada Council Assistance to Visual Artists - Project Grant
2010 BC Arts Council - Project Assistance for Visual Arts
ARTIST TALKS AND WORKSHOPS
2015 Industry Charity Faith Hope, Gallery Tour with CASV, West Vancouver Museum
2012 Paper Folding Doodle, with Instant Coffee, Western Front Gallery ARC, Vancouver BC
2011 Postal Art Workshop, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops BC
2007 Papercupanorama, The Big Draw, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 Art and Language: Kim Kennedy Austin, Tim Lee and Denise Oleksijczuk, moderated by Ken Lum, Canadian Art Hop, Robson Square, Vancouver BC
2005 K Structure: Kim Kennedy Austin with Christopher Brayshaw, Canadian Art Hop, Vancouver BC
2001 BFA, Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design, Vancouver BC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 You, Only Better, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver BC
2017 Fast Girls Get There First, WAAP, Vancouver BC
2015 Industry, Charity, Faith, Hope, curated by Patrik Andersson, West Vancouver Museum, BC
2014 Boy Band Buddha, CFA Gallery, Vancouver BC
2013 Sunny Thoughts & Busy Fingers, Hardscrabble Gallery, Vancouver BC
2012 AJ, Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver BC
2009 Pimp Juice, Lawrence Eng Gallery, Vancouver BC
2005 K Structure, State Gallery, Vancouver BC
2002 The Teen Dream Series, Itt-En Gallery, Vancouver BC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 New Acquisitions, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby BC
2021 Teeth, Loan and Trust Company, Consolidated: The Trylowsky Collection, curated by Patrik Andersson, Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver BC
2021 Office Work, Trapp Projects, Trylowsky Gallery, Vancouver BC
2021 Together Again, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver BC
2020 Trapped in 2020, Trapp Projects, Vancouver BC
2019 Leftovers, curated by Patrik Andersson, Trapp Projects, Vancouver BC
2018 Metamorphosis, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2018 Text, Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art, Guelph ON
2018 Campaign HQ, Peanuts Gallery, Vancouver BC
2018 Serpentine Path, Terminal Creek Contemporary, Bowen Island BC
2018 Today's Paper, Angell Gallery, Toronto ON
2016 The Best Example is All Together, WAAP, Vancouver BC
2016 Kitchen Midden, curated by Gareth Moore & Anne Lowe, Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver BC
2016 No Big Picture, curated by Patrik Andersson, Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver BC
2016 Surrogates, curated by Helga Pakasaar, Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver BC
2013 Some Woolly Buzz, Publication Studios, Vancouver BC
2012 Long Legged Streak of Misery, curated by Mark DeLong, East Van Studios, Vancouver BC
2011 On the Nature of Things, curated by Patrik Andersson, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops BC
2011 It’s a Trap, The Writing on the Wall, The Crying Room, Vancouver BC
2010 It’s All Blowing Up, The International Chilliwack Biennial, Bodgers’ and Kludgers’ Site, Cultus Lake BC
2010 Saturday Is The New Sunday, curated by Geoffrey Farmer, Every Letter In The Alphabet, Vancouver BC
2010 This One’s About SPORTS! Gallery Atsui, Vancouver BC
2008 Local, curated by Lee Plested, Fillip Office, Vancouver BC
2008 The Subject of Education, curated by Jonathan Middleton, Emily Carr University, Vancouver BC
2008 Thick Hot, Gallery Atsui, Vancouver BC
2007 There Are Those, curated by Jenifer Papararo, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 Post Suzuki, curated by Tyler Brett, Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge AB
2006 Dibujos, curated by Anne Lowe, El Levante, Rosario Argentina
2006 The Property In Question, Charles H. Scott Gallery, curated by Cate Rimmer, Vancouver BC
2006 Recent Tracks, curated by Patrik Andersson, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 A Thing Called Love, curated by Patrik Andersson, Neon Gallery, Brösarp Sweden
2005 Classified Materials, curated by Monika Szewczyk, Daina Augaitis, Grant Arnold, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
2005 If Only For Today, Perhaps Tomorrow, State Projects, New York NY
2005 Paul Butler’s Collage Party, Anti-Social Gallery, Vancouver BC
2004 Summer Show-Case No. 1, State Gallery, Vancouver BC
2004 To The Point, State Gallery, Vancouver BC
2004 WAR, The Fred and Jock Gallery, curated by Gareth Moore & Christian Kliegel, Vancouver BC
2003 On Location, Belkin Satellite Gallery, curated by Monika Szewczyk, Vancouver BC
2003 Drawing on Architecture, curated by Patrik Andersson, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver BC
2003 Psychic Geographies II, Or Gallery, curated by Sydney Hermant, Vancouver BC
BOOKS AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2016 No Big Picture, Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver BC
2016 Surrogates, Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver BC
2011 On the Nature of Things, Trapp Editions, Kamloops Art Gallery
ARTIST PROJECTS AND EDITIONS
2021 ShowBoat, The Wall, CBC Building, Public Art Work
2018 Better Fruit, Western Front ARC, Tea Towel Edition
2015 Or Gallery ARC Christmas Card, Or Gallery
2015 Sports Without Pressure, Tote Bag Edition, READ Bookstore, Charles H. Scott Gallery
2011 Beaver Dam, Shopping Bag Edition, Red Flag Design
2009 ArtStamp, Custom Postage Stamp, Artspeak Gallery, Apr.24-Jul.1
2007 Sarah and Kim Drunk in the Gutter, CAG Christmas Card, Contemporary Art Gallery
2005 Cage Match, Centrefold Image, Vancouver Review, pp.14-15, No.7 Fall
2004 d’Or: Explorations in Psychic Geography, Table of Contents Design, Or Gallery pp.4-5, 66
2004 Model Read: Shopping Bag Project, READ Bookstore, Charles H. Scott Gallery
2002 Think Pink? Artist Feature, Made Magazine, pp.21-26, Issue 2
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Art work for dental work: This Vancouver dentist has traded his services for 25 years. Collins, Leah. https://www.cbc.ca/arts/art-work-for-dental-work-this-vancouver-dentist-has-traded-his-services-for-25-years-1.6177955
New Bowen Exhibit Makes Wish List of Artists A Reality, Bronwyn Beairsto, Bowen Island Undercurrent, Aug.23, 2018
Vancouver Report: Behind the Screen, Lucien Durey, Canadian Art, May 17, 2017
Profound Meets the Banal in Kim Kennedy Austin’s Industry, Charity, Faith, Hope, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, Feb.11, 2015
Generating Some Woolly Buzz, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, p.36, Jan.23-30 2014
Kim Kennedy Austin: AJ, Emmy Lee, Here and Elsewhere (Q&A),
http://hereelsewhere.com/see/kim-kennedy-austin-aj/ Jan.3 2012
The Opening – Kim Kennedy Austin, Anne Cottingham, Vancouver is Awesome (Q&A), http://vancouverisawesome.com/2011/11/11/the-opening-kim-kennedy-austin/ Nov.11 2011
On the Nature of Things: So Much to See, Robin Laurence, Canadian Art (online review), Nov.3 2011
Galleries Stake Out a Neighbourhood in Flux, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, p.124, Sep.18-25 2008
There Are Those: Drawings by Six Artists, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, Jul.19 2007
When Real Estate Becomes Art, Clint Burnham, Vancouver Sun, Aug.12 2006
Love and Pain, Julia Svensson, Kvallsposten, Sweden, Apr.2 2006
Emerging Contemporary Canadian Art at Neon, Osterlenmagasinet, Mar.3 2006
The Art of Pop Music with Love in Brösarp, Anders Blomdahl, Kristianstadbladet, Sweden, Mar.14 2006
Playful Art About Love, Ulf Martensson, Ystads Allehanda, Sweden, Mar.3 2006
Love From Kanada, Sune Johannesson, Kristianstadbladet, Sweden, Mar.3 2006
Girl Talk, Robin Laurence, Border Crossings, pp.80-86, Vol.24 No.3, Issue 95 2005
Austin’s Work Pulses With Paradoxes, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, p.52, Apr.7-14 2005
Analytical Beauty: Kim Kennedy Austin and the Art of Conceptual Architecture, Christopher Brayshaw, Terminal City, p.13, Mar.24 2005
Reader and Wanderer Mine Past, Present, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, p.69, Sep.16-23 2004
News – Vancouver, Lee Henderson, Contemporary Magazine, p.23 No.63 2004
Chewing-Gum Romance Meets Real-Estate Cliché, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, Mar.25-Apr.1 2004
Penny For Your Unfolded Artistic Thoughts, Vancouver Sun, p.C3, Mar.18-25 2004
Drawing on Architecture, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, Sep.25-Oct.2 2003
Kim Kennedy Austin, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, Dec.19-26 2002
COLLECTIONS
Burnaby Art Gallery
West Vancouver Museum
Vancouver Art Gallery
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS
2017 Artist Residency, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver BC
2014 Artist Residency, The Sointula Art Shed, Sointula BC
2011 Print Research Residency, Malaspina Printmakers, Vancouver BC
2010 Canada Council Assistance to Visual Artists - Project Grant
2010 BC Arts Council - Project Assistance for Visual Arts
ARTIST TALKS AND WORKSHOPS
2015 Industry Charity Faith Hope, Gallery Tour with CASV, West Vancouver Museum
2012 Paper Folding Doodle, with Instant Coffee, Western Front Gallery ARC, Vancouver BC
2011 Postal Art Workshop, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops BC
2007 Papercupanorama, The Big Draw, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 Art and Language: Kim Kennedy Austin, Tim Lee and Denise Oleksijczuk, moderated by Ken Lum, Canadian Art Hop, Robson Square, Vancouver BC
2005 K Structure: Kim Kennedy Austin with Christopher Brayshaw, Canadian Art Hop, Vancouver BC