Jake Kimble is a multidisciplinary Chipewyan (Dëne Sųłıné) artist from Treaty 8 territory in the Northwest Territories whose practice mainly revolves around acts of self-care, self-repair, and gender-based ideological refusal. Kimble currently works on the stolen territory of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations and most recently attained a BFA in Photography from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Using a funny bone as a tool, Kimble excavates themes of existentialism, narcissism, and the strange, offering an invitation to the audience to examine the absurdities that exist within the everyday so that they may exhale, unclench, and even chuckle in the spaces where laughter is often lost.
C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
E D U C A T I O N
2019 BFA Specializing in Photography, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2014 Diploma in Acting for Film & Television, Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, BC
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2024 Make Yourself At Home, United Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2023 Grow Up #1, Public Billboard (460 King St. W), CONTACT Photography Festival, Toronto, ON
2023 Grow Up #4, Public Billboard (180 Shaw St.), CONTACT Photography Festival, Toronto, ON
2023 My Guardian Angel Is Tired, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver, BC
2021 Break A Leg, Telephone Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2018 I’m Gonna Be Fine, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2024 Otherwise Disregarded, Audain Art Museum, Whistler, BC
2024 Land Breaths: A Treaty 8 Exhibition, Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie, AB
2024 Spring Break Up, La Guilde, Montreal, QC
2023 New & Emerging, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2023 Self-Musings, United Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2023 The Reminder: Community Print Project, Audain Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2023 Response: Resonance, Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2022 The Lind Prize 2022, Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2022 Emerging Vision: Student Biennial Show, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO, USA
2022 I Spy…, UNIT/PITT, Vancouver, BC
2022 Open Invitations, Art Gallery at Evergreen, Coquitlam, BC
2022 Around Us, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver, BC
2021 ART SHOW, August Studios, Vancouver, BC
2020 Reading and Being Read, Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver, BC
2020 What We Bring With Us, Bill Reid Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2020 Emerging Photographers Showcase, Exposure Photography Festival, Calgary, AB
2019 Discord & Dissidence, SelcouthCircl., Vancouver, BC
2019 The Show, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2019 Consumed, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2016 Surround Yourself With Positive Energy, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
R E S I D E N C I E S
2023 Banff Artist in Residence Emerging, Banff Centre for Arts + Creativity, Banff, AB
2023 BAF Residency Program, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver, BC
2022 Response: Resonance Residency, Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2022 Emerging Creators Incubator, Art Gallery at Evergreen, Coquitlam, BC
C U R A T O R I A L
2024 Contemporary Native Art Biennial (BACA), Multiple, Montreal, QC
2023 Peace Maker, Haley Bassett, Ceremonial/Art, Vancouver, BC
2023 Holding It Together, Michelle Sound, Ceremonial/Art, Vancouver, BC
A W A R D S / G R A N T S / S C H O L A R S H I P S
2024 Nominated for the Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize - Longlisted
2022 Nominated for the Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize - Shortlisted
2019 Nominated for the Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize - Longlisted
2018 National Indian Brotherhood Scholarship
2018 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Bursary
2017 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Bursary
O T H E R
2022 Rot With Me, Feature in ‘DESIRE’, WOO Publication
2021 Go Fix Yourself, Feature in ‘ti-TCR 19 On Ritual’, The Capilano Review
2019 Editorial for May Issue of Discorder Magazine
2018 Cover for the December Issue of Discorder Magazine
2018 I’m Tired, Feature in ‘UNBOUND’, WOO Publication