Kimberly
Blackstock is a Canadian artist from the West Coast whose innovative style has
gained international recognition among visual art enthusiasts. Born in
Vancouver, Blackstock’s childhood was characterized by constant change and new
surroundings, ultimately shaping her artistic vision and inspiring her to
challenge perceptions while viewing the world from new perspectives. Each piece
she creates invites the viewer to examine expectations and invites each on a
journey of discovery and delight.
Blackstock’s
unique artistic vision is not only characterized by her experimentation with
different perspectives and ways of seeing but also by her unconventional
painting style and her passion to push the boundaries of paint application.
Rarely using brushes, she applies paint with her hands, rags, leftover palette
sheets, spray bottles, and a vast collection of squeeze bottles filled with
custom-mixed hues of paint that have become her most used tools in the studio.
With a
background in Design and Illustration, Blackstock’s compositions and placements
of elements are meticulously thought out yet have a carefree, unrestrictive
feeling that is both playful and inviting. The artist’s multi-layered works
blend mixed media and unconventional techniques connecting her to broader
movements of change within contemporary art. Her vibrant compositions feature
playful textures of color that convey a sense of joy and exploration, with
3-dimensional dots, parallel lines that drip off the sides of her panels, and
pools of thick paint that rest like collections of puddles in rainbow hues.
Blackstock is
internationally recognized as a representative of Western Canadian art and her
ability to instill feelings of joy in her audience through the orchestrated
exploration of paint attracts the attention of collectors worldwide. Blackstock
is exhibited and published in Canada, the United States, and Europe.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 “It Takes Guts To Be This Happy”, Artspace
Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Saturated Euphoria”, Artspace Warehouse, Los
Angeles, CA
“Paths Across
Shapes”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
“Artists for Ukraine”, Vancouver,
Canada
AAF International Art Exhibition,
New York, NY
2021 “Interplay”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles,
CA
2020 “Gravity” Grit Studio, Port Moody, Canada
2020 “July Artists” Union Gallery, Vancouver,
Canada
“Floral Revelations”
CityScape ArtSpace, Vancouver, Canada
“Creativity Lives Here”, PoMoArts
Gallery
2019 “Precious” Silk Art Gallery, Canada
Cityscape Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2018
“#WE5WOMEN“ Artworks Gallery, Vancouver,
Canada
“Organic Reaction”
Centennial Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
“Floribunda” Silk Art Gallery,
Canada
The Port Moody Arts Center, Canada
“Say It With Flowers”
Kariton Art Gallery, Abbortsford, Canada
“Painting On The
Edge” Federation of Canadian Artists
Appleyard Parlour, Port Moody,
Canada
“Hop Into Spring”
Artworks Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Cityscape Galley, Vancouver, Canada
2017
“Winter Treasures” Port Moody Arts
Centre, Canada
Braid St Studios, New Westminster,
Canada
OPUS, Langley, Canada
OPUS, Coquitlam, Canada
“Great and North” Venice, Italy
2016
Cityscape Artspace, Vancouver, Canada
ArtWorks Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
“Brush & Bottle“
Solo Show, Vacity, Port Moody, Canada
“Inspiring Creativity“ Port Moody,
Canada
2015
“Double Life“ Port Moody Arts Centre,
Canada
“Lab Art Show VI“ 181
Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, Canada
“Emergence“ ArtWorks Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada
“Cerulean“ Cityscape ArtSpace,
Vancouver, Canada
“Bacchanal“ ArtWorks Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada
Solo Show, Port Moody Arts Centre,
Canada
2014
“Mercury Rising“ ArtWorks Gallery,
Canada
“Let Art Grow” ArtWorks Gallery,
Canada
“Kaboom” Port Moody Art Explosion,
Canada
“Form” ArtWorks Gallery, Vancouver,
Canada
“PMAC Instructor’s Exhibition” Port
Moody, Canada
2013
CityScape ArtSpace, Canada
ArtWorks Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, Canada
2012
“Sans Brush“, CityScape ArtSpace,
Vancouver, Canada
“Glam“, ArtWorks Gallery, Vancouver,
Canada
PUBLICATIONS
2022 “Uppercase Encyclopedia of Inspiration”, Volume 10, Artists
Feature
2021 “Create! Magazine”, Issue #27, Curated Artist Feature
2018 “Arabella – Canadian Art, Architecture & Design”, Group
Exhibition Feature
2017 “Florists’ Review”, Art for Art’s Sake, Exhibition Feature
2016 “Oh West Canada! – Imago Mundi”, Artists Feature
TV & FILM
Insecure,
HBO
Night
Agent, Netflix
BH90210, FOX
X-Files, FOX
