Kym Greeley (born 1973) is a Canadian painter based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, known primarily for her screen-printed paintings of the province's landscape and roads. In 2011, she was longlisted for the Sobey Art Award, one of Canada's most prestigious contemporary art awards.
Career
Greeley studied at the
Cooper Union School for the Advancement of Art and Science in New York as part of an exchange program, graduating in 1996. She then graduated from the
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
NSCAD University, also known as the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design or NSCAD, is a public art university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university is a co-educational institution that offers bachelor's and master's degrees. The univ ...
in 1997, where she majored in Painting and Drawing.
Greeley pursued a career as a contemporary artist in New York for five years, but found that her interests leaned towards the landscape. She returned to Newfoundland in 2003.
Her Newfoundland paintings evolved from her studies in abstraction while in New York, and portray contemporary Newfoundland subjects as unromantic, largely monochromatic representations that are abstracted from their original surroundings, textures and colors. She has described her paintings as "taken from a 'place' and made into a 'non-place'. ... This 'non-place' than becomes a representation of my feelings or experiences."
Greeley's paintings have since been exhibited in Germany, Canada and the United States. In 2009, Greeley participated in a four month residency at
The Rooms
The Rooms is a cultural facility in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The facility opened in 2005 and houses the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Provincial Muse ...
in
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, which led to a solo exhibition entitled "Time Trial." In 2013, her work was included in a major survey of painting in Canada titled "The Painting Project," organized by Galerie UQAM.
After the birth of twins in 2014, Greeley's subject matter shifted to interiors. This body of work was shown at The Rooms as part of the exhibition "All Day Within the Dreamy House" in 2016.
Greeley has also worked with
Fogo Island Arts as a consultant, and has collaborated with fellow artist Erika Jane Stephens Moore on caribou-themed wallpaper for the
Fogo Island Inn
The Fogo Island Inn is a hotel located on the northern shore of Fogo Island in Newfoundland, Canada. The inn consists of an outbuilding and main building that totals 4500m2 in area. The main building includes 29 guest rooms, a restaurant, Finnis ...
. The wallpaper was included in the exhibition "Folklore and Other Panics" at
The Rooms
The Rooms is a cultural facility in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The facility opened in 2005 and houses the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Provincial Muse ...
in 2015.
Her work is included in the
Canada Council Art Bank,
The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery,
the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and the Newfoundland Provincial Art Bank Collection. She is currently represented by Christina Parker Gallery.
Exhibition history
Solo exhibitions
2017 Erasure, Maison Des Arts, Laval, Quebec
2015 Chasing The Light
Christina Parker Gallery St. John's, NL
2011
2009 Time Trial, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's, NL
2009 Wish You Were Here, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John's, NL
2008
Eastern Edge
Eastern Edge Gallery is an artist-run centre based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Eastern Edge Gallery was established in 1984 as the first artist-run centre in the province. In 1987, it moved out of the LSPU Hall in to Flavin ...
Gallery, St. John's, NL
2008 Phendrana Drift, Resource Center for the Arts Gallery, St. John's, NL
2006
100 Paper Moths Site specific installation, Anglican Cathedral Park, St. John's, NL
2006 Landing, 312 Online Videos, www.312.ca
2004 New Paintings, The Rogue Gallery,
Eastern Edge
Eastern Edge Gallery is an artist-run centre based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Eastern Edge Gallery was established in 1984 as the first artist-run centre in the province. In 1987, it moved out of the LSPU Hall in to Flavin ...
Gallery, St. John's, NL
2003 Phendrana, elefan+shipfischerinsel, Berlin, Germany
1998 Paintings, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
1998 Portraits, Eye Level Gallery. Halifax, NS
1997 Solo, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
Group exhibitions
2017 Time & Place, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John's, NL
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Geopoetics: Ranges of Motion Curated by Kasia Basta. Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe Claire, Quebec
2017
Imago Mundi
''Imago Mundi'', or in full ''Imago Mundi: International Journal for the History of Cartography'', is a semiannual peer-reviewed academic journal about mapping, established in 1935 by Leo Bagrow. It covers the history of early maps, cartography, ...
, Curated b
Francesca Valente. Italy
2016
Curated b
Vicky Chainey Gagnon The Rooms
The Rooms is a cultural facility in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The facility opened in 2005 and houses the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Provincial Muse ...
Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's, NL
2016 After Fields, Southern Graphics Council International: Flux Location, Portland, OR, USA
2015 Folklore And Other Panics, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's, NL
2014 Changing Tides: Contemporary Art in Newfoundland and Labrador,
McMichael Gallery, Kleinburg, ON
2013 Into The Night, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, NS
2013 The Painting Project, Galerie de l'UQAM, Montreal, Quebec
2012 25 for 25, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's, NL
2012 25 for 25, Mary March Museum, Grand Falls, NL
2011 Limited Time Offer, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's, NL
2011 Atlanticus, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John's, NL
Art and Letters The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's, NL
Christina Parker Gallery, St. John's, NL
2008 Forecast, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Corner Brook, NL
2008 Rock and Roll: Selected Contemporary Art in Newfoundland, A1C Gallery, St. John's, NL
2008
Eastern Edge
Eastern Edge Gallery is an artist-run centre based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Eastern Edge Gallery was established in 1984 as the first artist-run centre in the province. In 1987, it moved out of the LSPU Hall in to Flavin ...
Video Series 2008,
The Rooms
The Rooms is a cultural facility in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The facility opened in 2005 and houses the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Provincial Muse ...
Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's, NL
Further reading
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Mireille Eagan
Mireille Eagan (born 1982) is a Canadian arts writer and curator.
Career
Mireille Eagan was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1982 and grew up in Whitehorse, Yukon, and in Fredericton, New Brunswick. She is a graduate of Mount Allison University ...
Kym Greeley and the New Newfoundland Painting Canadian art magazine, August 2016
* Jennifer McVeigh, Folklore and Other Panics, Border Crossings Magazine, Vol. 34, Number 2. Spring 2015
Craig Francis Power, Art World Antidote, Visual Arts News Spring 2015
Lizzy Hill Folklore and Other Panics at
The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery,
national Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada (french: Musée des beaux-arts du Canada), located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, is Canada's national art museum. The museum's building takes up , with of space used for exhibiting art. It is one of the l ...
, Magazine. February 9, 2015
Todd O'Brien, Folklore and Other Panics: Where folklore and Contemporary Art Meet, CBC. January 2015
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Canadian Art
Canadian art refers to the visual (including painting, photography, and printmaking) as well as plastic arts (such as sculpture) originating from the geographical area of contemporary Canada. Art in Canada is marked by thousands of years of hab ...
, Folklore and Other Panics. 15 Shows We Want to See in 2015. December 2014
* Lizzy Hill, Rugged Nonconformity: The Art of Newfoundland and Labrador, National Gallery Magazine, February 2014
* The Painting Project, A Snapshot of Painting in Canada, Galerie De L'UQUAM, p. 64-67
* Bruce Johnson,
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) is a public provincial art museum based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The art museum's primary building complex is located in downtown Halifax and takes up approximately of space. The museum complex compr ...
Journal, Summer 2011
* Craig Francis Power
The 25 Greatest Works of Art Ever Made in Newfoundland and Labrador.The Scope, August 2009
* Gloria Hickey, Visual Arts News, February 10, 2009
CBC Radio, Interview, February 4, 2009
Joan Sullivan The Telegram, The road less traveled, February 6, 2009
* Mike Landry, Things of Desire, Kym Greeley: Time Trial, February 5, 2009
* Mix Magazine, v.31.1, 2006, p. 36-41
Riddle Fence A Journal Of Arts and Culturev.2, 2008 pg.91
* Craig Francis Power, Landscape Painter, Current, 2006
* Craig Francis Power, Art In Newfoundland, Members One at Eastern Edge Gallery, December 7, 2005
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Cliff Eyland
Cliff Eyland (November 7, 1954 – May 16, 2020) was a Canadian painter, writer and curator.
Career
Born in Halifax and raised in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Eyland studied art at Holland College, Mount Allison University, and the Nova Scotia Col ...
, Monitor Goo: Abstract Painting In The Age Of Video. Tea and Sympathy Plug In Cahier, 1998, pg.146-151.
* Jesse Simon, Minimalist shows spawn differing conclusions. Current exhibits at Plug In and Ace Art have much to say about emptiness and the gallery space. 1998
References
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External links
Artist WebsiteChristina Parker Gallery Website
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Canadian painters
Living people
1973 births
20th-century Canadian artists
Artists from Newfoundland and Labrador
20th-century Canadian women artists