About

Kim Rempel is a visual artist living in Grimsby, Ontario. She began her career working as a plein air painter. In 2009 Rempel joined the ranks of daily painters (the practice of creating a small works daily and posting them to a blog). She continued this practice until 2013 when she moved into abstract painting.

Rempel describes her process: I begin each piece with loose, intuitive mark-making. At this stage I am painting solely with movement and energy in mind. I rotate the canvas, pick up another colour, and make more marks. Next I begin the journey of editing: painting marks out, adding new ones. Searching for rhythm, shape and colour pairings. Although many things go into creating a successful painting, colour relationships are what fuel my work. What does this stroke look like against that stroke? What happens to the mood of a piece when I paint this colour beside that colour? These questions excite me and propel me to keep investigating and creating. We view a lot of images every day but then one day, you walk by a painting and you stop. Something about it stirs you. It could be a feeling the colours are giving you or something in the subject that brings back a private memory. It’s personal. And it takes you to another place.

Rempel is represented by Petroff Gallery in Toronto, Westland Gallery (London) and Art Gallery of Burlington.

2024 Painting Residency, March 14-April 3, Caetani Centre, Vernon, BC

2022 Group Show, September 20-October 8, Westland Gallery, London, ON

2021 Together Again (with Nancy L. Moore), September 12-Januray 11, Art Casa, 33 Charles Street East, Toronto

2021 Rooted and Refreshed, Westland Gallery, London, ON

2019 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON

2018 Toronto Artist Project, Better Living Centre, Toronto, ON

2017 Toronto Outdoor Art Expo, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON

2017 Toronto Artist Project, Better Living Centre, Toronto, ON

2016 Toronto Artist Project, Better Living Centre, Toronto, ON

2015 Toronto Outdoor Art Expo, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON

2015 May Day, Jeffrey Meier Gallery, Lambertville, New Jersey, USA

2014 Toronto Outdoor Art Expo, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON

2014 On the Rock – Merging Art & Ecology, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario

2013 Beyond the Wall: Unpacking the Layers of St. Catharines’ Walls, City of St. Catharines’ 9th Annual Juried Show, Ontario

2012 Summer Show, Gallery M, Cambridge, Ontario

2012 Late Winter Show, TAG Art Gallery, St. Catharines, Ontario

2011 International Women Celebrate!, AyrSpace, Ayr, Ontario

2011 Bruno Capolongo Invitational, Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts, Hamilton, Ontario

2011 Mingled Pieces: A duet, Lincoln Library, Beamsville, Ontario

2010 Summertime and the living is easy, AyrSpace, Ayr, Ontario

2010 Members Show, Sunrise Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

2009 Escarpment: On the Edge, St. Catharines City Hall, St. Catharines, Ontario

2009 Red Herring, White Lie, Jordan Art Gallery, Jordan, Ontario

2007 Portraits of St. Nick, Mosaika Gallery, Jordan, Ontario

2007 Art & Wine, travelling exhibition, Niagara Region, Ontario

2006 St. Catharines in Person, St. Catharines City Hall, St. Catharines, Ontario

2006 Portraits of St. Nick, Lincoln Library, Beamsville, Ontario

Education

2019 Advanced Abstract Painting with Jenny Nelson, Woodstock, NY

2009 Daily Painting with Carol Marine, Jacksonville, FL

2005-2010 Plein Air classes with Catherine Gibbon

1989 Illustration degree, Sheridan College, Brampton, ON

Awards

2010 First Place: Inksetter Pond, Sunrise Gallery, Hamilton, ON Judges: Marla Panko, Mori McCrae

Associations

Advisory Board Member, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, Ontario  2012-2017