Kim Dorland

Kim Dorland
The moment before the moment after

Equinox Gallery is pleased to present The moment before the moment after, an exhibition of new paintings by Kim Dorland.

Dorland’s interest in pushing the limits of paint has developed into a dramatic visual language, enticing the viewer into an enigmatic world that transforms visceral experience into a language of paint. Over a career spanning two decades, he has gradually refined a personal palette and vocabulary of images derived primarily from observations of the natural world and the tensions that manifest themselves when nature comes into confrontation with the human experience.

If you would like to see a list of works, or schedule an appointment to view in person, please contact us at info@equinoxgallery.com or (604) 736-2405

Kim Dorland

Published in conjunction with the exhibition You Are Here: Kim Dorland and the Return to Painting at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.

50 Years | 50 Stories

Equinox Gallery marks its 50th anniversary in 2022. To celebrate this institutional milestone and offer a glimpse into aspects of gallery life from the past 5 decades, we present 50 Years | 50 Stories, an eclectic mix of artworks that trigger significant triumphs and challenges, personal anecdotes, and creative strategies. As one of the anchors of the nation’s commercial art sector with over 400 exhibitions to its credit, we have represented many of Canada’s top talents in tandem with international artworld giants. Through a selection of works by artists who have been featured at the gallery, this exhibition is an opportunity to consider the gallery’s focus on developing artists’ careers in the context of larger and ever-shifting art world narratives.

While much has changed at the gallery over the past 50 years, our long-term relationships with artists and collectors (both public and private) remain central to the gallery’s ethos. It is by nurturing such deep-rooted connections that we are able to contribute to the significant role art plays in enriching people’s lives.

Thank you for your support over the past 50 years. We look forward to the next 50.

Andy, Sophie, Hannah, Chantelle, Lulu

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Kim Dorland, The Night, 2023

Kim Dorland, Nests, 2023

Kim Dorland, White Fence, 2023

Together Apart

Together Apart is an exploration of connections between artists over time and place. This exhibitions features works by Adad Hannah, Eadweard Muybridge, Al McWilliams, Nicole Ondre, Erin McSavaney, Frank Stella, Fred Herzog, Vivian Maier, Gathie Falk, Gordon Smith, Douglas Coupland, Jack Shadbolt, Geoffrey Farmer, Kim Dorland, Peter Doig, Neil Wedman, Edward Ruscha, Renée Van Halm, Takao Tanabe, Marion Nicoll, Sonny Assu, Claes Oldenburg, Louise Bourgeois, and Shuvinai Ashoona. 

Winter Works on Paper

Kim Dorland
It Goes On

Kim Dorland’s paintings are accumulative, both in the way the paint is added to the surface, sometimes in thick impasto, other times delicately one layer atop another like a stamp placed on a letter, and in the psychological states they reveal and represent. Ultimately, the world created by Dorland in It Goes On is one where the natural world has begun to fight back, transforming forests and sunsets that were once sites of solace and contemplation into psychological states fraught with questions as to how we will find our way out of this mess.

Kim Dorland, Disturbance, 2023