ABOUT
Joy Kinna (b. 1997) is an abstract painter living and working just outside of Vancouver, Canada. She has exhibited work throughout North America and has private collections around the world. Kinna’s practice surrounds her connection to self, family, the ocean, and art in physical spaces. These relationships are threaded throughout her childhood and adult life, being deeply rooted in her self and her artistic expression. Her work is tactile, influenced by materials and texture. Process is her medium. Canvases are created out of the accumulation of landscapes, memories, emotions and physical presence and space. These traits present themselves in careful mark-making; overseeing the drying process; and intentional, precious accidents. Kinna believes that experiencing art is at the heart of what she does. Desiring art to create a place for rest, meditation and ultimately a fulfilling experience for the people and spaces where it dwells.
JOY KINNA CV
1997, Born in Langley BC, Canada
Lives and works just outside of Vancouver BC, Canada
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
April 2024, Solo Exhibition, Liz Lidgett Gallery, Des Moines, USA
May 2024, Group Exhibition, Liz Lidgett Gallery, Des Moines, USA
October 2024, Solo Exhibition - Hareidstemna, Art Society Hareid, Hareid, Norway
November 2024, Group Exhibition, Liz Lidgett Gallery, Des Moines, USA
UPCOMING ARTIST IN RESIDENCY
May 2024, HINTER HOUSE, Montreal, Quebec
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024, IMPRINTS, HAKE House Of Art Gallery, (Sydney, Australia)
2023, My Morning, Your Night, Sugarlift Gallery, (New York, USA)
2022, Good Things Take Time, at Sundays, (Vancouver, Canada)
2022, Joy Kinna x Barter, at Barter Design, (Vancouver, Canada)
2018, Emerging Artist: Joy Kinna, The Reach Gallery, (Abbotsford, Canada)
2016, Artist Spotlight: Joy Kinna, Watershed Arts, (Langley, Canada)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024, WORLDMAKING / THE ME I SAW, HAKE House Of Art Gallery, (Sydney, Australia)
2023, Texture, Liz Lidgett Gallery, (Des Moines, USA)
2022, Seattle Art Fair, Sugarlift Gallery, (Seattle, USA)
2022, To Have It So Good, Liz Lidgett Gallery, (Des Moines, USA)
2020, Together Alone, Fort Gallery, (Fort Langley, Canada)
2017, Lighthouse Voyage, Cecil, (Calgary, Canada)
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
2024 - Present: HAKE House Of Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2022 - Present: Sugarlift Gallery, NYC, USA
2022 - Present: Liz Lidgett Gallery, Des Moines, USA
COLLECTIONS OF WORK
2024: ‘IMPRINTS’
2023: ‘My Morning, Your Night’
2023: ‘More Of This, Less Of That’
2022: ‘Good Things Take Time’
2022: ‘To Have It So Good’
2022: ‘The Sound Of The Sea’
2022: ‘SP22’
2022: ‘Small Works’
2022: ‘Through The Window’
2021: ‘Night and Day’
2021: ‘Equanimity’
2021: ‘Neutrals Cont.’
2021: ‘Neutral Series’
2020: ‘Stones Under Rushing Water’
2020: ‘Foraging Colour’
2020: ‘Sea Study’
2020: ‘Detaching’
2019: ‘A Collection Of Black: In the Dark’
2019: ‘Shifting’
2019: ‘Sitting Still’
2018: ‘Transitions’
2018: ‘Watermark’
ADDITIONAL AVAILABLE WORKS
2024: Q1 Available Works
2023: Q3 Available Works
2023: Q1 Available Works
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2023, Studio Visit Book Vol-1, Danielle Krysa w/ Arts To Hearts, (Agra, India)
2022, Limited Edition Prints, McGee & Co. / Studio McGee, (Utah, USA)
2022, Limited Edition Prints, The Set, (New York, USA)
2022, Limited Edition Prints, Refined Interiors & Co., (Abbotsford, Canada)
2022, Artist Residency at Baypoint Landing, (Oregon, USA)
2021, The Virtuosos: The Abstract Painter, Xiaomi Global x Inmist Studios, (Chilliwack, Canada)
2020, Mural Installation and Design, ISSUE CO., (Abbotsford, Canada)
2018, Mural Wallpaper Design, Anewall, (Vancouver, Canada)
EDUCATION
Studied Fine Arts & Design 2015-2019
PRESS & BRAND PARTNERSHIPS
The Ritz-Carlton
Modern Home
RUSSH - Australia
InStyle Australia
MilK Decoration #47
AMARIS DC x Hoffman & Associates
McGee & Co. | Studio McGee
Xiaomi Global
Vancouver Sun
Hunter & Folk
Hjelle
Sundays
Mosaic Homes
Abel
Oliver Simon Design
Kroft
A NABER DESIGN
Refined Interiors & Co.
Free Label
Leclair Design Firm
Ashley Gaughan Interiors
LAUREN RITZ DESIGN | LRD STUDIO
Greige Luxury Interiors
Joy has work in private collections worldwide including Canada, USA, Australia, UK, Switzerland, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Norway, Germany, and Mexico to name a few.
All rights reserved to Joy Kinna Studio Inc.