Born 1974, Wainwright, Alberta, Canada 
Lives and works in Toronto, Canada

Education
2003 MFA, York University, Toronto, Canada 
1998 BFA, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada

Solo Exhibitions
2008 New Work, Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery
2007 Bonelli Contemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles
Angell Gallery, Toronto
Over the Fence, Skew Gallery, Calgary
Kim Dorland, Centro Culturale Cascina Grande, Rozzano, Italy, curated by Maria Chiara Valacchi
2006 The Edge of Town, Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery, Chicago
Harvey Levine Gallery, Los Angeles
Angell Gallery Toronto, Canada
Into the Woods, Contemporaneamente, Milan, Italy (catalogue)
2005 Kim Dorland, SKEW Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
doubletake, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2004 Paintings of Desire, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Hunting Scene, Fly Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003 Overload, Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Canada
2002 exquisitenorth, Luft Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Sun Of The Golden West, 1080BUS Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2001 It Looks Like Art, West Wing Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Notions of Wilderness, curated by Catherine Forster, kasia kay art projects, 
Chicago, IL 
Oil Spill: New Paintings in Ontario, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Bonelli Contemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles
Red Dot Art Fair New York, represented by kasia kay art projects, Chicago IL
2006 RBC Canadian Painting Competition Exhibition, Museum of Contemporarary
Canadian Art, Toronto; Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ont.
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal; Art Gallery of Calgary, 
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
Scope Miami, represented by kasia kay art projects, Chicago IL
Summer Gallery Exhibition, Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery, Chicago, IL
3 Painters, Howard House, Seattle
The Daily Constitutional, Kim Dorland, Bruce Wilhelm, ADA Gallery, Richmond, Viginia
Impression/Ism: Contemporary Impressions, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, California 
2005 You don’t want to miss that shit: Contemporary painters at the 
Gladstone Hotel, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto 
Blame Canada, Harvey Levine Gallery, Los Angeles
2004 Best of BUS: Volume 1, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto 
Little Stabs at Happiness, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto
2003 If I Ruled The World, Red Head Gallery, Toronto (catalogue)
Keep Six, Kitchener, Ontario (catalogue)
Deathfuck, Art System Gallery, Toronto

Art Fairs
2006 artLA, ~scope New York (featured artist)
2005 ~scope Miami (featured artist), ~scope New York
2004 ~scope Miami, Toronto International Art Fair
2003 Toronto International Art Fair

Selected Bibliography
Gary Michael Dault, “Gallery Going,” The Globe and Mail, December 31, 2005
Julia Dault, “Our group of seven,” National Post, December 8, 2005
Christopher Willard, “Losers and Winners: Kim Dorland homes in on Generation Y,” 
Calgary Herald, November 5, 2005.
Gary Michael Dault, “Gallery Going,” The Globe and Mail, February 26, 2005.
Peter Goddard, “Hot fantasies, heroes, a hotel and much more,” The Toronto Star, February 12, 2005.
Julia Dault, “Desire, and a slice of colour,” National Post, March 25, 2004.
Catherine Osborne, “Show buoyed by feverish optimism,” National Post, November 15, 2003.

Grants and Awards

2006 Ontario Arts Council Emerging Visual Artist Grant
2004 Toronto Arts Council Creation Grant
2004 Canada Council for the Arts Emerging Artist Creation/Production Grant
2001 Talent Scholarship, Graduate Programme in Visual Arts, York University, Toronto