With love and friendship, Kimberly would like to respectfully acknowledge the Ktunaxa and Secwépemc peoples, whose beautiful unceded lands she was raised on and where she lives, works, and paints. Kimberly feels it an honour to learn and grow together through listening and engagement and hopes to support a bright future that is radiant with love and respect to all Beings.
KIMBERLY OLSON
art bio
Kim’s hunger for life and learning fuels her painting process and sustains her, much like the delicious snacks she requires on these journeys! Her work is playful and meditative and finds form through intuitive markings that stem from years of meditation, her work in the healing arts, a lifetime of wonderings, and the expansive feeling of awe that all novel experiences awaken inside her.
Kimberly attended Alberta College of Art and Design in the late '90s and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2002. Her work was featured in Canada's Applied Arts Magazine in her final year at ACAD.
Early in her career, she worked in-house at design agencies and as a freelance illustrator. After travelling, she stepped away from Applied Arts. Instead, she jumped into the sculptural field of carpentry and residential home construction for eight years.
With a need to return more fully to her roots in the visual arts, she was selected as one of the Artists to participate in 'Art in the Park' 125 years of Glacier National Park and Yoho National Park. She coordinated private art classes, including a mixed media portraiture workshop for Leah Evan's Female Youth Program: 'Circle In.' Kimberly spoke at PechaKucha at Key City Theatre, sat on the CV Arts Board for a time, and had a stint as the Artist in Residence at Pynelogs Cultural Centre in Invermere, BC.
Alongside her Art, over the last 13 years, Kimberly has continued to express her creativity and love for people through the healing arts. She owns and operates a small Traditional Thai Massage business in Invermere, BC. She offers meditation, restorative and gentle yoga private and pre-registered classes, and senior chair yoga alongside her art business.
Kimberly is represented by Art Gallery Kimberley, Kimberley BC, Kunze Gallery, Creston BC and Black Star Studios, Invermere BC with annual group exhibitions at Pynelogs Cultural Centre.
Private Collections of her work can be found throughout North America.
