Kika Thorne

Kika Thorne
Born
Toronto, Canada
Known forArtist, Filmmaker, Curator
Websitewww.kikathorne.net

Kika Thorne is a Canadian artist, filmmaker, curator, and activist. She was born in Toronto, where she is currently based.

Life

Thorne graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD University) in Toronto, Ontario, in Media Production and Cultural Theory, and went on to receive her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia.

Artistic practice

In her early career, Thorne worked largely in film and moving image and also co-founded a feminist, cable television collective called SHE/TV (1991-1998) which aimed to mentor female filmmakers in producing experimental TV. Between 1996 and 2004, Thorne collaborated with fellow artist Adrian Blackwell to produce videos, installations and civic interventions. Thorne also worked as a curator for Vancouver's VIVO Media Arts Centre where she helped instigate a series of actions to express dissent around issues of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

With her multimedia/sculptural installations, Thorne works with the materials of mylar, elastic cord, rare earth magnets, plant-derived ink, aircraft cables, and other non-traditional art materials. Themes in her practice include an interest in geometry, physics, the visible spectrum, photosynthesis and social practice.

Select group exhibitions

  • 2024: Gimme Shelter Saw Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
  • 2023: What is Welcome? Helen and Morris Belkin Gallery, UBC, Vancouver, BC, Musqueam Territory

  • 2020: Part of the Problem, Forum Expanded, Berlinale, Berlin, Germany
  • 2018: A Salve of Sorts, WAAP / Vacation Gallery, New York, New York
  • 2018: Dis[RE]Placement, Centre 3, Hamilton, Ontario

  • 2015: Silva Part I: O Horizon, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, British Columbia
  • 2015: Geometry of Knowing, SFU Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbia
  • 2014: One Possible Arrangement, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2013: Things’ Matter, Or Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
  • 2013: I Thought There Were Limits, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2010: Western Front London Edition, No Soul for Sale Tate Modern, London, UK
  • 2008: No Time to Lose, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Scotland
  • 2007: Gasoline Rainbows, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
  • 2007: Street Scene, Murray Guy, New York City
  • 2004-2011: e-flux video rental, e-flux, New York; Artprojx, London; Insa Art Space, Seoul; Portikus, Frankfurt; KW, Berlin; Manifesta, Amsterdam; The Moore Space, Miami; I Bienal de Canarias, Tenerife; Arthouse Jones Center, Austin; PiST///, Istanbul; unitednationsplaza, Berlin; Mucsarnok, Budapest; Location Project, Antwerp; Extra City Center, Antwerp; 9th Lyon Biennial, Lyon; Centre Culturel Suisse de Paris, Paris; Carpenter Center, Boston; the building, Berlin; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon; 41 Salòn Nacional, Cali; Fondazione Giuliani per l’arte contemporanea, Rome; MG+MSUM, Ljubljana.
  • 2003: Zones, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
  • 2001: The Lefty Show, A Space, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2001: Substitute City, The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario

Solo exhibitions

• 2019: The Sun, CSA Space, Vancouver, British Columbia

  • 2018: Tax Gentrification! The Public Studio, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2015: The Question of a Hunch, The Work of Wind, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2014: Multiplicity of the Singularity, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
  • 2012: The Wildcraft, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

  • 2012: medicine, G Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

  • 2011: a bar IST a garden IST a cafe IST a reading room , Berlinale Forum Expanded, Berlin, Germany
  • 2010: Singularity, Galerie ZK, Berlin, Germany

  • 2004: Dehomogenised, LRT Commission, Artcity, Calgary
  • 2001: Kika Thorne in collaboration, Unit Pitt, Vancouver, BC,

Film screenings

  • 2004: VS., Latvian House, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2003: Kika Thorne, The Disorder of Things, Kino Arsenal, Berlin, and Kino Bremen, Bremen, Germany
  • 2000: Pleasure Dome's 10th Anniversary Screening, CineCycle, Toronto, Ontario
  • 1997: New Toronto Works Show, CineCycle, Toronto, Ontario
  • 1995: Puberty Film Show, CineCycle, Toronto, Ontario

Collective work/civic interventions

  • 2018–present: Gentrification Tax, Gentrification Tax Action, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2010: SAFE ASSEMBLY (curated), VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
  • 2003: ambience for a future city, Anarchist Free School, Toronto, Ontario
  • 1997: Sod Roll for Shawn Keegan, The April Group, Toronto, Ontario
  • 1997: Untitled (mattresses), The February Group, Toronto, Ontario
  • 1996: Untitled (inflatable), The October Group, Toronto, Ontario

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Kika Thorne". www.mediaqueer.ca. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  2. 1 2 "Things' Matter | Or Gallery". www.orgallery.org. Archived from the original on 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  3. ↑ "Arsenal: Kika Thorne". Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  4. 1 2 "Gasoline Rainbows". Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  5. ↑ "Kika Thorne | Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre". www.cfmdc.org. Retrieved 2020-03-04.[dead link]
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Multiplicity of the Singularity". Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  7. ↑ "Arsenal: Kika Thorne". Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  8. 1 2 "Geometry of Knowing - SFU Galleries - Simon Fraser University". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  9. 1 2 Turner, Michael. "Things' Matter Sets Thoughts in Motion at Or Gallery". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  10. ↑ "A Salve of Sorts". WAA Projects. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  11. ↑ "What is Welcome?". Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. University of British Columbia. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  12. ↑ "What is Welcome? Exhibition". UBC Events. University of British Columbia. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  13. ↑ "What is Welcome?". Galleries West. 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  14. ↑ "Berlinale 2020: News & Press Releases". Berlinale. Berlin International Film Festival. 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  15. ↑ "Give Me Shelter". SAW Centre. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  16. ↑ "Displacement". Centre[3]. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  17. ↑ "An Artistic View of Gentrification in Hamilton". The Hamilton Spectator. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  18. ↑ "Silva Part I: O Horizon". Galleries West. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  19. ↑ M6N 2Z9Canada, Katzman Contemporary 86 Miller StreetToronto. "exhibitions & events". ArtSlant. Retrieved 2020-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ↑ House, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery Hart; Toronto, University of Toronto7 Hart House Circle; M5S 3H3Canada, O. N. "exhibitions & events". ArtSlant. Retrieved 2020-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ↑ "Western Front Archives". Western Front. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  22. ↑ YorkNYUS, Murray Guy 453 W. 17th St 10011 New. "exhibitions & events". ArtSlant. Retrieved 2020-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  23. ↑ "e-flux Video Rental". e-flux. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  24. ↑ "Exhibition Archive: 2003". Art Gallery of Hamilton. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  25. ↑ Philip Monk. "Substitute City (2001)". Philip Monk. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  26. ↑ "Demand: Gentrification Tax". Architects Against Housing Alienation (AAHA). Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  27. ↑ Guatam, Mahika (2023-08-01). "Roll Down Your Banners, Take Down Your Flags". e-flux. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  28. ↑ Morelli, Didier (2023-07-19). "Canadian Architects Call for Housing Revolution at Venice Biennale". CBC Arts. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  29. ↑ "Gentrification Tax". The Public Studio. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  30. ↑ "Scapegoat: Landscape, Architecture, Political Economy". www.scapegoatjournal.org. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  31. ↑ "Kika Thorne: The Wildcraft". Art Windsor-Essex. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  32. ↑ "Kika Thorne: The Wildcraft". C Magazine. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  33. ↑ "Medicine with Kika Thorne". Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT). Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  34. ↑ "Medicine". Kika Thorne. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  35. ↑ Thorne, Kika (2011). "A Bar is a Table" (PDF). Scapegoat: Architecture/Landscape/Political Economy. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  36. ↑ "Kika Thorne: Singularity". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  37. ↑ "Kika Thorne: Singularity Exhibition". Art in Berlin. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  38. ↑ "Peep Box Special" (PDF). Stride Gallery. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  39. ↑ "Kika Thorne: Beginning of Architecture Series". Unit/Pitt. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  40. ↑ "VS. – Pleasure Dome". pdome.org. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  41. ↑ "Kika Thorne: Singularity". Mike Hoolboom. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  42. ↑ "Pleasure Dome's 10th Anniversary Screening – Pleasure Dome". pdome.org. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  43. ↑ "New Toronto Works Show – Pleasure Dome". pdome.org. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  44. ↑ "Puberty Film Show – Pleasure Dome". pdome.org. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  45. 1 2 3 4 5 Thorne, Kika; Blackwell, Adrian. "Experiments in Collective Form". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  46. ↑ "Artists Are Leaving, 2018". C Magazine Issue 140 Page 42. 2018-12-13. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  47. ↑ Kazymerchyk, Amy. "We Come From Here". anamnesia.vivomediaarts.com. Retrieved 2020-03-09.[dead link]
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