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JIM KALNIN - CURRICULUM VITAE
Selected Exhibitions
2022 We Meet Again, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country BC
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2017 (circa) Wild Men, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country BC
2016 Farewell Show, Naramata Centre, Naramata BC
2013 Okanagan Artists in Their Studios, Penticton Art gallery, Penticton, BC
2012 Intrinsic Habitat, Solo Exhibit, Headbones Gallery, Vernon BC
Personal Topographies, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
2011 Terroir, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton BC
Pulse, Solo Exhibit, Kelowna Art Gallery Airport Satellite Gallery, Kelowna BC
Okanagan Eyes, Okanagan Wise, Okanagan-ise Headbones Gallery, Vernon BC
2010 Not Far From the Tree, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
One Planet, Solo Exhibition, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon BC
2009 Boundaries, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
2006 Summer Exhibition, Headbones-The Drawers, Toronto, Ont
Hourglass Exchange UBCO Faculty Exhibit, Sydney Aus
2005 Inaugural Exhibit, Headbones-The Drawers, Toronto Ont
Oasis, Group Exhibit, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
Inspired by the Land, Group Exhibit, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC
2004 Landscape & Memory, Group Exhibit Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton BC
2003 Drawings, Group Exhibit, Art Ark Gallery, Kelowna BC
Landscape & Memory, Group Exhibit, Triangle Gallery, Calgary AB
Landscape & Memory, Group Exhibit, Art Ark Gallery, Kelowna BC
Old Guard, New Guard, Group Exhibit, Art Ark Gallery, Kelowna BC
Defining Abstraction, Group Exhibit, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC
2002 Allegories of Transformation & Wonderment, Collaboration with Doug Biden, Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton BC
Dog Pond Dancing, Solo Exhibit, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks BC
2001 Dog Pond Dancing, Solo Exhibit, School House Gallery, Qualicum BC
Stream, Solo Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
Artropolis 2001, Group Exhibit, Vancouver BC
2000 Return of the Metaforest, Group Exhibit, Headbones Gallery, Vernon BC
1999 The Lake, Invitational Exhibit, Headbones Gallery, Vernon BC
1998 Huey-Heck & Kalnin, 2-person Exhibit, Headbones Gallery, Vernon BC
1997 New Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton BC
1996 Land Payssages, Group Exhibit, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
Collaborations, Group Exhibit, SKOL Gallery, Montreal PQ
1995 Okanagan Series, Solo Exhibit, Headbones Gallery, Vernon BC
Re-Creation, Collaborative Installation with Lois Huey-Heck & Byron Johnston, grunt gallery, Vancouver BC
1994 The Id, The Ego & The OAA, Group Exhibit, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna BC
1993 Artropolis 93, Group Exhibit, Vancouver BC
Earthlines, Deadlines, Lifelines, Group Touring Exhibit, Neutral Ground
Gallery, Regina SK
Sanctuary, Solo Exhibit, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC
1992 Earthlines, Deadlines, Lifelines, Group Touring Exhibit, Redding California, USA
1991 Okanagan Open Juried Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
Earthlines, Deadlines, Lifelines , Group Exhibi, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria BC
Pathin Tuit, 2-person Exhibit, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
Drawers of Water, Juried Exhibit, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna BC
Out of the Closet & Into the Woods, Group Exhibit, OAA Gallery, Kelowna BC
National Drawing Competition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
Collections
Naramata Centre, Naramata, BC
Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
Grand Forks Art Gallery
Wood Lake Publishing, Lake Country, BC
AVCO Finance, Nanaimo BC
Private Collections in Canada, USA, Europe and Asia
Education
1964 - 1969 Vancouver School of Art
1968 Summer Student, National Film Board of Canada, Montreal QC
Teaching Experience
2005 – 2009 Associate Professor, Faculty of Creative & Critical Studies, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna BC
1987 – 2005: Associate Professor, Fine Arts Faculty, Okanagan University College, Kelowna BC
1984 – 1987: Taught Drawing & Painting for Kelowna Art Gallery, & Artworks, Kelowna, BC
1974 – 1975: Taught Film Animation, Sikusilarmiut Film Workshop (NFB Sponsored), Cape Dorset, Baffin Island NWT
1972 – 1974: Taught Film Animation, Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University)
Vancouver BC
Curatorial Experience
2009 – 2012 Volunteer Curator and Exhibition Committee chair, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country BC
2005 – 2009 FINA Gallery Exhibition Committee chair, UBC Okanagan, Kelowna BC
2001 – 2005 FINA Gallery Exhibition Committee chair, Okanagan University College, Kelowna BC
1996 Curator (Catalogue) Stepping Stones – Works from the Permanent Collection. Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
1994 Curator Led Down the Garden Path Paintings and Installation by Sharon Culos, Kelowna Art Gallery Kelowna BC
1993 Curator 25 Years with My Head in an Oven Paintings by Sharon Culos, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna BC
1992 Curator Paintings by Murray Johnson – Alternator Gallery Kelowna BC
1989 Curator (Catalogue) Peep Show – Installation by Andre Petterson, Kelowna Art Gallery Kelowna BC
1988 Curator (Catalogue) Interior – Landscape Paintings by Vicky Marshall, Kelowna Art Gallery Kelowna BC
Publications
2005 “The Spirituality of Art” co-written by Jim Kalnin & Lois Huey-Heck, Published by Wood Lake Books, Northstone, Kelowna BC
2008 “ The Spirituality of Nature” by Jim Kalnin, Published by Wood Lake Books, Kelowna, BC
Various art catalogue essays for Kelowna Art Gallery And Lake Country Art gallery
Bibliography
2013 Okanagan Artists in Their Studios, essay by Patricia Ainslie
2012 Intrinsic Habitats, exhibition catalogue essay by Julie Oakes
2010 One Planet, exhibition catalogue essay by Lubos Culen
2001 Stream, exhibition catalogue essay, by Ehor Holubizky
1993 Article “Artropolis Entries Pose an Internal Question” by Maev Brennan, Kelowna Capital News, October 24
1993 Article “Art Makes Public Display of Itself” by Mike Roberts, Vancouver Province, October 22
1993 Article “Art Fervor in Oyama” by Ann-Charlotte Berglund, Okanagan Life Magazine, Summer Issue
1990 Article “Alternative Art Tough to Define” by Maev Brennan, Kelowna Capitol News, October 24
