Ann Kipling

(BARBARA) ANN KIPLING

Ann Kipling was born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1934. She attended the Vancouver School of Art in 1955 and graduated with honours in 1960. In the early part of her career Ann had the opportunity to study with Han Zach and Herbert Seibner in Victoria in addition to attending the Institute Allende in San Miguel de Allendes, Mexico. Ann’s work transforms the media of drawing from simple technique into works of art.

Ann Kipling was granted the Bruce Audain Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. In 2008, Ann Kipling received an honorary degree from Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Kipling has established herself as an important figure in the Canadian art scene and her work can be found in public and private collections across the country.

“Drawing is exploratory. It defines and clarifies a visual idea. It is also the delight in mark making the magical connection between things seen and described, the direct encounter. When I am drawing from the figure or in the landscape, I am fascinated by the change, movement, energy and transformation of form in a seemingly static situation”.

- Ann Kipling

“After 40 years of artistic activity, we can now look back and see that Kipling has been performing in a domain that the rest of us took several decades to even sense. She has been deepening her facility over the years, and increasingly her work seems to characterize a new and valuable sensibility”.

- Glenn Allison Article, The Gallery of South Western Manitoba



SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 “The Solitudes of Place: Recent Drawings by Ann Kipling”, Burnaby Art Gallery, BC
2010 “Ann Kipling: Works on Paper”, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, AB
2009 “Ann Kipling: Recent Landscape Drawings”, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
2008 “Ann Kipling: Works from the Collection of the Artist”, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
2007 “Ann Kipling” Douglas Udell Gallery, Calgary, AB
2005 “Ann Kipling, 41 year Retrospective”, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
2002 “Projects Gallery”, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2000 “Ann Kipling: Prints”, (traveling show), Kamloops Art Gallery, BC
“Ann Kipling – The Changing Landscape, New Works in Water Colour & Acrylics”, John Ramsey Gallery, Vancouver, BC
“Ann Kipling: Prints & Drawings”, Vernon Art Gallery
1999 “Ann Kipling”, Winchester Gallery, Victoria, BC
1998 “Ann Kipling, Recent Landscape Drawings”, John Ramsey Gallery, Vancouver, BC
“Ann Kipling: Prints (1958-67)”, (traveling show), Kamloops Art Gallery, BC
1996 “Ann Kipling Drawings: A selected View”, Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
1995-96 “Ann Kipling”, (traveling show), Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
1995 John Ramsey Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1991 “Three Decades: Ann Kipling”, Vernon Art Gallery, BC
1990 Heffel Gallery, Vancouver
1988 “Ann Kipling”, Kamloops Art Gallery, BC
“Ann Kipling, New Drawings”, Wade Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1987 “Ann Kipling”, (traveling show), Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC
1984 J. Arends Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto, ON
1983 Lefebvre Fine Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1982 “Ann Kipling: Prints”, (traveling show), Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC
1980 “Ann Kipling: Recent Landscapes”, (traveling show), Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC
1979 Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto, ON
1877 Bau – Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Bau – Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
1976 “Ann Kipling”, (traveling show), Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
“In Touch With The Land”, Bau – Xi
Bau – Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1974 Escape 5, Montreal, PQ
1971 “Drawings by Ann Kipling”, (traveling show), Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
1968 “Perspectimenideography”, Bau – Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 “Breathless Days 1959-1960 – A Chronotropic Experiment”, Morris & Helen Balkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2009 “Western Landscapes”, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2009 “23rd Annual Christmas Show”, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
“Drawn Our Way”, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
“Spring Mix”, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
“Fall Show”, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton and Vancouver
“Enacting Abstraction: Western Landscapes”, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008 Drawing Conclusions, McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, ON
“New Work”, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2007 Feature Artist, Spring Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
Oh View: Selections from Out Recent Acquisitions, Kelowna Art Gallery
Nexus Histories and Communities, Kelowna Art Gallery
2006 Radical Regionalism: Local Knowledge and Making Places, Museum London (traveling)
“Christmas Show”, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003 “For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life”, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
2002 “Step by Step: Works from the Permanent Collection”, Kelowna Art Gallery, BC
2001 “Spring Show”, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton and Vancouver
“Exploring the Collection: Prevalent Concerns”, Kamloops Art Gallery, BC
2000 “Human Nature – Recent Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection”, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
1999 “Face to Face – Four Centuries of Portraits”, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
1994 “Hidden Values: Western Corporations Collect”, Edmonton Art Gallery, AB
1987 “Abstraction / Drawing”, OR Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1986 “Eighth Dalhousie Drawing Exhibition”, Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
1983 “Printmaking in British Columbia 1889-1983”, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC
“Vancouver School of Art: The Growth Years 1939-1965”, The Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC
1980 “Twelve Canadian Artists”, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
1979 “20th Century Canadian Drawing”, The Gallery/ Stratford, ON
1978 “Coasts, the Sea & Canadian Art”, The Gallery/ Stratford, ON
1977 “From This Point of View”, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
“Making Marks”, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
“50 Canadian Drawings”, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
1976 Paperworks from the West Coast, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1975 “Current Energies – British Columbia 1975; 20 Artists”, Saidye Brofman Centre, Montreal, PQ
1973 Canada Council Art Bank, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris
1964 “Canadian Water Colours, Drawings & Prints”, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa


PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1978-present Ann continues to serve on numerous Canada Council & Art Bank Juries
2006 Panel Discussion: Drawing Today – The State of the Art: Kamloops Art Gallery
Masters Drawing Workshop: Kamloops Art Gallery
2003 Lecture: Kelowna Art Gallery
Lecture: Beaverbrook Art Gallery
2001 Lecture: Okanagan University College, BC
Artist Lecture with Curator Robert Boulet, Kamloops Art Gallery, BC
2000 Distinguished Alumni Award, Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC
1999 Lecture for launching of print “Artists for Kids” Trust, North Vancouver, BC
Produced print (3 colour drypoint) for “Artists for Kids” Trust, North Vancouver, BC
1996 Lecture: Kelowna Art Gallery, BC
Lecture: Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, BC
Lecture: Kamloops Art Gallery, BC
1995 Juror: B.C. Festival of Arts
Lecture: University of the Caribou, Kamloops, BC
1988 Workshop: University of Lethbridge, AB
Lecture: Kelowna Art Gallery, BC
Lecture: Kamloops Art Gallery, BC
Lecture: Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
1986 Lecture: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC
1980 Workshop: Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
1979 Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery, AB
1969-89 Instructor: Vancouver School of Art (Adult Education), BC



AWARDS, COMMISSIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

2008 Honorary Doctorate, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
2003 British Columbia Visual Arts Award, Audain Prize for lifetime achievement
Visual Arts Creative Project Award to Professional Artists, The Canada Council
1999 Visual Arts Creative Project Award to Professional Artists, The Canada Council
1993 Project Assistance for Visual Artists – BC Cultural Services
1990 Canada Council Arts Award “A”
1988 Canada Council Victor Martyn Lynch – Staunton Award
1984-87 Canada Council Arts Award “A”
1979 Canada Council Project Cost Award
1977 Canada Council Senior Arts Award
1969 Canada Council Materials Award
1966-72 Canada Foundation Arts Bursary
1964 Koener Foundation Award
1960 Koener Foundation Award
Emily Carr Scholarship 1960
Vancouver School of Art Travel Scholarship
Honors Graduate, Vancouver School of Art

Royal Canadian Academy of Art
CARFAC Honorary member, Art Gallery of ON


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA


2011 “The Solitudes od Place: Recent Drawings by Ann Kipling”,Exh. Cat. Burnaby Art Gallery, BC
2009 “Ann Kipling: Recent Landscapes” Exh. Cat. For the Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
2008 Laurence, Robin. Honorary Doctorate, Ann Kipling, Susan Point, Bob Rennia. “Visions” Emily Carr University. Pp. 1-2
Wyli, Liz. Nexus Histories and Communities, Graphic Mark Making, Drawings and Prints, Kelowna Arts Gallery, pp.75.
Covin, Carin. “On Ann Kipling” – Nexus Histories and Communities, pp.79.
Everett, Jana. “On Ann Kipling” - Nexus Histories and Communities, pp.79
2007 Wylie, Liz. “Kipling incorporates movement into her once-sitting works”, Permanent Collections. Capital News, Kelowna, p.c. 2
Wylie, Liz. Kelowna Art Gallery. 30th anniversary. Drawings and prints (Self Portrait, 1969 reproduced). The Okanagan, Saturday, Nov. 17.
2006 Holubizky, Ihor. Radical Regionalism. London, ON: Museum London, pp. 19-21, 22-27
2005 Ann Kipling. 41 Years, A Retrospective. Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver.
Forsythe, Mark & Dickson, Greg. The BC Almanac of Greatest British Columbians. Vancouver, BC. Harbour Publishing, pp. 104, 107.
2003 Augaitis, Daina. “For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life”, Vancouver Art Gallery, curated by Daina Augaitis, pp. 30-31, 86
Laurence, Robin. “outside & In: Towards a Culture of Place”, Works from the Artists for Kids Collection, Artists for Kids Gallery. Copyright North Vancouver School District, pp.22.
2002 Malahat Review, Falkland Landscape 2001: reproduced on the cover, University of Victoria, No. 141, winter.
Milroy, Sarah. “Back in the mood for the simple pleasures of drawing, Masters of the art in Canada”. The Globe and Mail, Toronto, 19 Jan, R7.
2000 Boulet, Roger & Ian M. Thom. Ann Kipling: Prints. Kamloops, Kamloops Art Gallery.
Brandolli, Susan. Ann Kipling Prints & Drawings. Vernon: Vernon Public Art Gallery.
“Master works from B.C”, Vancouver: Douglas & Macintyre; Vancouver Art Gallery, pp. 10-11.
2001 “Back to Her Roots”. The Globe and Mail, Jan 19, R7.
1996 Allison, Glen. “Ann Kipling”, Article of the Gallery of South Western Manitoba. No. 17, May, p.2.
Bailey, Jenn L.M. “Ann Kipling”, Kamloops Art Gallery Newsletter, vol. 9, no. 1 (Feb-Mar)
Boulet, Roger H. “Ann Kipling, A Survey. Feb 23-Apr 07, 1996”, Arts Letter, Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, col. 16, no, 2 (Mar/Apr), p.4.
Prie, Till. “Ann Kipling – Light. Time and Energy”, Scene, London, , 3 Aug, page unknown.
1995 Brayshaw, Christopher. “The Shifting Focus of the Eye”, Artichoke, vol. 7, no 3. (Fall/Winter), pp. 25-29.
“Ann Kipling, with essays by Ian Thom, Robin Laurence and Nancy Tousley”, Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery.
1992 “Ann Kipling: An Appreciation/ Interviews 1984-90”. West Coast Line, no. 7, 26/1 (Spring), pp. 17-24: works reproduced cover, pp. 15, 25-29.
“The Canada Council Art Bank Catalogue, 1972-1992”, Ottawa: Canada Council.
1991 “Three Decades: Ann Kipling”, Vernon: Vernon Public Art Gallery.
Klyooka, Roy. “Motions, Concerning the Drawings of Ann Kipling”, West Coast Line, vol. 3, Winter, [reprint from VAG catalogue].
1988 Laurence, Robin. “Ann Kipling”, Canadian Art, vol. 5. No. 3. (Fall), p. 131.
“Ann Kipling: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria”, Vanguard, vol. 17, no. 1 (Feb/Mar), pp. 40-1.
Laurence, Robin. “Ann Kipling”. Exh. Cat. for Wade Gallery’s Ann Kipling, New Drawings exhibition, Feb 12-Mar 12.
Bailey, Jann M. “Drawings: British Columbia Art Collection: Ann Kipling: 1965-1986”, Kamloops: Kamloops Art Gallery.
1987 Tuele, Nicholas. “Ann Kipling”, with essays by Nicholas Tuele and Janice Russell, Victoria: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
1986 Butler, Sheila. “The Eighth Dalhousie Drawing Exhibition”, Halifax: Dalhousie Art Gallery.
1985 Tuele, Nicholas. “B.C. Women Artists, 1885-1985: From Gentle Pastime to Political Statement”, Canadian Collector, vol. 20, no. 6 (Nov), pp. 60-3.
1983 Road Cochrane, Bente. “Black and White – The Content is the Important Thing”, The Edmonton Bullet, vol. 1, no. 4 (June 24), p. 7.
Thome, Ian. “Ann Kipling: Printmaker”, Arts B.C., vol. 8, no. 1 (Feb), p. 4.
Varley, Christopher. “Ann Kipling Prints”, Update, vol. 4, no. 2 (Mar/Apr), pp. 6-7.
Lindberg, E. Theodore. “Vancouver School of Art, The Growth Years 1939-1965”, Vancouver: Painting and Sculpture in Western Canada, 1945-1970”, Edmonton: Edmonton Art Gallery.
1982 Thom, Ian. “Ann Kipling: Prints”, Victoria: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
1981 “The Collection”, Sarnia: Sarnia Public Library & Art Gallery.
1980 “100 Years of Canadian Drawing”, Toronto: Methuen.
Muarry, Joan. “Twelve Canadian Artists”, Oshawa: The Robert McLaughlin Gallery.
“Ann Kipling – Recent Landscapes”, Victoria: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
1979 Morris, Jerrold. “20th Century Canadian Drawings”, Stratford: The Gallery / Stratford.
1978 Varley, Christopher. “Coats, the Sea, and Canadian Art”, Stratford: The Gallery / Stratford.
Murray, Joan. “Joan Murray Talks to Ann Kipling”, Artmagazine, vol. 10, no. 41 (Nov/ Dec), pp. 24-6.
1977 “50 Canadian Drawings”, Fredericton: The Beaverbrook Art Gallery.
1976 Varley, Christopher et al. “Ann Kipling”, with essays by Christopher Varley, Doris Shadbolt and Roy Kiyooka, Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery.
Fox, Mary. “Byproducts of Encounters”, The Vancouver Sun, 6, Oct, p. 47.
Shadbolt, Doris. “Lyrical Understatements”, Vanguard, vol. 5, no. 8 (Oct), pp. 12-13. [Introduction to the VAG Ann Kipling, exhibition catalogue, 1976].
“Five Artists”, Vancouver Magazine, vol. 9, no. 4 (Apr), pp. 29-32.
Allison, Glenn. “Introduction”. Exh. Cat. for Bau-XI Gallery’s Ann Kipling exhibition, Mar 22-Apr 3.
1975 James, Geoffrey. “Current Energies: British Columbia 75”, Artscanada, vol. 32, no. 2. Issue nos. 198/199 (June), pp. 82-3.
Malking, Peter. “Current Energies”, Montreal: The Saidye Brofman Centre.
1971 Lowndes, Joan. “Souls Imprisoned in Line”, The Vancouver Sun, 12 Feb, p. 26.
1968 Rosenberg, Ann. “Ann Kipling’s Fine lines Convey Wealth and Feeling”, The Vancouver Sun, 13 Apr, p. 18.
1964 Pearson, Gary. “Abstraction/Drawings”, Vancouver: Or Gallery.
1962 “Drawings: Alistair Bell, B.C. Binning, Donals Jervis, Ann Kipling, Roy Kiyooka, John Ralph, Jack Shadbolt, Takao Tanabe”, Burnaby: Burnaby Art Society &Vancouver International Festival.
n.d. Lowndes, Joan. “Ann Kipling”. Unpublished paper. Lowndes papers, UBC Special Collections

SELECTED COLLECTIONS


“Artists for Kids” Trust, North Vancouver (Gordon Smith Collection)
Air Canada Collection
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Art Gallery of Ontario
B.C Central Credit Union
British Columbia Art Collection
British Museum
Burnaby Art Gallery
Canada Council Art Bank
CBC, Vancouver
Edmonton Art Gallery
Gallery Lambton
Kamloops Art Gallery
Kelowna Art Gallery
Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Memorial University of Newfoundland
National Gallery of Canada
Okanagan University College
Owens Art Gallery
Royal Bank of Canada
Seneca College
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
University of British Columbia
University of Calgary
University of Lethbridge
University of Victoria
Vancouver Art Gallery
Winnipeg Art Gallery

Selected Works

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