Jake Kimble

Jake Kimble is a multidisciplinary Chipewyan (Dënesųłıné) artist from Treaty 8 territory in the Northwest Territories whose practice mainly revolves around acts of self-care, self-repair, and gender-based ideological refusal. Kimble belongs to the Deninu K’ue First Nation and currently works on the stolen territory of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Most recently he attained a BFA in Photography from Emily Carr University of Art + Design while also holding a Degree in Acting from Vancouver Film School. Using a funny bone as a tool, Kimble excavates themes of existentialism, narcissism, and the strange, offering an invitation to the audience to examine the absurdities that exist within the everyday so that they may exhale, unclench, and even chuckle in the spaces where laughter is often lost.

Jake Kimble
Jake Kimble, Grow Up #1, 2022. Courtesy of the artist

Current Exhibitions & Programs

  • 2023 / core / exhibition / outdoor

    Jake Kimble
    Grow Up #1

    460 King St W
    Artist Jake Kimble, a Chipewyan (Dëne Sųłıné) from Treaty 8 Territory in the Northwest Territories, combines humour and pathos in reflective images often featuring the artist himself engaged in acts of self-repair. Presented as a photographic banner on the streets of Toronto, this work speaks literally and figuratively to passersby, provoking contemplation through combined text and image that elicit the complex dynamics between power and vulnerability.
  • 2023 / core / exhibition / outdoor

    Jake Kimble
    Grow Up #4

    Artscape Youngplace Billboard
    Artist Jake Kimble, a Chipewyan (Dëne Sųłıné) from Treaty 8 Territory in the Northwest Territories, combines humour and pathos in reflective images often featuring the artist engaged in acts of self-repair. Presented as a billboard on Shaw Street, Kimble’s elusive, abstract combination of image and text explores concepts of birth and being born, and hints at questions of what comes next, without offering any definitive answers.
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