Painter Kim Dorland will present Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture April 10

calendar icon08 Apr 2024    

Lincoln, Neb.—Artist Kim Dorland will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar lecture on Wednesday, April 10 at 5:30 p.m.

The lecture will be via Zoom at https://unl.zoom.us/j/98942017687. The Zoom lecture is free and open to the public.

The School of Art, Art History & Design’s Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series brings notable artists, scholars and designers to Nebraska each semester to enhance the education of students. 

Dorland lives and works in Toronto. He pushes the boundaries of painted representation through an exploration of memory, material, nostalgia, identity and place. Drawing heavily from the Canadian landscape and his huge appetite for the history and language of painting, the loose yet identifiable scenes are interjected with areas of heavy abstract impasto. His refusal to remain faithful to one medium or approach plays into the symbiotic nature of his work.

Dorland holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from York University in Toronto, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver. 

He has exhibited globally, including shows in Milan, London, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. His work is featured in the Contemporary Art Foundation (Japan), The Sander Collection (Berlin), Musée d’art contemporain de Montreal, Glenbow Museum (Calgary), Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Art Gallery of Alberta, the Audain Art Museum and numerous private collections.

The remaining lecture in the series is:
• April 24: Tatyana Fazlalizadeh. Fazlalizadeh is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist working primarily in painting, public art and multimedia installation. She is a Forbes Under 30 lister, a Mellon Foundation fellow, and in 2018, she became the inaugural Public Artist in Residence for the New York City Commission on Human Rights. The lecture will be in Richards Hall Rm. 15 at 5:30 p.m.

Underwritten by the Hixson-Lied Endowment with additional support from other sources, the series enriches the culture of the state by providing a way for Nebraskans to interact with luminaries in the fields of art, art history and design. Each visiting artist or scholar spends one to three days on campus to meet with classes, participate in critiques and give demonstrations. 

For more information on the series, contact the School of Art, Art History & Design at (402) 472-5522 or e-mail schoolaahd@unl.edu.