Kim Ennis
Born in 1956 in Saskatoon, Canada.
Resides and works in Saskatoon, Canada.
Education:
2012
Special Case Master of Arts in Art History, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
2009
Bachelor of Fine Arts (painting) with Great Distinction, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
Selected Exhibitions:
2024
Works on Plywood, Hues Art Supply, Saskatoon, Canada.
2018
At the Threshold, Mann Gallery, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada.
2016
Kim Ennis, Hues Art Supply, Saskatoon, Canada.
2015
Hidden in Plain Sight (with Anne McElroy), Art Gallery of Regina, Canada.
2013-15
Group shows at Prairie Star Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada.
2010
Persistent Histories: Recent Acquisitions of Student Art, group show, Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
2009
Speak Memory (group show), Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.
2008-2011
Group shows at Art Placement, Saskatoon, Canada.
2008
Riverbank, BFA Exhibition, Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
By the River, Art Placement, Saskatoon, Canada.
2008
May Contain Paper, An Exhibition of Work by the Advanced Drawing Class, Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
2007
Group Show of Gallery Artists Featuring Kim Ennis, Art Placement, Saskatoon, Canada.
2006
Boulders, Sushiro Restaurant, Saskatoon, Canada.
2005
Recent Work, The Third Dimension, Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada.
2004-5
Group shows, The Third Dimension, Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada.
2005
Recent Work, The Third Dimension, Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1989-91
Group shows at Prairie Sculptors Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada.
1988
The Way and the Light (with Doug Hunter and Bryan Lane), AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada.
1986
Group shows, The Vinish Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada.
1982-86
Group shows, Mark’s Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada.
Awards, grants, residencies, and symposiums
2009
Judith Poole Award, Department of Art and Art History, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
Graduate Studies and Research Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
2004
Group collaboration with artist in residence Heather Cline, Lumsden, Saskatchewan, Canada.
2003-6
Artist in Residence, Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1997
Award of Merit, Saskatchewan Craft Council.
1996
Special Focus Residency, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
1995
Ness Creek Wood Symposium, Big River, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Artists’ Camp in Kasama, Kasama, Japan.
1994
Art Africa Symposium, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1988
Project Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board.
1983-91
Numerous Prairie Sculptors’ Association symposia.
Press and publications:
Allan Casey, Bush Art, The Craft Factor, Volume 23-1,1998.
Kim Ennis, The Numinous Land: Examples of Sacred Geometry and Geopiety in Formalist and Landscape Paintings of the Prairies. Thesis, University of Saskatchewan Library, 2012.
Kim Ennis, This Train, curatorial essay, SHIFTS: Art and Art History at the University of Saskatchewan, exhibition catalogue, Kenderdine Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, 2013?
Kim Ennis, Postcards from the Prairie: A Settlement Discourse, Wish You Were Here: Saskatchewan Postcard Collections, digital exhibit of the University of Saskatchewan Library Special Collections, 2010.
Professional contributions:
2014-25
Owner and operator of Vanishing Point Picture Framing, Saskatoon, Canada.
2013-14
Owner and operator of Prairie Star Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada.
2009-12
Graduate student and research assistant, Department of Art and Art History, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
2009-20
Instructor of painting and sculpture, University of Saskatchewan Certificate of Art and Design, Saskatoon, Canada.
2012
A Response to the Sacred: The World Tree and the Elevated Perspective in Prairie Painting, presentation to the Association of Bahá’í Studies of North America Conference, Montreal, Canada.
The Elevated Perspective in Prairie Painting, presentation to the Innovations in Qualitative Research Conference, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
2010
Curator, This Train: Fine Arts Alumni, 1990-2010, Kenderdine Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
Part-time assistant, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
2009
Acting Extension Assistant, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada.
Curator, Inuit Art from the Mendel Collection: Tradition and Innovation, provincial touring exhibition, 2009, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada.
Curator, William Perehudoff: Historical Drawings for the Western Producer, provincial touring exhibition, 2009, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada.
2008
Interim Program Facilitator, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada.
Curator, Rosy-fingered Dawn, The Space Between, 2008, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada.
2006-10
Program Guide, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada.
2006
Coordinator, What Is Clay? art education program, St. Henry’s Senior School, Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada (sponsored by ArtsSmarts, Saskatchewan Arts Board).
1997
Contract sand carver, Caen, France.
1994
Member of the Canadian Olympic Snow Sculpture Team, Lillehammer, Norway.
Cultural consultant to the Saskatchewan/Talamanca Twinning Project.
Mr. Ennis has presented countless sculpture and painting workshops for all ages and levels of ability. He has adjudicated community art competitions and spoken widely at gatherings too diverse to list.
Mr. Ennis’s sculpture and paintings are featured in private collections across Canada.