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Kyle Yip

Artist member since 2019
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Toronto, ON

Born in Scarborough in 1988, Kyle Yip is an acclaimed Toronto-based artist celebrated for his hypersurrealist creations. Kyle Yip weaves a rich tapestry that unites visual art, electronic music, film, and haute couture fashion, celebrated globally for its intricate conception in his dreams. Yip's 'Dream Pieces' act as dialogues between conscious and subconscious realms, blending individual and collective cultural histories. The interplay of symbols, particularly the American flag, delves into themes of nationalism, cultural symbolism, and personal versus collective identity.

A JUNO Award-Nominated artist, Yip studied animation at Sheridan College and sculpture at OCAD University. His work has graced international platforms, including New York, London, and South Korean venues. His unique artistic practice, echoing Clement Greenberg's formalist theories, emphasizes the viewer's active role, inviting them to reflexively engage with his art. Yip's pieces challenge dichotomies between high and low art, abstract and representational, and spiritual and commercial aspects.

Recent accolades include a first-place award at The Holy Art INFINITY in London, finalist selection for the Arte Laguna Prize 2023 in Venice, and recognition from the Canada Council for the Arts.


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WATCHING MY MOVES
RENAISSANCE SHOW
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW
ONEIRIC MANIFESTATIONS

Q+A

Favourite book

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Favourite movie

The Face of Another by Hiroshi Teshigahara

Upcoming Exhibitions
2024-05-30


Select Past Exhibitions
2024

Gardiner Museum, Toronto
SMASH: Between Worlds

2024

All Ours Studios, Toronto
Doors Open

2024

Bayside Gallery, Toronto
RENAISSANCE SHOW

2023

Dodomu Gallery, Brooklyn
Heatwave

2023

Collision Gallery, Toronto
RENAISSANCE SHOW

2023

Arsenale Nord, Metropolitan City of Venice
Arte Laguna Prize 16th & 17th Edition Finalists' Exhibition

2022

VAC, Bowmanville
The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington's 41st Juried Art Exhibition

2022

liveauctioneers.com, Barcelona
RICE Initiative Auction

2022

The AlternatorCentre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna
The Assembly // The Human Condition

2022

Art Space Connect Gallery, Toronto
Overzealous 2022

2022

OCAD University, Online
Traces

2022

Co-Ex Art, Ontario
The Places We Dwell: Collection 2

2022

CICA Museum, Gimpo
International Symposium for Visual Culture 2022

2022

CICA Museum, Gimpo
Visual Culture 2022

2022

Smythe – McKee, Philadelphia
12 x 12

2022

John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
STILL LIFE 2021

2022

OCAD University Ignite Gallery, Toronto
Lose Your Illusion, OCAD University Ignite Gallery Opening Launch

2022

Mue Gallery, Virtual
Between Spaces

2021

The Lodge, Toronto
The Backyard Movement Art Gallery

2021

Joseph J. Piccininni Community Centre, Toronto
Akin x BigArtTO: The Echoes of Community

2021

AGM, Mississauga
Inaugural Juried Exhibition of Fine Arts

2021

John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
SCULPTURE 2021

2021

Romantso, Athens
Humanism

2021

The Holy Art, London
Revolution: Art & Change

2021

The Holy Art, London
SYMPHONIA

2021

Arta Gallery, Toronto
Local Charm

2021

The Holy Art, London
EMULSION - CHAPTER II

2021

The Holy Art, London
INFINITY - ROOM I

2021

Arta Gallery, Toronto
Overwhelming Possibilities

2021

Online, New York City
Contemporary Art Celebrating Equality

2021

Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga
VAM43rd Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts

2020

Online, Myseum of Toronto
Quarantine Qapsule: Archiving Asian-Canadian Stories

2020

OCAD University Ignite Gallery, Toronto
LOREM IPSUM - PART ONE

2020

Gallery 1313, Online
Coming Home

2020

Beaux Arts Gallery, Online
A-Typical Shift Virtual Art Exhibition

2020

Akin Collective Saint Clair, Toronto
Akin Vitrine Gallery

2020

DesignTO, Toronto
TRANSITioning Mount Dennis

2020

Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, Toronto
OSA 2020 Emerging Artist Juried Exhibition

2019

Exco, Daegu
Daegu Art Fair

2019

Art San Diego
World Wide Art Artavita Booth

2019

Artscape Youngplace, Toronto
Nuit Rose: Arcade

2019

2 Saint Clair Avenue West, Toronto
Rotating Public Art Gallery Exhibit

2019

Black Cat Showroom, Toronto
Vexillum

2018

Neilson Park Creative Centre, Etobicoke
3rd Annual Overzealous Fine Art Exhibition

2018

Gallery 1313, Toronto
Summer Emerging Artist Exhibition

2018

Art Bar, Toronto
Nuit Rose: Tapette Pop-up Art Party

2018

Artscape Youngplace, Toronto
Nuit Rose: Unbound

2018

The Latcham Gallery, Stouffville
Annual Juried Exhibition

2017

Arte Ponte, Miami Beach
SCOPE International Contemporary Art Show

2017

Chinese Cultural Centre, Vancouver
Lab Art Show

2017

Port Moody Art Center, Vancouver
Can You See Us Port Moody?

2017

JanKossen Contemporary, New York City
FRESH! Annual Summer group show "GEOFORM"

2017

Propeller Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Toronto
150 Years of Light in Canada,

2017

GAS Inc., Toronto
The Painting Show

2017

Akin Collective Dupont, Toronto
Akin Vitrine Gallery

2016

The Red Head Gallery, Toronto
Bright Lights at Night, Nuit Blanche,

2015

The Red Head Gallery, Toronto
Insomnia Salon Soirée, Nuit Blanche

2015

Ryerson Artspace, Toronto
The Black Cat’s 2nd Year Juried Exhibition

2007

Wellington Art Gallery, Aurora
Class Act III

2006

The Kathleen Gormley McKay Art Centre, Markham
Arts York Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition

Accolades
2023

Canada Council for the Arts
Arts Abroad Travel Grant / Arte Laguna Prize 2023 Art Exhibition

2023

Cultural Association MoCA
Arte Laguna Prize 17th Edition Finalist / Sculpture and Installation,

2022

Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art
The Alternator Honorarium

2022

Overzealous Fine Arts Exhibition 2022
Second Place Certificate of Award — Dream Painting F3

2022

Exhibition Assistance Grant: 2021-2022
Ontario Arts Council

2021

The Backyard Movement’s Art Showcase 2021
The Brett Gerlach Award

2021

AGM
1st Place Prize

2021

Accord Cine Fest
Best Experimental Short Award WInner

2021

Paris International Short Festival
Official Selection

2021

Phoenix Shorts
Official Selection

2021

The Holy Art
1st Prize Award

2021

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles
2021 Best of NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Awards Nominee, New Media & Experimental

2021

Ontario College of Art & Design University
Ignite Gallery Honorarium​

2021

Visual Arts Mississauga
VAM34 Honorarium​

2021

Myseum of Toronto
Quarantine Qapsule Honorarium

2021

Blowup International Arthouse Film Festival
Official Selection

2020

Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival
Official Selection

2020

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Virtual Film Festival
Official Selection

2020

The Ontario Society of Artists
Honourable Mention Award

2019

Experimental Dance & Music Film Festival
Official Selection

2019

Austin Music Video Festival
"Keepin' It Weird" Award Nomination​

2019

Kinsale Shark Awards International Festival of Creativity
Best Cinematography,​ ​Shortlist​

2019

Circle Foundation for the Arts
Art San Diego Competition Finalist Certificate

2019

Encore Equities Inc.
Slate Asset Management Rotating Public Art Grant

2019

Circle Foundation for the Arts
Honorable Mention Award

2019

CFA Artist of the Year Award
Finalist Certificate

2018

Circle Foundation for the Arts
Spectrum Miami Art Fair Competition Finalist Certificate

2016

Radio Starmaker Fund
JUNO Awards Week Travel Bursary

2016

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
JUNO Award Nomination

2007

Best Composition Wellington Art Gallery’s Class Act III
Juror’s Choice Award

2006

Arts York Visual Arts Advisory Council
Graduate Scholarship

2006

Unionville High School​
Technological Design Award​

Press
2023

Short Films Matter
In My Room - Review

2023

CICA Museum
Brave New World: New Media Art 2023 (멋진 신세계: 뉴 미디어 아트 2023)

2023

Dubøka Records
DBKA091

2022

Hotwire
Sounds of Hotwire 010

2022

Negyednégy
Podcast 147

2022

Artsin Square Magazine
Issue 3

2022

Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art
Issue 11

2022

Nightclubber.ro
Interview with…Discrete

2022

Artsin Square Magazine
Issue 2

2022

Overzealous Hardcover Art Book 2022
Perception

2022

Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art
10 Interview Questions with Featured Inner Cover Artist Kyle Yip

2022

Al-Tiba9 ORIGINAL10 Art Magazine
Issue 10

2022

Saatchi Art New Perspectives
100 Artists to Collect Now

2022

Saatchi Art New Perspectives
Color & Line

2022

GDS.FM
Fantastic Friends Radio Show w/ Discrete - 07.03.22

2022

Techno Airlines
AIRCAST 086 | DISCRETE

2022

John B. Aird Gallery
STILL LIFE 2021-2022 ARTBOOK

2021

Create! Magazine
Healing From Within Special Mention

2021

Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art
10 Interview Questions with Artist Kyle Yip

2021

Al-Tiba9 Art Magazine
Issue 09

2021

The Holy Art
The Holy Art Tales: Kyle Yip

2021

John B. Aird Gallery
SCULPTURE 2021 ARTBOOK

2021

Saatchi Art
New This Week: 96 Artworks curated by Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory Rebecca Wilson

2021

Saatchi Art
New This Week: 98 Artworks curated by Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory Rebecca Wilson

2021

Bay Street Bull
5 Artists Reflect on the Asian-Canadian Experience During the Pandemic

2021

RICE Contemporary Art Magazine Vol. 2​
Retro-LEGO® Dreams

2021

Night Time Story
Block Post

2020

Saatchi Art
November Fresh Faces: Artists To Know Now,

2020

Data Transmission Radio​
Metaphysical with Discrete

2020

WILDsound Festival
Interview with Filmmaker Kyle Yip​

2020

Discobelle
Discrete - Tell Me

2020

OverCurrent
OverCurrent Mix Series 032

2020

The Artist & The Viewer​ ​Toronto Art Newspaper
The state of the arts​ or the arts at stake

2019

Exclaim! Magazine
Best of 2019

2019

Le Mellotron
Global music radio from Paris

2019

The Artist & The Viewer Toronto Art Newspaper
Best of What does it mean to have a Biennial?2019

2019

Conceptual Records
Conceptual Podcast​

2019

Trax Magazine
À Voir: Discrete - In My Room

2019

Respect My Region
Discrete Toes the Line of Sanity in New Video “In My Room”

2019

Tome to the Weather Machine,
Discrete - "In My Room”

2019

Queen City Sounds and Art,
Discrete’s Video for “In My Room” is an Urban Subterranean Science Fiction Horror Story

2019

Summer ▽
Video Of The Day

2019

IGGY Magazine
Discrete Dévoile Le Clip Vidéo Extrait De Son Titre In My Room

2019

Do The Dance
Watch This!

2019

Deep MVMT
Deep MVMT Podcast #127

2019

YINYANG Podcast
YY podcast #124

2019

Microtechno Podcast
Microtechno Podcast

2019

blogTO
10 things to do in Toronto today

2019

Only in Toronto
Vexillum

2019

Spotlight Contemporary Art Magazine
Circle Foundation for the Arts

2019

Patagonia Label
Patagonia Label Podcast 026

2019

Merger Music
MergerCast057

2018

Toronto Star
City Nights: Emerging artists exhibition

2018

Spotlight Contemporary Art Magazine
Circle Foundation for the Arts

2018

Timelapse
Timelapse.043

2018

Resident Advisor Pick
Klubnacht: A Queermo Fetish All-Night Rave

2018

Apparel Music
Apparel Radio Show #187: Discrete

2017

Hunt & Gather
Podcast #13 Featuring Discrete

2017

Carte Blanche Montréal
Podcast XXI by Discrete

2017

Tri-City News Vancouver
Do you see us, Port Moody?

2017

You Plus One
Shift 003 - Discrete

2017

Modern Ritual
Censored / MDRN_RTL Podcast #26

2016

Electro WOW
Questions And Answers With Discrete

2016

BRASH! Magazine
Deep House….Discrete

2016

Off Centre DJ School
New Album from JUNO Nominee & Off Centre Alumnus Discrete

2016

The 45th Annual JUNO Awards Calgary 2016
Nominees catalogue

2016

CTV
JUNO Awards Red Carpet

2014

Reprezent 107.3 FM
The Forecast Mixtapes 008: Brabe × Discrete

2013

Colouring Book: A Project by Akin Collective
Home Alone

2012

Global News
Selling art by the pound

2010

Total Kiss.FM
The Loose Cannons Show

2008

BBC Radio 1
Kissy Sell Out’s Killer Remix Of The Month

2006

CP24
Markham’s second Environmental Art Event,

2006

The Official Newsletter of the Markham Arts Council
alance: Consumer vs Nature

Residencies
2022

Waterfront Studios, Toronto
Akin Collective

2019

Ossington Studios, Toronto
Akin Collective

2018

Dupont Studios, Toronto
Akin Collective

2016

The Junction Studios, Toronto
Area 51

2015

Dufferin Studios, Toronto
Akin Collective

2014

Studio 6, Toronto
Project Gallery

2011

GoodFellas Gallery, Toronto
36 Chambers

Education
2017

Open Studio
CMYK Screenprinting

2015

Ontario College of Art & Design University​
Art and Design Studio Skills Certificate

2012

Toronto School of Art​
Collage Explorations

2012

Liaison of Independent Filmmakers
DSLR Cameras for Video, Final Cut Pro X, Interactive Arduino and Processing

2008

Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Bachelor of Animation Program

2006

Unionville High School​
Arts York Visual Arts Diploma

2005

MEI International Academy
Grade 12 Visual Arts U/C Credit

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