CMYK Screen printing
Acrylic Paint
121.92 x 91.44 cm
2021
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Estimated Value: $5500 - $5800 Kyle Yip's visual art emerges from the depths of his vivid dreams, mediating an intricate dialogue that transcends binary language. Inspired by Jungian dream theory and Mandukya Upanishad scriptures, his transdisciplinary approach effectively merges Gestalt dream interpretation with art analysis. Yip coterminously reverse engineers these successive images that once appeared immaterial into tactile, obdurate objects that oscillate between abstraction and representation. Drawing from the colour field of pop physics, these 'Dream Artifacts' embody the ethereal and corporeal, bridging the physiological fact of the dream with the fact of the surface. These primordial images navigate the metaphysical ambiguity of personal and collective identity through Eastern and Western philosophies. The resulting serialized paintings are simultaneously abstract and representational in mode, commercial and personal in facture. Yip's avant-gardest aesthetic elucidates the unconscious, inviting viewers to meditate on his art to decipher its rich visual code and agency.
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Kyle Yip (b. 1988, Scarborough, Canada) is an acclaimed Toronto-based artist whose multidisciplinary practice merges visual art, electronic music, film, and haute couture fashion. Recognized for hypersurrealist creations emerging from dreams, Yip's 'Dream Pieces' act as portals into conscious and subconscious realms, interweaving personal and collective cultural histories. Symbols, like the American flag, probe themes of nationalism, cultural symbolism, and identity. Yip's practice interrogates universal norms by exploring repetition and Western society's obsession with self-image, self-improvement, and social status. A JUNO Award-nominated artist, Yip studied animation at Sheridan College and sculpture at OCAD University. His works, exhibited in New York, London, South Korea, and Venice, invite reflexive engagement and challenge traditional boundaries between high and low art, abstraction and representation, and spiritual and commercial aspects. He received recognition from the Ontario Arts Council for Visual Culture 2022 and the Canada Council for the Arts for the Arte Laguna Prize 2023.
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Born in 1988 in Scarborough, ON, Canada. Currently residing in Toronto, ON, Canada.
Art and Design Studio Skill Certificate BAAA DSLR Cameras for Video, Final Cut Pro X, Interactive Arduino and Processing Arts York Visual Arts Diploma Grade 12 Visual Arts U/C Credit RENAISSANCE SHOW, Bayside Gallery Rotating Public Art Gallery Exhibit, 2 Saint Clair Avenue West RENAISSANCE SHOW, Collision Gallery VEXILLUM, Black Cat Showroom RENAISSANCE SHOW, Bayside Gallery Rotating Public Art Gallery Exhibit, 2 Saint Clair Avenue West RENAISSANCE SHOW, Collision Gallery VEXILLUM, Black Cat Showroom Al-Tiba9 Art Magazine, Carlotta Mazzoli, Barcelona, ES. October 1, Issue 09, p. 48-49, ISSN 2604-630X (digital), ISSN
2696-2497 (print). RICE Contemporary Art Magazine Vol. 2, Daniela Zamora, Retro-LEGO® Dreams, Barcelona, ES. January 11, 2021, Vol. 2,
ISSN 2696-452X. Resident Advisor Pick, Discrete, Klubnacht: A Queermo Fetish All-Night Rave, London, UK. Saatchi Art, Charlotte Grussing, November Fresh Faces: Artists To Know Now, Santa Monica, CA. November 20 The Artist & The Viewer Toronto Art Newspaper, Andrew King, Dadada, The state of the arts or the arts at stake. Toronto,
ON. February 8, Issue 7, p. 11, ISSN 2562-4679 (online), ISSN 2562-4660 (print) Healing From Within Special Mention, Tam Gryn, Create! Magazine, Philadelphia, PA. October 21 Data Transmission Radio, Sacha Wall, Metaphysical with Discrete, Radio program host, Henfield, UK. April 2 - September 3 CP24, Environmental Art, Markham’s second Environmental Art Event, Report by Cable Pulse 24, August, 2006 Arts In Motion Al-Tiba9 ORIGINAL10 Art Magazine, Carlotta Mazzoli, Barcelona, ES. April 1, Issue 10, ISSN 2604-630X (digital), ISSN
2696-2497 (print). IGGY Magazine, Discrete Dévoile Le Clip Vidéo Extrait De Son Titre In My Room, Paris, FR. Exclaim! Magazine, Best of 2019, Toronto, ON. December 3, 2019, Year In Review Edition, p. 52 The 45th Annual JUNO Awards Calgary 2016, CARAS, Nominees catalogue, March 28-April 3, Issue 45, p. 58 Queen City Sounds and Art, Tom Murphy, Discrete’s Video for “In My Room” is an Urban Subterranean Science Fiction
Horror Story, Denver, CO. 10 Questions with Kyle Yip, Interview by Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art, Barcelona, ES. October 1 Toronto Star, Tom Sandler, City Nights: Emerging artists exhibition, July 28, p. E6 Total Kiss.FM, The Loose Cannons Show, Sponsored by Bauer Media, London, UK. Saatchi Art New Perspectives, 100 Artists to Collect Now, Aurora Garrison, Countless Ways to See the World, Santa
Monica, CA. March 15 Global News, News Hour, Selling art by the pound, Report by Minna Rhee, Toronto, ON. Al-Tiba9 Art Magazine, Carlotta Mazzoli, Barcelona, ES. July 1, Issue 11, ISSN 2604-630X (digital), ISSN 2696-2497 (print). WILDsound Festival, Discrete, Interview with Filmmaker Kyle Yip, Interview by Matthew Tofolo Saatchi Art New Perspectives, Aurora Garrison, Color & Line, Santa Monica, CA. March 15, p. 8 The Holy Art Tales: Kyle Yip, The Holy Art, Interview by Christos Interview with…Discrete, Interview by Nightclubber.ro, Timișoara, RO. May 20 blogTO, Lisa Power, 10 things to do in Toronto today, Toronto, ON. March 21 New Media Art 2023, CICA Museum Tri-City News Vancouver, Janis Cleugh, Do you see us, Port Moody?, August 30, p. A29 CTV, Discrete, JUNO Awards Red Carpet, Interview by ETALK, Calgary, AB. Artsin Square Magazine, Artsin Square, Richmond Hill, ON. September 1, Issue 3 The Artist & The Viewer Toronto Art Newspaper, Andrew King, Dadada, What does it mean to have a Biennial? Toronto, ON.
October 7, 2019, Issue 5, p. 11, ISSN 2562-4679 (online), ISSN 2562-4660 (print). Bay Street Bull, Kathleen Lew, 5 Artists Reflect on the Asian-Canadian Experience During the Pandemic, Toronto, ON.
February 17 Artsin Square Magazine, Artsin Square, Richmond Hill, ON. May 1, Issue 2 Trax Magazine, Maxime Temam, À Voir: Discrete - In My Room, Paris, FR. BBC Radio 1, Kissy Sell Out’s Killer Remix Of The Month, Hosted by Kissy Sell Out, London, UK. Conceptual Records, Discrete, Conceptual Podcast, Audio podcast, Chisinau, MD. Honorable Mention Award, Circle Foundation for the Arts Official Selection, NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Semi-Finalist, Best Music Video, Cannes Indie Shorts Awards Official Selection, Blowup International Arthouse Film Festival Official Selection, Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival Ontario College of Art & Design University Honorarium, Ignite Gallery Second Place Certificate of Award — Dream Painting F3, Overzealous Fine Arts Exhibition 2022 Honourable Mention Award, The Ontario Society of Artists JUNO Award Nomination, Electronic Album of the Year, CARAS Official Selection, “Keepin' It Weird” Award Nomination, Austin Music Video Festival Shortlist / Best Cinematography, Irish Music Video, Kinsale Shark Awards International Festival of Creativity 1st Place Prize, 2021 Inaugural Juried Art Show Exhibition of Fine Art, AGM The Brett Gerlach Award, The Backyard Movement’s Art Showcase 2021 Arte Laguna Prize 17th Edition Finalist - Sculpture and Installation, Cultural Association MoCA JUNO Awards Week Travel Bursary, Radio Starmaker Fund CFA Artist of the Year Award, Finalist Certificate The Alternator Honorarium, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art Visual Arts Mississauga Honorarium, Visual Arts Mississauga Visual Arts Mississauga Honorarium,Visual Arts Mississauga Official Selection, Experimental Dance & Music Film Festival Award Winner, Best Music Video, Aphelion Film Festival 2021 Best of NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Awards Nominee, New Media & Experimental The Assembly // The Human Condition Artist Discussion, The Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art 2021 Inaugural Juried Show Exhibition of Fine Art: Talk & Tour with Fausta Facciponte, AGM International Symposium for Visual Culture 2022, CICA Museum Arts Abroad Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts Slate Asset Management Rotating Public Art Grant, Encore Equities Inc. Exhibition Assistance Grant: 2021-2022, Ontario Arts Council
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