About

Joy Kinna (b. 1997) is an abstract painter based on Vancouver Island, Canada. With a distinguished career that includes international exhibitions and private collections spanning the globe, Kinna's work is a profound exploration of connection—to self, family, and the ocean—woven through both her childhood and adult experiences.

Her artistic practice is characterized by a deep engagement with materials and texture, where the process itself becomes a vital medium. Kinna's canvases are born from the convergence of landscapes, memories, emotions, and physical space, manifested through meticulous mark-making, attentive oversight of the drying process, and intentional, serendipitous accidents.

Kinna's work aims to offer more than visual appeal; it seeks to create spaces of rest, meditation, and profound personal engagement. Through her art, she aspires to foster meaningful experiences for viewers and to enrich the environments in which her pieces reside.

JOY KINNA CV

1997, Born in Langley BC, Canada
Lives and works just outside of Vancouver BC, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
April 2024, Solo Exhibition, Liz Lidgett Gallery, Des Moines, USA
May 2024, Group Exhibition, Liz Lidgett Gallery, Des Moines, USA
October 2024, Solo Exhibition - Hareidstemna, Art Society Hareid, Hareid, Norway
November 2024, Group Exhibition, Liz Lidgett Gallery, Des Moines, USA

UPCOMING ARTIST IN RESIDENCY
May 2024, HINTER HOUSE, Montreal, Quebec

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024, IMPRINTS, HAKE House Of Art Gallery, (Sydney, Australia)
2023, My Morning, Your Night, Sugarlift Gallery, (New York, USA)
2022, Good Things Take Time, at Sundays, (Vancouver, Canada)
2022, Joy Kinna x Barter, at Barter Design, (Vancouver, Canada)
2018, Emerging Artist: Joy Kinna, The Reach Gallery, (Abbotsford, Canada)
2016, Artist Spotlight: Joy Kinna, Watershed Arts, (Langley, Canada)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023, Texture, Liz Lidgett Gallery, (Des Moines, USA)
2022, Seattle Art Fair, Sugarlift Gallery, (Seattle, USA)
2022, To Have It So Good, Liz Lidgett Gallery, (Des Moines, USA)
2020, Together Alone, Fort Gallery, (Fort Langley, Canada)
2017, Lighthouse Voyage, Cecil, (Calgary, Canada)

EDUCATION
Studied Fine Arts & Design 2015-2019

COLLECTIONS OF WORKS
2023: 'My Morning, Your Night'
2023: ‘More Of This, Less Of That’
2022: ‘Good Things Take Time’
2022: ‘The Sound Of The Sea’
2022: ‘SP22’
2022: ‘Small Works’
2022: ‘Through The Window’
2021: ‘Night and Day’
2021: ‘Equanimity’
2021: ‘Neutrals Cont.’
2021: ‘Neutral Series’
2020: ‘Stones Under Rushing Water’
2020: ‘Foraging Colour’
2020: ‘Sea Study’
2020: ‘Detaching’
2019: ‘A Collection Of Black: In the Dark’
2019: ‘Shifting’
2019: ‘Sitting Still’
2018: ‘Transitions’
2018: ‘Watermark’

SPECIAL PROJECTS
2023, Studio Visit Book Vol-1, Danielle Krysa w/ Arts To Hearts, (Agra, India)
2022, Limited Edition Prints, McGee & Co. / Studio McGee, (Utah, USA)
2022, Limited Edition Prints, The Set, (New York, USA)
2022, Limited Edition Prints, Refined Interiors & Co., (Abbotsford, Canada)
2022, Artist Residency at Baypoint Landing, (Oregon, USA)
2021, The Virtuosos: The Abstract Painter, Xiaomi Global x Inmist Studios, (Chilliwack, Canada) 2020, Mural Installation and Design, ISSUE CO., (Abbotsford, Canada)
2018, Mural Wallpaper Design, Anewall, (Vancouver, Canada)

PRESS & BRAND PARTNERSHIPS
McGee & Co. / Studio McGee
Xiaomi Global
Vancouver Sun
Hunter & Folk
Hjelle
Sundays
Mosaic Homes
Abel
Oliver Simon Design
Kroft
A NABER DESIGN
Refined Interiors & Co.
Free Label
Leclair Design Firm
Ashley Gaughan Interiors
LAUREN RITZ DESIGN | LRD STUDIO Greige Luxury Interiors

Joy has work in private collections worldwide including Canada, USA, Australia, UK, Switzerland, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Norway, Germany, and Mexico to name a few.