The striking image was on a huge banner above the entrance of the gallery, on bus shelters around the city, in newspapers and even on the front cover of a magazine.

Kim is no stranger to the Archibald Prize – she’s been shortlisted in five out of the last seven years. And her sitters all have one thing in common; they are people she admires and who are making a mark in the queer community.

Using bold colour in a distinctive style, Kim involves her sitters in the process, depicting them with an exciting combination of realism and abstraction. Always innovating and moving forward, she is constantly pushing towards pure abstraction, exploring and experimenting along the way.

Kim has a fabulously positive outlook and is a regular finalist in many major Australian art prizes and has exhibited widely across Australia and the US.

This episode was recorded remotely during the 2021 Sydney lockdown.

See below for a short video from this episode.

To hear the podcast episode click ‘play’ on the above photo.

Above portrait photo courtesy of the artist

Click here for tickets to ‘The Artist Speaks’ series at the Art Gallery of NSW referred to in the introduction of this episode.

https://youtu.be/LvVPsBYf90I