KIMBERLY STOKES
ARTIST
ARTIST
Kimberly Stokes is an emerging artist living on Yugambeh Country (Gold Coast), whose practice explores concepts of identity and digital culture. Her interest lies at the intersections between social networking, performativity and the digital photograph; with a particular focus on self-portraiture.
In 2022, Kimberly is an acting Co-Director of NEXTDOOR Artist Run Initiative; a not-for-profit organisation that exists to champion the experimental practices of early career artists, based in Brisbane.


CURRICULUM VITAE
Solo Exhibitions
2020 - Puncture To The Wind, THE WALLS ARTSPACE, Gold Coast
2020 - Puncture To The Wind, THE WALLS ARTSPACE, Gold Coast
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 - Level Up Residency Artist Exhibition, Coolangatta
2020 - Hey Neighbour, Wreckers Artspace, Brisbane
2019 - Epoch | QUT Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition, QUT Visual Art Studios and Frank Moran Memorial Gallery, Brisbane
2019 - Uncertain Futures, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Curated by Post Datum
2018 - Escapism, Greaser Art Gallery, Brisbane
2020 - Level Up Residency Artist Exhibition, Coolangatta
2020 - Hey Neighbour, Wreckers Artspace, Brisbane
2019 - Epoch | QUT Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition, QUT Visual Art Studios and Frank Moran Memorial Gallery, Brisbane
2019 - Uncertain Futures, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Curated by Post Datum
2018 - Escapism, Greaser Art Gallery, Brisbane
Public Commission
2019 - Botanica 2019, Commissioned by the Brisbane City Council, as part of Brisbane Art and Design Festival, Curated by Urban Art Projects
Residencies
2020 - Level Up Studio + Gallery, Coolangatta
2020 - LENS GC Instagram Residency
2020 - LOCAL AIR, THE WALLS ARTSPACE, Miami
Grants
2020 - Regional Arts Development Fund, City of Gold Coast
Professional Experience
2022 - President of Nextdoor Artist Run Initiative
2021 - Artist Talk + Workshop, St Andrews Lutheran College
2020–2021 - Creative Director of Nextdoor Artist Run Initiative
2019 - Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Graduate Exhibition Committee
2018–2019 - Creative Director of Post Datum
Curation
2021 - Assistant Curator of the Bus Stopper Gallery Project 2021. Produced by Level Up studio + gallery, Gold Coast.
2020 - Charmolypi, Level One Seventeen
2019 - Botanica 2019, Commissioned by the Brisbane City Council, as part of Brisbane Art and Design Festival, Curated by Urban Art Projects
Residencies
2020 - Level Up Studio + Gallery, Coolangatta
2020 - LENS GC Instagram Residency
2020 - LOCAL AIR, THE WALLS ARTSPACE, Miami
Grants
2020 - Regional Arts Development Fund, City of Gold Coast
Professional Experience
2022 - President of Nextdoor Artist Run Initiative
2021 - Artist Talk + Workshop, St Andrews Lutheran College
2020–2021 - Creative Director of Nextdoor Artist Run Initiative
2019 - Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Graduate Exhibition Committee
2018–2019 - Creative Director of Post Datum
Curation
2021 - Assistant Curator of the Bus Stopper Gallery Project 2021. Produced by Level Up studio + gallery, Gold Coast.
2020 - Charmolypi, Level One Seventeen
Education
2019 - Bachelor of Fine Arts: Visual Arts, from the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
2019 - Bachelor of Fine Arts: Visual Arts, from the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane