KAKIM GOH
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    • 1994 - 1999 >
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    • Absence et présence (2013)
    • Festival Accès Asie Opening Ceremony (2012)
    • 6 Moments (2004)
  • Exhibitions & Workshops
    • Career Labs: Beyond Survival (Mar. 31, 2018)
    • Anagramme d'une chaise (2013)
    • Absence et présence (2013)
    • États passagers (2011)
    • Pencil Portrait Drawing Workshop (2011)
  • Curating
    • Master Classes in Media & Performing Arts (Oct. 1, 8, 15 & 22, 2016)
    • Found (April 27 - June 4, 2016)
    • Mongolia, Land of Eternal Blue Sky (March 4 - May 8, 2016)
    • Checkpoints (2015)
    • The State of Origin: REEL & IMAGINED (2015)
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    • Trouvés (27 avril - 4 juin 2016)
    • La Mongolie, Pays de l’éternel ciel bleu (mars 2016)
    • SalonEsque (2015)
    • Postes de contrôle (2015)
    • L’État d’origine: RÉEL ET IMAGINAIRE (2015)
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Curriculum Vitae


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(Detail) Jericho From the series “Absence and Presence", Flashe acrylic on paper, 42 11/16 x 119 7/8 in. (108.5 x 304.6 cm.), {FT = 3 ft. 6 11/16 in. x 9 ft. 11 7/8 in.}, Produced in Montreal, Canada, 2013. Photo: © Kakim Goh

KAKIM GOH

Curriculum Vitae (abridged)
Born in Singapore, lives in Montreal, Canada

Live Action Painting Performances 

May 2012
Festival Accès Asie Opening Ceremony
Live Painting and Music Performance

Kakim Goh & Shawn Mativetsky
- Live acrylic painting on paper
 
MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
May 2004
6 Moments Live Streaming Simulcast Network Performance
Kakim Goh & Donald Quan
Curator: Janet Lumb 
Publication: Catalogue Moments 
- Live ink painting on silk
OBORO New Media Laboratory Montreal, Quebec, Canada
&
Studio Q
Toronto, Ontario, Canada 

* Solo & Two-person Exhibitions

May 2013
Absence et présence
(Absence and Presence)
Kakim Goh & Verona Sorensen
- Acrylic paintings on paper, videos
   
Maison de la Culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada    
April 1998
*EH
- Etchings    
Canadian Consulate
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
   
Jan. 1998
*Desde la Casa de los Grillos
(From the House of Crickets)
- Oil paintings, etchings    
Galeria Principal,
Bellas Artes
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
    
Nov. 1995
Obra Grafica
(Graphic Art)
Kakim Goh & Magdiel Perez
- Woodblock prints, etchings    
Galeria Principal, 
Bellas Artes 
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

Selected Group Exhibitions

May 2015
SalonEsque
- acrylic painting on paper

MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
June 2013
Anagramme d’une chaise
(Anagram of a Chair)

Curator: Louise Viger

- Installation with acrylic painting on paper

Maison de la Culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sept. 2011
États passagers / Estados Pasajeros
(Shifting States)
Curator: Claudia Bernal 
- Ink & gouache paintings on paper  
Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension,
Maison de la Culture de Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    
Feb. 2001
Tendances asiatiques
(Asian Tendencies)
- Oil paintings
    
Centre des Arts de Shawinigan
Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada    
Jan. 2001
Asie-Montréal
- Etchings   
Centre de créativité - Les Salles du Gesù
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    
May 2000
Festival du patrimoine asiatique de Montréal
(Montréal Asian Heritage Festival)
- Oil Paintings
       
Maison de la Culture Frontenac Montreal, Quebec, Canada
March 1997
7 Artistas en San Miguel
(7 Artists in San Miguel)
Curator: Thomas Gruenebaum
- Woodcut prints
    
Cante A.C.
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico    
May 1996
Trazando Lazos con Canada
(Forming Bonds with Canada)
- Woodcut prints
   
Canadian Embassy,
Plaza Loreto
Mexico City, Mexico    
Nov. 1995
Reflejos de Canada
(Canadian Reflections) 
- Woodcut prints, etchings
Galeria Pergola,
Instituto Allende
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
   
Nov. 1993
Obra Grafica
(Graphic Art)
- Woodcut prints
Casa de la Cultura
Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico    

Curatorial Projects

April 2019 to present (in progress)
ABILITIES Project
Pilot project in inclusive practices
Artist / trainee: Azalia Kaviani
Project team:
Irem Bekter, Elsie Andreoli, Laurence Ly
Festival Accès Asie 
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
October 2016
Master Classes in Media & Performing Arts (Classes de maitre en arts médiatiques et arts du spectacle)
Artists / Instructors :
Mylène Dinh-Robic, Yung Chang, 
​Kid Koala, Annie Rollins
​Curator: Kakim Goh
​Event Coordinator: Elodie Lavergne

OBORO New Media Lab
Montreal, Quebec, Canada 
April 2016
Trouvés
(Found)
Aanchal Malhotra & Margret Nielsen
Curator: Kakim Goh
Assistant Curator: Catherine LaMendola
​Event Coordinator: Elodie Lavergne

- Exhibition: photography, video, installation

Maison de la Culture Frontenac
Montreal, Quebec, Canada 
March 2016
La Mongolie, Pays de l'éternel ciel bleu
(Mongolia, Land of Eternal Blue Sky)

Photographs by Bayar Balangantseren
Curator: Kakim Goh
Guest Curator: Catherine LaMendola
​Event Coordinator: Elodie Lavergne

- Exhibition: photography

Monument-National
Montreal, Quebec, Canada  
May 2015
Postes de contrôle
(Checkpoints)
Hua Jin & Pavitra Wickramasinghe
Curator: Kakim Goh

- Exhibition: photography, video, installation    
 
Maison de la Culture de Côte-des-Neiges
Montreal, Quebec, Canada  

May 2015
L'État d'origine: RÉEL ET IMAGINAIRE
(The State of Origin: REEL & IMAGINED)
THE DIGITAL SILK ROUTE:
Khadija Baker, Ting-Ting Cheng, Verena Kyselka, Bindu Mehra,
Veer Munshi, Raha Rastifard
Curators: Kakim Goh & Bindu Mehra
- Exhibition: video, installation, photography

Maison de la Culture de Côte-des-Neiges
Montreal, Quebec, Canada 

Selected Community Involvement in the Arts

2018 - present
  • Visual Arts Representative, Board of Directors
  • Vice-President (2020) & Treasurer (2019 - 2020), Executive Committee
  • Member of the Arts, Culture, Heritage Working Group
  • Member of the Communications & Membership Committee 
  • Chair (2018 - 2020) of the Inclusion Committee
English-Language Arts Network (ELAN) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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2017 - 2019
Member of the Evaluation Committee for New Artistic Practices / Multidisciplinary Sector

Conseil des arts de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2014 - present
Vice-President of the Board of Directors
Festival Accès Asie
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2016 - 2017
Ambassador
artScene Montréal - Projet A144
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2015 - 2016
Organizational Member

English-Language Arts Network (ELAN)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2014 - 2016
Professional Member
Le Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec (RAAV)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
​

2002 - 2004
Member of the Steering Committee
Festival Accès Asie
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Selected Professional Experience in the Arts
​

2018
Consultant
Consultation with equity-seeking groups
“Respectful Workplaces in the Arts”
Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
​
2014 - 2016
Curator of the Visual Arts Program
Festival Accès Asie 
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2003 - 2004
Project Agent
Sinha Danse & Pierre-Paul Savoie Danse,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2003
Coordinator
Stand Firm: Montréal: Cap sur l’excellence
The Equity Office, Canada Council for the Arts
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Juries
​

2018
Member of the Jury
DémART-mtl

Conseil des arts de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
​
2018
Member of the Jury
“Pitch Session”
La Foire - R R & R (Respect, Recognition, Representation)
​
MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2018
Member of the Jury
1st Edition of the Emerging Art Market
(Artch 2018)
Art Souterrain
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Public-speaking Engagements
​

2018
Interviewee
TV interview with Sandra Sirois:
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“Cultural Diversity in Montreal’s Arts Scene” 
​
MAtv (Vidéotron) - Mille visages
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2018
Workshop Leader
​Professional development workshop:
​“Networking in the Arts” 
​Carrefour jeunesse-emploi Montréal Centre-Ville
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
​

2018
Workshop Leader
​Professional development workshop:
​​
“Beyond Survival - Thriving as an Artist with a Parallel Career” 
​

English-Language Arts Network (ELAN) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2018
Presenter
Public hearing: “Consultation on Systemic Racism in the Arts, Culture and Media”
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Diversité artistique Montréal (DAM)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Selected Education

2009
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major in Painting and Drawing
(Graduation with Distinction)

Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada    
1995 - 1997
Apprenticeship
- Painting and Drawing    
Maestro Mario Cabrera
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
   
1993
Diploma
Woodcut Course    
Maestro Prado Velasquez,
Casa de la Cultura de Morelia, Michoacan Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico

Selected Bibliography

Catalogues
Donald Quan, “6 Moments: A Musician’s Perspective,” Moments (Catalogue), OBORO, 2006, 14 - 15.
Cindy Mochizuki, “Launching New Moments…,” Moments (Catalogue), OBORO, 2006, 25 - 27.
Reviews, Interviews & Articles
Rosel Kim, “Festival Accès Asie Opens With a Bang,” Schema Magazine, May 9, 2012.
http://www.schemamag.ca/archive2/2012/05/acces_asie_festival_2012_opens.php    
Eilis Quinn, “Asian Heritage Fest to Attract Canadian, U.S. Artists,” The Gazette, April 25, 2004.
Milena Katz, “Beyond the Visual,” Parkhurst Exchange #55, March, 2003, 15 - 19.
L’Hebdo du Saint-Maurice, Quebec, February 24, 2001, 16.
Roland Paillé, “Quatre regards distincts venus de l’Asie,” Le Nouvelliste, February 17, 2001.
“Canadian Artist Kakim Goh Shows at Canadian Consulate,” Attencion San Miguel - Arts & Culture Weekly Supplement, Vol. XXIV, # 13, Week of March 30, 1998. 
Wayne Arnold, “From the House of Crickets,” Attencion San Miguel, Vol. XXIII, # 51, Week of December 29, 1997, 44.
Anthony Wright, “Seven Artists in San Miguel - Thomas Gruenebaum Turns Curator to Introduce New Talent,” Mexico City Times, Vol. II, #00481, March 25, 1997, 17.
“Pérez and Goh Exhibit at Bellas Artes,” Attencion San Miguel, Vol. XXII, # 45, November 13, 1995, 11.

Television

Marc Hervieux, Marie-Josée Taillefer, Katherina Riva, “Cap sur l’été,” Radio-Canada télévision, Montreal, Quebec, May 6, 2013
http://www.radio-canada.ca/emissions/cap_sur_l_ete/2013/document.asp?idDoc=290593

Private Collections

Rizwan Ali Collection, Vancouver
Francis & Sondra Hines Collection, New York
Beverly Green Collection, Atlanta
James Hawkins Collection, Mexico
Florence Dumay Collection, Santiago de Chile
Wong Partnership Pte. Ltd., Singapore

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ARTWORKS

2010 +

Flashe Acrylic Paintings

2000 - 2009

Gouache & Ink Paintings

Ink & Wash Paintings

Brush & Ink Drawings

Graphite Pencil Drawings

Pen & Ink Drawings

1994 - 1999

Oil Paintings

Etching Prints

Woodcut Prints

PERFORMANCES

Absence et présence (2013)

Festival Accès Asie Opening Ceremony (2012)

6 Moments (2004)

EXHIBITIONS

SalonEsque (2015)

Anagramme d'une chaise (2013)


Absence et présence (2013)

États passagers (2011)

Pencil Portrait Drawing Workshop (2011)

CURATING

Master Classes in Media & Performing Arts (Oct. 2016)

Found (2016)

Mongolia, Land of Eternal Blue Sky (2016)

Checkpoints (2015)


The State of Origin: REEL & IMAGINED (2015)

FRANÇAIS
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CONTACT
Classes de maitre en arts médiatiques et arts du spectacle (oct 2016)

Trouvés (2016)

La Mongolie, Pays de l'éternel ciel bleu (2016)

​SalonEsque (2015)

Postes de côntrole (2015)


L’État d’origine: RÉEL ET IMAGINAIRE (2015)

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