Education
1997 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Diploma, Major in Fine Art
1996. Cooper Union School For The Advancement of Art and Science, Exchange Program
Solo Exhibitions
2025 The Shape of Home, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2023 Bend An Ear Willow Tree, Site Specific Installation, Port Union, UHA
2022 Nine Ivy Leaves I Place Under My Head. Artlink. Fort Dunree, Donegal, Ireland
New Paintings and Serigraphs. Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2021 The Way We Feel. Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2019 How About You. FLOE- Bonavista Biennale. Curated by David Diviney & Matthew Hills & Catherine Beaudette, Bonavista, NL
2018 Common Occurrences. Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2017 Erasure. Maison Des Arts, Laval, QC
2015 Chasing The Light. Christina Parker Gallery, St. John's, NL
2011 I Love You. A1C Gallery, St. John's, NL
2009 Time Trial. The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s, NL
-Wish You Were Here. Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2008 TCH. Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
-Phendrana Drift. Resource Center for the Arts Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2006 100 Paper Moths. Site specific installation, Anglican Cathedral Park, St. John’s, NL
-Landing. 312 Online Videos, www.312.ca
2005 Summertime. Victoria Manor Gallery, Harbour Grace, NL
2004 New Paintings. The Rogue Gallery, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2003 Phendrana. elefan+shipfischerinsel, Berlin, Germany
1998 Paintings. Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
1998 Portraits. Eye Level Gallery. Halifax, NS
1997 Solo. Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
Group Exhibitions
2026 Parallel Lands, Artlink Gallery, Fort Dunree IRE
2025 Parallel Lands, Regional Cultural Center for The Arts, Letterkenny IRE
2024 Etched by Wind and Water. Curated by Emily Critch. Union House Arts, NL
-International Women’s Day. Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s, NL
-The Consulate General of Canada, Miami (US), The Canadian Official Residence in Brussels (Belgium), and The Canadian Official Residence in NYC (US).
2022-25 Realism’s Reach. Curated by Sarah Moore Fillmore. The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
2021 What the Ocean Remembers. Co-organized by Grenfell Art Gallery and Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in partnership with The High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom.
-Lure of the Atlantic. (video) 4:53 Minutes, Anna Leonowens Gallery Systems, Halifax, NS https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPDtSNmHqll/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
-The Last Show of The Year. Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2019 Summer Group Exhibition. Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2018 Horizon Felt. Curated by Vicki Chainey Gagnon, Campbell River Art Gallery, BC
-Imago Mundi. Curated by Francesca Valente. imagomundiart.com. Toronto, CA
2017 Geopotics. Curated by Kasia Basta, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe Claire, QC
-Imago Mundi. Curated by Francesca Valente. imagomundiart.com. Italy
2016 All Day Within the Dreamy House, Vicki Chainey Gagnon, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s, NL
-After Fields. Southern Graphics Council International: Flux Location, Portland, OR, USA
-Parenthood. Rotary Arts Centre, Corner Brook, NL
2015 Folklore And Other Panics. The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2014 Changing Tides: Contemporary Art in Newfoundland and Labrador. McMichael Gallery, Kleinburg, ON
2013 Into The Night. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, NS
-The Painting Project. Galerie de l'UQUAM, Montreal Quebec
2012 25 for 25. The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s NL
-25 for 25. Mary March Museum, Grand Falls NL
2011 Limited Time Offer. The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s NL
-Atlanticus. Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s NL
-Art and Letters. The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s NL
-Fogo Island Series. Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s NL
2008 Forecast. Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Corner Brook NL
-Rock and Roll: Selected Contemporary Art in Newfoundland. A1C Gallery, St. John’s NL
-Eastern Edge Video Series 2008. The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s NL
-Reflecting Members. Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s NL
-Christina Parker, St. John’s NL
2007/08 RECollections. The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s NL
2006 Members Speak. Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s NL
OnScreen. Sir Wilfred Grenfell College of Art, Festival of Contemporary Film & Video, Corner Brook NL
2005 Members One. Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s NL
-Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Arts and Letters Show. St. John’s NL
-Guests of the Community. Bonnie Leyton Gallery, St. John’s NL
2004 SuperSalon. Samson Projects, Boston Mass USA
2003 Group Exhibit. das Verborgene Museum, Berlin Germany
2002 Underground. Pat Hearn Art Gallery, curated by Frank Santoro, NYC, NY USA
2000 New Paintings. Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s NL
1998 Monitor Goo. Curated by Cliff Eyland and Peter Dhykuis, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS
-Monitor Goo. Curated by Cliff Eyland and Peter Dhykuis, Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg MB
1997 Khyber Centre for the Arts. Curated by Garry Kennedy, Halifax NS
Relevant Experience
2025 Lead Installer, Bonavista Biennale
2024-25 Co founder, Director of CRUX Art Inc., International Artist Residency Program www.cruxart.ca
2024-22 Laurentic Forum, Steering Committee for the Creative Economy - linking NL and Ireland
2023, 21 Art Installation, Bonavista Biennale
-Artist Residency. IMAGO, Moncton, New Brunswick
-Artist Residency. Union House Arts, Bonavista, NL
2023-20 Art Installation, install/deinstall, Christina Parker Gallery
2022-06 Programming Committee. Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2022 International Atlantic Artist Residency Exchange. Artlink, Donegal, Ireland
2021-18 Screen Printing Pilot Project, St. Michael's Printshop, St. John’s NL
2020 Jury Member, Project Grants Grants to Artists, ArtsNL
2020-18 Programming Committee, St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s NL
2018-11 Acquisitions Committee, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s NL
2017 Jury Member, Project Grants, ArtsNL, St. John’s NL
2016 Jury Member, Project Grants, Canada Council Art Grants, Ottawa
-Putting Design in its Place, http://puttingdesigninitsplace.ca Fogo Island NL
2015 Jury Member, Arts and Letters. St. John’s NL
2012 Designer, Furniture Of The Fogo Island Inn, Fogo Island NL and Toronto ONT
2011 Residency, Shorefast Foundation, Fogo Island NL
-Jury Member, St. John's City Arts Grants. St. John’s NL
-Past Chair, Active Member and Volunteer, A1C Gallery, St. John’s NL
2010 Residency, Outport Aesthetics, Shorefast Foundation, Fogo Island, NL
-Past Chair, Active Member and Volunteer, A1C Gallery, St. John’s NL
2009-04 Communications Coordinator, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2009 Residency, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s NL
-Chairperson, Board of Directors, A1C Gallery, St. John’s NL
-Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
-Artist Talk, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
-Active Member and Volunteer, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
-Gallery Committee, Resource Center for the Arts, St. John’s, NL
2007 Gallery Committee, Resource Center for the Arts, St. John’s, NL
-Communications Committee, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2005-04 Board of Directors, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2004-2013 Production Manager and screen-printer, Living Planet, St. John’s NL
Selected Bibliography
50th Edition, Riddle Fence
Future Possible, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, Goose Lane Editions, 2021
Curated by Francesca Valente, Out of the Bush Garden. Contemporary Artists from Central-Eastern Canada. Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection. 2016
Geist. Fact+Fiction. Number 102, Fall 2016. North America. Page 44-52
Mireille Egan, Kym Greeley and the New Newfoundland Painting, canadianart.ca, August 2016
Mary MacDonald, Artists explore the domestic, Visual Arts News, Summer 2016
Jennifer McVeigh, Folklore and Other Panics, Border Crossings Magazine, Vol. 34, Number 2. Spring 2015
Craig Francis Power, Art World Antidote, Visual Arts News, Spring 2015
Lizzy Hill, Folklore and Other Panics at The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, National Gallery of Canada Magazine. February 9, 2015
Canadian Art, Folklore and Other Panics. 15 Shows We Want to See in 2015. December 2014
Lizzy Hill, Rugged Nonconformity: The Art of Newfoundland and Labrador, National Gallery Magazine, February 2014
The Painting Project, A Snapshot of Painting in Canada, Galerie De L'UQUAM, p.64-67
Bruce Johnson, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Journal, Page 27- Summer 2011
Craig Francis Power, The 25 Greatest Works of Art Ever Made in Newfoundland and Labrador. The Scope, August 2009
Gloria Hickey, Visual Arts News, February 10, 2009
Mike Landry, Things of Desire, Kym Greeley: Time Trial, February 05, 2009
Mix Magazine, v.31.1, 2006, p.36-41
Craig Francis Power, Landscape Painter, Current, 2006
Craig Francis Power, Art In Newfoundland, 100 Paper Moths by Kym Greeley, August 07, 2006
Cliff Eyland, Monitor Goo: Abstract Painting In The Age Of Video. Tea and Sympathy Plug In Cahier, 1998, pg.146-151.
Jesse Simon, Minimalist shows spawn differing conclusions. Current exhibits at Plug In and Ace Art have much to say about emptiness and the gallery space. 1998
Grants, Awards & Collections
Toronto International Art Fair, 2025–2011
The Sobey Art Award, 2011 Long Listed
Works are included in the Canada Council Art Bank, Newfoundland Provincial Art Bank, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's City Art Procurement and commercial and private collections across Canada.
Global Affairs
Purchased at the Art for Heart, 2010, 2012
Canada Council. Explore and Create Research and Creation, 2022
Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council, Project Grant: 2024-19, 2017-2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006
City of St. John’s, Grants to Artists: 2022-2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008
Effie May Scholarship, 1996
Representation Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s, NL -website