Kim Allison

Analogue Collage Artist

Artist Bio

Kim Allison is an emerging Toronto-based analogue collage artist with a lifelong passion for vintage and an eye for colour, design and layout. As a longtime collector and lover of vintage items, she began her practice creating hand-made fun and cheeky greeting cards from her large collection of vintage magazines, books & catalogues. Encouraged by the positive feedback, she continued to expand her art practice with larger and increasingly complex pieces. After over two decades working in the corporate world, Kim is now focused on her art practice.

Artist Statement

I’m interested in the idea that the more things change the more they stay the same and the weird nuances of forgotten pop culture like “Battle of the Sexes" which inspired the even weirder "Battle of the Network Stars”. It was real. You can look it up.

I am attracted to vintage print materials spanning the 1940’s to the 1990’s and the layers of pop culture found in advertising, layout/design style and colour pallets. My work explores themes of consumerism, feminism, pop culture and rebellion in a fun, clever, playful, subversive manner. A sense of lost nostalgia lingers in the reimagination of these images for the modern world and all its advances.

All individual pieces in each collage are carefully & precisely hand cut, and I enjoy layering in hidden surprises or cheeky visual messages. Although all my work is carefully assembled, there is a dreamlike sense to the visual layout and each viewer will experience something different when viewing.

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Training/Courses
January 2024: Accepted to & completed Collage in Practice Workshop, part of Kolaj Institute

Publications
Paris Collage Collective, 2024 International Women's Day publication, March 2024