Kim Kennedy Austin, originally from Waterloo, Ontario graduated from the Emily Carr Institute in 2001. She has since exhibited widely participating in group exhibitions at the Charles. H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver (2006), El Levante, Rosario, Argentina (2006), Neon Gallery, Brösarp, Sweden, The Vancouver Art Gallery (2005), The Belkin Satellite Gallery, Vancouver (2003). She has had solo exhibitions at the ltt-en Studio Gallery (2002) and at State Gallery in Vancouver (2005).