TUNGKOL SA’KIN
About me 
Filipino-born Khim Hipol is an emerging interdisciplinary artist based on the unceded territories of the Squamish, TsleilWaututh, and Musqueam people. Through photography, Hipol examines how a sense of identity can be manipulated through commercialization. He explores the intersections of tourism, souvenir objects, and official government symbols, demonstrating how countries establish identity through these representations. Through portraiture, he illustrates how individuals use these objects to express patriotism and nationalism while simultaneously questioning their meanings and invoking ideas of colonialism and the "foreign." He graduated with a Certificate of Photography (2019) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts Major in Photography and a Minor in Art and Text (2023) from Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Hipol is a recipient of the Audain Travel Award (2022), Chick Rice Award for Excellence in Photography (2023), An honorable mention of the Seymour Art Gallery ‘New and Emerging’ (2022) and was long-listed for the Lind Prize (2022, 2023). He has shared his works in group shows at Filter Photo in Chicago Illinois (2024), Pendulum Gallery (2024), Access Gallery (2024), The Center of Fine Arts Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (2022), Calgary (2022 and 2023), and Vancouver and Philippines (2023). His works have been privately collected in Union Christian College (Philippines), Cianu Umuk Gallery (Philippines), Vancouver, Toronto, Canada, and USA.
Khim Mata Hipol
B. 1999, Bauang, La Union, PH
Lives and works in North Vancouver, BC
EDUCATION
2023 Bachelor of Fine Arts Major with Photography, minor with Art + Text, Emily Carr University of Arts + Design, Vancouver, BC
2019 Certificate of Photography, Emily Carr University of Arts + Design, Vancouver, BC
RESIDENCIES
2024 North Shore Studio Art Residency Award, Griffin Arts Project, North Vancouver, BC
2023 Zebra Club, Vancouver, BC
2021 AFK X Patio Press Fellowship, Artists for Kids, North Vancouver, BC
AWARDS
2024 (Longlist) The Lind Prize , The Polygon Gallery
2023 Chick Rice Award for Excellence in Photography
2022 (Longlist) The Lind Prize , The Polygon Gallery
2022 Audain Travel Award
2022 Honourable Mention, Seymour Art Gallery, New & Emerging
2021 John Jordan Memorial Scholarship
2021 Alvin Balkind Memorial Scholarship
CURATORIAL WORK
2024 Focused Blur, Zebra Club, Vancouver, BC
2023 Bridging time through Lens, Kasko Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2023 Touch, Emily Carr University of Arts + Design, Vancouver, BC
2023 Extended Portraits, Emily Carr University of Arts + Design, Vancouver, BC
2022 Why Photography, Emily Carr University of Arts + Design, Vancouver, BC
2022 Iba’t ibang Anyo, Iisang Kulay, Emily Carr University of Arts + Design, Vancouver, BC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 TBD, Portal Pop Up, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2024 Minuyungan iti Lagip, with Karl Mata Hipol, Ciano Umuk, Bauang, La Union, Philippines
2023 Walking to Know the Land, with Karl Mata Hipol, Deer Lake Gallery, Burnaby, BC
2023 Sining iti Bauang, Ciano Umuk Gallery, Guerrero, Bauang, La Union, Philippines
2023 Anak ng Lupang Hinirang, Capistrano Lobby, Union Christian College, San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines
2023 Anak sa Lupang Hinirang, with Karl Hipol, The Lobby, Gordon Smith Gallery of the Canadian Art, North Vancouver, Canada
2023 BASAhans, Faculty Gallery, Emily Carr University of Arts + Design, Vancouver, Canada
2023 BASAhans, Zebra Club, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2022 Afternoon on a Hill, Foundation Nook, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, CA
2022 I am here, you are here (rvsd. My Here is Here), Delbrook Community Centre (NVAC) North Vancouver, Canada
2021 Mga Idyoma, Outer Elbow Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2021 I am here, you are here, Emily Carr University of Arts + Design, Vancouver, Canada
2020 I am here, you are here, Emily Carr University of Arts + Design, Vancouver, Canada
2020 Clarita and Ronald, Elbow Gallery, Emily Carr University of Arts and Design, Vancouver, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Fields, Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2024 Splash 2024, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2024 Me, Myself & I, The Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2024 Art Party, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
2024 Focused Blur, Zebra Club, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2024 SNAP 2024, Daniel Spectrum, Toronto, Ontario
2024 SNAP Preview, Akasha Art Projects Inc., Toronto, Ontario
2024 6x6, THIS Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2024 Boutique, Centre A, Vancouver, BC
2024 Pacific Northwest Drawer, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
2024 Context 2024, Filter Photo, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2023 ToGather Together, The ACT Gallery, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada
2023 Art Party, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
2023 Bridging time through Lens, Kasko Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2023 Here and Now, Capture Photography Festival, The Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC,
2023 Brilliance 2023, Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
2023 SNAP4ACT, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2022 Emerging Printmakers, Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2023 Looking After: Photography as an Act of Care, MOEC, ECUAD, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2023 Anak ng Lupang Hinirang, Exposure Festival-Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2022 Emerging Printmakers, Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2022 Iba’t ibang Kulay, Iisang Anino, MOEC, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2022 Juried Exhibition 2022: We Begin Again, The ACT Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada
2022 Why Photography, Michael O’Brian Exhibition Commons + RBC Media Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2022 Center Forward, The Center of Fine Arts Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
2022 International Call, Exposure Festival-Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2021 I am here, you re here, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada
2021 Revisions, Faculty Gallery--Emily Carr University of Arts and Design, Vancouver, Canada
2021 the little stories we tell ourselves, the gallery by Mui, USA
2021 Capturing Moments: Chronicling Our Lives, Coquitlam Heritage Society, Places Des Arts, Coquitlam, CA
2019 Love Out Loud – “Images of Pride: Personal and Political”, The Plaskett Gallery, New West, CA
2019 Raw Vancouver: Arise, Celebrities Nightclub, Vancouver, CA
2018 Raw Vancouver: Reflect, Celebrities Nightclub, Vancouver, CA
2018 Chesterfields: Bring to light, The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver, CA
2017 Mentoring the Emerging Artist—Artist for Kids, The Ferry Building, West Vancouver, CA
2016 Art from 44, Capilano Mall, North Vancouver, BC, CA
ARTISTS TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS
2024 “Invited Artist Presentation”, PHOT 313 Class t under Jimena Diaz Jirash (Instructor)
Emily Carr University of Arts and Design,Vancouver, BC, June 12, 2024
2023 “Artist Talk: Walking to Know the Land”, Deer Lake Gallery, Burnaby, BC, September 16, 2023
2023 “Artists Presentation, Anak ng Lupang Hinirang”, Capistrano Lobby, Union Christian College,
San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines, June 10, 2023
2023 “Artist Panel, Here and Now”, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC, April 20, 2023
2023 “Artists Talk, Looking After: Photography as an Act of Care,
Emily Carr University of Arts + Design, Vancouver, BC April 2023
2022 “Artist Talk, Stranger than Fiction”, (ONLINE)
Emily Carr University of Arts + Design, Vancouver, BC, April 2022
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Karl Mata Hipol, Khim Mata Hipol, “Walking to know the land”- Burnaby, (online news) The Runner, KPU, Christina West ( September 23, 2023)
Karl Mata Hipol, Khim Mata Hipol, “Walking to know the Land, Burnaby Now, (online news) Burnaby, Abinaya Natesh, Aug 14, 2023
Anak sa Lupang Hinirang, Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver, Canada 2023
Capture x Emily Carr: Looking After: Photography as an Act of Care, Capture Photography Festival, Canada2023
VocalEye Almost Live Zoom I Highlights from the 2023 Caoture Photography Festival, Vancouver, Canada, 2023
La Union’s Khim Hipol wins Canada travel award for Filipino identity photos
Khim Hipol Wins 2022 Audain Travel Award
Filipino student wins prestigious Canadian photography award
Truth, Intimacy and the Power of Photography through the Lenses of Khim Hipol, Abigail Pfortmueller, David Aquino and Sidney Gordon,
Stranger than Fiction, Shumka Centre, Vancouver, Canada, 2022
‘Stranger Than Fiction’ Wraps Groundbreaking ECU Partnership with Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver, Canada, 2022
Stranger Than Fiction (Capture x Emily Carr) | April 6 – 30, Vancouver, Canada, 2022
Noon, Ngayon at Bukas, Showcase, Emily Carr University of Arts and Design, Vancouver, Canada, 2021
Revisions, Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver, Canada, 2021
Revisions, Emily Carr University of Arts and Design, Vancouver, Canada, 2021
Love Out Loud: Images of Pride: Personal and Political, Massey Theatre, Canada 2019
Queer Love Speaks Its Name in New Plaskett Gallery Exhibition, New West Record, October, Canada, 2019
PUBLICATIONS
Khim Mata Hipol, PASSING I, April 2023
Khim Mata Hipol, Perlas ng Silanganan, October 2022
Khim Mata Hipol, SONG, October 2022
The Working Artist (1), United Kingdom, 2021
Vancouver Street Photography Collective (1), Vancouver, Canada, 2020
FAKfulness Art Magazine, October Issue, Canada, 2019
Chester Fields 2018: Bring to Light, The Polygon Gallery, Exhibition Catalog, May- June Issue, Canada, 2018
Bright Lights, North Shore News Community, September Issue, Canada, 2018
View Finders, North Shore News Sunday, June Issue, Canada, 2017