Artist Statement:
"This body of work explores the idea of the ‘middle of nowhere’ as a place, a feeling, a point of departure and visual exploration of where I am as an artist. I have always enjoyed places that are seemingly separate from the rest of the world. But this is not necessarily an exhibition about far off or deserted places, it is about real, but mostly imagined moments, conversations, events, occasions and memories from my experiences and observations that provoke the feeling of being in the middle of nowhere.
The middle of nowhere is also a starting point for my pictures: words, sentences and images from the middle of books, songs and movies serve as titles and texts to be illustrated.
My work is whimsical, exaggerated, gestural and playful. I enjoy exploring the relationship between image and text and try to approach every picture as a new story to tell. I like to use humour in my work to express my opinions and experiences and enjoy the freedom and power that painting gives me to subtly and gently make fun of the world I live in." – Kirsten Sims, June 2015, Cape Town
"This body of work explores the idea of the ‘middle of nowhere’ as a place, a feeling, a point of departure and visual exploration of where I am as an artist. I have always enjoyed places that are seemingly separate from the rest of the world. But this is not necessarily an exhibition about far off or deserted places, it is about real, but mostly imagined moments, conversations, events, occasions and memories from my experiences and observations that provoke the feeling of being in the middle of nowhere.
The middle of nowhere is also a starting point for my pictures: words, sentences and images from the middle of books, songs and movies serve as titles and texts to be illustrated.
My work is whimsical, exaggerated, gestural and playful. I enjoy exploring the relationship between image and text and try to approach every picture as a new story to tell. I like to use humour in my work to express my opinions and experiences and enjoy the freedom and power that painting gives me to subtly and gently make fun of the world I live in." – Kirsten Sims, June 2015, Cape Town

Friend Zone 1

Suiters

Friend Zone II

Hang In There

Always The Last To Leave

And So It Is

Part-Time Love

Inside Out

Somewhere in Seapoint

After The Avalanche

Cape Town, Sort Of

Midnight Ambush

Samuel

Hideout

David, Jacks and Phoebe in the Veld

Mosstalgia II

We Found Love in Public Place

Everybody had a Really Great Time

Keurbooms

Even Adam

Somewhere on Rouwkoop Road

Evensong

Hermit's Holiday I

Introvert's Clubhouse

Hermit's Holiday II

The Gluten Intolerator

The Raw Food Forager

Island Getaway

Catharsis

Solace

Astrologer's Retreat

Courting

The Green Smoothie

TsunaME
