Kim Bince Villagante (Kimmortal)

Kim Bince Villagante (she/they) also known as Kimmortal is a queer filipinx artist based on unceded coast salish territory, a lyrical emcee, songwriter and visual artist known for her beautiful political music full of love and hope, exploring identity and community, and tackling subject matter like racism and homophobia. Kim has toured their music from Toronto to California, rocking festivals like Queer Women of Colour film festival, Kultura Filipino Arts, Junofest, and SXSW, opening for Ruby Ibarra, Shad K, and Saul Williams, and just released their second album X marks the Swirl on Coax Records in 2019.

Kim has extensive experience as an arts educator, youth-mentor, and community organizer through many organizations, including Access to Media Education Society, the Mosaic Institute, S.U.C.C.E.S.S Vancouver, UBC Learning Exchange in the Downtown Eastside, Boldskool Hip Hop workshops, Philippine Women Center, and many more. Recently, she led rap and art therapy based workshops via “Reframing Relations” a program by Community Arts Council of Vancouver that looks at the history of Canadian residential schools. She facilitates workshops that utilize the arts as tools for healing, decolonization, and resistance.

In addition to holding a BA in Visual Art and Art History from UBC, Kim’s education is from poets, rappers, activists, community members, and many artists who identify as queer/trans/black/indigenous/people of colour. Kim was awarded the Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award in Community-Engaged Arts in 2013, and their single “I’m Blue” was ranked in the top 20 music videos in Canada.