LORRAINE ROY: TEXTILE ART
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CURRICULUM VITAE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected and upcoming)
2008 small wonders Grimsby Public Gallery, Grimsby, ON (Touring
TBA)
2006 New Work Lafreniere and Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2005 New Work The Ontario Crafts Council Guild Shop, Toronto,
ON
New Work
Julia Ristorante, Oakville, ON
2003-4 Saving Paradise: The Arboretum Project and The Seed Collection
Touring:
Glenhyrst
Gallery of Brant, Brantford, ON
Lynnwood
Arts Centre, Simcoe, ON
St Thomas-Elgin
Public Art Centre, St Thomas, ON
Gallery
in the Grove, Brights Grove, ON
Royal
Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, ON
Mississippi
Valley Textile Museum, Almonte, ON
McIntosh
Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
2002 Urban Forests Rebecca Gallery, Toronto, ON
2000 Desert Journey, New work Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo, ON
1998 Passages Maison Magella-Paradis, Charlesbourg, QC
Thresholds
Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ON
1996 Drawing from the Dark Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, ON
Sylvan
Spirits Gibson Gallery, London, ON
1995 More Forbidden Fruit Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener,
ON
1993 Super:Natural County of Bruce Museum, Southampton, ON
1992 Verdance Ingersoll Creative Arts Centre, Ingersoll, ON
GROUP AND JURIED SHOWS (selected and upcoming)
2008
Lorraine Roy and Janusz Wrobel: New Work Hamilton Conservatory
for the Arts Gallery, Hamilton, ON
The Artist Project Toronto, Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON
2007
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show Philadelphia, USA
Primordia Jordan Art Gallery, Jordan, ON
Confluence: Streams and Strands Three Textile Artists Abbozzo
Gallery, Oakville, ON
The Common Thread Juried Textile Art Exhibition Sheridan College
Gallery, Oakville, ON
Verve: Lorraine Roy and Carmella Karijo Rother Greenwood Quiltery,
Guelph, ON
2006
Forest Atrium Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston,
ME
2005
12 Canadian Quilters in Japan Yokohama, Japan Touring
Sensual Surfaces Studio Residents at the Living Arts Centre,
Mississauga, ON
2004-5
Satin and Steel (with photographer Janusz Wrobel) Rebecca Gallery,
Toronto, ON
Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, ON
2000-6
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Nathan Philllips Square, Toronto
(Juried)
2004
Sylvan Spirits (Three artists) Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener,
ON
Out of the Woods (with photographer Janusz Wrobel) Greenwood
Quiltery and Gallery, Guelph, ON
WORSHIP: OSA 130th Juried Exhibition Ontario Society of Artists,
John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2003
Canadian Artists in Bangkok, Canadian Embassy, Thailand
2003-4
The Grand National Juried Quilt Exhibition K/W Art Gallery,
Kitchener, ON
Wide Borders (Three Textile Artists) Burlington Art Centre,
Burlington, ON (touring)
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
Cambridge Art Gallery, Cambridge, ON
2002
Black and White A Show of Hands/Petroff Gallery, Toronto, ON
2001,98, 95
Threadworks: Ontario Network of Needleworkers Juried Exhibition
Wellington Co. Museum, Fergus, ON
2000
Looking Forward Ontario Crafts Council Touring Exhibition
1998
Canadian Contemporary Quilts Rodman Hall, St Catharines, ON
1997
Hanging by a Thread Northern Arizona University Art Gallery,
Flagstaff, AZ
Quilt National Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio
Narrative Threads Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville,
ON
1996
Art Gallery of Mississauga Juried Craft Exhibition Mississauga,
ON
Suginami-City of London Exchange Art Exhibition Tokyo, Japan
1995
DIVERSITY: Studio Art Quilts Associates International Exhibition
Arrowmont School of the Arts, Tennessee (Touring)
Gardens of the Soul Six Artists Interpreting the Garden Art
Gallery St.Thomas-Elgin
1994
Of the Land Four Artists Interpreting the Landscape Thames Art
Gallery, Chatham, ON
Harvest A two-person show with Harold Rice Blyth Festival Gallery,
Blyth, ON
Fibreworks: National Textile Art Exhibition The Library and
Gallery, Cambridge
1993
Skin and Bones: Surfacing Juried Exhibition John B. Aird Gallery,
Toronto, ON
Off the Wall: A Contemporary Show of Textile Art Ingersoll Creative
Arts Centre, ON
1991
Quilt Canada National Quilt Exhibition The Ottawa Congress Centre,
Ottawa
GRANTS
2005 Travel Grant Canada Council for the Arts
2003, 2001 Crafts Grants, Mid-Career Ontario Arts Council
1995-2003 Exhibition Assistance Grants Ontario Arts Council
1998 Crafts Grant, Mid-Career Canada Council for the Arts
1987,1990 Arts Bursary City of London, ON
1986,1989 Education Bursary Canadian Embroiderers' Guild, London,
ON
AWARDS
2001 Hey Frey Memorial Award Ontario Crafts Council
2000 Best in Show ‘Juried Exhibition of Craft', Visual
Art Centre of Bowmanville,
ON
1998, 95 Best in Show ‘Threadworks: Ontario Network of
Needleworkers’ Fergus,
ON
1998 Best in Colour ‘Threadworks: Ontario Network of Needleworkers’
1997 New Exhibitor’s Award ‘Quilt National’
Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Ohio
1995 Excellence in Canvaswork Award “Threadworks:Ontario
Network of Needleworkers”
1994 First Prize '7th Annual Miniature Exhibition' Gibson Gallery,
London, ON
Third
Prize 'Gardens: Our Earthly Inspirations' The Station Gallery,
Whitby,
ON
1993 National Trust Award 'Tom Thomson Juried Exhibition' Owen
Sound, ON
1992 Award of Excellence 'Eye for Art' Chatham Cultural Centre,
Chatham, ON
First
Prize 'A Celebration in Silver' Quinte Arts Council, Belleville,
ON
1991,1988 Ontario Crafts Council Design Award
PUBLICATIONS/INTERVIEWS
2008 Hamilton Magazine’s INTERIORS “Super Natural”
Spring issue
2005 Rogers Cable TV interviews Peel Region and York Region,
Ontario GTA
L’EXPRESS,
Toronto’s French Newspaper No. 20, May 24: “Lorraine
Roy habille
la Nature”
2004 CBC Radio – Fresh Air Interview for Satin and Steel
Exhibition, October 2,
Journal of Forestry, USA Cover illustration for September issue,
Vol 102
Radio
Canada Live interview July 19
2003 Ontario Craft Summer 2003 In Review “Wide Borders”
Fibre
Focus Autumn 2003 Feature article: “Saving Paradise”
CBC Radio
– Fresh Air Live interview for Saving Paradise Exhibition,
March
29
Saving
Paradise: The Arboretum Project, self-published book of current
exhibition
Weaving
New Rhythms Journal - ‘November’, Rubicon Press,
Oakville, ON
2002 CBC Radio – French Ontario Arts Taped interview Sept
25
1997 Contemporary Quilts, Quilt National 1997, Lark Books, California,
USA
EDUCATION
1978 Honours B.Sc. Agriculture, Major: Ornamental Horticulture,
University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2006, 1995 Juror, Ontario Arts Council Crafts Grants
2005 Juror, The Common Thread National Textile Exhibition
2001-2005 Art Residency, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON
2001 Art Residency, Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, California
1999 Artist-in-Residence, Joshua Tree National Park, Southern
California
1994-95 Co-organizer and founder of annual London Artists’
Studio Tour
1986-2008 Freelance teacher, speaker and writer
COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS
Miller Thomson, Barristers and Solicitors, Guelph, ON
Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs
E’Terra Resort, Tobermory, ON
Minto Yorkville Toronto Condominium Complex, Toronto, ON
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, London, ON
EMCO Limited, London, ON
Ernst & Young, Chartered Accountants, London, ON
Mount St. Joseph Motherhouse, London, ON
St. Paul's Cathedral, London, ON
McNamara and Pizzale, Barristers and Solicitors, London, ON
