Charmaine Lurch

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Charmaine Lurch
Born
Jamaica
Nationality Canadian
Alma mater York University, Sheridan College, OCAD University

Charmaine Lurch is a Toronto-based painter, sculptor, installation artist and arts educator known for her interdisciplinary work and exploration of themes including Black studies and environmental issues.

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Early life and education

Lurch was born in Jamaica and came to Canada at the age of six. [1] She holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies from York University and diplomas in design and illustration from Sheridan College, both in Ontario. [2] In addition, she studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto, and the School of Visual Arts in New York City [3]

Work

Lurch's work often incorporates themes of world histories, Black history, diversity, equity and environmental issues. [4] She is active as an art educator in Toronto. [1] As a lead artist with the non-profit group Inner City Angels, Lurch leads interdisciplinary public art projects involving children. [5] [6] Her sculpture Bees is installed in the Regent Park social housing development in Toronto. [7] She cites artists including Lynette Yiadom Boakye, Jasmine Thomas-Grivan, Denyse Thomasos, and Theaster Gates as inspirations. [8] Lurch has been critical of the way the traditional power structures of the art world systematically exclude artists of colour. [9]

Major exhibitions

Lurch's work has been exhibited at a number of venues including the Royal Ontario Museum, Nuit Blanche, the University of British Columbia, and the National Gallery of Jamaica. [3] Her work A Mobile and Visible Carriage was prominently featured in the group show Every.Now.Then at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2017. [10] [11]

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  11. ↑ Hunter, Andrew, ed. (2017). Every. Now. Then : Reframing Nationhood. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario. p. 46. ISBN   978-1-894243-95-7.
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  13. ↑ Gazzola, Bart (4 November 2019). "Be[e]ing & Seeing: Compounding Visions". The Sound. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  14. ↑ "Critical Mass". Art Gallery of Guelph. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
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