Lorena Ziraldo

Lorena Ziraldo
Ziraldo in 2013
Born	Udine, Italy
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Painter
Years active	1980–present

Lorena Ziraldo (born in Italy) ^[1] is a Canadian artist based in Ottawa, Ontario. ^[2] She works mainly in oil and employs bold colors in a loose, gestural style. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Education

She studied Art History at the University of Toronto and Fine Arts under Gerald Ferguson at NSCAD University, obtaining her BFA in 2000. ^{[6] [7]}

Work

Her paintings have been exhibited in Canada and the USA. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]} Ziraldo's 2014 solo exhibition "National Portrait Gallery" at Wallack Galleries ^[12] called for the creation of a portrait gallery in the nation's capital. ^{[13] [14] [15]}

Awards

• Walker Industries Art Competition, 2019, 2nd Prize ^[16]
• Figureworks Award Show, 2011, 1st Prize ^[17]

Exhibition catalogues

• "Beauty In The Time Of ...", 2022, Orange Art Gallery, Ottawa ^[18]
• "Seventeen Years, 17 Paintings", 2018, Secord Gallery, Halifax ^[19]
• "Couleur, beauté et quadrillage", 2017, Galerie d’art Blanche, Montreal ^[20]
• "National Portrait Gallery", 2014, Wallack Galleries, Ottawa ^[21]
• "Snapshot", 2013, Secord Gallery, Halifax ^[22]

References

1. "Lorena Ziraldo | Secord Gallery". www.secordgallery.com. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
2. "Art Appeal" (PDF). Re:porter: The Art Issue (85): 10. May–June 2023.
3. "Visual Viewpoints: Ziraldo's paintings show sensitive style." The Chronicle Herald, October 17, 2013.
4. "Ziraldo looks at us, the viewers." The Chronicle Herald, November 6, 2011.
5. "Painterly Pauses: Lorena Ziraldo – The A Word" . Retrieved 2020-06-21.
6. “VIVID Volume 22, Spring 2013.” Nova Scotia College of Art & Design.
7. "Biography Lorena Ziraldo". orangeartgallery.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
8. “Ziraldo: Queen of colour.” The Chronicle Herald, February 22, 2007.
9. "Mother as Artist - the Ottawa Citizen, 28 March 2013" . Retrieved 2020-11-28– via PressReader.
10. Ziraldo, Lorena. "San Francisco Hotel Hosts Lorena Ziraldo" (PDF). San Francisco Argot Ogre.
11. "Gauntlet, Hotel California, Mirus, Fabric8 - San Francisco California Art Galleries Events: December 8, 2012". www.artbusiness.com. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
12. Peter Simpson. "The Queen, The PM, Ghomeshi & me: Scenes from Canada's new "National Portrait Gallery"." Ottawa Citizen, November 12, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
13. “Stepping into the gallery gap.” Ottawa Citizen, November 13, 2014.
14. "Stepping into the Gallery Gap - Ottawa Citizen, 13 November 2014" . Retrieved 2020-11-28– via PressReader.
15. "Artist paints Queen Elizabeth, other prominent people, wants national portrait gallery". The Hill Times. 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
16. "Walker Industries Art Competition (2019) at The Pumphouse". TAG Art Gallery. 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
17. "Figureworks, figurative art of the human form, in the Ottawa Valley". 2012-05-27. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
18. Ziraldo, Lorena (2022-01-01). "Beauty in the Time of ... [Solo Exhibition]" (PDF). Orange Gallery Ottawa, Exhibition Catalogue. ISBN   979-8-21-191019-5.
19. Ziraldo, Lorena (18 September 2018). Seventeen Years, 17 Paintings [Solo Exhibition] (PDF). Secord Gallery Halifax. ISBN   9780464819929.
20. Ziraldo, Lorena. "Couleur, beauté et quadrillage [Solo Exhibition]" (PDF). Galerie d'art Blanche, Montréal.
21. Ziraldo, Lorena, National Portrait Gallery at Wallack Galleries, Ottawa [Solo Exhibition]
22. Ziraldo, Lorena. Snapshot [Solo Exhibition] (PDF). Secord Galleries, Halifax.

External links

• Paintings Archive
• Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at Wikimedia