Yvonne Lammerich

Last updated
Yvonne Lammerich
Born1946
Germany
Education OCAD, MA in Art History Concordia and PhD UQUAM
AwardsCanada Council Maria Stafford Mid-Career Prize in 1996
Website http://yvonnelammerich.com

Yvonne Lammerich (born 1946) is a Canadian visual artist, curator and writer. [1] [2] Her work, largely in painting and installation, [3] "articulates the simultaneity of experiencing the body's response as we navigate both real and projected space." [2]

Contents

Early life and education

Yvonne Lammerich was born in Germany in 1946, [3] daughter to Frederic Lammerich and Barbara Dobzinski. She immigrated to Canada in 1959 with her family. [4] She graduated from Ontario College of Art, received a MA in Art History from Concordia University and a PhD from Université du Québec à Montréal. [5] Lammerich currently resides in Rednersville, Ontario. [6]

Career

From 1975 to 1976, while living in Bristol, England, Lammerich conducted research at the Brain and Perception Laboratory with Richard Gregory, University of Bristol. She lived and worked in Montreal, from 1985 to 2002, before moving back to Toronto. In 1991, she became the Artistic Director for Baie Saint Paul International Painting Symposium and a board member at Gallery Optica, from 1986 to 1993. In 1996 she received the Canada Council's Maria Stafford Mid-Career Prize. [7] She taught at the York University, the OCAD University, the University of Lethbridge [7] and Zayed University in Dubai, 2010 to 2011. [2]

Exhibitions

Lammerich has exhibited at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery (2008), [8] the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto (2010), the Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto (2011) and the Bonavista Biennale, Newfoundland (2019). [9]

Public art

Lamerich's work Writing to You, a collaboration with Ian Carr-Harris, is part of the City of Vancouver public art collection. [10] [11]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emily Carr</span> Canadian artist and writer (1871–1945)

Emily Carr was a Canadian artist who was inspired by the monumental art and villages of the First Nations and the landscapes of British Columbia. She also was a vivid writer and chronicler of life in her surroundings, praised for her "complete candour" and "strong prose". Klee Wyck, her first book, published in 1941, won the Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction and this book and others written by her or compiled from her writings later are still much in demand today.

William Goodridge Roberts (1904–1974) was a Canadian painter known for his landscape paintings, still lifes, figure paintings and interiors. He was also a teacher.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rebecca Belmore</span> Canadian Anishinaabekwe artist (born 1960)

Rebecca Belmore is a Canadian interdisciplinary Anishinaabekwe artist who is notable for politically conscious and socially aware performance and installation work. She is Ojibwe and a member of Obishikokaang. Belmore currently lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Jason Baerg is a visual artist, media producer and educator who works in drawing, painting, film and new media. He is a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario and developed and implemented the national Metis arts program for the Vancouver Olympics (2010). Baerg lives and works in Toronto.

Landon Mackenzie is a Canadian artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is nationally known for her large-format paintings and her contribution as a professor at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

Shary Boyle is a contemporary Canadian visual artist working in the mediums of sculpture, drawing, painting and performance art. She lives and works in Toronto.

Barbara McGivern, also known as The Gold Lady, was a Canadian artist from Toronto, Ontario. One of her best known series is The Extraordinary Journey. The series was inspired by her trips through the deserts of Oman and Saudi Arabia, when she began incorporating the use of gold leaf into her work. Her style is most notable for presenting gold as a colour rather than as a precious metal. Her paintings are in private and corporate collections in Canada, Europe and the Middle East.

Liz Magor is a Canadian visual artist based in Vancouver. She is well known for her sculptures that address themes of history, shelter and survival through objects that reference still life, domesticity and wildlife. She often re-purposes domestic objects such as blankets and is known for using mold making techniques.

Carol Wainio is a Canadian painter. Her work, known for its visual complexity and monochrome color palette, has been exhibited in major art galleries in Canada, the U.S., Europe and China. She has won multiple awards, including the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.

Jamelie Hassan is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist, lecturer, writer and independent curator.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sydney Strickland Tully</span> Canadian painter

Sydney Strickland Tully was a Canadian painter. She is known for her pastel and oil portraits, landscapes and genre pictures, and for her success in a number of exhibitions. Tully kept a studio in Toronto from 1888 until her death. Her major works include The Twilight of Life (1894), an oil painting in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Joanne Tod (R.C.A.) is a Canadian contemporary artist and lecturer whose paintings are included in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto and the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ed Pien</span> Canadian artist (born 1958)

Ed Pien is a Canadian contemporary artist, known for his drawings and large-scale drawing-based installations inspired by multiple sources and traditions, printmaking, paper cuts and video and photography.

Simone Jones is a multidisciplinary Canadian artist known for her kinetic artworks.

Angela Grauerholz is a German-born Canadian photographer, graphic designer and educator living in Montreal.

Tsēma Igharas, formerly known as Tamara Skubovius, is an interdisciplinary artist and member of the Tāłtān First Nation based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Igharas uses Potlatch methodology in making art, to assert the relationships between bodies and the world, and to challenge colonial systems of value and measurement of land and resources.

Judith Schwarz is a Canadian visual artist. Her work has been featured in exhibitions since 1979.

Meghan Price is a Canadian visual artist living in Montreal. She is known for her digital jacquard weaving, sculpture and textiles using plastics and other post-consumer waste.

Barbara Caruso (1937–2009) was an abstract painter.

Jessica Bradley has served as a curator for Contemporary art at the National Gallery of Canada (1979-1987) and the Art Gallery of Ontario, organizing many exhibitions in a broad range of Canadian and international art. She was known as a tastemaker in her institutional roles and later, as a gallerist.

References

  1. "Artist/Maker name "Lammerich, Yvonne"". www.app.pch.gc.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "In Studio: Ian Carr-Harris & Yvonne Lammerich". www.mercerunion.org. Mercer Union. 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Yvonne Lammerich Bio". CCCA Canadian Art Database. Concordia University Fine Arts. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. Shanahan, Noreen (2013). "Retirement revived painter's passion". theglobeandmail.com. The Globe and Mail Inc. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  5. "Yvonne Lammerich - Biography". IDEA|EXCHANGE. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  6. Hobbs, Susan (2019). "Ian Carr-Harris | Yvonne Lammerich". www.bonavistabiennale.com. Bonavista 2019 Biennale. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Art Now - Yvonne Lammerich & Ian Carr-Harris Speak". www.uleth.ca. University of Lethbridge. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  8. "Common ground : Yvonne Lammerich, Nicholas Wade, Jean van Wijk".
  9. "Bonavista Biennale 2019 preparing for month-long art event this summer | the Telegram".
  10. "Yvonne Lammerich & Ian Carr-Harris: Writing to You". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 16 January 2008.
  11. Steil, John; Stalker, Aileen (2009). Public Art in Vancouver: Angels Among Lions. ISBN   9781894898799.

Further reading