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Lyse Lemieux’s interdisciplinary practice focuses on drawing, and includes painting, sculpture and installation. In recent years Lemieux has expanded her practice to include outdoor large scale Public Art with projects that consider the physical, emotional and communal environments public space can offer. Through considerations of process and materiality Lemieux’s work continues to explore the space between abstraction and representation, while maintaining a strong connection to the human and sometimes not so human figure.
Originally from Ottawa Lyse Lemieux attended the University of Ottawa and graduated with a BFA from the University of British-Columbia. She has exhibited nationally and internationally including the Canadian Cultural Centre; Rome, the Vancouver Art Gallery; Vancouver, Oakville Galleries; Toronto, Richmond Art Gallery; Richmond, BC, The Charles H. Scott Gallery; Vancouver, Trépanier-Baer Gallery in Calgary, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto; WAAP; Vancouver, SFU Gallery; Burnaby and, the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver.
Lemieux has been awarded grants from the BC Arts council, the Canada Council and is the 2017 recipient of the VIVA AWARD granted annually by the Doris and Jack Shadbolt Foundation for the visual Arts. Adjudicated by an independent jury the VIVA is awarded to a mid-career artists for outstanding achievement and commitment to the Visual Arts.
Recent projects and exhibitions include a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery at Evergreen art Centre in Coquitlam, British-Columbia and an exhibition of new paintings at the Loftyart Gallery in Taiwan, Tapei. Two large-scale public artworks were completed and installed in Vancouver in 2020 and 2021.. Lemieux is currently working on a new public project in Burnaby, BC scheduled to be installed in 2025.
SOLO + TWO PERSON
2023 (Sept 16- Oct 14) Wil Aballe Art Projects, AM STRAM GRAM, Vancouver, CA 2023 (May 6-June 6) Loftyart Gallery, Lyse Lemieux 交織 Interwoven , Taipei, Taiwan
2022 (Nov 3- Dec. 23) Lalani Jennings Contemporary, On Balance, Guelph, Ontario 2022 (Sept 17 -Nov 13) Art Gallery at Evergreen, So dawn goes down to day, Coquitlam, BC, CA, Curator; Katherine Dennis 2021 Burnaby Art Gallery,Solo exhibition, Trespaser/Intrus, Curators: Ellen Van Eijnsbergen, Jennifer Cane 2021 Wil Aballe Art Projects, Enceinte, Curator: Wil Aballe
2020 SFU Gallery, No Fixed Abode, Solo exhibition, Curator: Melanie O"Brian
2019 ART TORONTO, WAAP Booth S3, Virtual studio tour
2019 Wil Aballe Art Projects (WAAP), Painted Drawings, Vancouver, Curator: Wil Aballe
2018 The Contemporary Art Gallery, Off-Sites, Full Frontal, Curator; Kimberly Phillips
2016 Richmond Art Gallery, A Girl's Gotta Do What a Girl's Gotta Do, Curator: Nan Capogna
2015 Republic Gallery, Black Is The Size Of My New Skirt, Curator:Pantea Haghighi
2015 Katzman Contemporary,Toronto, In-Between-In-Between: Lyse Lemieux & Merryl McMaster, Curator; Marianne Katzman
2014 Republic Gallery, Shaped Drawings: Something Wrong About The Mouth
2012 Republic Gallery, Vancouver, Lyse Lemieux: New Work
2010 Becker Galleries, Lyse Lemieux: DRAWING, Curator: Michelle Becker
2009 Chernoff Fine Art, Vancouver, Soldiers and Vesperers
2005 Musée Marsil, St.Lambert, QC, Skinslips / Peau de Jupon, Curator: Suzanne Chabot
2004 Sylviane Poirier Art Contemporain,Montréal, Mignonnette, Curator: Sylviane Poirier
2004 Art & Soul Gallery, Vancouver, Mignonnette
1991 Women In Focus Gallery,Vancouver, Dolce Armature, Curator Zainub Verjee
1990 Charles H. Scott Gallery,Vancouver, A Fleur De Peau/Second Skin, Curator: Greg Bellerby
1987 La Commune di Perugia, Perugia,Italy, Dolci Armature; Michèle Delisle/Lyse Lemieux, Curator: Gilbert Reid
1985 SFU Gallery, Lyse Lemieux, Simon Fraser University,Burnaby, BC, Curator: James Felter
1982 361 Water Street Studio, Vancouver, Chez les Soeurs Blanches, installation
1980 Surrey Art Gallery, Working in two spaces: Share Corsaut/Lyse Lemieux, Curator: Rosa Ho
1979 Circle Art Gallery,Vancouver, Lyse Lemieux
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 (June 25-July 23) Lalani Jennings Gallery, Constellations, Guelph, Ont. CA 2021 Kamloops Art Gallery, Holding a line in your hand, Azadeh Elmizadeh, Colleen Heslin, Russna Kaur, Lyse Lemieux, Rajni Pereira, Curator: Charo Neville
2019 Terminal Art Contemporary,Some Kind Of Behaviour; Robin Arseneault, Allison Hrabluik, Lyse Lemieux, Curator; Paul Jackson 2019 Burnaby Art Gallery, Women’s Work: New Acquisitions 2019, Curator Ellen van Eijsbergen
2019-18 Vancouver Art Gallery, The Metamorphosis, Vancouver. Curators; Bruce Grenville, Emmy Lee Wall and Tarah Hogue
2018 Gordon Smith Gallery, 13 ways to summon ghosts, Curator: Kimberly Phillips
2017 Trépanier-Baer Gallery, Now Playing , Curator: Yves Trépanier
2017 Plaza Projects,Richmond, The Eternal Return of the New, Curators: Pongsakorn Yananissorn, Steven Tong
2016-17 Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Special: Ambivalent Pleasures, Curators; Daina Augaitis, Jesse McKee, Vancouver
2016-17 West Vancouver Museum, A Decade Of Collecting, Curator: Darrin Morrison
2016-17 Griffin Art Projects,North-Vancouver, Kitchen Midden, Curators: Anne Lowe, Ashes Whithyman
2016 Trépanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Aujourd’hui Encore, Curators; Yves Trépanier, Luanne Martineau
2015 Oakville Galleries, Out of Line, Curators; Matthew Highland, Jon Davies
2014 AHVA Gallery, Audain Art Centre at UBC, Beside Yourself, Curator; Marina Roy
2012 Republic Gallery, Vancouver, Gallery Artists, Curator: Pantea Haghighi
2012 Equinox Gallery, Vancouver,Cut & Paste, Curators: Andy Sylvester, Sophie Brodovitch
2011 West Vancouver Museum, The Gordon and Marion Smith Collection, Curator; Darrin Morrison
2010 Becker Gallery, Bradley Corman, Lyse Lemieux and Robert McNealy; Gallery Artists, Vancouver
2004 Grand Forks Art Gallery, Alberta
1997 Artropolis '97, Browser, Vancouver
1995 Surrey Art Gallery, Held In Trust, Surrey
1989 Women In Focus Gallery,Vancouver, Past Artists–Current Work
1988 Burnaby Art Gallery, BAG IT
1987 Centro Culturale Canadese, Rome, Italy Sul Confine/Borderline, Curator: Gilbert Reid
1985 Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, Five Young Artists, Curator: Diane Farris
1984 Surrey Art Gallery, Seattle/Vancouver, Curator; Jane Young
1984 The Warehouse Show, Curators; Helga Pakasaar, Jill Pollock
1983 The October Show, Vancouver, Curators: Helga Pakasaar, Todd Davis, Daina Augaitis, Robert Linsley, Josie Kane, Mary Gingerich
1978 Surrey Art Gallery, An exhibition of works in transparent media, Curator: Rosa Ho, Surrey
ART FAIRS
2023 ART TORONTO 23, Wil Aballe Art Projects, Toronto, CA 2023 ART TAIPEI 23, Taipei, Loftyart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2022 ART TAIPEI 22, Taipei, Loftyart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2022 NADA’22 : New York, Wil Aballe Art Project, View Solo booth here , New York 2021 ART TORONTO POP-UP, Wil Aballe Art Projects at Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, CA 2020 ART TORONTO, Wil Aballe Art Projects, POP-UP, Stephen Bulger Gallery Toronto, CA
2017 PAPIER17: Montréal, Trépanier-Baer Gallery, Calgary
2014 PAPIER14: Republic Gallery, Montréal 2013 PAPIER13: Republic Gallery, Montréal
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2021-25 Concord PacIfic, Olive & Barker, SKIRTED HERONS Burnaby, Scheduled for completion 2025
2017-21 Grosvenor Development, The Pacific, PERSONNAGES, Vancouver, Installed September 2021 2016-20 Intergulf Development , FAMILY: FIVE FIGURES FOR A PLAZA, Vancouver, Installed October 2020
COLLABORATIONS
2016 Richmond Art Gallery, "Response to an exhibition; Two new works by choreographer/dancer Ziyan Kwan, Dumb Instrument Dance.
2005 Vancouver International Dance Festival. “À Fleur De Peau: The Skin Project“, Marguerite Witvoet, Barbara Bourget, Lyse Lemieux
AWARDS
2020-21 BC Arts Council, Project Development grant
2018 BC Arts Council, Project Assistance Grant 2017 BC Arts Council, Early career development Grant. Mentorship: Heather Kai Smith
2017 VIVA AWARD for Outstanding achievement in the Visual Arts, Shadbolt Foundation
2017 Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant
2017 BC Arts Council, Early Career development Grant. Mentorship: Kara Hansen Ditte
2016 BC Arts Council, Project Assistance Grant
2016 Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant
2006-08 Canada Council for the Arts, Inter-Arts Production Grant 2002-2010 Part-time member, Canadian Artist and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal CAPPRT 1982 Canada Council for the Arts, B Grant
1981 Canada Council for the Arts, B Grant
PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS
Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, West Palm Beach, Florida Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, CA Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, CA
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, CA
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby,CA
Air Canada Collection, Montréal, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 GALLERIES WEST, Kamloops Art Gallery; Holding a Line in your hand (July) 2021 GALLERIES WEST, Burnaby Art Gallery; Lyse Lemieux: Trespassers / Intrus (June) 2020 BORDER CROSSINGS, Issue 154, Lyse Lemieux, No Fixed Abode by Robin Laurence (June)
2020 GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Drink in the diversity at spring exhibits, Critics picks, Robin Laurence (February 27-March)
2019 ART TORONTO, WAAP SOLO BOOTH S3, Toronto, Studio tour & Interview by Art Toronto here (October)
2019 ART FORUM INTERNATIONAL, Painted Drawings at Wil Aballe Art projects
2019 Canadian Art magazine, Art Toronto :Undoing Painting: Ghazaleh Avarzamani, Amanda Boulos, Lyse Lemieux (oct)
2019 CANADIAN ART, Reviews; LYSE LEMIEUX by Joni Low, Wil Aballe Art Projects (Fall)
2019 RADIO-CANADA, Culture et Confiture avec Mireille Langlois, Interview (20 Juillet)
2019 AKIMBLOG, Justina Bohach, Lyse Lemieux at Wil Aballe Art Projects, Vancouver, June-July 2019
2019 GALLERIES WEST, Lyse Lemieux:Painted Drawings (June) 2019 GALLERIES WEST, Lyse Lemieux:Painted Drawings by Beverly Cramp (July 12)
2019 RADIO CANADA, Interview, Phare Ouest, host Marie Villeneuve (13 juin)
2019 RADIO-CANADA, Interview, Boulevard du Pacifique, Jacques Dufresnes (7 juin) 2018 PREVIEW, Michael Turner, Lyse Lemieux: FULL FRONTAL (March 25)
2018 13 Ways to Summon Ghosts, Exhibition catalogue & Essay, The Gordon Smith Gallery, Kimberly Phillips
2018 FRIEZE Magazine
2017 VOICES:artists on art/VOIX:artistes sur l’art, Yvonne Lammerich & Ian Carr-Harris, TFT Works, 2017 CANADIAN ART, Vancouver Report; From one body to another by Lucien Durey, October 25, 2017
2017 THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Full Frontal Off Site Exhibition and Sit For Still Life by Robin Laurence (Dec.5)
2017 EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY, Visual Art Forums, Lyse Lemieux, October, 2017
2016 EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY, Visual Art Forums, Lyse Lemieux, October, 2016
2016 THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Marsha Lederman, Coastal Disturbance, (December 2)
2016 ACCESS GALLERY, In Conversation; Lyse Lemieux with Amélie Brisson-Darveau
2016 VANCOUVER SUN, Lyse Lemieux turns black felt into leaning bodies, by Kevin Griffin (June 8) 2016 GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Robin Laurence, Ambivalent Pleasures sparks delight in dark times )Dec. 7)
2016 GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Lyse Lemieux; A Girls Gotta Do What A Girls Gotta Do, by Robin Laurence (May 12)
2016 LA SOURCE, Les Corps Feutrés de Lyse Lemieux, by Michèle Smolkin, (19 avril)
2016 LA SOURCE, Fille fait ce que fille doit: Dans l'entrelacs de la feutrine, by Anaïs Elboujdaïni (19 avril)
2015 VANCOUVER SUN, Lyse Lemieux Uses Scissors to Draw in Black Felt, by Kevin Griffin (Nov.12)
2015 AKIMBLOG, Lyse Lemieux at Katzman Contemporary, by Terrence Dick
2014 TWO COATS OF PAINT, New York Blog, Vancouver Report: Lyse Lemieux, by Dion Kliner (February)
2014 BORDER CROSSINGS, Lyse Lemieux at Republic Gallery, by Marina Roy, March, 2014
2012 THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Robin Laurence, Lyse Lemieux; New Work, November, 2012
2012 THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Equinox Gallery; Cut and Paste, by Robin Laurence, August 2012
2009 THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Soldiers and Vesperers, Robin Laurence, April 15, 2009
2006 A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN, (Images essay) Vancouver, Canada, June, 2006
2006 FIBERARTS, (Images essay), January/February, 2006
2006 PRESS REPUBLIC.COM, Steve Howell, Exploring our second skin, January/February, 2006
2005 THE GAZETTE, Steve Howell, Exploring our second skin, December, 2005
2005 LA PRESSE, Peau de Jupon, Décembre, 2005
2004 NOT JUST ANY DRESS; Narratives of Memory, Body and Identity, Sandra Weber & Claudia Mitchell
2004 GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Lemieux weaves ideas into artful dresses, by Robin Laurence, March 4, 2004
2004 THE WEST ENDER, Mary Francis Hill, Sculpted dresses about identity, March, 2004
1991 VANCOUVER SUN, Ann Rosenberg, Second Skin /A fleur de peau , December, 1991
1991 VANCOUVER SUN, Second Skin /A fleur de peau , Ann Rosenberg, December, 1991
1989 THE PROVINCE, Art Perry, Second Skin/ À Fleur de peau, 1989
1988 THE VANCOUVER COURIER, Jill Pollack, Artwork felt deep inside, December, 1988
1987 CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE, Lyse Lemieux et Michèle DeLisle, Catalogue essay; G.Reid, 1987
1987 LA NAZIONE, Per conoscere da vicino l’arte del Canada, Perugia, Italy, July 10,1987
1987 LA NAZIONE, Mostra ai Priori, Perugia, Italy, July, 1987
1987 CORRIERE DELL UMBRIA, Perugia, Italy, July 1987
1985 SFU Gallery Catalogue, essay; James Felter, 1985
1985 VANGUARD, Mark Harris, Lyse Lemieux at SFU Gallery, April 1985
1985 ISSUE Magazine, Billy Little, Men making dances and dancing, February, 1985
1985 VANCOUVER MAGAZINE, Anne Templeman-Kluit, Desperately seeking illusion, July, 1985
1984 THE WAREHOUSE SHOW, Catalogue essay; Helga Pakassar & Jill Pollack, 1984
1984 VANGUARD, Mark Harris, Vancouver /Seattle Sculpture, March, 1984
1982 VANGUARD, Andrea Kunard, Lyse Lemieux Open Studio, September, 1982
1980 CBC RADIO, Russell Keziere, The Arts Report, January, 1980
1979 VANGUARD, Judith Sandiford, Transparent Media, January, 1979
1978 SURREY ART GALLERY, Works in transparent media, Catalogue essay, Rosa Ho, 1978
1978 SURREY ART GALLERY, Vancouver/Seattle Sculpture, Essay; Jane Young 1978 GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Andrew Scott, Transparent Thrills, November, 1978
NEWS
2023 Le Téléjournal de la C.-B, Calendrier Culturel avec Lyne Barnabé ( @23:00 min.) 2023 RADIO CANADA INFO, Lyse Lemieux, le besoin intrinsèque de créer réalisé par Pierre Beaudoin 2023 Richmond Art Gallery Artist Salon Hosted by Kathy Tycholis, Education & Public Programs Coordinator 2022 Radio-Canada, Rentrée Culturelle: Reportage Lyne Barnabé 2022 Evergreen Art Gallery, Lyse Lemieux So Dawn goes down to day, Opens September 17 , 5-7pm 2022 NADA 2022 Art Fair, New York, WAAP, solo Booth 2022 BORDER CROSSINGS, Holding a Line in your Hand by Gary Pearson 2022 EXILE QUARTERLY, Surface and Substance:Abstraction and Representation The Art of Lyse Lemieux by Gilbert Reid 2022 SCOUT Magazine, Exhibitions and Public Art to See Right Now by Kristin Lim 2022 CBC-RADIO-CANADA, Des Personnages plus grands que nature 2021 The Daily Hive, Humanoid figures added to new downtown tower by Kenneth Chan 2021 PERSONNAGES, Essay by Filmmaker and Visual artist Allison Hrabluik. Brochure by Grosvenor Americas for the City Of Vancouver’s Public Art Program 2021 Burnaby Art Gallery, Hard cover publication, essays by Robin Laurence and Jennifer Cane; Lyse Lemieux; Trespassers/Intrus (ISBN 9781927364406) 2021 The Art Newspaper, Hadani Ditmars, Art and architecture merge on Vancouver’s towers 2020 PRESS RELEASE, Family: Five Figures For A Triangle
2020 CITY OF VANCOUVER, Public Artwork registry, Five Figures For A Triangle
2020 BORDER CROSSINGS, Lyse Lemieux by Robin Laurence
2020 CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY, In Response; Lyse Lemieux, Quiet Pandemonium
2020 GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Spring Arts Preview by Robin Laurence
2020 THE PEAK, Gallery’s latest exhibition… by Kim Regala
2019 GALLERIES WEST, Lyse Lemieux -Painted Drawings at Wil Aballe Art Projects (June) 2019 ONLINE STUDIO TOUR, ART TORONTO, Virtual Studio Tour
2019 CANADIAN ART magazine, ART TORONTO PANEL, Undoing Painting: Ghazaleh Avarzamani, Amanda Boulos and Lyse Lemieux
2019 CANADIAN ART magazine, Joni Low, Undoing Painting
2019 AKIMBLOG, Lyse Lemieux at Wil Aballe Art Projects by Justina Bohach
2019 GALLERIES WEST, Beverly Cramp, Lyse Lemieux at WAAP 2019 CBC-RADIO-CANADA, L'artiste Lyse Lemieux : Une nouvelle période, une foule de projets
2019 CBC-RADIO-CANADA, Nouvelle exposition de Lyse Lemieux mélange art figuratif et art abstrait
2019 CBC RADIO-CANADA, Lyse Lemieux propose Painted Drawings
2019 CBC RADIO-CANADA, Retour aux sources de la couleur pour l’artiste Vancouvéroise
2018 CATALOGUE ESSAY, Kimberly Phillips, The Gordon Smith Gallery, 13 Ways to Summon Ghosts
2018 CBC-RADIO-CANADA, L'artiste Lyse Lemieux à la galerie Gordon Smith
2018 Frieze, Contemporary Art Gallery
2018 PREVIEW Magazine, FULL FRONTAL 2017 VOICES:artists on art/VOIX:artistes sur l’art, Yvonne Lammerich & Ian Carr-Harris, TFT Works
2017 CANADIAN ART, VIVA and AUDAIN AWARDS, Winners Announced for BC’s Biggest Art Prizes
2017 VIVA AWARD, Shadbolt Foundation VIVA Award for Outstanding achievement
2017 VIVA AWARD, Alliance for the Arts, Vancouver Art Gallery Announces Winners of Visual Arts Prizes
2017 CANADIAN ART, Vancouver Report: From One Body to Another by Lucien Durey
2017 GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Robin Laurence, FULL FRONTAL
2017 PRESS RELEASE, CANADA LINE, Yaletown Station – Full Frontal
2017 THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Marsha Lederman, Ambivalent Pleasures
2016 CONVERSATION, ACCESS GALLERY, Lyse Lemieux & Amélie Brisson
2016 Vancouver Sun, Kevin Griffin, A Girls Gotta Do at the RAG
2016 GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Robin Laurence, Vancouver Special: Ambivalent Pleasures sparks delight in dark times
2016 GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Robin Laurence, Lyse Lemieux: A Girl’s Gotta Do shapes new meaning from the ovoid
2016 LA SOURCE, Michèle Smolkin, Les corps feutrés de Lyse Lemieux
2016 LA SOURCE, Anaïs Elboujdaïni, Fille fait ce que fille doit : dans l’entrelacs de la feutrine
2015 THE VANCOUVER SUN, Kevin Griffin, Lyse Lemieux uses scissors to draw in black felt in works at Republic Gallery
2015 AKIMBLOG, Terence Dick, Lyse Lemieux at Katzman Contemporary
2014 CBC-RADIO-CANADA, PHARE OUEST
2014 TWO COATS OF PAINT, Dion Kliner, Vancouver Report: Lyse Lemieux at Republic Gallery
2014 BORDER CROSSINGS, Marina Roy, Lyse Lemieux New Work at Republic Gallery
2014 PAPIER14, Montréal, Republic Gallery
2013 PAPIER13, Montréal, Republic Gallery
2012 GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Robin Laurence, Lyse Lemieux's New Work grieves an old friend and explores body's frailty
2012 GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Robin Laurence, Cut and Paste is a smart and visually engaging collage exhibit
2010 BECKER GALLERIES, Lyse Lemieux; DRAWING
2009 GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Robin Laurence, Soldiers and Vesperers
2005 INVITATION, MUSÉE MARSIL, PEAU DE JUPON/ SKINSLIPS
2004 PUBLICATION, Sandra Weber & Claudia Mitchell, Not Just Any Dress, Narratives of Memory, Body and Identity
2004 GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Robin Laurence, Lemieux Weaves Ideas Into Artful Dresses
1982 VANGUARD, Andrea Kunard, Open Studio; Chez Les Soeurs
