Laurie McEwen
Biography, Exhibitions, Commissions, Grant and Education
Art Related Experience
I began my art training as a production potter and had a business in my 20’s called Porcelain & Stoneware. I worked doing promotion for Canadore College when I was a student there. I also had the opportunity to work for Shirely Fineblit in her business “Glassworks” doing hot glass making, kiln firing as well as sales and shipping while I was living in Toronto.
After graduating from OCAD, I moved to the west and did layout for “The New Catlyst” magazine. I worked as a Gallery Co-ordinator and Arts Administrator at a nonprofit society in Lillooet called the Miyazaki Heritage House Society between 1986 and 1988. After moving to Vancouver, I worked as a photographer for Dezza Dance, with Desiree Dunbar, choreographer and dancer, as well as some set design.
Education
1975-1977 Canadore College, Diploma, North Bay, Ontario, Canada
1979-1982 Graduated from Ontario College of Art and Design with a degree in Mixed Media (A.O.C.A.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1972-1973 Sheridan College of Art and Design, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Exhibitions
2024 The Hub, solo exhibition, Multimedia, Lillooet, BC
2023 The Hub, “Water”Lillooet, BC,
2022 “The Wolf eats the Moon” , Collaborative art sculpture and Burn Project, Lillooet, BC
2021 “Ouroboros” Collaborative Art Sculpture , Lillooet, BC
2020 Sturgeon, Banner Project, Lillooet, BC
2021 “Burning Man, Café Exhibition, Black Rock City, USA
2014 “ Dragon” , Collaborative Art Sculpture, Lillooet, BC
1998 Vancouver Outdoor Exhibition, Vancouver, Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1998 Abbot Street Café, Gastown, Vancouver, B.C.
1998 Operation Rainbow, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1998 Bread Garden, Denman Street, Vancouver, B.C.
1997 Eros Vlll, Juried, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1996 Eros Vll, Juried, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1996 Austman Durante Furnature Showroom, Vancouver, B.C.
1996 Virgina Cohen Interior Design Show Home, Burnaby, B.C.
1995 Destino Gallery, Group Show, West Vancouver, B.C.
1995 “ Art for the Animals” , 3-person show, The Vancouver Club, Vancouver, B.C.
1995 ” The Feminine Viewpoint” , Boutique Jacob, Pacific Center, Vanouver, Richmond B.C.
1995 The Doctor Vigari Gallery, Group Show, Vancouver, B,C.
1995 “Wo/Men Rockscapes” , Solo, Light Impressions, Vancouver, B.C.
1995 ” Eros”, Juried, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1994 “Fullframe”, Juried, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1994 ” Layers of Time” , 3-person Community Arts Gallery, Vancouver, B.C
1994 “Wo/Men Rockscapes” , Solo, Fettucinin’s Café, Vancouver, B.C.
1994 12th Vancouver Juried Exhibition” , Community Arts Council, Vancouver, B.C.
1988 ” Wave Series”, Group Show, Raymond Chow Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1988 “The Shape of Time”, Station House Gallery, Williams Lake, B.C.
1986 ” Landscapes” , Colburg Gallery, group show, Vancouver, B.C.
1986 ” Photographs”, Miyazaki Gallery, one person, Lillooet, B.C.
1986 ” New Photographs”, Group Show, Gallery 44, Toronto, Ontario.
1985 ” Cracks and Pictographs” , Solo, Lillooet, B.C.
1985 ” Lillooet Sampler, Miyazaki Gallery, group show, Lillooet, B.C.
1982 ” Grad Show” , Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario.
1982 “Time Move in Waves”, Solo Studio Show, Sorauren Ave, Toronto, Ontario
1981 ” Woman Alone”, performance, multimedia, O.C.A., Toronto, Ontario
1977 ” Opening of City Hall”, Group Show, North Bay, Ontario
1977 ” Near North Fair” North Bay, Ontario
1976 ” Near North Fair, North Bay, Ontario
COMMISSIONS
1997 C.D. cover for Jayleen Stonehouse, Vancouver, B.C.
1996 Shelia Rump Installation
1981 “Seasons” , wall mural, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Grants
1988 Canada Council, Explorations Grant