Lorna Bauer
Lorna Bauer utilizes photography and sculpture to examine human’s relationships to their surroundings. Bauer’s projects are characterized as site-related, leading to a final result that has responded to a specific place and context, and speaks to a material and visual investigation into ideas and experiences generated from ecologies of lived environments.
Lorna Bauer has been featured in numerous solo and collective exhibitions in Canada and abroad: the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), the Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal, the Darling Foundry (Montreal), Franz Kaka (Toronto), Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, (Athens). She has been artist-in-residence at Despina (Rio de Janeiro), The Récollets (Paris), the Quebec-New York Residency, Banff Centre and the Atlantic Center for the Arts (Florida) and most recently in 2022 Dufftown, Scotland, as part of the prestigious Glenfiddich Artist in Residence program. Her works are present in public and private collections, notably the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. Most recently Bauer was awarded the Barbara Spohr Memorial Award for contemporary Canadian photography (2019) and in 2021 she was a finalist for the Sobey Art Award representing Quebec. She is currently the Artist in Residence at Concordia University in Studio Arts. The artist lives and works between Tiohtiá:ke/Mooniyang (Montréal) and Mooers, New York (Clinton County).
Recent Exhibitions
Lorna Bauer - Air is Where Effort Goes
From November 19 to December 23, 2021
Lorna Bauer - Tools for Idlers
From Octobre 20 to Novembre 28, 2018
Lorna Bauer - Blue Fountain
From April 2 to May 7, 2016
Lorna Bauer - Grey is a Colour
From November 24 to January 19, 2013
Selected Artworks
+ CV
EDUCATION
2009 - MFA, University of Toronto, Toronto (ON)
2005 - BFA, Concordia University, Montreal (QC)
RESIDENCIES
2019
- Banff Centre, BaiR, Banff (AB)
2018
- Québec - Ontario Residency, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
- Snehta international residency program, Athens, Greece
2017
- Artist in Residence at Despina-Largo das Artes, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Snehta, Athens (Greece)
2016
- Atlantic Center for the Arts with Josiah McElheny, New Smyrna Beach, FL (USA)
- Québec Artist In Residence, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff (BC)
2014
- Production Residency, Sagamie, Alma (QC)
2013
- Couvent Des Récollets, Paris, France
2013
- Dazibao-Prim (with Jon Knowles), PRIM, Montreal (QC)
2013
- Production Residency, DAIMON, Gatineau (QC)
2012
- Québec - New York Residency, New York, NY (USA)
COLLECTIONS
Microsoft
Humaniti
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
Collection of TD Bank
Collection of the Royal Bank of Canada
Cleveland Clinic
Collection Desjardins
Collection of the National Bank of Canada
Collection Prêt d’œuvres d’art du Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Collection Medcan
Collection Majudia
Collection of Loto Québec
Collection of the Hudson Bay Company
Time Equities Inc. Art-in-Buildings Collection
GRANTS AND DISTINCTION
2019
- Travel grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Visual Art
- Travel grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2018
- Barbara Spohr Award, co-recipient with Laurie Kang
- Development Grant, Canada Art Council
2016
- Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
- Travel Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2015
- Production Grant, Canada Art Council
2015
- Travel Grant, Canada Art Council
2013
- Research and Creation grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2012
- Production Grant, Canada Art Council
2011
- Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2010
- Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2009
- Fellowship, University of Toronto, Toronto (ON)
2008
- Fellowship, University of Toronto, Toronto (ON)
2008
- Bernard Herman Scholarship, University of Toronto, Toronto (ON)
+ Solo Exhibitions
2021
- (Upcoming): Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montréal (QC)
2018
- Tools for Idlers, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montréal (QC)
- The Hand of Mee, Franz Kaka gallery, Toronto (ON)
2016
- A Courtyard (with Edwin Isford), curated by CK2, The Loon, Toronto (ON)
- Soleil, Fonderie Darling, Montréal (QC)
- A Courtyard, with Edwin Isford, curated by CK2, The Loon, Toronto (ON)
- Blue Fountain, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montréal (QC)
2015
- Rent, with Jon Knowles, Model Projects, Vancouver (BC)
- Soleil, Modern Fuel, Kingston (ON)
2014
- The Cinematographer, with Jon Knowles, La Mirage, Montréal (QC)
- Rotations, with Jon Knowles, Dazibao, Montréal (QC)
2012
- Grey is a Colour, Grat is a color, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montréal (QC)
- Dress Un Dress, with Jon Knowles, programed by Flavio Trevisan and Scott Sørli, Convenience Gallery, Toronto (ON)
- Dress Un Dress, with Jon Knowles, curated by Michel Daignault, La Vitrine, Montréal (QC)
2010
- What Is Not But Could Be If, What Could Appear In The Morning Mist Sporobole, Sherbrooke (QC)
- What Is Not But Could Be If, YYZ Artist Outlet, Toronto (ON)
2009
- Cycle of Return, Galerie Les Territoires, Montréal (QC)
- Horizon, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Projection Access Space, Mississauga (ON)
+ Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
- Des horizons d'attente, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal (QC) curator: Marie-Eve Beaupré
2020
- Lorna Bauer & Anne Low, Trilobite et le pneu, Montréal (QC)
- Do You Like Worms, New Casle County, Delaware (USA) Curator: Samuel Boehm
2019
- May West, Vicki Projects, Newburgh (NY)
- Somebody, MKG127, Toronto (ON)
- Group Show at Grand Buffet & Pulvers Glass, Baba Yaga Gallery, Hudson, NY, USA
2018
- Wild Inside, Clint Roenisch Gallery, curator: Pamela Meredith, Toronto (ON)
- Quoetus Floreus, Galerie Nicolas Robert
- Touch me, remind me who I am, Snehta Gallery, Athènes, Grèce
2017
- The Conditions of Production, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens, Greece
2016
- Past PRESENT Future, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto (ON)
- It even suggests that one can plan a complex, curator Christophe Barbeau, In This Apartment Gallery, Québec (QC)
- Bakers Dozen, curated by Jessica Kirsh and Stephani Creaghan, CK2 Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
2015
- Exposition d’été, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montréal (QC)
2014
- UPSHOT, Platform Gallery, Winnipeg, (MB)
- Upshot, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon (MB)
- Almost Everything, The Eric Arthur Gallery, Toronto (ON)
2012
- Mouvement, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal (QC)
- L'esprit de l'escalier, with Jon Knowles, Vincent Bonin and Yuki Higashino, Art Metropole, Toronto (ON)
2011
- Le travail qui nous attends, Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal (QC)
- Decisive moments, Somewhere else, Trinity Square Video, Toronto (ON)
+ Art Fairs
2020
- Papier 20, Montréal (QC)
- Art Toronto, Toronto (ON)
2019
- UNTITLED, art, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Art Toronto, Toronto (ON)
- Papier 19, Montréal (QC)
2018
- Art Toronto, Toronto (ON)
- Papier 18, Montréal (QC)
- Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, USA
+ Press and publications
2021
- DOOLEY, Tatum (2021). « An Afternoon with Lorna Bauer », Canadian Art Forcast, [Online], published on April 16, https://bit.ly/3hkYs2R
2020
- DYSMENT, Dave (2020). « Artist Interview », Structs & Faucet, [Online], paru en août 2020, https://bit.ly/3bmxtAe
- FISET, Daniel (2020). « Lorna Bauer, Portfolio », Esse arts + opinions, no.99.
2019
- Author Unknown, « May West at Vicki », Art Viewer, [En ligne], published on June 5th 2019, https://bit.ly/2SlCMXx
- RACEVICIUTE, Barbora (2019). « Lorna Bauer: The Hand of Mee », C Magazine, issue 140, Winter 2019.
2018
- SHARPE, Emma (2018). « Lorna Bauer », Canadian Art, [En ligne], published december 18, https://bit.ly/2DkEGQc
- EL-SHEIKH, Tammer (2018). « Coetus Floreus at Galerie Nicolas Robert », Akimbo, [En ligne], published august 1st, https://bit.ly/2DkKdWW
2017
- SA, Alexandre (2017). « The hand of mee and the moonflower », Rio de Janeiro : Despina.
2016
- CAMPBELL, James D (2016). « Lorna Bauer, Exhibition Review », Magenta Foundation Magazine, [En ligne], spring, https://bit.ly/2DhmfvG
- CLEMENT, Eric (2016). « Lorna Bauer : le sens du focus », La Presse, [En ligne], published april 9, https://bit.ly/2VRNUKX
- RODGERS, Kevin (2016). « Le murmure muet », Exhibition Essay, Soleil, [En ligne], https://bit.ly/2VQIBvs
2015
- HOU, Julian (2015). « Surfing the margins », Bartleby Review, édition 40, published in september
- **Eddy, Michael. “ Senzo Titolo” Exhibition essay, Soleil, Modern Fuel, Kingston, Ontario. Higoshino, Yuki “The Food is Getting Cold” Exhibition essay, Soleil, Modern Fuel, Kingston, Ontario. **
2014
- GUILBERT, Charles (2014). « Des images au néant (et vice versa) », Ciel Variable, [En ligne], fall, https://bit.ly/2KKDtYH
- CHARRON, Marie-Eve (2014). « Trois expositions qui ont l’objectif à l’œil », Le Devoir,[En ligne], published june 21, https://bit.ly/2KMIb8h
2013
- HORNE, Stephen (2013). « Grey is a Colour, Gray is a Color », Ciel Variable, [En ligne], spring-summer, https://bit.ly/2IEWuJw
- BONIN, Vincent (2013). « Perdre de Vue », Exhibition essay, Grey is a colour, Gray is a color, [En ligne], https://bit.ly/2Go6DHJ
- GOODEN, Sky (2013). « Lorna Bauer Challenges the Limitations of Photography », Blouin Art Info, [En ligne], published March 13, https://bit.ly/2IqtdD6
2012
- HORNE, Stephen (2012). « The Quebec Triennial 2011 », Border Crossings, [En ligne], published in February
- STEELE, April (2012). « Decisive Moments, Uncertain Times/Decisive Moments, Somewhere Else », Magenta Foundation Magazine, [En ligne], winter, https://bit.ly/2PfgxPJ
- BOCK, Anja (2012). « The Quebec Triennial: The Work Ahead of Us, Musée d’art Contemporain », Art Papers, published in January-February, p.44
2011
- BRISCO, Willie (2011). « Montreal Cerebral Art Scene Gets Its Due at the Quebec Triennial », Art Info, [En ligne], published in November, https://bit.ly/2Gortqb
- BAIRD, Daniel (2011). « The Quebec Triennial: Eyes Front. », Canadian Art, [En ligne], published in october, https://bit.ly/2Pk3Hju
- PETIT, Matthieu (2011). « Trompe-l’œil », Voir, [En ligne], published in April, https://bit.ly/2UHeE4B
- LANCTOT, M, M, FRASER, JOHNSTONE, L, F, LETOURNEUX et SIMARD, L (2011). « This Modernity, La Triennale Québécoise 2011: Le travail qui nous attend », Musée d’Art Contemporain
- KNOWLES, Jon (2011). « Above, Below, Before, After », Exhibition Essay, What Is Not But Could Be If, What Could Appear In The Morning Mist, [En ligne], https://bit.ly/2GknbjI
2010
- ADLER, Dan (2010). « Lorna Bauer, YYZ Artist Outlet », Art Forum Review, [En ligne], published in October, https://bit.ly/2IDqZPN
- (2010). « See it, Bauer, Gorlitz & Olejnik: The Spaces Between », Canadian Art, published in May
2009
- GAGNON, Jean Philippe (2009). « Cycle du retour, morcellement du réel et lumière par les failles. Portrait d’une œuvre de Lorna Bauer. », Archee Magazine, [En ligne], published in July, https://bit.ly/2Zky8uy
- (2009), « See it, Cycle of return », Canadian Art, summer
- CARR-HARRIS, Ian (2009). « Lorna Bauer », Catalogue essay, Master’s of Visual Studies Graduating Exhibition, published in April