Confluence: Streams and Strands 

Spotted Gar 2, 2006
13 x 40 inches
by Lorraine Roy

SELECTED AWARDS

• 2001 Hey Frey Memorial Award, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, ON

• 2000 Best in Show, ‘Juried Exhibition of Craft’, Visual Arts Centre of Bowmanville, ON

• 1998, 95 Best in Show, ‘Threadworks: Ontario Network of Needleworkers’, Fergus, ON

• 1998 Best in Colour, ‘Threadworks: Ontario Network of Needleworkers’, Fergus, ON

• 1997 New Exhibitors Award, ‘Quilt National’, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Centre, Ohio

• 1995 Excellence in Canvaswork Award, ‘Threadworks: Ontario Network of Needleworkers’, Fergus, ON

• 1994 First Prize, ‘7th Annual Miniature Exhibition’, Gibson Gallery, London, ON

• Third Prize, ‘Gardens: Our Earthly Inspirations’, The Station Gallery, Whitby, ON

• 1993 National Trust Award, ‘Tom Thomson Juried Exhibition’,
  Owen Sound, ON

• 1992 Award of Excellence, ‘Eye for Art’, Chatham Cultural Centre, Chatham, ON

• First Prize, ‘A Celebration in Silver’, Quinte Arts Council, Belleville, ON

• 1991, 1988 Ontario Crafts Council Design Award

PUBLICATIONS / INTERVIEWS

• 2005 Rogers Cable TV interviews, Peel Region and York Region, Ontario GTA

• L’EXPRESS, Toronto’s French Newspaper No. 20, May 24: ‘Lorraine Roy Habille la Nature’

• 2004 CBC Radio - Fresh Air, Interview for Satin and Steel Exhibition, October 2

• Journal of Forestry, USA, Cover Illustration for September issue, Vol 102

• Radio Canada, Live interview (July 19)
  2003 In Review: ‘Wide Borders’, Ontario Craft, Summer 2003

• Feature Article: ‘Saving Paradise’, Fibre Focus, Autumn 2003

• CBC Radio - Fresh Air, Live interview, March 29

• Saving Paradise: The Arboretum Project, self-published book of current exhibition Weaving New Rhythms Journal, 'November', Rubicon Press, Oakville, ON

• 2002 CBC Radio - French Ontario Arts, Taped Interview, Sept. 25

• 1997 Contemporary Quilts, Quilt National 1997, Lark Books, California, USA

RELATED EXPERIENCE

• 1995, 2006 Juror, Ontario Arts Council Crafts Grants

• 2005 Juror, The Common Thread National Textile Exhibition

• 2001-2005 Art Residency, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON

• 2001 Art Residency, Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, California

• 1999 Artist in Residence, Joshua Tree National Park, California

• 1994-5 Co-organizer and founder of annual London Artists’ Studio Tour

• 1986-2006 Freelance teacher, speaker and writer

COLLECTIONS

• Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs

• E-Terra Resort, Tobermory, ON Commissions and other works

• Minto Yorkville Toronto Condominium Project

• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
  EMCO Limited

• Ernst & Young, Chartered Accountants

• Mount St. Joseph Motherhouse, London, ON

• St. Paul's Cathedral, London, ON  Trojan Technologies Inc.

• McNamara and Pizzale, Barristers and Solicitors, (Commission)

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LORRAINE ROY

Lorraine Roy was born in the French village of Pain-Court in Southwestern Ontario. She spent her summers wandering along the Thames River and surrounding countryside, observing plants and wildlife with all their seasonal changes. Later, her strong interest in both the visual arts and the sciences lead to a B.Sc. in Ornamental Horticulture from Guelph University. Eventually, her early fascination with fabric techniques evolved into a full time profession. Lorraine is noted for her original method of collage that treats textiles and threads in a painterly way.

Her visual vocabulary and research are guided by a varied range of sources: spiritual texts, philosophy, mythology, science, nature, literature, and visual art. The form, symbolism and mythology of trees have been of particular interest in recent years, culminating in "Saving Paradise", a solo touring exhibition of wall hangings portraying rare and endangered trees of Ontario. She is also becoming increasingly interested in abstract images, fuelled by the work of her photographer husband, Janusz Wrobel.

Lorraine’s work has been exhibited widely in Canada, the US and abroad and is part of numerous public and private collections, including the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs. She is also the recipient of several professional Arts Grants from the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council. Lorraine now lives in Dundas, Ontario.

EDUCATION

• 1978 Honours B.Sc. Agriculture, Major: Ornamental Horticulture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2006 ‘New Work’, Lafreniere and Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON

• 2005 ‘New Work’, The Ontario Crafts Council Guild Shop, Toronto, ON
  ‘New Work’, Julia’s Restaurant, Oakville, ON

• 2003/2004 ‘Saving Paradise: The Arboretum Project and The Seed Collection’, touring exhibition, Glenhyrst Gallery of Brant, Brantford, ON

• Lynnwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, ON Greenwood Quiltery, Guelph, ON

• St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre, St. Thomas, ON, Gallery in the Grove, Brights Grove, ON, Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, ON

• Mississipi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte, ON, MacIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontarion, London, ON, Masonville Library and Gallery, London, ON

• 2002 ‘Urban Forests’, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto, ON

• 2000 ‘Desert Journey, New Work’, Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo, ON

• 1998 ‘Passages’, Maison Magella-Paradis, Charlesbourg, QC

• ‘Thresholds’, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ON

• 1996 ‘Drawing from the Dark’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, ON

• ‘Sylvan Spirits’, Gibson Gallery, London, ON

• 1995 ‘More Forbidden Fruit’, Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener, ON

• 1993 ‘Super: Natural’, County of Bruce Museum, Southampton, ON

• 1992 ‘Verdance’, Ingersoll Creative Arts Centre, Ingersoll, ON

SELECTED GROUP AND JURIED SHOWS

• 2007 ‘Confluence: Streams and Strands’, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON

• ‘Forest’, Atrium Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston, ME

• 2005 ‘12 Canadian Quilters in Japan’, Yokohama, Japan (Touring Exhibition)

• ‘Tree’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, ON

• ‘Sensual Surfaces’, Studio Residents at the Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON

• 2004/2005 ‘Satin and Steel’, with photographer Janusz Wrobel, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto, ON and Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, ON

• 2000-2006 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON

• 2004 ‘Sylvan Spirits’, Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener, ON

• ‘Out of the Woods’, with photographer Janusz Wrobel, Greenwood Quiltery and Gallery, Guelph, ON

• ‘WORSHIP: OSA 130th Juried Exhibition’, Ontario Society of Artists, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON

• 2003 ‘Canadian Artists in Bangkok’, Canadian Embassy, Thailand

• 2003/2004 ‘The Grand National Juried Quilt Exhibition’, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON

• 2003/2004 ‘Wide Borders’, Touring Exhibition, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, ON, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON and

• Cambridge Art Gallery, Cambridge, ON

• 2002 ‘Black and White’, A Show of Hands/Petroff Gallery, Toronto, ON

• 2001, 98, 95 ‘Threadworks: Ontario Network of Needleworkers’, Wellington County Museum, Fergus, ON

• 2000 ‘Looking Forward’, Ontario Crafts Council Traveling Exhibition

• 1998 ‘Canadian Contemporary Quilts’, Rodman Hall, St. Catherines, ON

• 1997 ‘Hanging by a Thread’, Northern Arizona University Art Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ

• ‘Quilt National’, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Centre, Athens, Ohio

• ‘Narrative Threads’, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, ON

• 1996 Art Gallery of Mississauga Juried Craft Exhibition, Mississauga, ON

• ‘Suginami-City of London Art Exhibition’, Tokyo, Japan

• 1995 ‘DIVERSITY: Studio Art Quilts Associates’, Arrowmont School of the Arts, Tennessee (Touring)

• ‘Gardens of the Soul: Six Artists Interpreting the Landscape’, Art Gallery St. Thomas-Elgin, St. Thomas, ON

• 1994 ‘Of the Land: Four Artist Interpreting the Landscape’, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON

• ‘Harvest’, with Harold Rice, Blyth Festival Gallery, Blyth, ON

• 1993 ‘Fibreworks: National Textile Art Exhibition’, The Library and Gallery, Cambridge

• ‘Skin and Bones: Surfacing Juried Exhibition’, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON

• 1991 ‘Off the Wall: A Contemporary Show of Textile Art’, Ingersoll Creative Arts Centre

• ‘Heavenly Bodies, with Margi Hennen, Gibson Gallery, London, ON