Charmaine Lurch
Charmaine Lurch | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | York University, Sheridan College, OCAD University |
Charmaine Lurch is a Toronto-based painter, sculptor, installation artist and arts educator known for her interdisciplinary work and exploration of themes including Black studies and environmental issues.
Early life and education[edit]
Lurch was born in Jamaica and came to Canada at the age of six.[1] She holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies from York University and diplomas in design and illustration from Sheridan College, both in Ontario.[2] In addition, she studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto, and the School of Visual Arts in New York City [3]
Work[edit]
Lurch's work often incorporates themes of world histories, Black history, diversity, equity and environmental issues.[4] She is active as an art educator in Toronto.[1] As a lead artist with the non-profit group Inner City Angels, Lurch leads interdisciplinary public art projects involving children.[5][6] Her sculpture Bees is installed in the Regent Park social housing development in Toronto.[7] She cites artists including Lynette Yiadom Boakye, Jasmine Thomas-Grivan, Denyse Thomasos, and Theaster Gates as inspirations.[8] Lurch has been critical of the way the traditional power structures of the art world systematically exclude artists of colour.[9]
Major exhibitions[edit]
Lurch's work has been exhibited at a number of venues including the Royal Ontario Museum, Nuit Blanche, the University of British Columbia, and the National Gallery of Jamaica.[3] Her work A Mobile and Visible Carriage was prominently featured in the group show Every.Now.Then at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2017.[10][11]
- Compounding Vision, solo exhibition at RiverBrink Art Museum, 2019-20[12][13]
- Critical Mass, Art Gallery of Guelph, 2018-19[14]
- Settling in Place: Aylan Couchie, Martha Griffith, Charmaine Lurch, MacLaren Art Centre, 2018[15]
- Here We Are Here, Royal Ontario Museum and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2018[16]
- Every. Now. Then.: Reframing Nationhood, Art Gallery of Ontario, 2017 [17]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Passion in local artist's work speaks out for her". Ron Fanfair. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Black Visualities and Protest: A talk with Charmaine Lurch". Concordia University: Events. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Every.Now.Then: Reframing Nationhood". Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "Up Close: Charmaine Lurch". CBC Radio. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Charmaine Lurch". innercityangels.ca. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Students paint ceiling of Toronto school in their 'Michelangelo moment' | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "New Regent Park enlivened with local art | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ Edmonds, Pamela (1 November 2015). "Conversations in Flux: An Interview with artist Charmaine Lurch". WordMag. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ Kustanczy, Catherine (March 7, 2016). "Aim to get diversity down to a fine art". MetroCanada. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ Whyte, Murray (4 July 2017). "Opinion: Canada revisited at the Art Gallery of Ontario". OurWindsor.ca. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ Hunter, Andrew, ed. (2017). Every. Now. Then : Reframing Nationhood. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-894243-95-7.
- ^ "Charmaine Lurch: Compounding Vision". Akimbo. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ Gazzola, Bart (4 November 2019). "Be[e]ing & Seeing: Compounding Visions". The Sound. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Critical Mass". Art Gallery of Guelph. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "Settling in Place: Aylan Couchie, Martha Griffith, Charmaine Lurch". MacLaren Art Centre. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art". Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Every. Now. Then: Reframing Nationhood". Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 30 November 2019.