Nancy Lowry: Colour in Place
Saskatoon-based artist Nancy Lowry explores place with paintings that explore the intersection of abstraction and landscape. In this exhibition, the largest survey of her practice to-date, recent paintings are placed alongside a selection of works from the last two decades held in collections in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Event/Exhibition meta autogenerated block.
When
October 19, 2024 – April 6, 2025
Where
Feature Gallery
Lowry’s intuitive formalist approach reveals an intimate awareness of landscape and prairie abstraction; references to history and nature are both embedded in her work. The dynamism in her paintings draws from Lowry’s participation in numerous residencies in Canada and beyond, beginning when Lowry attended the renowned Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops as a teen. Lowry pays homage to her time at Emma Lake and several of the artists she encountered there by including their work alongside her own in the exhibition.
Included in the exhibition are works by artists Reta Cowley, Mina Forysth, Dorothy
Knowles, Margaret Vanderhaeghe, Tammi Campbell, Landon Mackenzie,
Elizabeth McIntosh, Leah Rosenberg, Monica Tap, and Sylvia Ziemann.
Artist bio:
Nancy Lowry (b. 1978, Toronto) has been based in Saskatoon for much of her life. After completing her BFA at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 2003, she returned to Saskatoon and began working in the late artist Mina Forsyth’s studio. Lowry attended the Triangle Arts Association, New York, 2005; the Pouch Cove Residency, Cornerbrook, NL, 2003; the Wells Artists Project with Robert Murray and Michael Morris, Wells, BC, 2006; and the Tao Hua Tan International Artist Retreat and Residency (Anhui Province, China, 2019).
Gathering inspiration from poets and authors, she regularly attended the Artists and Writers Colonies at St Peter’s in Muenster in central Saskatchewan. Lowry attended the Emma Lake Artist’s Workshops (2001- 2003) and later coordinated the workshops (2007-2012). She is the recipient of numerous SK Arts and Canada Council grants.
