Lois Andison

Lois Andison is an installation artist whose mixed materials installations explore intersections of technology, geography and the body.[1] She currently teaches sculpture and digital media at the University of Waterloo.[2]

Biography

Andison was born in Smith Falls, Ontario and now resides in Toronto, Ontario. Previous to her artistic career, Andison worked as a professional illustrator and graphic designer.[3] She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University in 1990 with 1st class distinction. Since graduation she has worked as a professional artists,[4] her first solo exhibition was hosted by Gallery Seventy-Six in Toronto, Ontario.[5] Her works have been exhibited outside the formal gallery system.[6]

Education

Quotes

My content and my concerns are reactions to personal and social realities: spiritual and physical need, suffering, disease, and bodily breakdown. My interpretations, my impressions of these predicaments/experiences come through a blend of nature and technology, the rural and the urban, in the form of installation art.
Lois Andison, 1994, [9]

Solo Exhibitions

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Notable Group Exhibitions

References

  1. "Savoring the simple delight of the fountain." The Globe and Mail. March 15, 1991
  2. https://uwaterloo.ca/fine-arts/about/people/faculty/lois-andison
  3. Renwick, Arthur. "Naked State: a selected view of Toronto art". Power Plant. 1994: 55
  4. Christie, Clair. The House Project. 1994: 8
  5. Redrospective. The Red head Gallery Toronto. Ed. Lloyd, S., Johnson, A. Toronto, Ontario. 1999: 23
  6. Renwick, Arthur. "Naked State: a selected view of Toronto art". Power Plant. 1994: 55
  7. Christie, Clair. The House Project. 1994: 8
  8. https://uwaterloo.ca/fine-arts/about/people/faculty/lois-andison/lois-andisons-curriculum-vitae
  9. Renwick, Arthur. "Naked State: a selected view of Toronto art". Power Plant. 1994: 13
  10. https://uwaterloo.ca/fine-arts/about/people/faculty/lois-andison/lois-andisons-curriculum-vitae
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