Laurie McGugan
Born in London, Ontario, Laurie McGugan studied art at McMaster University and has lived in Toronto since 1982. Her practice includes drawing, painting, sculpture, photography and public art. She has exhibited across Canada and in the UK and has received grants from the Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council and the City of Toronto.
Biographical Information
Born in London, Ontario, Canada. Grew up on a farm near Strathroy, Ontario. Now lives and works in Toronto and Prince Edward County, Ontario.
Education:
1977 Honours Bachelor of Art and Art History, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Public Art Installations:
2009 Bloomfield Star, Main Street, Bloomfield, Prince Edward County, Ontario.
Winner of Public Art Competition.
2000 Circle of Trees - A Time Piece, A Millenium project for the City of Toronto, Woodbine Park, Toronto
1992 Home, The Millennium Project, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
1988 Park Couch, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (temporary)
1987 Park Couch, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (temporary)
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 Interior World, Carbon Art and Design, Picton, Ontario
2019 Path, Carbon Art and Design, Picton, Ontario
2017 New Releases, IX Gallery, Toronto, Nov
2016 Kuche Gallery, Toronto. May
2015 Danforth Popup Gallery, Toronto. May
2014 InQuarries, Propeller Centre for Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario, April
Evergreen Brick Works, Toronto, July-Sept
2006 Silvae - Design Visions for Future Forests, Forestry Sciences Building, UBC, Vancouver, British Columbia
2005 Milford Bistro, Milford, Prince Edward County, Ontario
2004 Left Side Gallery, Flesherton, Ontario
2003 Left Side Gallery, Flesherton, Ontario
2002 Fossils/Maps Heard House Gallery, Flesherton, Ontario
2000 Circle of Trees - The Studies, Toronto, Ontario
1986 Farmemories, Kensington Place Gallery, Toronto (painting)
1983 Rosberg Gallery, Niagara Falls, Canada (painting)
1981 Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario (painting)
Group Exhibitions:
2019 Carbonized, Carbon Art and Design, Picton, Ontario
2018 The Artist Project, Toronto
2017 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto
2013 Art Prize, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
2013 Art in the County, Picton, Ontario Honourable Mention Prize
2006 Forest Dreaming, Center for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, Essex, England
2003 One Hundred Strong, you me gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
2003 Left Side Gallery, Flesherton, Ontario
2002 Heard House Gallery, Flesherton, Ontario
1994 Modern Fuel, Kingston, Ontario
1988 The Works, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1987 Subject of Form; The Unexpected Landscape, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario
1986 Kensington Place Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1985 Leo Kamen Gallery, Opening Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario
1984 Access’84, Toronto
1984 Ontario Society of Artists Open Juried Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario
1983 CKOC Arts Hamilton Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario
1982/3 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario
1981 McMaster Alumnae Exhibition, McMaster University Gallery, Hamilton
1981 Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario
1981 Leslie Ross Gallery, Brantford, Ontario
1981 Juried Women’s Exhibition, Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton, Ontario
1981 Exhibition of Hess Village Artists, McGugan Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
1979 Burlington Public Library, Burlington, Ontario
1977 Elizabeth Annand Gallery, Lambeth, Ontario
1977 Graduate Exhibition, McMaster University Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
Grants:
1999 Canada Council for the Arts Millennium Fund
1999 Ontario 2000, Mainstreet Grant
1999 Toronto Millennium Grant
1997 Ontario Arts Council - Artists in Education
1996 Ontario Arts Council - Artists in Education
1992 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance
1988 Canada Council Travel Grant
1987 Grant For Temporary Exhibition, City of Toronto, Public Art Commission
1987 Ontario Arts Council Material Assistance
1981 Ontario Arts Council Material Assistance
Commissions:
2002 Tree of Life - A Reflection of St. John's, Mural, St. John's Presbyterian Church, Toronto, Ontario
Numerous private commissions
Video:
2005 Tree of Life - a profile of artist and creation of Tree of Life mural
2001 Circle of Trees - 12 minute Documentary
1993 Millennium Project – Year 2, Kingston Artists Association Inc.
Articles/Reviews:
2000 Canadian Arts & Culture, Art and nature come full circle -
2000 John Terauds, The Toronto Star
1988 Francesca Valente, Toronto Life
1988 Vivienne Sosnowski, The Edmonton Journal
1988 Bright lights of the big city, Toronto Life
1987 Christopher Hume, The Toronto Star
1987 Grace Inglis, The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, May 20/87
1981 John Ruskin Minor, The Silhouette
1981 Grace Inglis, artviews, The Spectator, Hamilton, September
1981 Grace Inglis, artviews, The Spectator, Hamilton, May