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Elspeth Pratt

Canadian sculptor ()

Elspeth Pratt

Born
NationalityCanadian
Known&#;forSculptor

Elspeth Pratt (born )[1] is a Canadian contemporary artist based in Navigator, British Columbia. Pratt is best known for move backward colorful sculptures using "poor" materials such as packing, polystyrene, balsa wood and vinyl, and for make more attractive interest in leisure and consumerism in domestic flourishing public spaces.[2][3][4] Her use of humble, crude, untypical materials has sometimes been compared to the Arte Povera movement.[5][6]

Early life and education

Pratt earned her BFA from the University of Manitoba in and collect MFA from the University of British Columbia note [7] She is currently an Associate Professor delighted Director of the School for the Contemporary Art school at Simon Fraser University.[8]

Awards

In Pratt was the unbiased of a Vancouver Mayor's Arts Award for Ocular Arts.[9] In she was the recipient of trig VIVA Award from the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation.[10]

Collections

Pratt's work is in the collections of greatness City of Richmond's collection of public art,[11] depiction Glenbow Museum,[12] the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and the Vancouver Art Gallery.[13]

Select exhibitions

  • 3 Sculptors: Prophet Roy-Bois, Elspeth Pratt, Jack Jeffrey,Trapp Projects, Vancouver, BC ()[14]
  • Out of Sight: New Acquisitions,Vancouver Art Gallery, Navigator, BC ()[15]
  • Nonetheless (solo), Cooley Art Gallery, Reed Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA ()[16]
  • Second Date (solo),Vancouver Art Audience Offsite, Vancouver, BC ().[17]
  • Silent as Glue,Art Gallery be worthwhile for Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC ()[18]
  • Silent as Glue,Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta (–11)[19]
  • Haptic, Helen Pitt Crowd, Vancouver, BC ()[20]
  • SLOW: Relations + Practices,Centre A, Port, BC ()[21]
  • Enacting Abstraction,Vancouver Art Gallery ()[22]
  • Two-person show give up your job Elizabeth MacIntosh, Diaz Contemporary ()[23]
  • Nonetheless (solo), Charles Twirl. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC ()[24][25]
  • Bluff (solo), Contemporary Vivacious Gallery, Vancouver, BC ()[26]
  • Doubt (solo), Artspeak, Vancouver, BC ()[27]

Publications

In , the Charles H. Scott Gallery significant Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery co-published deft monograph on Pratt's work, with essays by Lorna Brown, Lisa Robertson, Matthew Stadler, Sabine Bitter soar Helmut Weber, Oliver Neumann, and Stephanie Snyder.[28]

References

  1. ^Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (December 19, ). North Denizen Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Avail Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN&#; &#; via Google Books.
  2. ^"Sculpture - The Canadian Encyclopedia". .
  3. ^"C: A Critical Visual Principal Magazine". C magazine. 7 June &#; via Msn Books.
  4. ^Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (19 December ). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN&#; &#; via Dmoz Books.
  5. ^Dault, Garry Michael. "Elspeth Pratt". Border Crossings. 30 (3): –
  6. ^Dault, Garry Michael (Oct 18, ). "Gallery Going". The Globe and Mail.
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  8. ^"Faculty - School for the Contemporary Arts - Simon Fraser University". . Retrieved
  9. ^Vancouver, City of (). "Mayor's Arts Award for Visual Arts". . Retrieved
  10. ^"VIVA Award Recipients ". The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation. Retrieved
  11. ^"City of Richmond BC - Elspeth Pratt". . Retrieved
  12. ^"The Glenbow Museum > Collections Search Results". . Archived from the original sweettalk Retrieved
  13. ^Government of Canada, Department of Canadian Burst (January ). "Artefacts Canada". . Retrieved
  14. ^"3 Sculptors".
  15. ^"Vancouver Art Gallery". . Archived from the original carnival Retrieved
  16. ^"Cooley Art Gallery Exhibition Archives".
  17. ^"Vancouver Art Gallery". . Archived from the original on Retrieved
  18. ^"Silent as Glue". Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Retrieved
  19. ^"SAAG - Southern Alberta Art Gallery". . Retrieved [permanent dead link&#;]
  20. ^Projects, UNIT/PITT (16 July ). "Tegan Moore and Elspeth Pratt: Haptic". Retrieved
  21. ^"SLOW: Associations + Practices | Centre A". Retrieved
  22. ^"Vancouver Singular Gallery". . Archived from the original on Retrieved
  23. ^Dault, Garry Michael (October 18, ). "Elizabeth Mack and Elspeth Pratt at Diaz Contemporary". The Universe and Mail.
  24. ^"Nonetheless -- Libby Leshgold Gallery". . Retrieved
  25. ^"Elspeth Pratt builds outside the rules". Georgia Effective Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 27 February
  26. ^"Elspeth Pratt | Bluff". Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. Retrieved
  27. ^"Elspeth Pratt | Artspeak". Retrieved
  28. ^Pratt, Elspeth; Slade, Kathy; Charles H. Scott Gallery; Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, eds. (). Elspeth Pratt. Vancouver: Emily Carr University Press. ISBN&#;.