Nancy Lowry

Often seemingly minimal, Nancy Lowry's paintings are like apparitions taking form. Uncannily familiar, they teeter in the delightful, precarious space between landscape and abstraction.

Nancy Lowry was born in Toronto in 1978 and has lived in Saskatoon since she was a child. She first started painting the landscape through a teen workshop at Emma Lake. After studying liberal arts, painting and drawing at the University of Saskatchewan she went on to complete her BFA at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 2003. She has participated in numerous workshops and residencies since, including a one-month residency in Cornerbrook, Newfoundland, the Triangle Arts Association in Brooklyn, New York, and many years attending and later organizing the Emma Lake Artists' Workshop.

Her unique "paintscapes" are inseparable from the tradition of landscape painting, while also demonstrating a strong affinity with abstraction. Although intimately scaled, her paintings have a powerful presence. There is a forceful materiality in their heavily-tooled surfaces, strong gestural marks and bold use of colour. Mutable and resistant to classification, they allow viewers to discover new forms and associations over time.

Curriculum Vitae

Born: 1978 Toronto, Ontario. Moved to Saskatchewan in 1983

Education:

2003-2006 Liberal Arts Courses, unclassified studies, University of Saskatchewan
1999-2003 Graduated with BFA degree: Major in Fine Art and Media Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS. Recipient of Faculty Union Scholarship, 2001
1996-1998 University of Saskatchewan Liberal Arts Foundation

Solo Exhibitions:

2024 - 'Colour in Place', Remai Modern, Saskatoon, SK
2016 - 'Making Strange', Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
2013 - 'Slipscapes', Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
2008 - 'Landmarks', Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
2004 - ‘Route’, Frances Morrison Library, Saskatoon, SK
2003 - ‘Someplace’, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2002 - ‘Artists by Artists’, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK (organized by Jonathan Forrest)

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2016 - 'Naturescapes', Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
2011 - 'Cameron Forbes, Nancy Lowry and Leah Rosenberg', Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
2006 - ‘Panel Paintings’, Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
2006 - ‘Wells Artists Project Works’, Community Hall, Wells, BC
2005 - ‘Triangle Artist’s Residency Program Open Studio Exhibit’, Brooklyn, NY
2005 - ‘Staff Works’, Saskatoon Community Arts Program Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2005 - ‘Gallery Artists’, Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
2004 - ‘Lorenzo Dupuis and Nancy Lowry’, Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
2004 - ‘New Work: Lynne Graham and Nancy Lowry’, STM Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2003 - ‘Lodestar: RCA (Royal Canadian Academy) Artists and Friends’ with mentor Greg Hardy, Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2003 - ‘Six from Halifax’, Ciparis Lennox Gallery, Toronto, ON
2000 - ‘Group of Seven Eleven’, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2000 - ‘Landscape Goat’, And Tobin’s Art Space, Halifax, NS
1999 - ‘Landscapes’, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

Residencies, Workshops and Grants

Feb - Aug 2007 Saskatchewan Arts Board Creative C Grant
July - Aug 2006 ‘Wells Artists Project’, Wells, BC with Robert Murray and Michael Morris
Jun - Sep 2005 Triangle Artist’s Residency Program, Brooklyn, NY
Sep 2004 Writers and Artists Colony, Christopher Lake, SK
Aug 2003 Saskatchewan Arts Board Creative C Grant
Aug 2003 Emma Lake Artist’s Workshop with guest artist Clay Ellis and critic Karen Wilkin, Emma Lake, SK
May 2003 Pouch Cove Artist’s Residency, Cornerbrook, Newfoundland
Aug 2002 Emma Lake Artist’s Residency Program with guest artist Greg Hardy, Emma Lake, SK
Feb 2002 Writers and Artists Colony, St. Peter’s Monastery, Muenster, SK (organized by the Saskatchewan Writer’s Guild and CARFAC
Aug 2001 Emma Lake Artist’s Workshop with guest artist Chris Cran, Emma Lake, SK
July 1999 Landscape Painting Workshop, with English painter Tom Hammick
June 1998 Landscape ’98 Workshop, rural SK around Saskatoon, organized by the Mendel Art Gallery with artists Greg Hardy, Lorenzo Dupuis, Barbara Ballachey and other Canadian landscape painters

Art Related Work Experience

2012 Coordinator, Emma Lake Artist’s Workshop with guest artist Elizabeth McIntosh, Kenderdine Campus, SK
2011 Coordinator, Emma Lake Artist’s Workshop with guest artist David Alexander, Kenderdine Campus, SK
2009 Coordinator, Emma Lake Artist’s Workshop with guest artist Kim Dorland, Kenderdine Campus, SK
2007 Coordinator, Emma Lake Artist’s Workshop with guest artist Monica Tap, Kenderdine Campus, SK
Jan 2003-2005 Art coordinator / Instructor for the Urban Canvas Project, Saskatoon Community Youth Arts Program (SCYAP), Saskatoon, SK
Instructed youth age 16-29 drawing and painting, lead through design and completion of four public murals