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education

94 | M.F.A., York University, Toronto, Ontario

87/81 | Banff Centre of Fine Art, Banff, Alberta

78 | A.O.C.A., Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario

solo exhibition/selected
(c) = catalogue

09  New Work, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (solo)  (upcoming)

06 | Incognito, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario (c)

05 | incognito, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta (c)
Incognito, The Koffler Gallery, Koffler Centre of the Arts, Toronto, Ontario (c)
New Work, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

04 | Preserve, White Water Gallery, North Bay, Ontario

03 | CHEAT, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 03 Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

01 | Exhale, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Balance, KAAI Gallery, Kingston, Ontario

99 | Balance, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Double, Optica, multidisciplinary room, Montreal, Quebec

94 | Freud's Mouth, thesis exhibition, IDA Gallery, York University, Toronto, Ontario

92 | Body Troubles, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario

88 | Notes in a large room, a site work, 37 McCaul St., Toronto, Ontario
Uncommon Objects Gallery, Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario

86 | Dress for Georgia O'Keeffe, Galerie Powerhouse, Montreal, Quebec

82 | The Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough campus, Toronto, Ontario

group exhibitions/selected
(c) = catalogue

08  Guangzhou Triennial 08, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China  (group)  (upcoming) (c)
Op Art Revisited, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.  (group)  (upcoming) (c)
The Cutting Edge, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (group)  (upcoming)

07 | Beyond/In Western New York 2007, Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A. (c)
Object Gallery Making and Meaning, Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney, Australia (group)  (c)
Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatewan (two person)
Peak Gallery at ARCO 07 Art Fair, Madrid, Spain

05 | Maco 05 International Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico

04 | Decoy, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario (two person)
Skin Deep, Art Gallery of Sudbury, Ontario (two person)
Ignis Fatuus, Roam Contemporary, New York, New York, U.S.A.

03 | Skin Deep, Stratford Gallery, Ontario (two person)(c)
Dualities, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia

02 | Semble, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia (three person) (c)
Skin Deep, The Thames Art Gallery, Chatham Cultural Centre, Ontario (two person) (c)

01 | Commute, ARC Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A. (c)
Red, Museum for Textiles, Toronto, Ontario
Duologue, Case Studies, York Quay Centre, Toronto, Ontario

00 | Redrospective, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (c)

99 | Surface Tension, Art in General Gallery, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Cluster, Pekao Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

98 | Made to Measure, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (three person)
Legato, Galerie Expression, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec

97 | Between Sense and Place, The Winchester Gallery, Winchester School of Art, England (c)
Botanical Studies, Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto, Ontario (two Person)
Artbox, York University Downtown Management Centre, Toronto, Ontario

96 | Le Sympo-Fibres international de Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec

95/6 | Heavy Mental, The Power Plant Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (c)

94 | Duke-u-menta '94, installations in the Duke of Connaught Tavern, Toronto, Ontario (c)

93 | M.F.A. Darlings Do Art, The Darling Building, Toronto, Ontario (three person)

92 | In Illo Tempore, Galerie Expression, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec (two person)
The Fetish Show, Lake Galleries, Toronto, Ontario
Themes of Immanence, Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, Ontario (c)

90 | Intimite, Galerie Palardy, Montreal, Quebec (three person)

89 | Niagara Artists Centre, St. Catherines, Ontario (two person)
Coup de coeur, La Cite de l'Image, Montreal, Quebec (c)
Directions from Historical Sources, Museum for Textiles, Toronto, Ontario (c)
Apropos, touring exhibition through Ontario: Lindsay, Whitby, Cobourg, Peterborough

87 | Clothing as Image, Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario (three person)
Wearable Works, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

85 | Clothing as Image, Artcite, Windsor, Ontario (three person)
Fem Fest '85, Pauline Mc Gibbon Cultural Centre, Toronto, Ontario

84 | Worn Images, The New Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto
Works on a Personal Scale, Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, Ontario (c)
Celebration '84: a Sense of Occasion, The Art Gallery of Harbourfront, Toronto (c)

performances

85/7 | Elizabeth Dances, performed at: Artspace, Peterborough

87 | Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, U.S.A.

86 | Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

86 | Artcite, Windsor, Ontario

85 | The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, Ontario

commissions

96 | Hibrida, a thirteen panel permanent wall work co-commissioned with artist Eva Ennist
for the Student Centre Corporation, York University, Toronto, Ontario

collections:


The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A.
AstraZeneca Collection, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Gallerie Expression, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, CanadaCambridge Gallery, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

publications, articles, and reviews (selected)

08 | Object Gallery, "Making + Meaning", Catalogue, Sydney, Australia, 2008
Michael Griffiths, "Lyn Carter",  Article and images,  http://www.craftaustralia.com.au/articles/20071012.php
Tracey Clement, "Firebrands",  Review in The Sydney Morning Herald,  August 3, 2007  (Australia) 06 | Carolyn Bell Farrell, Catalogue essay for Incognito, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 2006
Dr. Sarat Maharaj, Conversation/interview for catalogue Incognito, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 2006

05 | Santiago Espinosa De Los Monteros, "MACO", Review in ArtNexus, #57, Vol. 3, June-August, 2005
Julia Dault, Equal Parts Dr. Seuss and Pure Imagination, Review and image in National Post, Dec.1
Gary Michael Dault, Lyn Carter at the Koffler Gallery, Review and image in Globe & Mail, Sept. 24
Gary Michael Dault, Lyn Carter at Peak Gallery, Review in Globe & Mail, Sept. 24
Canadian Art, "Fast Forward, Toronto", Image and notation, Summer 2005, Vol. 22, #2

04 | Lara Bradley, "Time for Art", Review and Image in The Sudbury Star, July 15
Carolyn Bell Farrell, Exhibition brochure essay for Decoy, Open Studio, Toronto

03 | Wendy Landry, "Looking at Textiles", Image in Arts Atlantic, Spring

02 | Jeanne Randolph, "lives of objects brief and endless", Catalogue essay for Semble, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax
Susan Gibson Garvey, "objects persistent and peculiar", Catalogue essay for Semble, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax
Philip Beesley, "SKIN DEEP: Liminal States", Catalogue essay for Skin Deep, Thames Gallery, Chatham & Gallery Stratford, Ontario
Corinna Ghaznavi, "Lyn Carter, Exhale", Review and image in Espace, 59, Spring

01 | Gary Michael Dault, "Lyn Carter at Red Head", Review in Globe & Mail, October 14

00 | Corinna Ghaznavi, "Redrospective", Review and image in d'ART International, vol.3 #2, Fall
Catherine Osborne, "Arts and Crafts", Article and image in Lola, vol. #4, Summer
Stuart Reid, Review in Lola, vol. #4, Summer
Betsy Coulter, Review and image in Lola, vol. #4, Summer
Kyo Maclear, Preview and image in Toronto Life, February

98 | Gary Michael Dault, "Working at Human Scale", Review and image in Globe & Mail, August 8
Corinna Ghaznavi, "Made to Measure", Review and image in d'ART International, vol.1 #3, Fall
Jenifer Papararo, "Made to Measure", Review in Lola, vol. #3, Winter

97 | Victoria Mitchell, Between Sence and Place, Catalogue essay, The Winchester Gallery, England

96 | Megan Mueller, "City Focus: Toronto", Review and image in Artnews, Vol.95 #5, May, New York
Philip Monk, Heavy Mental, Exhibition catalogue, The Power Plant, Toronto

95 | John Bentley Mays, "Fetishes, evil toys and oddities", Review in Globe & Mail, Dec.16,
Lisa Balfour Bowen, "Playing with the mind", Review and image in The Toronto Sun, Dec. 17

94 | Gary Michael Dault, "Tragically Hip", Article in Canadian Art, Vol.11 #4, Winter

93 | Kate Taylor, "Sculpture and Sampler", Review in Globe & Mail, September 17

92 | Anne West, Themes of Immanence, Exhibition Catalogue, Burlington Cultural Centre
Jean Dumont, "En ce temps - la", Review and image in Le Devoir, March 14 (Montreal)

90 | Michel Groleau, Intimite, Exhibition brochure, Galerie Frederic Palardy, Montreal

89 | Helen Duffy, Directions: from historical sources, Exhibition Catalogue, The Museum for Textiles
Brenda Newman, "Solo Show", Review in Montreal Mirror, October 6,(Montreal)
Sigrun Hardardottir, "ELAAC 1989", Review and image in Menning Listir, November 18, Iceland

88 | Philip Beesley, "Apropos 1988", Review in Ontario Craft, Winter

87 | Elizabeth MacKenzie & Judith Schwarz, "My Name is...I am An Artist", Video, Toronto.
Helen Duffy, "Clothing as Image", Review and image in Ontario Craft, Summer
Martha Tancock, "Clothing = Identity in 3 Woman Show", Peterborough Examiner, March 3
Ann Ludbrooke, "Women performers all high energy and funny", Review in Arthur, February 24

86 | Gilles Daigneault, "Pilon et Carter. la Galerie Powerhouse", Le Devoir, April 25, 1986, Montreal

85 | Lulu Darling Cameron, "Clothing as Image", Review ind image in Detroit Focus Quarterly, June
Randi Spires, "Expose yourself to art", Review and image in Broadside, Vol.6 #9, July

84 | David Livingstone, "Celebrated Occasion", Review and image in Globe & Mail, June 12

grants and scholarships

07 | Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade - grant for travel

06, 04, 03, 02, 98, 01 | Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance grant

04 | Canada Council Creation/Production Grant - Mid Career

05, 03, 00, 96, 92 | Ontario Arts Council Individual Artist Grant

07, 99 | Canada Council travel grant

97 | Canada Council Creation/Production Grant - Mid Career / short-term

89 | Canada Council 'B' grant

88, 87 | Ontario Arts Council project grant

86 | Canada Council project grant

84, 81 | Canada Council short term grant

81 | Banff Centre Scholarship

artist talks and residencies

07 | Artist talk. Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney, Australia
Artist talk. College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Artist talk. The Australian National University, School of Art, Canberra, Australia
Artist talk. Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
Artist talk, Dept. of Art & Art History, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask., Can.

07, 03, 02, 99 | Artist talk. Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 06 | Artist talk. Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada

05 | Artist talk. Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta
Artist talk. University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta

04 | Artist in Residence at Open Studio, Toronto

03 | Panel member, symposium: "Who Cares? A Discussion of Traditional Practice Today, Textile Museum of Canada
03, 97 | Artist talk.Sheridan College, Dept. of Art and Art History, Oakville, Ontario

99, 96, 89 | Artist talk. Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

97 | Artist talk.Sheridan College, Dept. of Art and Art History, Oakville, Ontario

96 | Artist in Residence. In vited as one of 10 artists to participate in a month
long international residency, as part of Sympo-Fibres International de Saint-Hyacinthe in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec

94, 93 | Artist talk. York University, Toronto, Ontario

94, 88 | Artist talk. Sheridan College, School of Craft and Design, Oakville, Ontario

92 | Artist talk. University of Quebec in Montreal, Quebec

90 | Artist talk. Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Artist talk. Nova Scotia School of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia

86 | Artist talk. Kent State University, Ohio, U.S.A.
Artist talk. Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Artist talk. 'Incite '86', Rudell, Saskachewan

Published Writings:

03 | Catalogue essay for Symbol - Process - Provocation a solo exhibition of work by Lynn Campbell, The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario

96 | "Sarah Quinton: A Tender Strength", Fiberarts, Vol. 23, No. 2, 1996: p.22.

95 | Catalogue essay for Florilegia, a solo exhibition of work by Sarah Quinton, Ontario Crafts Council