Artist Statement

Lois Andison was born in Smiths Falls, Ontario. Her kinetic sculptures/installations investigate the intersection of technology, nature and the body. Using movement to initiate an exchange with the viewer, Andison’s work poetically explores social and technological concerns through the construction of the hybrid art object. Lois received her BFA (Honours) from York University in 1990 graduating First Class with Distinction. Exhibiting nationally and internationally, her sculptural installations have been shown in Toronto, Montreal, Lethbridge, New York, Washington and Mexico City. She has received numerous grants and awards and her work is held in both private and corporate collections. Lois lives in Toronto and currently teaches Design at Sheridan College for the University of Toronto's, Art and Art History Program.

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Born in Smiths Falls, Ontario.

Education

Digital Media Studios. Digital Graphic Design.
B.F.A. (Honours Programme in Visual Arts) York University, Faculty of Fine Arts. Graduated First Class with Distinction.
Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology. Graduated with High Honours. Board of Governors Silver Medal.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2005 Galerie Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec.
2002 autobody . Galerie Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec
2002 Summer Invitational. Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
2001 autobody . The Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
2000 camouflage . The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta.
2000   famished . Niagara Artists' Company, St. Catherine's, Ontario.
1995 piel profunda / skin deep . Galería del Sur, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana- Xochimilco, México City.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2005 green. Dyan Marie Projects, Toronto, Ontario.
2005 A Group of Seven. A contemporary look at the Canadian landscape . Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C.
2004 A Group of Seven. A contemporary look at the Canadian Landscape . Galerie Art Mûr, Montréal, Quebec.
2004 spasm , AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
2004 Machine Life . Agnes Etherington Art Center, Kingston, Ontario.
2003 This Mortal Coil . Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario.
2003 Artists' Echoes: Contemporary Responses to the ROM Collection. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario.
2002   Animal de compagine . Galerie Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec.
2001 TV dinner with landscape . YYZ, Toronto, Ontario.
2001 Artificial Nature . The Tree Museum, Gravenhurst, Ontario. · Abattoirs by Artists . Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
2001 Des finitions urbaines . Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec.

Artist Residencies, Projects

1999 Toronto...seen 99. Spring Fundraiser for C Magazine, Toronto, Ontario.
1997 Visiting Artist, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario.
1996 ofrenda, milagro, esperanza, Chiapas. C Magazine. Artist project in collaboration with Patricia Quijano and Jorges Morales, México City.

Selected Grants and Awards

2004, 1999, 1997, 1994 Canada Council Mid Career Grant.
2003 Chalmers Arts Fellowships Grant
2003, 1999, 1997 Toronto Arts Council Grant.
2003, 2001 Ontario Arts Council Senior Artist Grant.
2001 K.M. Hunter Artist Award.
1999, 1995, 1993, 1992, 1991 Ontario Arts Council Individual Artist Grant.
1996 Cultural Human Resources Council. Training Initiatives Programme.
1995 Canada Council Travel Grant.
1995, 1994, 1993, 1991, 1990 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant.
1994 Explorations Grant, (The House Project), The Canada Council.
1994 Special Project Grant, (The House Project), Ontario Arts Council.
1994 Interim Cultural Grant, (The House Project), Toronto Arts Council.
1992 Canada Council Short Term Grant.

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