artist lecture: lee goreas

Art and Art History Presents
Lee Goreas
Thursday 5 February 2009
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Sheridan, Lecture Hall B124



Toronto artist and Art and Art History professor Lee Goreas maintains a multi-disciplinary practice with a focus on drawing and installation. His work questions the persuasive authority of both popular and institutional culture. Goreas's recent work, entitled Pars & Stars, is currently on view at Hallwalls Gallery in Buffalo, New York. Exhibition curator John Massier: "In what often turns out to be the telling equation in Goreas' work, what at first appears ludicrous eventually blossoms into entirely unexpected but fulsome significance. By collapsing the art and golf worlds, Goreas is mocking neither art nor golf, but recognizing their shared attitudes - either can be aggressive, elegant, frustrating, or sublime."

Goreas completed a MFA at York University and a BFA at the University of Victoria; he also holds a Diploma from UBC Okanagan. He has been a practicing professional artist for 19 years, and exhibits locally, nationally and internationally. Goreas is represented by BirchLibralato in Toronto.