artist lecture: lyla rye

Art and Art History Presents

Lyla Rye

Thursday 11 March 2010
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Sheridan B124
1430 Trafalgar Road, Oakville

STATEMENT
My work explores the perception of space by creating installations that draw the viewer into subtly illogical situations. In a range of media I aim to throw the viewer slightly off balance; optically, physically and often psychologically. In doing so, the subliminal expectations of space can surface and be examined.

BIO
Lyla Rye is an installation artist who lives and works in Toronto. She received a BFA from York University and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. She has exhibited nationally and internationally since 1989. Recent solo exhibitions include Interplay, Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin (2007), Hopscotch, Agnes Etherington Gallery, Kingston and Esplanade Gallery, Medicine Hat (2006 & 07); Flesh and Blood, Cambridge Public Galleries, Ontario (2003). Internationally, Rye has exhibited in San Francisco, New York, Adelaide, Australia, Paris, and Berlin. Her work is in the collections of York University, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Cadillac Fairview Corporation and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.




Image: Lyla Rye, Dream Home, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2009