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LAURA  VICKERSON

born 1959, Edmonton, Canada

Education

1986 MFA Department of Visual Art, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
1984 Participant, The Banff Centre School of Fine Arts, Studio Program (Winter Cycle 1982-84), Banff, Canada
1981 BFA Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
1977 The Banff Centre, Summer Studio Program, Banff, Canada
1975 The Banff Centre, Summer Studio Program, Banff, Canada

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2001 Trace, Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2000
Offering- a Site-Specific Installation, Eglise Ste.-Roch, Manifestation d’art Internationale de Québec,
Quebec City, Canada
1999
Fairy Tales and Factories, Site-Specific Installation, Farfield Textiles Mill, Sedbergh,
England and Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, England
1998
underthings, Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
1997
Trace, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada
1996
Snow White and Rose Red, Installation, The Works Arts Festival, Edmonton, Canada
1995
Velvet, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, Canada
1995
skin-deep, Articite Incorporated,Windsor, Canada
1994
Seeing Through, Five Window Front Installations, The Performing Arts Centre, Calgary, Canada
1993 Cataract, Stride Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1992
Objects of Desire/Learning Spanish, Art Watch, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Canada
1991
Cataract, Ace Art Incorporated, Winnipeg, Canada
1991
Hive, Neutral Ground, Regina/Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1989
Out of Balance, The New Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1987
Encampment, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Canada

Selected Group Exhibitions

2003 The Dress Show, The Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
2003
Spread, ARTCITY, The Telus Convention Centre, Calgary, Canada
2003 Beyond the Beauty, The Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Canada
2003
5 Degrees, The Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
2002
Metamorphing, The London Science Museum, London, England
2002
The Alberta Biennial, The Edmonton Art Gallery/The Nickle Arts Museum, Edmonton/Calgary, Canada
2002
Red, The Textiles Museum of Canada, William’s Carnations, a Site-Specific Installation, Toronto, Canada
2001
Obsession, The Works /The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
2000
Trace, ArtWalk Festival 2000, IMCA, Calgary, Canada
1999
Petal Pushers, Rose Red Curtain, Site-Specific Installation, Gairloch Gallery, Oakville, Canada
1999 In Extenso, Expression Centre d’Exposition de Ste. Hyacinthe, Canada
1998 Fresh Flowers, Bellevue Art Museum, Washington, USA
1998
Beauty and the Banal, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
1997
5th International Istanbul Biennial*, Istanbul, Turkey
1995 Rhythms, Installation –‘Fragile Heart’ The Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Canada
1995 The Clothing Show, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, Canada
1994
Camera Florae, Laura Vickerson and Helen Sebelius, Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1994
Squint –‘Studies of Nature’ (group of 3), Site-Specific Installation, ArtWeek, Calgary, Canada
1993 Le Jardin Manifeste (group of 3), La Cenrtrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montréal, Québec
1987
Installations*, (with Katherine Knight), Surrey Art Gallery, Canada

Selected Grants and Awards

2003 Canada Council, Mid-Career Production/Creation Grant
1999 Commission for LOCUS and Through Grant from the Arts Council of England
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*catalogue