Lynn Carter tacon.carter@sympatico.ca EDUCATION 1994                      M.F.A., York University, Toronto, Ontario Summer 1987, 81   Banff Centre of Fine Art, Banff, Alberta 1978                      A.O.C.A., Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario EXHIBITIONS (selected) 2009 Cusp, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (solo) Circular Logic, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, New York, U.S.A., (two person) Art Textiles of the World: Canada book launch and exhibition, Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal,    Quebec, Canada 2008 Guangzhou Triennial 08, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China (group) (c) Op Art Revisited, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A. (group) (c) Mixed Messages, Drake Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (group) The Cutting Edge, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (group) 2007 Peak Gallery at ARCO 07 Art Fair, Madrid, Spain (three person) (c) Beyond/In Western New York 2007, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A. (group) (c) Making and Meaning, Object Gallery, Sydney, Australia (group) (c)    Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (two person)    Peak Gallery at TIAF 07 Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (group) 2006 Incognito, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada (solo) (c) Peak Gallery at TIAF 06 Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (group) 2005 Incognito, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (solo) (c) Incognito, The Koffler Gallery, Koffler Centre of the Arts, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (solo) (c) New Work, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (solo) Peak Gallery at MACO 05 Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico (three person) Peak Gallery at TIAF 05 Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (group) 2004 Preserve, White Water Gallery, North Bay, Ontario, Canada (solo) Ignis Fatuus, Roam Contemporary, New York, New York, U.S.A. (three person) Decoy, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (two person) Skin Deep, Art Gallery of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada (two person) (c) Peak Gallery at TIAF 04 Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (group) 2003 Cheat, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (solo) Skin Deep, Stratford Gallery, Ontario, Canada (two person) (c) Dualities, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (group) Peak Gallery at TIAF 03 Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (group) 2002 Semble, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (three person) (c) Skin Deep, The Thames Art Gallery, Chatham Cultural Centre, Ontario, Canada (two person) (c) 2001 Exhale, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (solo) Balance, KAAI Gallery, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (solo) Commute, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. (group) (c) Red, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (group) Duologue, Case Studies, York Quay Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (group) 2000 Redrospective, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (group) (c) 1999 Balance, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (solo) Double, Optica, multidisciplinary room, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (solo) Surface Tension, Art in General Gallery, New York, New York, U.S.A. (group) 1998 Made to Measure, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (three person) 1998 Legato, Galerie Expression, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada (group) 1997 Between Sense and Place, The Winchester Gallery, Winchester School of Art, England (group) (c) Botanical Studies, Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (two Person) 1996 Le Sympo-Fibres international de Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada (group) 1995/6 Heavy Mental, The Power Plant Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (four person) (c) 1994 Freud's Mouth, thesis exhibition, IDA Gallery, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (solo) Duke-u-menta '94, installations in the Duke of Connaught Tavern, Toronto, Ontario, Can. (group) (c) 1993 M.F.A. Darlings Do Art, The Darling Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (three person) 1992 Body Troubles, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (solo) In Illo Tempore, Galerie Expression, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada (two person) The Fetish Show, Lake Galleries, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (group) Themes of Immanence, Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, Ontario, Canada (group) (c) 1990 Intimité, Galerie Palardy, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (three person) 1989 Niagara Artists Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada (two person) Coup de coeur, La Cite de l'Image, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (group) (c) Directions from Historical Sources, Museum for Textiles, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (group) (c) 1988 Notes in a large room, a site work, 37 McCaul St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada (solo) Uncommon Objects Gallery, Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (group) 1987 Clothing as Image, Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada (three person) Wearable Works, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (group) (c) = catalogue PERFORMANCES Elizabeth Dances, performed at: Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, 1987; Kent State University, Kent, Ohio,    U.S.A., 1986; Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., 1986; Artcite, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1985;    The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1985 COMMISSIONS Hibrida,, a thirteen panel permanent wall work co-commissioned with artist Eva Ennist for the Student Centre    Corporation, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 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, Canada Cambridge Gallery, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada Representation: Represented by Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada WEBSITES The Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art: www.ccca.ca/artists/lyn_carter Peak Gallery: www.peakgallery.com/artists/carter_lyn.htm BOOKS and EXHIBITION PUBLICATIONS 2009     Art Textiles of the World: Canada , Telos Art Publishing, England 2008     Farewell to Post-Colonialism, The Third Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, China, essays by Gao Shiming,              Dr. Sarat Maharaj and Chang Tsong-zung 2008     Making + Meaning, Object Gallery, Sydney, Australia, essays by Clare Bond (Austrailai), Karl Chitham (New              Zealand), Lesley Jackson (United Kingdom) and Sarah Quinton (Canada) 2006     Incognito, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Alberta, Koffler Gallery, Toronto and Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen              Sound, essays by Dr. Sarat Maharaj and Carolyn Bell Farrell 2004     Decoy, Open Studio, Toronto, essay by Carolyn Bell Farrell 2002     Skin Deep, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham and Gallery Stratford, Ontario, essay by Philip Beesley 2002     Semble, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, essays by Jeanne Randolph and Susan Gibson-Garvey 1997     Between Sense and Place, The Winchester Gallery, Winchester School of Art, England, essay by Victoria              Mitchell 1996     Heavy Mental, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, essay by Philip Monk 1992     Themes of Immanence, Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, Ontario, essay by Anne West 1990     Intimité, Galerie Frédéric Palardy, Montreal, Quebec, essay by Michel Groleau 1989     Directions: from historical sources, Textile Museum of Canada, essay by Helen Duffy ARTICLES and REVIEWS [selected] Gary Michael Dault, "Out of Textiles, a sculpture comes into being", Review and image in Globe & Mail , Mar.14, 09 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) Julia Dault, "Equal Parts Dr. Seuss and Pure Imagination", Review and image in National Post, Dec. 1, 2005 Gary Michael Dault, "Lyn Carter at the Koffler Gallery", Review and image in Globe & Mail, Sept. 24, 2005 Gary Michael Dault, "Lyn Carter at Peak Gallery", Review in Globe & Mail, Sept. 24, 2005 Santiago Espinosa De Los Monteros, "MACO", Review in ArtNexus, #57, Vol. 3, June-August, 2005 Canadian Art, "Fast Forward, Toronto", Image and notation, Summer 2005, Vol. 22, #2 Lara Bradley, "Time for Art", Review and Image in The Sudbury Star, July 15,2004 Wendy Landry, "Looking at Textiles", Image in Arts Atlantic, Spring 2003 Corinna Ghaznavi, "Lyn Carter, Exhale", Review and image in Espace, 59, Spring, 2002 Gary Michael Dault, "Lyn Carter at Red Head", Review in Globe & Mail, October 14, 2001 Corinna Ghaznavi, "Redrospective", Review and image in d'ART International, vol.3 #2, Fall, 2000 Catherine Osborne, "Arts and Crafts", Article and image in Lola, vol. #4, Summer, 1999 Stuart Reid, Review in Lola, vol. #4, Summer, 1999 Betsy Coulter, Review and image in Lola, vol. #4, Summer, 1999 Kyo Maclear, Preview and image in Toronto Life, February, 1999 Gary Michael Dault, "Working at Human Scale", Review and image in Globe & Mail August 8, 1998 Corinna Ghaznavi, "Made to Measure", Review and image in d'ART International, vol.1 #3, Fall, 1998 Jenifer Papararo, "Made to Measure", Review in Lola, vol. #3, Winter, 1998 Megan Mueller, "City Focus: Toronto", Review and image in Artnews, Vol.95 #5, May, 1996 (New York) John Bentley Mays, "Fetishes, evil toys and oddities", Review in Globe & Mail, Dec.16, 1995 Lisa Balfour Bowen, "Playing with the mind", Review and image in The Toronto Sun, Dec. 17, 1995 Gary Michael Dault, "Tragically Hip", Article in Canadian Art, Vol.11 #4, Winter, 1994 Kate Taylor, "Sculpture and Sampler", Review in Globe & Mail, September 17, 1993 Jean Dumont, "En ce temps - là", Review and image in Le Devoir, March 14, 1992 (Montreal) Brenda Newman, "Solo Show", Review in Montreal Mirror, October 6, 1989 (Montreal) Elizabeth MacKenzie & Judith Schwarz, "My Name is...I am An Artist", Video, 1987 Helen Duffy, "Clothing as Image", Review and image in Ontario Craft, Summer, 1987 Ann Ludbrooke, "Women performers all high energy and funny", Review in Arthur, February 24, 1987 Gilles Daigneault, "Pilon et Carter. À la Galerie Powerhouse", Le Devoir, April 25, 1986, (Montreal) Lulu Darling Cameron, "Clothing as Image", Review and image in Detroit Focus Quarterly, June, 1985 David Livingstone, "Celebrated Occasion", Review and image in Globe & Mail, June 12, 1984 GRANTS and SCHOLARSHIPS Canada Council project grant [2008] Ontario Arts Council Individual Artist Grant [2008, 2005, 2003, 2000, 1996, 1992] Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade - grant for travel [2007] Canada Council travel grant [2007, 1999] Canada Council Creation/Production Grant - Mid Career [2004, 1997 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance grant [2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001] Canada Council   'B' grant [1989] Ontario Arts Council project grant [1988, 1987] Canada Council project grant [1986] Canada Council short term grant [1984, 1981] Banff Centre Scholarship [1981] ARTIST TALKS and RESIDENCIES 2009 Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2008 Invited to present a project-in-process for the second stop of the 'Moving Symposium' of the Third Guangzhou Triennial, Huangshan Workshop held at Huangshan Mountain, China. The curatorial team of the Triennial launched about 15 'Projects-in-Progress' as the debating platform for the Third Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, China. 2007 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, Saskatchewan, Canada. 2007, 2003, 2002, 1999 Artist talk. Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2006 Artist talk. Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada 2005 Artist talk. Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Artist talk. University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Artist talk. Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2004 Artist in Residence & Artist talk at Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2003 Panel member, symposium: "Who Cares? A Discussion of Traditional Practice Today, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2003, 1997 Artist talk. Sheridan College, Dept. of Art and Art History, Oakville, Ontario, Canada 1999, 1996, 1989 Artist talk. Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1996 Artist in Residence. Invited as one of 10 artists to participate in a month long international residency, as part of Sympo-Fibres International de Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada 1994, 1993 Artist talk. York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1994, 1988 Artist talk. Sheridan College, School of Craft and Design, Oakville, Ontario, Canada 1992 Artist talk. University of Quebec in Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1990 Artist talk. Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, U.S.A. Artist talk. Nova Scotia School of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 1986 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, Saskatchewan, Canada RELATED ACTIVITIES 2009 Contributor to Printed Project, Issue 11, "Farewell to post-colonialism", published by Visual Artists Ireland, curator/editor Sarat Maharaj 2005 Juror, Grants to Visual Artists: Mid-Career, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario, Canada 2004 Solo exhibition Cheat at Peak Gallery nominated for Best Show of the Year, (multi-dimensional category), Steam Whistle Art Awards, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1998-2002 Member of Red Head Gallery and Collective. Committees: 2000, Hiring Committee for Director, 1998 to 2000, Scheduling Committee, 2000, Fundraising committee, 2001, Marketing and Networking committee 2001, 1997 Juror at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto City Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1986 Research at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, England, funded by the Canada Council.