Elspeth Pratt
Elspeth Pratt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Known for | Sculptor |
Elspeth Pratt (born 1953)[1] is a Canadian contemporary artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Pratt is best known for her colorful sculptures using "poor" materials such as cardboard, polystyrene, balsa wood and vinyl, and for her interest in leisure and consumerism in domestic and public spaces.[2][3][4] Her use of humble, crude, unusual materials has sometimes been compared to the Arte Povera movement.[5][6]
Early life and education[edit]
Pratt earned her BFA from the University of Manitoba in 1981 and her MFA from the University of British Columbia in 1984.[7] She is currently an Associate Professor and Director of the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University.[8]
Awards[edit]
In 2014 Pratt was the recipient of a Vancouver Mayor's Arts Award for Visual Arts.[9] In 1993 she was the recipient of a VIVA Award from the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation.[10]
Collections[edit]
Pratt's work is in the collections of the City of Richmond's collection of public art,[11] the Glenbow Museum,[12] the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and the Vancouver Art Gallery.[13]
Select exhibitions[edit]
- 3 Sculptors: Samuel Roy-Bois, Elspeth Pratt, Jack Jeffrey, Trapp Projects, Vancouver, BC (2019)[14]
- Out of Sight: New Acquisitions, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (2014)[15]
- Nonetheless (solo), Cooley Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, USA (2011)[16]
- Second Date (solo), Vancouver Art Gallery Offsite, Vancouver, BC (2011).[17]
- Silent as Glue, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC (2011)[18]
- Silent as Glue, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta (2010–11)[19]
- Haptic, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC (2011)[20]
- SLOW: Relations + Practices, Centre A, Vancouver, BC (2011)[21]
- Enacting Abstraction, Vancouver Art Gallery (2009)[22]
- Two-person show with Elizabeth MacIntosh, Diaz Contemporary (2008)[23]
- Nonetheless (solo), Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC (2008)[24][25]
- Bluff (solo), Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (2007)[26]
- Doubt (solo), Artspeak, Vancouver, BC (2002)[27]
Publications[edit]
In 2011, the Charles H. Scott Gallery and Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery co-published a monograph on Pratt's work, with essays by Lorna Brown, Lisa Robertson, Matthew Stadler, Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber, Oliver Neumann, and Stephanie Snyder.[28]
References[edit]
- ^ Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (December 19, 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 9781135638825 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Sculpture - The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
- ^ "C: A Critical Visual Art Magazine". C magazine. 7 June 1987 – via Google Books.
- ^ Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 9781135638825 – via Google Books.
- ^ Dault, Garry Michael. "Elspeth Pratt". Border Crossings. 30 (3): 128–129.
- ^ Dault, Garry Michael (Oct 18, 2008). "Gallery Going". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/espace/1996-n36-espace1048077/9902ac.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Faculty - School for the Contemporary Arts - Simon Fraser University". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ Vancouver, City of (2017-10-02). "Mayor's Arts Award for Visual Arts". vancouver.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "VIVA Award Recipients 1988-2017". The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "City of Richmond BC - Elspeth Pratt". www.richmond.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "The Glenbow Museum > Collections Search Results". ww2.glenbow.org. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ Government of Canada, Department of Canadian Heritage (January 1998). "Artefacts Canada". app.pch.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "3 Sculptors".
- ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery". www.vanartgallery.bc.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "Cooley Art Gallery Exhibition Archives".
- ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery". www.vanartgallery.bc.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "Silent as Glue". Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "SAAG - Southern Alberta Art Gallery". www.saag.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ Projects, UNIT/PITT (16 July 2010). "Tegan Moore and Elspeth Pratt: Haptic". Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "SLOW: Relations + Practices | Centre A". Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery". www.vanartgallery.bc.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ Dault, Garry Michael (October 18, 2008). "Elizabeth MacIntosh and Elspeth Pratt at Diaz Contemporary". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ "Nonetheless -- Libby Leshgold Gallery". libby.ecuad.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "Elspeth Pratt builds outside the rules". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 27 February 2008.
- ^ "Elspeth Pratt | Bluff". Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "Elspeth Pratt | Artspeak". Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ Pratt, Elspeth; Slade, Kathy; Charles H. Scott Gallery; Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, eds. (2011). Elspeth Pratt. Vancouver: Emily Carr University Press. ISBN 9780921356370.