Caroll Taylor Lindoe: Inch, Foot, Yard, Mile
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TrépanierBaer 105-999 8 St SW, Calgary, Alberta 2R 1J5
Carroll Taylor Lindoe, "Inch, Foot, Yard, Mile," 2001
oil on canvas, 51" x 77"
TrépanierBaer Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Carroll Taylor Lindoe: Inch, Foot, Yard, Mile on Thursday September 10 and on Friday, September 11. This exhibition of works from the corpus of the esteemed artist is her first solo exhibition in Canada in two decades. On view for the first time in twenty years are paintings from the Savage Paintings series; zoomorphic sculptures from the Little Haven / Lizard series; the Beautiful Paintings, and more.
Carroll is one of the nation’s most remarkable artists, with a practice spanning over four decades that includes sculpture, painting, photography, drawing and installations. She produces short, closely-related series in various media, creating works that are simultaneously gleaned from organic, zoomorphic, botanical, and geometrical and architectural references, paying very close attention to the natural world around her.
She has taught at both the University of Calgary and the Alberta College of Art + Design (now the Alberta University of the Arts) where she mentored and inspired a generation of students, while maintaining a prolific and well-respected studio practice expressed by numerous solo and group exhibitions in Canada, the United States, and Europe.
Carroll's studio practice was never fully abandoned; it has been complimented by living a contemplative and industrious life on a farm on Denman Island, British Columbia with horses and a substantial plot of land where she grows and cultivates her own produce. After several years away from the commercial art world , we are thrilled to re-present Ms. Taylor Lindoe’s highly regarded work to a new generation of collectors, curators and critics across the country.
Carroll Taylor Lindoe was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1948 to artists Luke and Vivian Lindoe, from whom she benefited both in learning and association with other artists, she studied formally though only sporadically at the Alberta College of Art + Design (now known as the Alberta University of the Arts). She counts Illingworth Kerr, then Head of the Alberta College of Art + Design, as her mentor throughout her adult life. Her marriage to artist Ron Moppett was mutually supportive as she developed her practice and professionalism throughout the 70s and 80s. She now lives and works on Denman Island, British Columbia.
Her CV reflects an extensive exhibition history of numerous solo and group exhibitions in both public and private galleries. Most recently, her work was included in REBELLIOUS: Alberta Women Artists in the 1980s at the Art Gallery of Alberta (2019). Carroll Taylor Lindoe’s works can be found in many corporate, public, and private collections across Canada such as: the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Alberta, Glenbow Museum, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, in Ottawa, among others.