Lyse Lemieux: A GIRL’S GOTTA DO WHAT A GIRL’S GOTTA DO
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Richmond Art Gallery 180-7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, British Columbia V6Y 1R9
April 23 - July 3

Lyse Lemieux, "Sketch for Wall Drawing 15 (TDL 88)," 2016, black ink drawing.
Lyse Lemieux, "Sketch for Wall Drawing 15 (TDL 88)," 2016, black ink drawing.
The Richmond Art Gallery is pleased to present "A GIRL’S GOTTA DO WHAT A GIRL’S GOTTA DO," a solo exhibition by Vancouver artist Lyse Lemieux.
For over two decades the work of artist Lyse Lemieux has balanced between representation and abstraction while still maintaining a relationship to the human figure. Primarily focused on drawing, Lemieux often challenges the flatness of drawing with work extending into three dimensions and incorporating materials of substance, such as wool felt or shirt collars and cuffs. Significantly, drawing for Lemieux remains “about the body “and “from the body”.
For this exhibition Lemieux has created new large wall drawings made from wool felt created specifically for the gallery space. These works are largely derived from the small scale drawings found in Lemieux’s sketchbooks. Over the last 15 years Lemieux has drawn, painted and collaged in dozens of smaller format sketchbooks. A selection of these will be included in the exhibition illuminating the intuitive, conceptual development of her ideas and impulses.
Lemieux graduated with a BFA from University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, in 1976. In 2015 she exhibited Black is the size of my new skirt at Republic Gallery in Vancouver, and in-Between-In-Between: Lyse Lemieux & Meryl McMaster at Katzman Contemporary in Toronto. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and she is currently represented by Republic Gallery in Vancouver.
The Richmond Art Gallery gratefully acknowledges the on-going support of the City of Richmond, the British Columbia Arts Council, and the Province of British Columbia. The Gallery received a Canada Council project grant in support of this exhibition. Lyse Lemieux also wishes to acknowledge funding received from The Canada Council for the Arts and the British Columbia Arts Council for the exhibition.
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