About
BIO
Lisa Carney is a multidisciplinary artist who was raised in an artistic family on the Gaspe Peninsula, in Quebec, Canada. She earned a degree in Visual Arts from the University of Quebec in Montreal, and has since developed technical prowess in many different artistic mediums.
The artist has participated in several one-person and group exhibitions throughout Canada and the United States including those at the Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire; Galerie La Seigneurie in the Vanier Cultural Centre, Châteauguay, Quebec; SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, British Columbia; and Artists Space, New York, NY.
Her work is included in many private and corporate collections world-wide including the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Thérèse-de Blainville. It is on display in galleries in Quebec, Canada, in addition to those in New Jersey and Washington in the U.S. It has been accepted by Ugallery, a curated online gallery based in San Francisco, CA.
Carney and her art work has been featured in numerous publications and books including appearing on the first page of Courrier Laval. She has curated exhibitions through La Galerie Fleur-De-Lys, which she operated in Ste-Anne-Des-Plaines for three years. She is a member of several distinguished arts organizations such as Conseil de la Culture des Laurentides and RAAV (Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec).
STATEMENT
My desire to create is fueled by our beautiful planet and its phenomena. Art and music are the vehicles I use to express the creative energies that reside in me. These past few years, abstract painting has been my way to communicate everything I absorb.
Working by intuition, relying on instinct, my process involves developing several paintings at a time, allowing me to explore many ideas that I divide by themes in series. I paint mostly with acrylic on canvas, naturally making unconscious decisions about what colors to use and how I will blend them to my satisfaction.
Because I am a very much grounded person close to nature, one can find in my work, textures that resemble roots, splashes that are reminiscent of wild flowered fields and colored scrapes that suggest mineral veins.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 GeoFlora, Le Grilladin Restaurant, Mont-Laurier, QC
2013 GeoHorizon, Maison Paul-Emile Borduas, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC, Curator: Marie-Andree Leclerc
2013 Panorama Geologique, Centre Culturel Vanier, Chateauguay, QC, Curator: Stephane Beauregard
2012 GeoHorizon, Gabrielle-Roy Library, Fabreville, Laval, QC
2010 Lisa Carney, Salle Sœur Louis, La Maison de la Culture de Waterloo, Waterloo, QC
2006 Lisa Carney, Maison Chaumont, Sainte-Anne-Des-Plaines, QC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Encore Vert, E.K. Voland Art Center, Montreal, QC
2018 Espace Claire-Leger, Arts Sutton Art Center, Sutton, QC
Galerie d'art de la Vieille Usine de L'Anse-a-Beaufils, Perce, QC
2017 Fait Maison, La Maison des artistes visuels francophones, Saint-Boniface, MB
The 9th Annual Square Foot Show, Paula White Diamond Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2016 Open Studio, Sainte-Anne-Des-Plaines, QC
Quoi De neuf, L'Artotheque, Montreal, QC
Exhibition of Lorraine Artists and Guests, Lorraine, QC
2015 Sainte-Anne-Des-Plaines Library, Sainte-Anne-Des-Plaines, QC
Warmth, E.K. Voland Art Center, Montreal, QC
2015 - 2011 Espace Fresque, Val-David Church, Val-David, QC
2014 Artbomb Art Market, E.K. Voland Art Center, Montreal, QC
2013 Holyday Exhibition of Smalls, Koyman Gallery, Ottawa, ON
The 5th Annual Square Foot Show, Paula White Diamond Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Toronto Fall Home Show by ETSY & HGTV, Toronto, ON
2013, 2012 U8 EVENT, SOPA Fine Arts Gallery, Kelowna, BC
2013 - 2009 Miniature Art Extravaganza, Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
2012 The 4th Annual Square Foot Show, Paula White Diamond Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Small Works for Christmas, Repentigny Art Center, Repentigny, QC
Festival International Montreal en Arts (FIMA), Montreal, QC
Office of Charmaine Borg, NPD Member of Parliament, Terrebonne, QC
2012 - 2009 Office of Daniel Ratthe Member for Blainville, Blainville, QC
2012 - 2005 Festival de Peinture a Mascouche, Mascouche, QC
2011 Evenement 28, Praxis Art Actuel, Ste-Therese, QC
Duo Show Paintings-Jewelry, Crystal Racine Art Gallery, Montreal, QC
2010 Entre l’ame et l’ecorce (Trio), Ste-RoseArt Center, Laval, QC
2010, 2009 Expressionart Gallery, Laval, QC
2009 Symposium de Bois-Des-Filions, Bois-Des-Filions, QC
Symposium Ress-Art, Ahuntsic Parc, Montreal, QC
2009, 2008 Symposium de Sainte-Rose, Laval, QC
2008 Biennale Internationale d'Art Miniature, Salle Augustin-Chenier, Ville-Marie, QC
2007 La Diversite dans l'art, MontrealArts Club, Montreal, QC
Artcolle, Musee de l’art du collage, Les Hauts de Belleville, Paris, France
Papiers Croises 2007, Musee de l’art du collage, Les Hauts de Belleville, Paris, France
A Woman's Work Is Never Done, Progress Energy Art Gallery, New Port Richey, FL, USA
2006 Art in Hand 4 x 4" Artwork, Tulsa, OK, USA
Night of 1000 Drawings A Benefit for Artists Space, New-York, NY, USA
Visual AIDS Postcards from the Edge Benefit, New-York, NY, USA
EDUCATION
1994 Independent Studies in Visual Arts, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
1993 Certificate in Visual Arts, Universite Laval & Universite du Québec a Montreal
AWARDS AND HONORS
2009-08 Honourable mention, Festival de Peinture a Mascouche, Mascouche, QC
2007 3rd Prize, Festival de Peinture a Mascouche, Mascouche, QC
2006 Coup de Cœur Prize, Festival de Peinture a Mascouche, Mascouche QC
(Given by an artist member of the jury : Jacques Clement)
COLLECTIONS
Several international private collections, in Canada, United States, Europe, Australia, Germany and in Asia as well as corporate at the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie Therese-de Blainville and VL Communications, Laval, QC
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Arts Sutton Art Center – Member: 2017 to present
La Maison des artistes visuels francophones, Saint-Boniface, MB- Member : 2012 to present
Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Quebec (RAAV) - Member : 2011 to present
Conseil de la Culture des Laurentides (CCL) - Member: 2010 to present
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
XC Art Restoration
Toronto, ON, 2012 to présent
L'Arthoteque
Montreal, QC, 2012 to present
Ugallery
San Francisco, CA, USA, 2015 to present
Galerie d'Art Beauchamp
Québec, QC, 2018 - 2019
We Are Now
Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2015 - 2019
Koyman Galleries
Ottawa, ON, 2012 - 2015
Raffsonni
Hackensack, NJ, USA, 2010 - 2014
Ghost Gallery
Seattle, WA, USA, 2009 - 2013
PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA
SKINNER Diane, “Lisa Carney's art inspired by the Gaspé”, The Gaspé Spec, New-Carlisle, August 15, 2018, Volume 44, No.32, page 1
FARLEY Katie, "Art - Lisa Carney", Blanc Magazine, April 2018
“Green Meadow” on the coer of "This Invisible Beauty", book by Tina Egnoski, Finishing Line press, Ed. 1, 2017
“Autumn Joy” in the Saatchi Art fall catalog, Fall 2015, page 26
“Inside the studio: Lisa Carney” Interview by Saatchi Art, July 03, 2015
“Raisin Blue” in the “Best of 2015” collection by chef curator Rebecca Wilson, Saatchi Art, 2015
BRAULT Andréanne “Dans la terre de Lisa Carney“, Vallée Du Richelieu Express, St-Georges, Mai 14, 2013
DUCHESNEAU Patrick, “De La Terre Aux Murs“, Le Soleil de Châteauguay, Châteauguay, August 28, 2013
LEBLANC Benoit, “Adèle Zanni et Lisa Carney exposent leurs œuvres“, Courrier Laval, Laval, August 18, 2012
“Pearblossom” in an episode of Being Human II, Montréal, QC, 2012
CARNEY Lisa, “Muse Painting”, ArtWise Newsletter, Curry’s Artists’ Materials, January 2009, Volume 5, No.1
Photography of me painting, Courrier Laval, Laval, July 22, 2009, Volume 37, No.30, page 1
DAN, “Layers, Patterns, and Color: Abstract Collage Artwork by Lisa Carney”, EmptyEasle, November 19, 2008
VARET Pierre Jean, “Les Techniques de l’art du collage à l’aube du vingt et unième siècle“, Artcolle ED, January 2008, Paris, page 37
“Sunset Summer” on the cover of Brève Littéraires and bio p.125, Brèves Ed, Laval, June 2007, no 76
EXPÉRIENCE ET IMPLICATION
Creation and operation of an online gallery, GalerieFleurDeLys.com, 2008 to 2011