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Lorna Russell (1933 - 2023)

Lorna Russell (b. 1933, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, d. 2023, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.) began her lifelong study of prairie landscapes as a child when she accompanied her father, a University of Saskatchewan plant pathologist and botanist, as he travelled to research and document various elements of the prairie grasslands around Saskatchewan. Robert N. Hurley accompanied Lorna and her family on many of these trips as a lab technician and she was able to observe his landscape painting during these treks. She incorporated art classes into her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Saskatchewan (completed in 1956) and later obtained her Professional "A" Teaching Certificate from the University of Saskatchewan in 1968 with a focus on art education. During the late 1960s and 1970s, she was employed as an art educator and consultant for the public school system and various arts organizations such as the Saskatchewan Society for Education Through Art and the Mendel Art Gallery. She was a mentor for many generations of prairie artists and art educators. Lorna Russell faithfully documented specific sites over many years, returning seasonally. Her distinctive prairie landscapes have been exhibited across Canada in various solo and group exhibitions and can be found in many private and public collections.

Curriculum Vitae

Born: 1933, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Died: 2023, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

EDUCATION

1956 Bachelor of Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask, Majors in Psychology & Fine Arts
1968 Professional "A" Teaching Certificate, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask

RELATED EXPERIENCE

1968-70 Art teacher, public elementary and high schools in Saskatoon, Sask
1968-72 Art consultant, Saskatchewan Teachers Federation and Saskatchewan Society for Education Through Art
1972-76 Education officer, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask, Art consultant, Saskatchewan Teachers Federation
1979 Art instructor, Muenster Art Program, Muenster, Sask. and Summer School of the Arts, Fort San, Sask,

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1963 Saskatoon Art Centre, Saskatoon, Sask. Fall Show
1971 Frances Morrison Library Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. Paintings and Drawings
1971 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask Recent Works by Saskatoon Artists
1972 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask Prairie landscapes
1975 Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Sask. Shoestring Group Show
1975 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. Thornsbury Connection
1975 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask Saskatoon Women Artists
1976 Dandelion Art Gallery, Calgary, Alta. The Shoestring Exchange
1977 Frances Morrison Library Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. Watercolours from the Collection of the Saskatchewan Arts Board
1977 London Art Gallery, London, Ont. London/Saskatoon Exchange
1977 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. Selected Saskatchewan Drawings
1977 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask Saskatoon Jury Show
1978 Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask Recent Acquisitions Prom the Collection of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Sask Current Directions
1978 Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Sask. The Saskatchewan Arts Board Collection
1979 Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. A Foot in Any Direction (toured) and Prairie Suite (toured)
1980 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask Saskatchewan Open ‘80
1980 Mendel Art Gallery, Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask 100% Rag (toured) and Rural Saskatchewan (toured)
1982 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon Sask. Saskatchewan Open '82
1986 Robson Square Exhibition Centre, Vancouver, B.C. Out of Saskatchewan - An Exhibition of Contemporary Art
1986 Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, Sask. Saskatchewan landscape
1990 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. Saskatchewan Open '90
1994 Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB. Hidden Values
1996 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK. Painters on Site
2002-04 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK. The Heart as a Way, toured throughout SK
2005 McIntyre Gallery, Regina, Sask. Three Landscape Artists
2007 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. Conex-Us
2009 MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Sask. When I Think of the Land

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1972 Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask Watercolour and Gouache Paintings
1973 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask Prairie Paintings
1974 Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. Images in Oil
1975 Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University ofSaskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask
1977 Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask Roads
1981 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask, Lorna Russell Cutting: A Retrospective (toured)
1982 Little Gallery, Prince Albert Art Centre, Prince Albert, Sask Lorna Russell
1983 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. Lorna Russell; Drawings 1980-83
1986 Art Placement inc/The Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. Lorna Russell - Paintings and Drawings
1996 Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Salon Series. Regina, Sask. Lorna Russell: A Modest, but Passionate
Vision
2007 Art Placement inc/The Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. Lorna Russell - Paintings
2010 Art Placement inc/The Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. Lorna Russell - Recent Paintings
2011 McIntyre Gallery, Regina, Sask. Lorna Russell
2013 Art Placement inc/The Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. Lorna Russell - Known by Heart

MAJOR COLLECTIONS

The Fred Mendel Collection, Saskatoon, Sask.
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask,
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina, Sask.
Nutana Collegiate Memorial Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask.
Bedford Road Collegiate, Saskatoon, Sask.
Vincent Massey Public School, Saskatoon, Sask.
Holliston Public School, Saskatoon, Sask.
Nutrien, Saskatoon, SK,
Moose Jaw Art Museum and National Exhibition Centre,
Moose Jaw, Sask,
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Sask
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ont.
Air Canada, Montreal, Que.
Gulf Canada Resources Limited, Calgary, Alta.
North Canadian Oils Limited, Regina, Sask.
SaskTel, Regina, Sask.
Kamloops Public Art Gallery, Kamloops, B.C
Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, ON
Pacific and Western Investments

COMMISSIONS

Lithograph edition for Bank of Nova Scotia, Saskatoon, Sask.
Paintings for North Canadian Oils Limited, Regina, Sask.
Paintings for DOFASCO, Hamilton, Ont

SOCIETIES/ORGANIZATIONS

1971-Founding member, Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask.

AWARDS

1973, 1984,1987,1989, 1992, 2002 Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board

 


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