Elspeth Pratt Explained

Elspeth Pratt
Birth Date: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

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

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

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

Publications

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Jules. Heller. Nancy G.. Heller. December 19, 2013. Routledge. 9781135638825. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Sculpture - The Canadian Encyclopedia. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
  3. Web site: C: A Critical Visual Art Magazine. 7 June 1987. C magazine. Google Books.
  4. Book: North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Jules. Heller. Nancy G.. Heller. 19 December 2013. Routledge. 9781135638825. Google Books.
  5. Dault. Garry Michael. Elspeth Pratt. Border Crossings. 30. 3. 128–129.
  6. News: Dault. Garry Michael. Gallery Going. Oct 18, 2008. The Globe and Mail.
  7. https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/espace/1996-n36-espace1048077/9902ac.pdf
  8. Web site: Faculty - School for the Contemporary Arts - Simon Fraser University. www.sfu.ca. 2019-03-11.
  9. Web site: Mayor's Arts Award for Visual Arts. Vancouver. City of. 2017-10-02. vancouver.ca. en-US. 2019-03-11.
  10. Web site: VIVA Award Recipients 1988-2017. The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation. en-CA. 2019-03-11.
  11. Web site: City of Richmond BC - Elspeth Pratt. www.richmond.ca. 2019-03-11.
  12. Web site: The Glenbow Museum > Collections Search Results. ww2.glenbow.org. 2019-03-11.
  13. Web site: Artefacts Canada. Government of Canada. Department of Canadian Heritage. app.pch.gc.ca. January 1998 . 2019-03-11.
  14. Web site: 3 Sculptors.
  15. Web site: Vancouver Art Gallery. www.vanartgallery.bc.ca. 2019-03-11.
  16. Web site: Cooley Art Gallery Exhibition Archives.
  17. Web site: Vancouver Art Gallery. www.vanartgallery.bc.ca. 2019-03-11.
  18. Web site: Silent as Glue. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. 2019-03-11.
  19. Web site: SAAG - Southern Alberta Art Gallery. www.saag.ca. 2019-03-11.
  20. Web site: Tegan Moore and Elspeth Pratt: Haptic. Projects. UNIT/PITT. 16 July 2010. en-CA. 2019-03-11.
  21. Web site: SLOW: Relations + Practices Centre A. en-US. 2019-03-11.
  22. Web site: Vancouver Art Gallery. www.vanartgallery.bc.ca. 2019-03-11.
  23. News: Elizabeth MacIntosh and Elspeth Pratt at Diaz Contemporary. Dault. Garry Michael. October 18, 2008. The Globe and Mail.
  24. Web site: Nonetheless -- Libby Leshgold Gallery. libby.ecuad.ca. 2019-03-11.
  25. Web site: Elspeth Pratt builds outside the rules. 27 February 2008. Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly.
  26. Web site: Elspeth Pratt Bluff. Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. en-CA. 2019-03-11.
  27. Web site: Elspeth Pratt Artspeak. en-US. 2019-03-11.
  28. Book: Elspeth Pratt. 2011. Emily Carr University Press. 9780921356370. Pratt. Elspeth. Vancouver. Slade. Kathy. Charles H. Scott Gallery. Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery.

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