Catherine Lane
Catherine Lane (Toronto, ON) completed her BFA and MFA at York and has exhibited widely at venues in Canada and abroad. Through the use of drawing-based installation, Lane’s current studio practice focuses on the idea of the multiplicity of fragmented storytelling, where connections and conclusions are not definitive, but where the focus is instead placed on the numerous possibilities of what the story can be. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional surfaces are used as a base for ink and watercolour drawings, which depict the characters and the more action-oriented or fantastical elements of the narrative. These stories are both non-linear and wordless. Ideally, this form of storytelling serves as an exploratory narrative, where the viewer/reader analyzes the given images, actively discovering and piecing together their own story.
The Open Studio residency is one that is very unique in that it allows artists without printmaking backgrounds to experiment and complete a print-based project with the studio’s technical assistance. I had a great experience working with Open Studio and truly feel lucky to have had such an opportunity. – Catherine Lane, Visiting Artist 2011-12