Lorena Ziraldo (born in Italy)[1] is a Canadian artist based in Ottawa, Ontario.[2] She works mainly in oil and employs bold colors in a loose, gestural style.[3][4][5]

Lorena Ziraldo
Ziraldo in 2013
Born
Udine, Italy
NationalityCanadian
OccupationPainter
Years active1980–present

Education edit

She studied Art History at the University of Toronto and Fine Arts under Gerald Ferguson at NSCAD University, obtaining her BFA in 2000.[6][7]

Work edit

Her paintings have been exhibited in Canada and the USA.[8][9][10][11] Ziraldo's 2014 solo exhibition "National Portrait Gallery" at Wallack's Galleries[12] called for the creation of a portrait gallery in the nation's capital.[13][14][15][16]

Awards edit

  • Walker Industries Art Competition, 2019, 2nd Prize[17]
  • Figureworks Award Show, 2011, 1st Prize[18]

Exhibition catalogues edit

  • "Beauty In The Time Of ...", 2022, Orange Art Gallery, Ottawa[19]
  • "Seventeen Years, 17 Paintings", 2018, Secord Gallery, Halifax[20]
  • "Couleur, beauté et quadrillage", 2017, Galerie d’art Blanche, Montreal[21]
  • "National Portrait Gallery", 2014, Wallack’s Galleries, Ottawa[22]
  • "Snapshot", 2013, Secord Gallery, Halifax[23]

References edit

  1. ^ "Lorena Ziraldo | Secord Gallery". www.secordgallery.com. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  2. ^ "Art Appeal" (PDF). Re:porter: The Art Issue (85): 10. May–June 2023.
  3. ^ "Visual Viewpoints: Ziraldo's paintings show sensitive style." The Chronicle Herald, October 17, 2013.
  4. ^ "Ziraldo looks at us, the viewers." The Chronicle Herald, November 6, 2011.
  5. ^ "Painterly Pauses: Lorena Ziraldo – The A Word". Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  6. ^ “VIVID Volume 22, Spring 2013.” Nova Scotia College of Art & Design.
  7. ^ "Biography Lorena Ziraldo". orangeartgallery.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  8. ^ “Ziraldo: Queen of colour.” The Chronicle Herald, February 22, 2007.
  9. ^ "Mother as Artist - the Ottawa Citizen, 28 March 2013". Retrieved 2020-11-28 – via PressReader.
  10. ^ Ziraldo, Lorena. "(2012-12-06) San Francisco Hotel Hosts Lorena Ziraldo [San Francisco Argot Ochre]". Academia.
  11. ^ "Gauntlet, Hotel California, Mirus, Fabric8 - San Francisco California Art Galleries Events: December 8, 2012". www.artbusiness.com. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  12. ^ Peter Simpson. "The Queen, The PM, Ghomeshi & me: Scenes from Canada's new "National Portrait Gallery"." Ottawa Citizen, November 12, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  13. ^ “Stepping into the gallery gap.” Ottawa Citizen, November 13, 2014.
  14. ^ "Stepping into the Gallery Gap - Ottawa Citizen, 13 November 2014". Retrieved 2020-11-28 – via PressReader.
  15. ^ “Artist paints Queen Elizabeth, other prominent people, wants national portrait gallery.” The Hill Times, November 17, 2014.
  16. ^ "Artist paints Queen Elizabeth, other prominent people, wants national portrait gallery". The Hill Times. 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  17. ^ "Walker Industries Art Competition (2019) at The Pumphouse". TAG Art Gallery. 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  18. ^ "Figureworks, figurative art of the human form, in the Ottawa Valley". 2012-05-27. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  19. ^ Ziraldo, Lorena (2022-01-01). "(2022) Orange Gallery, Ottawa [Solo Exhibition]". Exhibition Catalogue. ISBN 979-8-21-191019-5.
  20. ^ Ziraldo Secord, L. (18 September 2018). Seventeen Years, 17 Paintings. ISBN 9780464819929.
  21. ^ Ziraldo, Lorena. "(2017) Galerie d'art Blanche, Montréal [Solo Exhibition]". Academia.
  22. ^ “Wallack's Galleries, Ottawa.”
  23. ^ Ziraldo, Lorena. (2013) Secord Galleries, Halifax [Solo Exhibition].

External links edit