Fragment 5 (The Mentor), 2022, Acrylic, canvas, collage and grout on wood panel, 16 x 20 in (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Little fly, 2022, Acrylic, canvas and grout on wood panel, 18 x 24 in (45.7 x 61 cm)
Fragment 6 (Hand and Glove), 2022, Acrylic, canvas and grout on wood panel, 16 x 20 in (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Fragment 2 (Loose hands), 2022, Pencil crayon, acrylic, paper, and grout on wood panel, 24 x 20 in (61 x 50.8 cm)
Fragment 1, 2022, Pencil crayon, acrylic, canvas, collage and grout on wood panel, 24 x 20 in (61 x 50.8 cm)
Fragment 4 (Near Far), 2022, Pencil crayon, acrylic, canvas, oil, collage and grout on wood panel, 24 x 18 in (61 x 45.7 cm)
Back to Lorraine, exhibition view, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
The Veil, 2021, Pencil crayon, oil paint, acrylic and wax on paper and canvas, 40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Back to Lorraine, exhibition view, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
Tide Lines, 2021, Pencil crayon, oil paint, acrylic and wax on paper and canvas, 40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Summer drawings (3,4), 2021, Pencil crayon, acrylic and collage on paper, 14 x 11.5 in (35.6 x 29.2 cm)
Verso, 2021, Pencil crayon, oil paint, acrylic and wax on paper and canvas, 30 x 24 in (76.2 x 61 cm)
Verso, 2021, Pencil crayon, oil paint, acrylic and wax on paper and canvas
Summer drawings (1,2), 2021, Pencil crayon and acrylic on paper, 18 x 28.75 in (45.7 x 73 cm)
Hand and glove, 2021, Pencil crayon, oil paint, acrylic and wax on paper and canvas, 32.5 x 28 in (82.6 x 71.1 cm)
The Hare, 2020, Oil paint, pencil crayon, pastel and collage on canvas, mounted with wax and adhesive on canvas, 48 x 39.5 in (121.9 x 100.3 cm)
Theatre, 2020, Oil paint, pencil crayon, pastel and collage on canvas, mounted with wax and adhesive on canvas, 40 x 33 in (101.6 x 83.8 cm)
Sky News, 2020, Oil paint, pencil crayon, pastel on canvas, mounted with wax and adhesive on canvas, 47 x 36 in (119.4 x 91.4 cm)
Sea Change, 2020, Oil paint, pencil crayon and pastel on canvas, mounted with wax and adhesive on canvas, 31.5 x 30 in (80 x 76.2 cm)
Soap and Shadow, 2021, Oil paint, wax, pencil crayon, pastel, wax and adhesive on canvas behind lucite box, 36 x 30 x 3 in (91.4 x 76.2 x 7.6 cm)
Katie Lyle
b. Victoria, CA
Lives and works in Toronto, CA
Education
2009 MFA, University of Victoria, Victoria, CA
2005 BFA, Art History and Studio Art, Concordia University, Montreal, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA (forthcoming)
2022 Loose Hands, Chris Andrews, Montreal, CA
2021 Back to Lorraine, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
2019 Theatre, La Datcha, Berlin, DE
2018 An Ear in a Pond, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, CA
2017 The weather in the room, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto, CA
2017 Why do I hear the ocean in my ear?, The Loon, Toronto, CA
2016 The Layers, Evans Contemporary, Peterborough, CA
2015 The End of Vandalism, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, CA
2014 Gene Pool, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, CA
Two-Person Exhibitions & Collaborations
2021 Terms of Endearment (w. Ella Dawn McGeough), Support, London, CA (curated by Lillian O’Brien Davis)
2020 Greener than grass (w. Ella Dawn McGeough), Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto, CA (curated by Lillian O’Brien Davis)
2019 Read me, Love me, Leave me (w. Shelby Wright), Toronto Biennial, Toronto, CA
2018 Fascia Lines, (w. Lotus L. Kang), Projet Pangee, Montreal, CA
2018 A Room to Perform (w. Shelby Wright), SummerWorks Festival, Toronto, CA
2017 Interplay Series (w. Shelby Wright), Vancouver, CA
2017 PS: We are all here (w. Shelby Wright), Toronto Community Dance Love In, CA
2017 Critical Distance response (with Shelby Wright), aceartsinc, Winnipeg, CA
2017 Until it becomes porous (w. Shelby Wright), Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, CA
2016 A Face or a script where the lines keep changing (w. Bridget Moser), G Gallery, Toronto, CA
2016 Movements for a Neighbouring Room (w. Shelby Wright), Forest City Gallery, London, CA
2015 What she is not, what she is, what she can be, Garden Avenue, Toronto, CA (curated by Jennifer Carvalho)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Atavism for the Future, Ehrlich Steinberg, Los Angeles, US
2023 The Living Picture, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA (organized by Katie Lyle)
2022 Trip Like I Do, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
2022 Banquette, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver, CA (organized by Marlon Kroll)
2021 Dancing with Tantalus, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CA (curated by Lillian O’Brien Davis)
2019 Commutiny, Sibling, Toronto, CA (organized by geetha thurairajah)
2019 Heads, MacIntosh Gallery, Western University, London, CA (curated by Sky Glabush)
2019 Asphodel Meadows, Mother Culture, Toronto, CA (organized by Caleb Dunham)
2019 Backgrounds, Carl Louie, Toronto, CA
2018 An Assembly of Shapes, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, CA (curated by Clara Halpern)
2018 The nanking cherry finds a hill, 67 Steps, Los Angeles, US
2017 PUDDLING: As her fate, she accepted the world of ice, shining, shimmering, dead (The Island), Stony Lake, CA
2017 water astonishing, Wil Aballe Art Projects, Vancouver, CA
2017 Until it becomes porous, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, CA
2016 Aligned with the Curve of Night, MODEL Project Space, Vancouver, CA
2016 Spirit Gum, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, CA
Press and Reviews
2022 Tatum Dooley ‘Katie Lyle’, Border Crossings Magazine, January
2021 Kim Neudorf, ‘Katie Lyle & Ella Dawn McGeough Terms of Endearment’, Esse
2018 Saelan Twerdy, Review of Fascia Lines, Canadian Art Magazine, Fall/Winter Issue
2017 Darby Milbrath, Interview with Katie Lyle, Editorial Magazine
2016 Ari Hoekstra, Review of The Layers, Canadian Art Magazine
2016 Justina Bohach, Review of Movements for a Room, C Magazine
2015 Steffanie Ling, Akimblog, September
2014 Brad Phillips, ‘Portrait Relief.’ ArtSlant
Publications, Projects and Writing
2019 exhibition text for Sara Maston, WATERSNAKE, Toronto, CA
2018 exhibition text for Jennifer Carvalho, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, CA
2018 exhibition text for Catherine Telford Keogh, Evans Contemporary, Peterborough, CA
2017 Kakaesque Journal, Franz Kaka at Art Toronto, CA
2017 To Begin, Framework text, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto, CA
2016 Drawings on Yellow Paper, text by Jacquelyn Ross, Blank Cheque Publications
2016 JAM ON TOAST, Slow Editions
Grants and Awards
2020 Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2019 Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2018 Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2017 Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2016 Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2016 Project Grant, Toronto Arts Council
2014 Project Grant, Toronto Arts Council
2014 Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2012 Honourable Mention and Purchase Prize Winner, RBC Painting Competition
Residencies and Fairs
2021 NADA House, New York, US
2019 Sunday Art Fair, London, UK
2017 Toronto Art Fair, CA
2017 Stone Boat Artist Residency, Lanark, CA
2016 Choreography Across Disciplines, Thematic Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, CA