LYLA RYE
Recent:
DEVIATIONS, February 12 - March 12, 2022 at General Hardware
Lyla Rye is a Toronto based artist, who began her studies in architecture. She works in installation, sculpture, video and photography to explore our experience of architectural space. Using angled forms, images, and the space itself, she creates encounters that require active viewing. Whether sculptural or video-based, the installations engage physically, optically, and conceptually, hailing us to our perception of time and space.
Rye received a BFA from York University and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. For over 20 years her work has been exhibited in galleries across Canada and internationally including San Francisco, New York, Adelaide (Australia), Paris, and Berlin. She has exhibited at The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Power Plant, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, The Mendel Art Gallery, The Textile Museum of Canada and Koffler Gallery among others. Her work is included in collections such as The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, York University, Cadillac Fairview Corporation, Tom Thomson Art Gallery and The Robert McLaughlin Gallery. She has founded and exhibited with a number of collectives including NetherMind, 5 things hic and Persona Volare. Recent exhibitions include Abide at TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary, The Karachi Biennale in Pakistan and Mirage at Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art in Toronto.
Artist website: https://www.lylarye.com/
Portrait by: Greg Edwards
BLAZE, June 20 - August 8, 2020 at General Hardware
OCT. 25 - NOV. 12, 2019 KARACHI BIENNALE in Pakistan featuring Lyla Rye’s recent video installation.
Abide, TRUCK Contemporary Art, Calgary, April - May 18, 2019
Lyla Rye review by Stephanie Cormier
