About the Artist
 

Sculptor, painter, writer, l.t. dougherty has been working in her distinctive style since she was 8 years old. A graduate of Bealart and Ontario College of Art, her myth cabinets have been exhibited across Ontario since 1990, and has works in private collections across North America. Coining the phrase "myth cabinets" in 1992 to describe her mixed media assemblage works created mostly in boxes, she creates her work from 'garbage' and recycled materials. Having rediscovered in 2001 with the advent of the webcam portrait series 'souls_in_the_machine' that she actually can paint in the style that she has always wanted to, she has been working in oils on wood from 2001 to now. For information on commissioning a portrait or myth cabinet, or exhibiting her work, please contact the artist at riverchild@execulink.com, or the 'contact' link in the left-hand menu.

 
  CURRICULUM VITAE
 
EDUCATION


89-92 Sculpture/ Installation - Ontario College of Art, Toronto, ON

88-89 Basic Business/ Fine Art Program, Fanshawe College, London, ON
85-89 Special Art Program, H.B. Beal Secondary School/Bealart, London, ON

AFFILIATIONS AND PROJECTS

1994-2004 Member, Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto, ON
1999-2001 Director, The Forest City Gallery, London, ON
1999-current Alumni, Ontario College of Art
1998 Volunteer, Continuing Education Fine Arts Certificate Course Steering Committee, Fanshawe College, London, ON
1994-97 Member, The Art Coop. London, ON
1996 Volunteer, Educational CD ROM, www.careercruising.com
1995 Volunteer, Fund-Raising, Aids Committee of London
1995 Member/Secretary, London Arts Cartel

WORKSHOPS

July 00-02 Childrens Art Classes(myth cabinets, monocasts, bookbinding), Matthews Hall, London ON
April 99 Myth Cabinets for Children (Open House), Matthews Hall, London ON
October 97 Monocasting class, Canadian Hearing Society, London, ON
April 96 Career workshops for three high schools in conjunction with the Consilium Show, Scarborough, ON
December 94 & 95 Puppet making for Children, St. Thomas/Elgin Art Gallery, St. Thomas, ON
July 94 Monocasting for Children, St. Thomas/Elgin Art Gallery, St. Thomas, ON

PERFORMANCES AND HAPPENINGS
February 1996        "Conundrum"  - 10th Annual Free Spring Performance Festival, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
March 1999             "Witness"  - 14th Annual Free Spring Performance Festival, Forest City Gallery, London, ON 
April 1999               "Conundrum"  - Mayworks, Forest City Gallery, London, ON 
May 2000               "The Well of Tears"  - 15th Annual Spring Performance Festival, Forest City Gallery, London, ON 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
May. 01         oddities - Café Milagro, London,
Nov. 00           deadweight & other phemomenon - G Gallery, galleries @ the galleria, London, ON
Oct. 99            deadweight - Ground Zero, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
Oct. 97            The Accidental Wanderer - The Coffee Grind International, London, ON
Aug. 97           KAIROS/Celestial Navigation - Forest City Gallery, London, ON
May 95            childwood - Tonight at Noon, London, ON
Feb. 95         rage - Frei Korper Kultur, London, ON
Jan. 94           Nights at the Circus - Strange Angels Cafe, London, ON
Dec. 93           milestones 68-93 - The New Embassy Cultural House, London, ON
Nov. 93          notations on the journey - Between the Bread Cafe, London, ON
Dec. 92          memory-work - Between the Bread Cafe, London, ON
May 90           the shadows always meet in the darkest part of the heart - Wanton Optics Gallery, Toronto, ON
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Aug. 01-03          Visual Fringe 2001, 2002, 2003 - The Arts Project, London, ON
Aug. 01                Open Air - London, ON
July 01                 Black Book / Nasty Little Thoughts - Definitely Superior Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON
Aug. 00                Piece by Piece - galleries @ the galleria, London, ON
July 00                 Return to Sender - Jonothan Bancroft-Snell Gallery, London, ON
Mar. 00                Members Show and Sale - Forest City Gallery, London, ON
Mar. 99                J.I.T. Fundraiser - Forest City Gallery, London, ON
Nov. 98               MEMBERabilia - Forest City Gallery, London, ON
July 98, 96, 95   Toronto Outdoor Exhibition - Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON
Mar. 96               Annual Member's Show - Forest City Gallery, London, ON
Oct. 95                Box Art Show & Auction - Forest City Gallery. London, ON
May 95                London Artists Studio Tour - Art Coop, London, ON
JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS         
Mar. 04,96,95,94           LOOK 2004, '96, '95, '94  - Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, ON
Nov. 03                            Collective Compulsion - OFFTHEMAP Gallery, Toronto, ON
Mar. 99                            Painting the Huron Shores - Lambton County Heritage Mus., Grand Bend, ON
July 98                             Beal Art: 80 Years of Experiment - London Regional Art and Historical Museums, London, ON
Apr. 96                            The Consilium Show - Scarborough Arts Council, Scarborough, ON
Dec. 95                           10th Annual Intl. Exhibition of Miniature Art  - Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, ON 
Oct. 94,93                      London New Arts Festival  - Galleria, London, ON  
June 94                          Generating Voice II - MacIntosh Gallery, U.W.O. London, ON
Feb. 94                           Group show with Gail Savard, Patriciu Caliament - Cedar Ridge Cultural Centre, Scarborough, ON

          

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

Apr. 07               9th Annual Collage Exhibition and Exchange -  Real Tart Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand          
                            Web Exhibition: http://virtual.tart.co.nz
May 07               9th Annual Collage Exhibition and Exchange Gallery -  City Library, Melbourne, Australia 
June 07              The Republic of Letters -  Percy Thompson Gallery, Stratford, New Zealand
July-Aug.  07    Accumulations & Transformations-  2007 Festival of Arts, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand
Dec. 07              paper stories -  Gallery, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA

 

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

2007 Centre for Adult Education, Melbourne, Australia
1986 Bealart, H.B. Beal Secondary School, London, ON

GRANTS AND AWARDS

1993 Award for Sculpture, Second Place (93), London New Arts Festival
1999 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2003 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council