Lorena Ziraldo (born in Italy) is a

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artist based in Ottawa, Ontario. She works mainly in oil and employs bold colors in a loose, gestural style."Visual Viewpoints: Ziraldo's paintings show sensitive style." ''The Chronicle Herald'', October 17, 2013.

Education

She studied

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at the

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and Fine Arts under

Gerald Ferguson Gerald Ferguson (January 29, 1937 – October 8, 2009) was a conceptual artist and painter who lived and taught in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Born in Cincinnati he was both a Canadian and US citizen. Background After receiving his MFA from Ohio Un ...

at NSCAD University, obtaining her BFA in 2000.

Work

Her paintings have been exhibited in Canada and the USA. Ziraldo's 2014 solo exhibition "National Portrait Gallery" at Wallack's Galleries called for the creation of a portrait gallery in the nation's capital.

Awards

* Walker Industries Art Competition, 2019, 2nd Prize * Figureworks Award Show, 2011, 1st Prize

Exhibition catalogues

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

References

External links

Lorena Ziraldo
at Academia
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II
at Wikimedia {{DEFAULTSORT:Ziraldo, Lorena Canadian women artists Italian emigrants to Canada People of Friulian descent Living people NSCAD University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)