Luanne Martineau (born 1970) is a contemporary, multimedia Canadian artist best known for her hand-spun and felted wool sculptures. Her work engages with social satire as well as feminist textile practice.

Life

Martineau was born in

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. She earned a fine art diploma from the Alberta College of Art & Design in 1993, and a Masters of Fine Art from the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

in 1995. She was previously an associate curator at the Art Gallery of Calgary, and later a professor of theory and curatorial studies at the University of Victoria. She is now based in Montreal, where she is an associate professor of painting and drawing at

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Work

Martineau has been exhibiting across Canada and internationally since the mid-1990s. Her work blurs the boundaries between craft and fine art, combining labour-intensive female handwork with questions about the politics of the body, style and ideology. Her "drulptures" are three-dimensional felt assemblages that are not literal interpretations of the human form, but which have bodily shapes and grotesque fleshy resemblances. In 2010–2012, the

Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal The Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (MACM) is a contemporary art museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Place des festivals in the Quartier des spectacles and is part of the Place des Arts complex. Founded in 1964, it is ...

organized a touring exhibition of Martineau's work. This exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue that included essays by Lesley Johnstone, Dan Adler, and Shirley Madill.

Awards

In 2007, Martineau with the winner of the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation's

VIVA Award The VIVA Awards are $15,000 prizes, granted annually to British Columbian mid-career artists chosen for "outstanding achievement and commitment" by the Jack Shadbolt, Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation. The awards are presented by the Shadbolt Fou ...

for the Visual Arts. In 2005 she was long-listed for the

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, and in 2009 she was shortlisted.

Collections

Martineau's work is in the collections of the

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) is a public provincial art museum based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The art museum's primary building complex is located in downtown Halifax and takes up approximately of space. The museum complex compr ...

, Halifax, the

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV) is an art museum located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Situated in Rockland, Victoria, the museum occupies a building complex; made up of the Spencer Mansion, and the Exhibition Galleries. The ...

, the

National Gallery of Canada The National Gallery of Canada (french: Musée des beaux-arts du Canada), located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, is Canada's national art museum. The museum's building takes up , with of space used for exhibiting art. It is one of the l ...

, Ottawa, the

, the

Vancouver Art Gallery The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) is an art museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The museum occupies a adjacent to Robson Square in downtown Vancouver, making it the largest art museum in Western Canada by building size. Designed by Franc ...

, and the

Alberta Foundation for the Arts Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) is a crown agency charged with development and promotion of the arts in Alberta, Canada Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada, provinces and territories of Canada. It is par ...

, amongst others.

Select exhibitions

* ''Displacement,''

(2019) *''Women's Work: Anne Low, Luanne Martineau, Olga Abeleva,'' L’INCONNUE, Montreal (2019) * ''COMPRESSION: Elama Herzog + Luanne Martineau,'' Western Exhibitions, Chicago (2018) * ''Fait Main / Hand Made,''

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec ( en, National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec), abbreviated as MNBAQ, is an art museum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The museum is situated in Battlefield Park and is a complex consisting of four bui ...

, Québec City (2018) * ''Beyond the Edges: Art & Geometry'', Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (2017–18) * ''The Green of Her'', Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario (2016) *''All Membranes are Porous,'' Kamloops Art Gallery (2016) * ''Luanne Martineau'' (solo),

Art Gallery of Windsor Art Windsor-Essex (AWE) (formerly known as the Art Gallery of Windsor) is a not-for-profit art institute in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1943, the gallery has a mandate as a public art space to show significant works of art by local ...

(2012) * ''Luanne Martineau'' (solo)
Rodman Hall Arts Centre

Brock University Brock University is a public research university in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It is the only university in Canada in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, at the centre of Canada's Niagara Peninsula on the Niagara Escarpment. The university bear ...

, St. Catherine's Ontario (2011) * ''Luanne Martineau'' (solo),

, Québec (2010) * ''How Soon is Now,''

(2009) * ''Peculiar Culture: The Contemporary Baroque,''

(2006–07) * ''Bed Sitter'' (solo),

Contemporary Art Gallery A contemporary art gallery is normally a commercial art gallery operated by an art dealer which specializes in displaying for sale contemporary art, usually new works of art by living artists. This approach has been called the "Castelli Method" ...

, Vancouver (2004)

References

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