Lara Scarr is a Vancouver Island artist and has spent the majority of her life in beautiful coastal British Columbia. She holds a degree in visual art and psychology and is in the process of beginning the VCC digital graphic design program.
Lara is currently working on the Thread&Paint Revolution series, an exploration of complimentary and contrasting media; it draws attention to the contradicting effect of traditional textiles, cut forms, and unsettling figurative images, reticulated within a labyrinth of thread and paint...
"This series is a playful exploration of media, specifically media that tends to be classically stereotyped and therefore confined within creative possibility and audience type. I am attempting to break those boundaries and illustrate the potential deviant nature of fabric art; it can be edgy and strange, even alarming. And now I'm watching it carve and anomalous pathway into the art world."
EDUCATION
2008-2010 BA. Visual Arts/Psychology. Vancouver Island University. Nanaimo BC
2006-2008 Visual Arts Diploma. Vancouver Island University. Nanaimo BC
2006 Linked Photography Certificate. Simon Fraser University. Vancouver BC
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
2010 E.J. Hughes Visual Arts Scholarship
2010 Dennis Alphonse Memorial Award
2010 March Featured Artist on myartspace.com
2009 VIU Art & Design Award of Excellence in
3-Dimensional Studies
2008 Amplis Manfrotto Photography Award
2007 VIU AC Drawing Award
SELECTED EXHIBITION HISTORY
SOLO & SPLIT
2012 May When Nature Called with Tani Hamagishi-Allen & Virginia Kwok. Nanaimo Art Gallery. Nanaimo BC
2011 April Just Another Art Show with Tani Hamagishi-Allen. Fifty Fifty Arts Collective Gallery. Victoria BC
2010 October Colour: Fine Art Collectables with Tani Hamagishi-Allen. Parksville Community Arts Council. Parksville BC
2010 September Thread&Paint Revolution. Ladysmith Waterfront Gallery. Ladysmith BC
2010 July Thread&Paint Revolution. Boucherat Gallery. Victoria BC
2009 June Thread&Paint with Anastasia Davidson. In The Beantime Galleria.
Ladysmith BC
2008 June Artscapes. Maple Mountain Galleria. Crofton BC
2007 February Synapses. Studio One Gallery. Vancouver BC
GROUP
2011 December The Magical Gift Shop. Ladysmith Waterfront Gallery.
Ladysmith BC
2011 November The Toy Show. View Art Gallery. Victoria BC
2011 October Robots And Monsters. Ayden Gallery. Vancouver BC
2011 October Small Works Show. Artfitterz Gallery. Nanaimo BC
2011 May Spring Salon. Points Art Gallery. Duncan BC
2011 March The Strip Show. Franklin Room Gallery. Vancouver BC
2011 January Resident Artists Exhibition. Artfitterz Gallery. Nanaimo BC
2011 January/February Co-Lab. The Fall Gallery. Vancouver BC
2010 November/December Snow, Eh?. View Art Gallery. Victoria BC
2010 November Small Works Show. Artfitterz Gallery. Nanaimo BC
2010 July 4 Artists: One Night. Victoria Community Arts Council. Victoria BC
2010 July Art in the House. Milner Gardens Gallery. Chemainus BC
2010 June Beyond Wonderland. Franklin Room Gallery. Vancouver BC
2010 March Explorations. Nanaimo Art Gallery. Nanaimo BC
2010 January 486. VIU Campus. Nanaimo BC
2009 December Painting&Print 3. VIU. Nanaimo BC
2009 April Synergy. The Loft Studio Gallery. Nanaimo BC
2009 April Progressions 2. Nanaimo Art Gallery. Nanaimo BC
2008 December Painting&Print 2. VIU. Nanaimo BC
2008 April Progressions 1. Nanaimo Art Gallery. Nanaimo BC
2008 March 386 Installations. Nanaimo Art Gallery. Nanaimo BC
2007 December Painting&Print 1. VIU. Nanaimo BC
2007 October Oh What A Lovely War Theatre Installation. VIU. Nanaimo BC
ART FAIRS/EVENTS
2011 August Gallery to Garden Exhibition. Gardenworks. Victoria BC
2010 December One of a Kind. Vancouver Exhibition Center. Vancouver BC
2010 August Arts on the Avenue. Street Exhibition. Ladysmith BC
2010 May One World Art Show & Haiti Relief Fundraiser. Science World. Vancouver BC
2009 October One of a Kind. Canada Place. Vancouver BC
2008/09/10 July Art & Photography In The Park. Milner Gardens. Chemainus BC
2006 November Eastside Culture Crawl. Artist Residence. Vancouver BC
OTHER
2012 HerART. Community Art Alliance Fundraiser. Nanaimo BC
2011 V-Day. Anti-Violence Charity Auction and Gala. Nanaimo BC
2011 Vagina Monologues. Charity Auction and Performance. Nanaimo BC
2009 Eyes Open. Cancer Awareness Charity Auction. Victoria BC
MEDIA
2011 Academic Achievement: Lara Scarr. Journey Magazine
2011 Artist of the Month: Lara Scarr. Oops Magazine
2010 Artist Profile: Lara Scarr. The Navigator News
2010 Art News. More Living Magazine
2010 Oddities Featured in Art. Ladysmith Chronicle
2010 Artist Combines Three Loves for Unique Works. Nanaimo Daily News
2010 Thread&Paint Revolution. LadysmithWaterfrontGallery.com
2010 Thread&Paint Revolution. Entertainment segment on A Channel
2010 4 Artists: ONE Night. CACGV interview by Exhibit-V
2010 Thread&Paint Revolution. BoucheratGallery.com
2010 VIU.ca: M Inside Full Story. viu.ca/news.com
2010 Featured Artist. myartspace.com
VIDEO PROFILE
Artist Profile: Lara Scarr by Jessica Molcan
http://youtu.be/X4aJ3oIoGZo
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Boucherat Gallery. Victoria BC
Artfitterz Gallery. Nanaimo BC
View Art Gallery. Victoria BC
Ladysmith Waterfront Gallery. Ladysmith BC
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