Artists

Laura Culic

Artist Profile

Laura Culic studied fine art and illustration at the Ontario College of Art and Design. She sells her work throughout Ontario through galleries. Her work is held in corporate, private, and government collections. She is an elected member of the Ontario Society of Artists and a recipient of an Ontario Arts Council grant. Recent awards include Best in Show at the Ontario Society of Artists’ 139th Open Juried Exhibition and Best in Painting at the 51st Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.

Laura works with beeswax and oil paint. Her evocative landscape and map-based images are inspired by her love of wild places and her commitment to environmental conservation.

I have a deep affinity for the land and paint in direct response to my powerful emotional connection to the dense forest, lakes, and rocky, wild landscape of the Canadian Shield. Whether abstract or representational, my work evolves from impressions of the natural world I carry in me as a result of many meditative hours spent in this harshly beautiful environment: hiking, paddling, observing, absorbing, and just being.

Process-driven and multilayered, my approach involves building up multiple layers of wax and pigment. This process is an exploration of mark-making, layering, drawing into, and scraping back paint using a range of tools and media. By repeatedly adding and subtracting, concealing, and revealing, in a process akin to nature’s cycles of erosion and decay, growth and renewal, I work to capture the spirit, atmosphere, and energy of a place.

Laura Culic, O.S.A.
2020

Exhibitions and Events

Awards, Grants, Honours

2018 Best Landscape, Art Gallery of Bancroft Juried Exhibition

2017 David B. Milne Award of Best in Show, Art Gallery of Bancroft Juried Exhibition

2012 Best in Painting Award, 51st Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition

2012 Best in Show, Ontario Society of Artists 139th Annual Juried Exhibition

2009 Best in Show, Art Gallery of Peel 36th Annual Juried Show

2008 Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant

Solo Exhibitions

2017 “Invocation” Art Gallery of Bancroft

2016 “Northbound” Ben Navaee Gallery, Toronto

2014 “Sojourn” Yorkminster Park Gallery, Toronto

2013 “Shorelines”, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden ON

2009 “Remembrance”, Hangman Gallery, Toronto

2005 Centennial Museum, Penetanguishene ON

2004 Centennial Museum, Penetanguishene ON

2003 Elysian Arts Gallery, Toronto

Selected Juried and Group Exhibitions

2020

  • 59th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair 

2019

  • ”Where the Sky Touches the Land”, dual artist exhibition, Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton
  • Riverdale Art Walk
  • Ontario Society of Artists “Peripheral Visions”, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden

2018

  • Kingsway-Lambton United Church Show & Sale
  • “Out from the Back” Gallery artist exhibition, Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton
  • Art Gallery of Bancroft Juried Exhibition 
  • “Below the Surface” three artist exhibition, Noodle Gallery, Alton Mill Arts Centre

2017

  • “I Frequently Go There…” dual artist exhibition, Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton
  • 56th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
  • Yorkminster Park Gallery 10th Anniversary Exhibition 
  • Art Gallery of Bancroft Juried Exhibition 
  • Kingsway-Lambton United Church Show & Sale
  • “Out from the Back” Gallery artist exhibition, Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton

2016

  • Secret Cache, Gallery artist exhibition, Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton
  • Ontario Society of Artists Member’s Exhibition of Selected Works
  • 55th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
  • “Elemental”, dual-artist exhibition, Paula White Diamond Gallery, Waterloo
  • Kingsway-Lambton United Church Show and Sale

2015

  • 54th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
  • “Reflected Natures” two artist exhibition, Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton
  • “Out from the Back” Gallery artist exhibition, Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton
  • The Artist Project Toronto

2014

  • “Back Country”, Wall Space Gallery, Ottawa
  • “Migration”, Propeller Gallery, Toronto
  • 53rd Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
  • Ontario Society of Artists 141st Annual Juried Exhibition, John B Aird Gallery, Toronto
  • The Artist Project Toronto

2013

  • Environmental Music II” curated three-artist show, John B Aird Gallery, Toronto: Gillian Reddyhoff, curator
  • “Transformations” two-artist show, Jordan Art Gallery, Jordan ON
  • 52nd Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
  • “Take a Hike” two-artist show, MJG Gallery, Toronto
  • “Landforms” two-artist show, Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton
  • The Artist Project Toronto
  • “Best Of”, 51st Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Award Winners show, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto

2012

  • Art Gallery of Hamilton Sales and Rental Program Show and Sale
  • “ALONE together” group exhibition, Triangle Gallery, Toronto
  • 51st Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
  • The Artist Project Toronto
  • Ontario Society of Artists 139th Annual Juried Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto

2011

  • 50th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
  • Art Gallery of Hamilton Sales and Rental Program Show and Sale
  • The Artist Project Toronto

2010

  • Whodunnit OCADU – work selected by Curatorial Committee for Gala Preview Silent Auction
  • “Pursuit of Aesthetics”, Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton ON
  • “Quiet Interludes”, Academy Gallery, Bath ON
  • “Environmental Music”, curated group of three exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Gillian Reddyhoff curator
  • 49th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
  • The Artist Project Toronto

2009

  • Art Gallery of Hamilton Sales and Rental Program Show and Sale
  • 48th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
  • Art Gallery of Peel 26th Annual Juried Show
  • Toronto Art Expo

2008

  • 47th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
  • Riverdale Artwalk, Toronto
  • Toronto Art Expo
  • “Killarney: power, place, poetry”, group of three exhibition, Carriage House Gallery, Midland ON

2007

  • McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Volunteer Committee Art Sale
  • 46th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
  • Riverdale Artwalk, Toronto
  • Toronto Art Expo

2006

  • Queen West Art Crawl, Toronto
  • Toronto Art Expo

2005

  • Queen West Art Crawl, Toronto
  • 44th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
  • Toronto Art Expo

2004

  • Open Water, CSPWC Juried Watercolour Exhibition, Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery
  • Queen West Art Crawl, Toronto
  • Art Gallery of Peel Annual Juried Show
  • Toronto Art Expo

2003

  • “Smatterings” curated group exhibition, Centennial Museum, Penetanguishene ON
  • 42nd Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
  • Juried Landscape Exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Toronto

2002

  • Visual Arts Mississauga Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Mississauga
  • Colour & Form Society Annual Juried Exhibition
  • 41st Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition

Education

1981 – 1985 Ontario College of Art & Design, General Studies

1980 – 1981 Sheridan College, Illustration

Memberships

Ontario Society of Artists (2012 – present)

CARFAC (2007 – present)

Collections

Government of Ontario Art Collection

Art Gallery of Peel, CSPWC Diploma Collection

Toronto Marine Museum

Corporate and Private collections in Canada, U.S., South Africa and England