Graeme Luey

"My artwork focus is multifaceted. Having been schooled formally in graphic design, I have a fondness for clean, crisp lines, typography, and flat colour. This side of my artwork results in digital illustration, and text based art. On the flip side, because of that training, and large amount of time spent on the computer, it’s forced me away from that, to create handmade objects free from computer screens.

Over the past few years my art has been shifting from digital illustration, to collage, to crafting using upcycled materials such as recycled canvas, magazines, and clothing. Getting away from machines has resulted in art that has a more direct human touch, and feel to it which I find holds a different kind of energy for the viewer.

With so much waste in the world, upcycling materials when possible is important in my practice to give new life to objects in a unique way. I feel like if there’s a way to make use of those materials at least in part, it should be encouraged, so I do. The idea of seeing the same thing in more than one way is also intriguing to me, and double meanings play a role in much of my work.

The combination of art and design is also something I experiment with regularly. Pattern, repetition, colour the...

Graeme was formally trained in Visual Art & Graphic Design at the Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto, Canada.

PUBLIC ART DISPLAY

2003 - 2005
MeThinks Presents - 3 Group Shows in Toronto & NYC

2004
OCAD Graduate Show, Toronto

2013
Timeraiser - Group Show - Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton
Salon Show - Group Show - Project Gallery, Toronto
1000 for 10 - Group Show - Creatures Collective Gallery, Toronto

2014
The Salon of Inclusiveness - Year End Group Show - Black Cat Artspace
1000 for 10 - Group Show - Creatures Collective Gallery, Toronto

2015
Curator’s Bible - Group Show - Edward Day Gallery, Toronto
Love Art Fair - Art Fair - Direct Energy Centre, Toronto
Deep City Breaths - Group Show - Liberty Market Exhibition Space, Toronto
SURFACE Art Party Preview - Group Show - Artscape Youngplace, Toronto
SURFACE Art Party + Emerging Gallery Showcase - 99 Sudbury St, Toronto
3rd Annual Salon Show - Group Show - Project Gallery, Toronto

2016
MURAL Art Fair - Group Show - Le Capitol Building, Montréal
SURFACE Art Party + Gallery Showcase II - Artscape Sandbox, Toronto
The Salon of Inclusiveness - Year End Group Show - Black Cat Artspace
Leslieville Holiday Art Market - Group Show - Leslieville, Toronto

#HASHTAG GALLERY SHOWINGS

2012
Group Shows: “#GrandOpening”, “Put a Bird on It!”, “CHROMA”

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