
Lindsay Chambers’ work has become a fast favourite of mine. As described on her website “Her work explores the delicacies of the human condition through paintings based on crumpled paper sculptures.” As described by me…her work is very freaken’ cool. It’s fair to say I’m far less eloquent. When I reached out to Lindsay Chambers asking to feature her on my Artist Spotlight series, she replied saying she’d been following me as well! Completely made my day! Let’s get to know Lindsay Chambers… Tell me a bit about your journey, were you always an artist? My career as an artist has often co-existed with other career paths but I have always maintained a studio practice and have been fortunate to find exhibiting opportunities. In 2003, I graduated with an Honours BA in Fine Art and Psychology from the University of Waterloo. This was the first year I participated in the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. In 2004, I completed a post graduate certificate in 3D for Broadcast Animation and Design at Humber College. I continued to paint during this time and quickly realized that a career in the 3D Animation industry was not where I wanted to be. Essentially broke, I rented a small corner in the art studio of a friend and started painting full-time. I worked as an Art Educator at a local gallery to pay bills, exhibited and participated in juried shows when I could. In 2007, I completed my Bachelor of Education and moved to the UK to teach, exhibit and eventually recruit teachers overseas. During this time, I traveled extensively immersing myself in the vast amount of Art Galleries available in the UK, Europe and South East Asia. I had found a wood-shop to make my stretchers and continued to exhibit in juried art exhibitions in the UK. In 2009, I returned to Toronto where started up my painting practice in full force, squeezing into shows I had missed the deadline for and looking for a steady job while filling my days painting after submitting resumes. I eventually landed a contract government job with the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. When my contract was over I began painting full-time again. Throughout the following 10 years, I have had so many successes both in Art and life, having three children, painting, exhibiting, selling and receiving commissions of my work. As designers we see an…
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