Elizabeth M Lopez
Elizabeth M. Lopez is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist based in and around Toronto, exploring themes of timespans, moments and intraconnectivity. Her work often involves interactivity, dynamic sculptures, and durational experiences. Her work has been shown in Canada and the US.
Art Education & Residencies:
MFA, Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design (IAMD), OCAD University, Toronto, 2020.
BFA with Distinction, Drawing and Painting, OCADU, Toronto, 2017.
Florence Contemporary Residency, Florence Italy, May 2018.
Creative Space Residency collaboration, St Aidan's in the Beach, Toronto, 2017 - 2019.
Artists Camps, Alpine Club of Canada General Mountaineering Camp, 2019, 2015, & 2014.
Iron Casting Mould Making Workshops; Sloss Metal Arts 2019, 2023. Rivers of Steel 2024.
Active member of Canadian Society for Contemporary Iron Arts, 2021 to present.
Professional Art Work
Project Manager, tester and curator; Open WebXR Studios for Collaboration, Exhibition and Critique. Research joint project, OCADU and York University. Mar 2021 - Mar 2022
Photogrammetric capture; Indigenous Digital Living Archive for the Indigenous Creation Studio at University of Toronto Mississauga, led by Maria Hupfield. Mar - July 2022.
Publications & Conferences
“Pandemic experimentalism: decentering studio art education in an ongoing global emergency”. Co-authored with Judith Doyle and Simone Jones. Artnodes, e-journalof art, science and technology, Jan 23 2023 . On multimodality, including VR studio spaces, in university art courses during pandemic lockdowns. https://raco.cat/index.php/Artnodes/issue/view/31188
“Form and Time: de-centering the sites of pedagogy” Presentation with co-authors Judith Doyle and Simone Jones, International Symposium of Electronic Art (ISEA), Barcelona, June 15 2022.
“Unexpected Surface Defects in Lost PLA" Presentation on research on casting 3D prints, American National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Arts and Practices (NCCCIAP) April 4 2019.
Guest lecturer/artist at OCADU multiple times on lost PLA metal casting or photogrammetry. 2021-2023.
Selected Exhibitions
The Iron Pour Pop-up Exhibition, group exhibition. June 2024. The Woodshed, Museum of Steam and Technology, Hamilton, Ontario.
Transmogrification: the Iron Exhibition, group exhibition, a Hamilton Arts Week 2023 Signature Event, as co-curator and exhibitor. June 2023, Paul Elia Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario. Curators Elizabeth Lopez and Vanessa Krause.
Interplace: Open WebXR Exhibition (as WebXR curator)– video installation of group VR space exhibition. 2022 Mar (Ada Slaight Gallery) and Apr (The Great Hall) OCADU, Toronto. Online VR show at https://ocadu-web-xr.glitch.me/ January 2022 to present.
Lived Histories/Imagined Futures virtual exhibition. Apr 2021. Curator Karen Smith.
Encounters. 2019 Dec to 2020 Jan, group exhibition; First Prize winner. Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario. Curator Olexander Wlasenko.
The Rare Few. Apr 2019. Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, AL, USA. Curator Carrie Johnson.
Out of this World. Jul 2018 , Propeller Gallery, Toronto.
Experiencing Perspectives. 2017 & 2018 editions, year long exhibitions, Mercedes Benz Mississauga, Ontario. Curator K. Cauzillo.
Creative Space Residency Show. Oct 2017, St. Aidan's in the Beach, Toronto.
The Body Electric. 2016 edition, digital exhibition, International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE). Curators Dr Allison Crawford and Dr Lisa Richardson.
Festival of the Body . Jan 2015, OCADU. Curators Wrik Mead and Natalie Waldburger.