I offer one-on-one or small group coaching to help individuals develop their art practice. I have worked with children, established and aspiring artists, life-long learners and taught at the university level.
I offer my students an integrated approach that spans various techniques such as drawing, printmaking, painting, composition - figurative and nonfigurative alike, to help them develop their techniques, sense of composition or personal style. Whether you are preparing a portfolio for graphic design, architecture or art school or you simply want to take your passion for art to another level, I am glad to share my experience, enthusiasm and outside-the-box approach to creative thinking.
Most art classes focus on only one technique or style at a time. My focus is to work with you to meet your artistic objectives through traditional and non-traditional methods. Typically, we start off with a discovery session to establish your goals, a direction for coaching and an individual development action plan.
I invite you to visit my gallery website to preview my work and artist biography at http://en.galeriedeste.com/artist/LUDMILA_ARMATA/biography/
Please e-mail me for more details at ludmila.armata@gmail.com .
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Artist Biography
Born in 1954 in Zabrze, Poland. Lives
and works in Quebec.
EDUCATION
2005 Ph.D., Visual Arts (Printmaking),
Academy of Fine Arts Katowice, Poland.
1978 Master’s, Visual Arts, (Graphic Design and Printmaking),
Academy of Fine Arts Katowice, Poland.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Misfits, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, QC
2009 Exit, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, QC
2008 Musée québécois de culture populaire, Trois-Rivières, QC
2007 Teoartis Gallery, Evora, Portugal
Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House,
Fragments from Unknown.
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
2006 Musée national des beaux arts du
Québec, QC
Recent Works, Teoartis Gallery,
Evora, Portugal
Memories Margins, Open Studio, Toronto,
ON
Letters from the
Centre of the Earth, Engramme, Québec, QC
Works on paper, Gallery Erickson,
Chicago, IL
Memories Matter, Gallery Engram,
Katowice, Poland
Oeuvres récentes, Grave, Victoriaville,
QC
All the better I can
eat you with, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB.
2003 Printworks, Shacda Gallery,
Shanghai, China
Printworks, Bizart Gallery,
Shanghai, China
2002 Recent works, Galerie
McClure, Westmount, QC
2001 OEuvres récentes, Le Centre de diffusion Presse Papier,
Trois-Rivières, QC.
1999 Stewart Hall Gallery, Pointe-Claire, QC
1998 Ulus National Gallery, Belgrade, Yougoslavia
1997 Peintures récentes, Tour de la Bourse, Montréal, QC
1995 Banque de Montréal, Montréal, QC
Galerie Rochon, Toronto, ON
SELECTED GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
2011 "L'Arte e il Torchio / Art and
the Printing Press", VII Biennial of Engraving, Civic Museum ofCremona,
Italy
2010 Ces artistes qui impriment – L’estampe au Québec depuis 1980,
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Montreal, QC
2009 Nomade, the Loto-Quebec Collection in Motion, Espace
Création, Montréal, Qc.
2008 Papier 08, AGAC, Galerie D’Este, Montréal, QC
Galerie Orange, Montréal, QC
Travelling Exhibition, Musée nationale des beaux arts du Québec, QC
2007 Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, QC
International Guanlan
Print Biennial, 2007, Guanlan, China
2006 The 1st International First International Small
Size Engraving Salon Inter
Grabado, Uruguay
The 5th International Printmaking
Festival, Evora, Portugal
The 5th Lessedra World Art Print
Annual, Bulgaria
International Small Engraving Salon
2006, Florean Museum, Romania
VII Art and Paper, Galerie Jean-Claude
Bergeron, Ottawa, ON
Prints, Gallery Simon
Blais, Montréal, QC
The 5th Egyptian International Print
Triennial, Cairo, Egypt
2005 IV International Print Biennial,
Novosybirsk State Museum, Russia
Biennale internationale de Gravura do Douro, Alijo, Portugal
Calligraphy: Words
and Images, Galerie Mazarin, Montréal, QC
World of ElectroEtch,
New
Jersey Printmakers Council, NJ
6th
Kochi International Exhibition of Prints, Kochi, Japan
North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA
Prix Loto-Québec 1978-2003, Musée
québécois de culture populaire,
Trois-Rivières, QC
Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, QC
2004 VI Art and Paper, Galerie
Jean-Claude Bergeron, Ottawa, ON
6th Beharat Bhavan International Biennial of Print - Art
2004
Bhopal, India
International Small Prints Exhibition,
Tetovo Museum.
Tetovo, Macedonia
From Phillips to the
Future:
Canadian Prints from the Hart House
Permanent Collection, Toronto, Canada
IV Printmaking Festival of Evora, Evora,
Portugal
Collection Loto-Québec, Museo de las
artes de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
2003 Intergrafia 2003 World Laureats
Gallery, Museum Niepolomice, Poland
Intergrafia 2003 World Lauteats Gallery,
Regional Museum
Ostrzeszow, Poland
Duro International Print exhibit, Museum Grabajo, Portugal
Trois avenues de l’estampe, M.d.c.
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montréal, QC
Second International Biennial of Mini-Prints, Museum of Tetowo,
Macedonia
2002-03 Grande Prairie Collects, Prairie Gallery, Grande Prairie,
AB
2002 12th International Print Biennial,
Seoul, Korea
Opus 16, Trois-Rivières, QC
International Print Biennial, Edmonton, AB
5th
Kochi International Exhibition of Prints, Kochi, Japan
2001 Biennale Internationale d’Estampe Contemporaine de Trois Rivières,
QC
1er
Prix, Biennale du dessin, de l’estampe et du papier du Québec,
Alma, QC
3ème Biennale de la gravure de l’Île-de-France, Domaine de Madame
Elisabeth, Paris et Orangerie, Versailles, France
L’Arte E Il Torcio, 2nd International
Small Engraving Exhibition-Cremona, Civic Museum of Cremona, Italy
2000 Montréal-Madrid, Galerie Trois Points, Montréal, QC
1998 Printmakers, (touring exhibition in Poland - Invited
artist)
1997 International Graphic Arts Triennial, Krakow, Poland
Canada Nas Gerais 97, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1996 4th Biennial of Graphic Arts,
Belgrade, Yougoslavia
International Print Show, Temple Bar,
Dublin, Ireland
1995 La Collection Prêt d’oeuvres d’Art du Musée national des
beaux-arts du Québec, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, QC
21International Biennial of Graphic Arts
st Liubliana,
Slovenia
Inter-Kontakt Grafik 95, Prague, Czech
Republic
Biennale de l’Estampe et du Papier du Québec, Alma, Québec
1994 Galerie Eric Devlin, Montréal, QC
International Graphic Arts Triennial, Krakow, Poland
1993 ECHO - le symposium de la jeune peinture au Canada, Centre
d’Art de Baie Saint-Paul, QC
Biennale, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Museum of Modern Art, International Graphic Art Biennial, Wakayama,
Japon – Selected Artists
1992 Obstacles, Consulate General of Poland, Montréal, QC
1991 International Graphic Arts Biennial, Museum of Modern Art,
Wakayama, Japan
1989 Biennale de l’Estampe du Québec, Alma, QC. – Artistes
choisis
1985-1986 Cadaq International Small Prints Competition, Madrid,
Spain
1985 Tout l’art du monde, Université du Québec à Montréal,
Montréal, QC
1984 4th Expo Mini-Gravat Internacionale Cadaques, Spain
1982 Terre des Hommes, Pavillon du Québec, Montréal, QC
AWARDS AND
DISTINCTIONS
2012 The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
2006 Conseil des Arts et de Lettres du Québec, A Grant, Canada,
Création 2006 Project
Triennial Prize, 5th Egyptian
International Print Triennial, Cairo, Egypt
Art Residency, Centre Engramme, Québec,
QC
Art Residency, Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Frans
Masareel
Arts Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium Art
Residency, Teoartis, Evora, Portugal
International Honorable Mention, Il Grabado 1st International
Biennale of Engraving, Uruguay 2005
2005 Loto-Québec Prize, 4ieme
Internationale Biennale d’Estampe,
Trois Rivières, QC
2004 Solo Exihibition Prize for III Festival Gravura, Evora, Portugal
Arts Residency Prize for III Festival Gravura, Evora, Portugal
Conseil des Arts et de Lettres du Québec, A Grant, Canada
Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant, Canada
2002 1st Laureat, Musée National du Québec/ Monique & Robert
Parizeau Foundation
Art Residency, Ses Salines, Mallorca, Spain
Grand Prize, Master Print Competition, Loto-Québec
2001 Art Residency, Atelier de l’Île Val-David, QC
Loto-Québec Prize, Biennale de l’Estampe et du Papier du Québec, Alma,
QC
1999 Guest lecturer on Eastern European printmaking
1st
International Print Competition, Trois-Rivières, QC
1998 Invited Jury Member, 5th International Graphic Arts
Biennial, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1997 Annual Prize-winner, Thomas More
Institute, Montreal, QC
Grand Prize, Ernst & Young Canadian
Art Printmaking Competition, Toronto, ON
1996 Grand Prize, 4th Biennial of Graphic Art, Belgrade,
Yugoslavia
1994 Conseil des Arts et de Lettres du Québec, B Grant
City Award, International Graphic Art
Triennial, Krakow, Poland
Symposium des Jeunes Peintres du Québec & Canada, Baie St. Paul
Palme Bronze, Biennale 1993, Société National des Beaux arts, Grand
Palais, Paris, France
ART CATALOGUES
2007 International Guanlan Print Biennale China 2007, Guanlan Shenzhen,
China
2006 First International Engraving Biennial, IL Grabado 2005,
Uruguay
Fifth Printmaking Festival, Evora,
Portugal
Fifth World Print Competition, Lessedra
2005 Fifth Egyptian International Print
Triennial, Cairo, Egypt
VII Art and Paper, Gallery Jean-Claude
Bergeron, Ottawa, ON
Biennal Internacional de Gravura do Douro, Alijo, Portugal
IV International Print Biennial,
Novosybirsk State Museum, Novosybirsk, Russia
Biennale Internationale d’Estampe Contemporaine de Trois- Rivières, QC
Sixth Kochi International Exhibition of
Prints, Kochi, Japan
Fourth North American Printmaking
Competition, Boston, MA
2004 Collection Loto-Québec, Museo de la artes de la Udeq, Mexico
III Festival Gravura, Evora, Portugal
VI Art and Paper, Gallery Jean-Claude
Bergeron, Ottawa, Canada
Sixth Beharat Bhavan International
Biennial of Art- Print, Bhopal, India
International print exhibition, Tetovo
Museum, Tetovo, Macedonia
2003 Biennale Internationale d’Estampe Contemporaine, Trois-Rivières, QC
Ludmila Armata: Musée nationale des beaux-arts du Québec
Ludmila Armata, Shacda Gallery, Shanghai, China
Second International Biennial of Mini Prints, Tetowo, Macedonia
2002 Kochi International Exhibition of Prints, Kochi, Japan
SNAP International Print Biennial, Edmonton, AB
2001 Biennale Internationale d’Estampe Contemporaine Trois-Rivières, QC
Biennale de l’Estampe et du Papier du Québec, Alma, QC
Third Engraving Biennial of Ile-de-France, Domaine de Madame Elisabeth,
Paris and Orangerie, Versailles, France
L’Arte E Il Torcio, Second International Small Engraving
Exhibition-Cremona 2001, Civic Museum, Cremona, Italy
1997 Polish Printmakers Abroad, Poland
1996 Fourth Biennial of Graphic Art,
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Nordgrafia 96, Sweden
1995 21st International Graphic Art
Biennial, Slovenia
Biennial de l’Estampe et du Papier du Québec
Triennial ‘95 Krakow, Poland
1993 Les peintres canadiens au salon Biennial SNBA, France
Fifth Biennial Exhibition of Prints in
Wakayama, Japan
1992 Selected Artists, Polish Consulate,
Montreal, QC
1991 Fourth Biennial Exhibition of
Prints in Wakayama, Japan
1989 Biennial de l’Estampe et du Papier du Québec
Third Biennial Exhibition of Prints in
Wakayama, Japan
1985 Tout l’Art du Monde
Fifth Expo mini-gravat internacionale Cadaques, Spain
ARTICLES
« Alma et Jonquire accueillent la 7e édition de la Biennale. »
Le Quotidien, (Saguenay) 16 juin 2001.
« Un septième biennale du dessin, d’estampe et du papier matière du
Québec et la présence de 35 artistes. » Le lac St-Jean 10 juin
2001 .
“Printmakers Competition.” Canadian
Art 14 (1997).
Aird-Bélanger, Jocelyne. « L’estampe en fête: Versailles à Paris. »
Bon A tire 14 (2001).
Duncan, Anne. “Art Dines Out in Hard Times.” The Gazette (Montreal)
25 November 1995.
Grande, John K. “Letters From the Centre
of the Earth.” La Morsure 2: 3 (2006).
Grande, John K. “Ludmila Armata: Recent
works.” Art on Paper 6 (2002).
Grande, John K. “Ludmila Armata: Letters
From the Centre of the Earth.”
Vie des Arts (2001).
Jordan, Betty Anne. “Focus on Ludmila Armata.” Canadian Art 7 (1990).
Kalebasiak, Lukasz. “Ze znakiem klonu.” Glos
Wyborczy 31 March 2005.
Kozinska, Dorota. “Ludmila Armata:
Graphic Life in Black and White.”
Vie des Arts 46 (2002).
Kozinska, Dorota. “Large Works, Themes at Armata Show.” The Gazette (Montreal)
26 September 1997
Lamarche, Bernard. « Affaires de matières. » Le Devoir 6 avril 1997.
Lehmann, Henry. “Prints Rule in Paper
Town.” The Gazette (Montreal)
4 August 2001.
Mirandette, Marie-Claude. « L’Art du trait. » Le Devoir 4 août
2001.
Parenteau, Karine. « Biennale Internationale d’estampe contemporaine:
Trois Rivières par l’estampe. » Le Sourteaux (Trois-Rivières)
août 2001
Raynor, V. “A Tribute to Country and to
Canadian Printmakers.”
The New York Times 27 July 1997.
Taylor, Kate. “Art About” The Globe
and Mail 8 March 1991.
PUBLICATIONS
Ernst & Young
Great Canadian Printmakers Printmakers. Toronto, 2005.
Collection Loto-Québec : Oeuvres choisies. Montréal, 2004.
Bomensour, Kim. Ludmila Armata: Prix de la fondation Monique et
Robert Parizeau
2002. Québec : Musée national des beaux-arts
du Québec, 2003.
Grande, John K. Allsorts Arts.
Montreal: Go if Press, 2008.
Lucie-Smith, Edward and John K. Grande. Ludmila
Armata, Materia pamieci, Gornislaskie Centrum Kulturalne. Katowice, Poland,
2005.
Lucie-Smith, Edward, John K. Grande and
Irina Subotic. Ludmila Armata.
Montreal: Go if Press, 2003.
Subotic, Irina. Ludmila Armata:
Recent Work, Etching and Drypoint. Point Claire:
Stuart Hall, 1999
COLLECTIONS
Desjardins
Air Canada
The Canada Council Art Bank
Art Gallery of Ontario
Art Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts,
Katowice, Poland
Banque Nationale
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec
California Palace of the Legion of
Honor, Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, USA
Centre de la Gravure et de l’image imprimée de la Communauté française
de Belgique
City of Katowice, Poland
Cremona Civic Museum, Cremona, Italy
Département des estampes et de la photographie, Bibliothèque nationale
de France
Edmonton Art Gallery, Canada
Ernst & Young
Fédération des Caisses Desjardins
Frans Masareel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
Gotlands Konst Museum, Visby, Sweden
Hart House Canadian Collection,
University of Toronto
Loto-Québec
Mackenzie Gervais
Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina,
USA
Museum Grabajo, Alijo, Portugal
Musée nationale des beaux arts du Québec
Museum of Contemporary Graphic Art,
Cairo, Egypt
Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke
Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan
Museum of Modern Art, Belgrade,
Yougoslavia
Museum of Tetovo area, Tetovo, Macedonia
Musée du Bas-St-Laurent, QC
New York Public Library
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Novosybirsk State Museum, Novosybirsk,
Russia
Pallant House, Chichester, UK
Plattsburgh State Art Museum, NY
Regional Museum of Silesia, Chorzow,
Poland
Galerie Stuart Hall, Pointe-Claire, QC
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library Print
Collection, University of Toronto
University of Moncton Art Gallery, New
Brunswick
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
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