Lyndal Osborne (born 1940) is a Canadian artist based in

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. Her works include BioArt,

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, and

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. She applies many different artistic methods and often uses recycled or found objects as her materials. Osborne's' installation work speaks of the forces of transformation within nature and provides a commentary on issues relating to the environment. In her more recent works, Osborne has also examined the issues of genetically modified organisms as subject matter.

Career

Osborne was born in

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and studied at the

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, where she received a BA in 1961. She also received her MFA in

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from the

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in 1971. After finishing her education in Wisconsin, Lyndal Osborne moved to

, the city where she continues to live and create art. Her location in central

is integral to much of her artistic process as she utilizes the dry heat of the region to mummify materials which would otherwise quickly rot and decay. Osborne is now a professor emeritus at the

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, Canada. Her works are in 75 public collections nationally and internationally, including the

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Selected solo exhibitions

*2002 ''Geographies & Objects of Enticement'', Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC *2004 ''L'oeuvre au naturel ou du naturel l'oeuve'', Musee Regional de Rimouski, Rimouski, QC *2006 ''Garden'', Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB *2010 ''ab ovo'', Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK *2013 ''Cabinets of Curiosities'', BMO World of Creativity, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB *2014 ''Lyndal Osborne Bowerbird: Life As Art'',

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, Edmonton, AB *2015 ''Cabinets of Curiosity'',

Glenbow Museum The Glenbow Museum is an art and history local museum, regional museum in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The museum focuses on Western Canada, Western Canadian history and culture, including Indigenous perspectives. The Glenbow was establ ...

, Calgary, AB *2016 ''Lyndal Osborne Shoalwan: River Through Fire, River of Ice, The Reach'', Abbotsford, BC *2016 ''Coevolution'', Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC *2017 ''Metaphors for Evolution'', Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie, AB *2018 ''Mutation of the Commons'', Nickle Galleries, Calgary, AB

Selected awards

*1998 Elected Member, Royal Canadian Academy of Art *2004 Performance Award, Salute to Excellence, City of Edmonton *2005 Helen Collision Award, Edmonton Artists Trust Fund *2006 Alberta Centennial Medal *2006 Salute to Excellence Award, City of Edmonton *2016 Atco Gas Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:OSBORNE, Lyndal 1940 births Living people 21st-century Canadian sculptors 21st-century Canadian women artists Artists from Edmonton Australian emigrants to Canada Canadian multimedia artists Canadian video artists Canadian women video artists Canadian women activists People from Newcastle, New South Wales Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni