Visual Arts Part-time Instructors

Judith Graham
Lecturer
Judy received her MFA from York University. Judy is an artist who works in various mediums including drawing, sculpture and photography. Her work was recently exhibited at Brock University and the Niagara Artist Company Gallery in St. Catharines, as well as the White Water Gallery in North Bay, Ontario.  

Office: GL 209 --- Telephone (905) 688-5550 ext. 3214
jgraham6@brocku.ca

Lorène Bourgeois
Part-time Instructor
Lorène Bourgeois’ recent work in drawing, painting and photography investigates the ambiguity of the face, the head, and the body, disclosed or obscured through clothing, framing and head-dress. Here, clothing is examined not only for its social or utilitarian functions, but also as a framing device and a theatrical artifact.

Born in France, Lorène completed her training in Paris, Philadelphia and Halifax. A Fulbright recipient, she holds an MFA from NSCAD University in Halifax. Her work has been exhibited widely in Canada as well as in France, Korea, Russia and the United States, with recent solo shows at Loop Gallery and Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. Her work is held in numerous collections, including the Canada Council Art Bank, the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, and the Hart House and Donovan Collections at the University of Toronto.

www.lorenebourgeois.com

Office: GLN 209 --- Telephone (905) 688-5550 lorene.bourgeois@brocku.ca

 

David Wright
Part-time Instructor
David received his MFA in England. His early paintings range from large-scale “mega visual” abstractions in acrylic and mixed media, drawing visual references from the urban and technological environment. His recent work has moved to a more naturalistic interpretation of his environment, painting subjects to which he feels a more personal attachment. He has exhibited extensively in Canada, USA and Mexico. His work is represented internationally in more than 100 corporate and public collections.

www.davidtwright.com

Office: EA 214B --- Telephone (905) 688-5550 ext. 5063
dtwright3@yahoo.com

Amy Friend
Part-time Instructor
Amy Friend holds a BFA Honors Degree and BEd from York University as well as an MFA from the University of Windsor, where she received a Social Sciences and Humanities Grant for her photographic work. Amy has exhibited nationally and internationally, including exhibitions at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana and in Camaguey, Cuba. Amy’s work is represented in public and private collections. A large-scale mural is permanently installed in the Joan and Martin Goldfarb Building at York University, Toronto. In the summer of 2011 she will attend the Banff Artist in Residence Program.

www.amyfriend.ca

Office: GLN 112 --- Telephone (905) 688-5550 ext. 5305
afriend@brocku.ca

Scott Sawtell
Part-time Instructor
Scott received his MFA from the University of Waterloo and is currently teaching at the Ontario College of Art as well as Brock University. Scott has a busy practice as an artist, exhibiting across the country and in New York and Chicago, augmented by his work as a curator, most recently at Oakville Galleries.

www.scottsawtell.ca

Office: EA 214B --- Telephone (905) 688-5550 ext. 5063
ssawtell@brocku.ca
 

Arnold McBay
Visual Arts Facilities Technician and Instructor
Arnold is an artist and musician who has exhibited widely across Ontario.  His work is represented in public & private collections across North America and is represented by Thielsen Gallery of London, Ontario. Recent projects include: a major two-person exhibition with Susan Wintrop titled Surfacing (curated by George Wale) at the Burlington Art Centre in the fall of 2009, solo exhibitions at Pan Cafe and the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre lobby 2010, Follow (curated by Laura Woermke) at the St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre 2011, and his work was part of a major group exhibition curated by Jamelie Hassan & Jens Thielsen entitled Where You Be in Eternity? mounted at Thielsen Gallery of London, Ontario spring 2011.

www.aureoelstudios.com

Office: GL 279 --- Telephone: (905) 688-5550 ext.5046
amcbay@brocku.ca

Jessica Thompson
Part-time Instructor
Jessica Thompson’s projects investigate spatial and social conditions within the urban environment through sound, performance, and mobile technologies. She holds a BFA in Visual Art from York University in Toronto and an MFA in Media Study from SUNY at Buffalo. Her work has been shown in exhibitions and festivals such as ISEA, (San Jose) FINE/LINE (Denmark) the Conflux Festival, (New York) Thinking Metropolis, (Copenhagen) (in) visible Cities, (Winnipeg) Deep Wireless, (Toronto) Beyond/In Western New York, (Buffalo) and NIME 2011. (Oslo) Her projects have appeared in Canadian Art, c Magazine, and numerous art and technology blogs. Her piece, walking machine, is included in Acoustic Territories: Sound Culture and Everyday Life by Brandon LaBelle.

www.jessicathompson.ca 

Office: tba --- Telephone (905) 688-5550 ext. 3214
jthompson2@brocku.ca

Office: GL 116 --- Telephone (905) 688-5550 ext. 4756
Irene Loughlin
Part-time Instructor
Irene Loughlin is an interdisciplinary artist who works at the intersections of performance art, video, sound, installation, painting, drawing and writing. She holds an MVS from the University of Toronto, a BFA from Simon Fraser University, has attended the SVA and NSCAD Summer Studio Programs in New York and is an alumni of OCAD.

She has presented her work in various national and international contexts including upcoming works at Schloss Solitude, (2011, Stuttgart, Germany), a performance and sound art work for the LIVE Performance Biennale (2011, Vancouver, BC), and a video and sculptural installation for The Factory, (2012, Hamilton, ON). She has created and presented collaborative work at the Performance Saga Festival (Bern, Switzerland 2008), video/performances at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (San Jose, Costa Rica), Zonadearte Gallery (Buenos Aires, Argentina), the Deformes Festival (Santiago, Chile), and multi-media works for The Western Front, Grunt Gallery, Gallery Gachet, The Society for Disability Art and Culture (Vancouver), 7a11d Festival (Toronto), and FADO/OCAD (Toronto). Loughlin has been awarded a SSHRC Scholarship (Masters level) and the Lynch Staunton Award, Canada Council for the Arts and is the author of numerous essays, articles and conference proceedings.

Office: GL 116 --- Telephone (905) 688-5550 ext. 4756
Office hours: Tuesdays, 3:00 - 4:00 pm
iloughlin@brocku.ca

www.ireneloughlin.com
www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2005/on127698883984761058.htm

Donna Akrey
Part-time Instructor

Donna is an interdisciplinary artist who creates installations, sculpture, video, photography, book works and collaborations. She received her MFA from NSCAD. Her work reflects her interest in the urban environment, language and communication, body and mind and the power of the habitual on our dreams and realities.

Office: GLN 116 --- Telephone (905) 688-5550
dakrey@brocku.ca