
Marianne Lovink
Marianne Lovink
Marianne Lovink has continually changed her mediums (wire/fiberglass/aluminum/welded steel), but retains her interests in forms that have a basis in cell formation (science/botanicals). She is specifically interested in exploring the relationship between sculptural form and it’s embellishment.
“With this newest series of work I have been exploring the relationship between sculptural form and its embellishment. This is not unusual for me, but in the past I have resisted the urge to fully explore this interest. I have always been fascinated with the visual language of mark – making throughout millennia – and its complexity, variety, and pervasiveness across all cultures. This timeless preoccupation with the endless expressive possibilities of repetitive motifs, and the subsequent effect of positive and negative space, has had a growing influence on my work. I am particularly interested in how a specific motif can conform but also resist the underlying sculptural form, creating a visual tension that enlivens the eye.”
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Artist Information

Artist Website: mariannelovink.com/
Currently residing in Chicago IL,- previously based in Toronto, Ontario - Marianne Lovink has been a professional sculptor since 1984 and has been represented by the Kostuik Gallery since 2000. Her mediums are carved wood, precision cut metal and mixed media. Lovink has exhibited her work extensively in public, non-profit, and commercial galleries and has been the recipient of numerous municipal, provincial and federal arts council grants. Lovink is a member of the Philadelphia Sculptor’s Society and Associate Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and has recently completed several large-scale site-specific Public Art projects in both Toronto and Philadelphia. Her work is represented in both public and private collections, including those of The Canadian Consulate, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Osler Hoskin and Harcourt; OMERS; City of Richmond Hill; Atlantis Films Canada, and University of Saskatchewan.
Born: 1961, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Residence: Chicago, IL, USA
Education
1989 Art Studio Program, The Banff Centre for Fine Arts, Banff, AB
1984 Bachelor of Fine Arts, honors, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Counterpoint, Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2014 Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ON
2012 Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
2011 Unnatural Order, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2010 Permutations, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
2009 Phenomena, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2007 Molecular MechanicsKatharine Mulherin Contemporary Projects, Toronto ON
2006 Microscopic: exhibit A, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2006 Archive Inc., Toronto, ON
2005 Schemata, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003 Definitely Superior Artist-Run Centre & Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON
2002 Katharine Mulherin Gallery, Toronto, ON
2002 1080 Bus Gallery, Toronto. ON
2001 Pure, Taos, New Mexico
2000 Katharine Mulherin Gallery, Toronto, ON
2000 Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON
2000 Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
1997 Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, ON
1994 Kingston Artists’ Association Inc., Kingston, ON
1994 Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, ON
1994 Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1993 Birganart Gallery, Toronto, ON
1992 Birganart Gallery, Toronto, ON
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Amber Archive, Toronto, ON
2012 Unique: 4thAnnual Art Auction and Group Show, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2010 Lucky 13: 2nd Annual Art Auction and Group Show, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2009 Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary AB
2008 Decade, Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, ON
2007 Playing in Traffic, Red Bull Music Academy, Toronto, Ontario
2007 Other Moments: new sculpture, photography and art on paper, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2006 Contemporary Sculpture, Rollo Contemporary Art, London, UK
2005 RBS Inside Annual 2005, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London, UK
2005 Glo, Archive Inc., Toronto, ON
2005 Summer Exhibition, Royal British Sculpture Society, London, UK
2004 Metamorphosis, John Michael Kohler Arts Centre, Sheboygan, WI
2004 Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003 Light, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2002 Marianne Lovink/Sheila Moss, Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SA
2001 St. Sebastian, Hart House Gallery, University of Toronto, Ontario
2001 Glo, Archive Inc., Toronto, ON
2001 Poiesis: Marianne Lovink & Sheila Moss, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON
2001 Pure Group, Pure, Taos, New Mexico
2000 Glo, Archive Inc., Toronto, ON
2000 Fresh, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2000 Arts2000, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Stratford, ON
Art Fairs
2013 Toronto International Art Fair – Olga Korper Gallery
2011 San Francisco Fine Art Fair – Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2011 Los Angeles Art Show – Villa del Arte
2010 AAF Singapore – Villa del Arte
2010 Toronto International Art Fair – Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2010 Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, Villa de Arte
2009 BridgeNY09 Art Fair, New York – Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2007 AquaArtMiami – Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
2007 Toronto International Art Fair – Open Spaces Project
2007 Palm Beach 3 Contemporary Art Fair – Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2006 Scope London – Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
2006 ART(212) Contemporary Art Fair, New York – Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
2006 AFFAIR, Portland, Oregon – Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
2005 Scope Miami – Judith Tatar Gallery
2004 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York – Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2004 Scope LA – Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2004 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York – Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2003 Toronto International Art Fair – Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
Public Art Commissions
2017 Queen Street West BIA, Custom Tree Guards, Toronto, ON (Installation date: Summer 2017)
2016 SEPTA Art-in-Transit Program – Nexus – 40th Street Station, Philadelphia, PA
2016 College Street West BIA/Toronto – Parkette Bicycle Stands
2015 Weston Village BIA/Toronto – Penny-Farthing – Custom Bike Stands
2015 Waterfront Toronto – Site Specific, Sumach St & Eastern Ave, Toronto, 2015
2013 Toronto Urban Design/Award of Merit: “Public Art and Bicycle Rack Designers”
2011 Artist-Designed Bicycle Stand/Lock-up Multiple, City of Toronto (with Scott Eunson)
2010 Lansdowne Fence Streetscape, Toronto Transit Commission, Toronto (with Scott Eunson)
Grants / Awards
Award of Merit, Toronto Urban Design Awards, 2013
Canada Council – Creation/Production Grant: 2008, 2002, 1999, 1997, 1995
Canada Council – Travel Grant: 2002
Ontario Arts Council – Grants to Visual Artists: 2003, 2001
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant: 2003, 1998, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991
Toronto Arts Council – Grants to Visual Artists 2001, 1993
Hudson’s Bay Company Scholarship (Banff Centre) : 1989
Artsfest, Kingston, Ontario – First Prize/Sculpture: 1984
Collections
W Guangzhou Hotel, Guangzhou, China
Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Ontario
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto, Ontario
OMERS, Toronto, Ontario
W Hoboken Hotel and Residences, Hoboken, NJ, USA
The Drake Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
Atlantis Films Canada, Toronto, Ontario
City of Richmond Hill, Richmond Hill, Ontario
Private Collections
Professional Affiliation
Member of Philadelphia Sculptor’s Society
Associate Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors
Bibliography
2010 Jane A. Clark, Building a good neighbour, Spacing, Fall 2010
2009 Mike Landry, Things of Desire, Canada’s Alternative Art Weekly, May 2009
2007 Betty Ann Jordan, Artist File: Marianne Lovink, Canadian House & Home, March 2007
2003 Corinna Ghaznavi “Submerge: Marianne Lovink at Definitely Superior Gallery in Thunder Bay” DART INTERNATIONAL, Summer/Fall 2003
2003 Glen Williams, “Marianne Lovink” Sculpture, Vol.22 July/August 2003
2003 Jolene Davis, Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal, March 11, 2003
2002 Gary Michael Dault, Globe & Mail/ Gallery Going, Nov.2, 2002
2002 Dana Samuel, Canadian Art, Review, Fall 2002
2001 Gary Michael Dault “The Thinking man’s bouquet” Globe & Mail/ Gallery Going, July.7, 2001
2001 Corinna Ghaznavi, Poiesis (Exhib. Essay), Mercer Union, June 2001
2001 Jon Carver, THE Magazine, Santa Fe, N.M. May 2001
2000 “Genesis of form interests sculptor Marianne Lovink” Brush Up Art Gallery of Mississauga, Winter 2000
2000 “The Arts: Marianne Lovink” Gary Michael Dault, Globe & Mail/ Gallery Going, Nov.18, 2000
2000 Corinna Ghaznavi, Espace Magazine, Fall 2000
2000 S.Reid/ K. Maclear, “Marianne Lovink: Hallucigenia (Exhib. Cat), Arty Gallery of Miss., March 2000
2000 lake Gopnik, Globe & Mail/ Gallery Going, April.19, 2000
2000 Betty Ann Jordon “Art: Marianne Lovink” Toronto Life/ Art, May 2000
1998 Betty Ann Jordon/ Gillian Mackay, “Marianne Lovink and Penny Dimos at Archive” Globe & Mail/ Gallery Going, June.20 1998
1997 Gillian Mackay, “Seductive echoes of popular culture” Globe & Mail/ Gallery Going, April.5, 1997
1994 Robin Laurence, “Enigma as a female form of expression” The Weekend Sun, Feb 12, 1994
1992 Keith Taylor, Globe & Mail/ Gallery Going, Feb. 28, 1992
Marianne Lovink Press Release Counterpoint – View
2010 Jane A. Clark, Building a good neighbour, Spacing, Fall 2010
2009 Mike Landry, Things of Desire, Canada’s Alternative Art Weekly, May 2009
2007 Betty Ann Jordan, Artist File: Marianne Lovink, Canadian House & Home, March 2007
2003 Corinna Ghaznavi “Submerge: Marianne Lovink at Definitely Superior Gallery in Thunder Bay” DART INTERNATIONAL, Summer/Fall 2003
2003 Glen Williams, “Marianne Lovink” Sculpture, Vol.22 July/August 2003
2003 Jolene Davis, Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal, March 11, 2003
2002 Gary Michael Dault, Globe & Mail/ Gallery Going, Nov.2, 2002
2002 Dana Samuel, Canadian Art, Review, Fall 2002
2001 Gary Michael Dault “The Thinking man’s bouquet” Globe & Mail/ Gallery Going, July.7, 2001
2001 Corinna Ghaznavi, Poiesis (Exhib. Essay), Mercer Union, June 2001
2001 Jon Carver, THE Magazine, Santa Fe, N.M. May 2001
2000 “Genesis of form interests sculptor Marianne Lovink” Brush Up Art Gallery of Mississauga, Winter 2000
2000 “The Arts: Marianne Lovink” Gary Michael Dault, Globe & Mail/ Gallery Going, Nov.18, 2000
2000 Corinna Ghaznavi, Espace Magazine, Fall 2000
2000 S.Reid/ K. Maclear, “Marianne Lovink: Hallucigenia (Exhib. Cat), Arty Gallery of Miss., March 2000
2000 lake Gopnik, Globe & Mail/ Gallery Going, April.19, 2000
2000 Betty Ann Jordon “Art: Marianne Lovink” Toronto Life/ Art, May 2000
1998 Betty Ann Jordon/ Gillian Mackay, “Marianne Lovink and Penny Dimos at Archive” Globe & Mail/ Gallery Going, June.20 1998
1997 Gillian Mackay, “Seductive echoes of popular culture” Globe & Mail/ Gallery Going, April.5, 1997
1994 Robin Laurence, “Enigma as a female form of expression” The Weekend Sun, Feb 12, 1994
1992 Keith Taylor, Globe & Mail/ Gallery Going, Feb. 28, 1992

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