Luanne martineau biography of martin

Luanne Martineau (born 1970) is a contemporary, multimedia Canadian artist best known for her hand-spun and felted wool sculptures.

Her work engages with social satire as well as feminist textile practice.

Life

Martineau was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Luanne martineau biography of martin

She earned a fine art diploma from the Alberta College of Art & Design in 1993, and a Masters of Fine Art from the University of British Columbia in 1995. She was previously an associate curator at the Art Gallery of Calgary, and later a professor of theory and curatorial studies at the University of Victoria.^[1] She is now based in Montreal, where she is an associate professor of painting and drawing at Concordia University.^[2]

Work

Martineau has been exhibiting across Canada and internationally since the mid-1990s.

Her work blurs the boundaries between craft and fine art, combining labour-intensive female handwork with questions about the politics of the body, style and ide