Laura Bydlowska (She/Her) is a Toronto/Tkaronto-based multidisciplinary artist specializing in printmaking, painting, and pyrography (wood burning). Her work features abstract geological compositions, often revealing hidden caverns, sediment layers, and occasional bursts of colourful vegetation and habitats.
In her exploration of the natural world’s underside, Laura embraces spontaneity by combining a variety of materials. She frequently layers prints and obscures large planes of colour or wood grain with heavy mark-making. Her pieces are refined through the use of flat colour and line, influenced by the topographical features of cliffs, valleys, and coastal banks. By merging different techniques seamlessly, the final product becomes a naturally harmonious collection of shapes and colours.
Laura’s works are not intended to depict specific natural phenomena or landscapes. Instead, they evoke the possibility of place and the memory of organic forms. Interpretation is central to her work, allowing her pieces to be viewed in a variety of ways.
EDUCATION
The University of Toronto, Master of Museum Studies, 2009 – 11
The University of Guelph, Bachelor of Arts, with Honours, 2004 – 08
RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Up from Below
Woodstock Art Gallery (WAG)
July 13 – September 14, 2019
Up From Below presents a series of recent works by Laura Bydlowska that challenge the idea of a landscape by exploring the underground linear movements that rise from beneath to form our natural world (text courtesy the WAG website).
Passage
Open Studio (OS)
May 17, 2019 – June 15, 2019
Passage continues Laura’s fascination with geologic cross-sections and the forming of imagined environments below the surface. Passage examines how strata intersect to create or limit access within a fictional landscape.
HAVE A QUESTION?
Email lbydlowska@gmail.com
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