Sally Ayre
Excerpt from artist statement:

"I am a photo based installation artist and print maker. I work with natural objects such as plant life, seaweed, rocks, roots, and feathers as a way to reflect on human life and the world in which we live. To me nature illustrates the struggle to survive a continually changing environment with strength, beauty and peace that is often overlooked in the rush to get on with our lives..."
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Lupine 9
36 x 12 Inches  (paper size)
Screenprint on Japanese paper
$750 (Unframed)
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Lupine 9 (detail)
36 x 12 Inches  (paper size)
Screenprint on Japanese paper
$750 (Unframed)
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Lupine 11
36 x 12 Inches  (paper size)
Screenprint on Japanese paper
$750 (Unframed)
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Lupine 11 (detail)
36 x 12 Inches  (paper size)
Screenprint on Japanese paper
$750 (Unframed)
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Lupine 8
38 x 12 Inches  (paper size)
Screenprint on Japanese paper
$750 (Unframed)
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Lupine 1
36 x 12 Inches  (paper size)
Screenprint on Japanese paper
$750 (Unframed)
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Lupine 1 (detail)
36 x 12 Inches  (paper size)
Screenprint on Japanese paper
$750 (Unframed)
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Lupine 8 (detail)
38 x 12 Inches  (paper size)
Screenprint on Japanese paper
$750 (Unframed)
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Lupine 1 - 9, installation of suite of prints
35.5 x 12 Inches  (paper size)
Screenprint on Japanese paper
$6750 (Unframed)
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Snowdrops
12 x 24 Inches  (paper size)
Screenprint on Japanese paper
$600 (Unframed)
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Lily of the Valley
12 x 36 Inches  (paper size)
Screenprint on Japanese paper
$600 (Unframed)
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Scilla
8 x 18 Inches  (paper size)
Screenprint on Japanese paper
$300 (Unframed)


Education
1990 Ontario College of Art and Design, Honours, Photo Vision

Grants, Awards
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2008, 2004, 1999

Ontario Arts Council, Mid Career Visual Artist Grant, 1999

Verent Richards Scholarship, OCAD, 1990


Selected Group Exhibitions
Natural Order, June 2010, Print Sales Gallery, Open Studio, Toronto

20 Questions: An Open Studio Members’ Folio, September 2009, Open Studio, Toronto

6th Annual Print Show, July 2009, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto

White, July 2009, *new* gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Inspired by the Summit, June 2009, The Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, Ontario

Looking Forward, Looking Back, Gallery 44, May 2009, Toronto, Ontario

Drift: Sally Ayre & Gaye Jackson, September 2008, *new* gallery, Toronto, Ontario

5th Annual Print Show July 2008 John B Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

What’s new in Washi, June 2008, *new* gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Guest Artist, May – August 2007, Lonsdale Gallery. Toronto, Ontario

Editions, Dec 2007, *new* gallery, Toronto, Ontario

G Hunting, Dec 2006, INDEXG, Toronto, Ontario

What’s New, What’s Blue, June 2006, *new* gallery, Toronto, Ontario

“Illuminations”, May 2005, Prime Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

“Willow Beach”, January 2005,  *new* Gallery, Distillery District, Toronto, Ontario

44 Comes to Clarington, July 2004, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ont.

journey…past…present, July 2000, Renaissance Women 2000 Series, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Tracing Shadows, Contact 2000, May 2000, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Insight, Contact 1999, May 1999, Tenth Muse Studio, Toronto, Ontario

Quintet, Contact 1998, May 1998, Tenth Muse Studio, Toronto, Ontario

Newfoundlandia, April 1998, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. Johns, Newfoundland

Spin Cycle, Contact 1997, May 1997, Arts and Events Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

“true,true…” The Legacy of Verent Richards, Oct 1996, Gallery 44, Toronto, Ontario

Book Works, Dec 1991, Eastern Edge Galley, St John’s, Newfoundland

Latent Images, Gallery 44, July 1991, Gallery 44, Toronto, Ontario


Selected Solo Exhibitions
Sally Ayre Cyanotypes, May 2009, Print Room, IndexG, Toronto, Ontario

Sea Shadows, October 2006, *new* gallery, Toronto. Ontario

Floating Shadows, Contact 2003, May 2003, Fluid Living (Queen Street), Toronto, Ontario

Shadow Gardens, November 2001, Vitrines, Galley 44, Toronto, Ontario

Denial, February 1998, Member’s Gallery, Gallery 44, Toronto. Ontario

A Private Space, April 1996, Member’s Gallery, Gallery 44. Toronto, Ontario