Tristram Lansdowne
Tristram Lansdowne’s begins by asking how representational space functions as psychological space, and how the diverse histories of drawing and painting relate to today’s world. At its foundation this is a utopian or propositional approach that attempts to engage critically with various models of world-building. How do we project ourselves into illusionistic space, and how does that process of embodiment express certain forms of desire and control? By considering the viewer’s relation to the internal space of an image, these inquiries also extend outward from the picture plane to consider how pictorial space informs the perception of our physical reality. To explore these dynamics Lansdowne works in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional formats, using an exacting approach to watercolor in dialogue with projects in sculpture, installation and printmaking.
Born in Victoria (BC), Tristram Lansdowne lives and works in Toronto (ON). He holds an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (2016) and a BFA from the Ontario College of Art & Design (2007). Recent exhibitions include Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art; Luis De Jesus Los Angeles; CHART Gallery, NYC; New Art Projects, London, and Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides, Quebec. He was a 2024-25 fellow at the Roswell Artist in Residence Program, in Roswell, NM. His work is in numerous public and corporate collections in Canada and the US, including the National Gallery of Canada, the TD Bank Collection, the Royal Bank of Canada Collection, the Bank of Montreal Collection, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center.
Recent exhibitions
Vitrine - Group exhibition
From July 13 to September 6, 2024
Chapitre III - Group exhibition
From April 4 to May 25, 2024
Art Toronto
From October 27-29, 2023
Sympathies
From May 12 to June 11, 2022
I swear you never slep at night
From October 29 to November 23, 2019
Eyewitness
From May 26 to July 3, 2021
Modal Home
From September 8 to October 7, 2017
