birch (6) (detail)
acrylic on canvas 48" x 24" 2015
(sold, private collection)

About

Louise A. DeGagné is a Canadian artist living and working in East Vancouver, on the unceded traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. 

Her paintings are an exploration of presence and absence to inform perception of the environment around us. She looks at the space “in between”. As Louise describes, we can walk into a forest and observe each individual tree, but the space that separates them is as much a part of the experience as the trees themselves. This attention to object and surroundings informs work that contains both statement and subtlety. 
 
In landscape, abstract, and figurative representation, Louise employs multiple materials and techniques, creating conversation and/or tension. This opens the door for the observer’s own interpretation – Her practice seeks to draw the observer in without prescribing their experience.
 
Louise has shown in Vancouver, the Lower Mainland and her art hangs in homes and businesses in Canada, Europe and the US.
 
Her studio is in Parker Street Studios, studio 208 - 1000 Parker Street, Vancouver.

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b. 1966, St.Boniface, Manitoba. Lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia.
 
EDUCATION

1989
Associate degree Stagecraft Technology, Douglas College, New Westminster, BC
 
1995 – 2017
Professional development, continuing education, various art related courses; 
Emily Carr University, OCAD 
 
 
EXHIBITIONS
 
​2020
Creative and Unconventional, digital exhibition 
Abbotsford Arts Council, Abbotsford, BC
(group show)

2008 -2025
Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver, BC
(open studio event)
 
2016           
this part remains with me, Amelia Douglas Gallery, New Westminster, BC
(two person exhibition)
 
2015
lost and found: navigating my environment, Espana Gallery, Vancouver, BC
(solo exhibition)
 
2014
SeaWheeze, visual art animation (live painting), lululemon, Vancouver, BC
(public event)

2011
The Space in Between, The Rize Space, Vancouver, BC
(juried exhibition)
 
2009
Shadow Forest: interactive light display, Family Fuse, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
​(public event)

2008
Main Street Drift, Studio East 5th Ave, Vancouver, BC
(open studio event)
 
 
WORKSHOP

2014
Prop building, gabriola isle of the arts festival, Gabriola Arts Council, Gabriola, BC