Brian Lorimer is a Canadian artist with an adventurous past. Painting in series is his "thing", and started with Landscapes of Solitude, a story of reconnection with his childhood on the shores of Lake Mississagagon where he now resides. The Omo series is a study of the indigenous tribes of one of the most remote places on the planet, the Omo Valley in Ethiopia. In HUDSY WORLD, Lorimer turns to a very gifted young boy named Hudson Evans, Lorimer’s five year old grandson who lives within the spectrum of Autism. The latest series - Cape Dorset, had Lorimer traveling to the far north of Canada to capture the Inuit carvers of the arctic.
Other series include City2Sunrise, Shorn Lamb, Project Remembrance, Coordinates, I'm Still Here, and Passage.
Lorimer was born in 1961 in Belleville, Ontario. He studied at the Ontario College of Art in the early 80’s, became a self-employed illustrator/designer in Toronto in the late 80’s and early 90’s before founding Lorimer Studios in 1996, one of Canada’s pre-eminent mural companies. He closed the doors in 2002 to begin focusing on projects that involved travelling off the beaten path in service to his art. These journeys have taken him from the killing fields of Cambodia and the barren landscape of the Omo Valley in Ethiopia to the bone numbing cold of Cape Dorset in the Canadian arctic.
Lorimer's remarkable paintings of indigenous peoples, war and Canadian landscapes can be found in many corporate collections including the Hard Rock Cafe, Toronto Metro Zoo, Via Rail, Wildhorse Saloon, Canadian Legion, Price Waterhouse Coopers as well as many private collections around the world.
EDUCATION
1979-1981: Ontario College of Art & Design
Specialization: Fine art Drawing and Painting
EXHIBITIONS
2019
Solo Exhibition - Lorimer Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2018
Group Exhibition - Liss Gallery, Toronto, ON
2018
Group Exhibition - Artspace Oakville, Oakville, ON
2018
Group Exhibition - Lorimer Gallery, Ottawa, ON2017 - Group Exhibition - Lorimer Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI
2016
Group Exhibition - “Winter Landscapes” -Gordon Harrison Gallery, Ottawa. Ontario
2015
Group Exhibition - Lorimer Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI
2014
Solo Exhibition - “Project Remembrance” -Toronto City Hall, Toronto, Ontario
2013
Group Exhibition - Pilar Shephard Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI
2012
Group Exhibition - Pilar Shephard Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI
2011
Solo Exhibition “OMO” -Artspace Oakville, Oakville, Ontario
2011
Solo Exhibition - “City2Sunrise: A Journey Through Asia” -Arthouse, Sydney, Australia
2010
Solo Exhibition - “City2Sunrise: A Journey Through Asia” -Gallery Artplus, Belleville, Ontario
2009
Solo Exhibition - “Landscapes of Solitude” -Gallery Artplus, Belleville, Ontario
2008
Art Auction, Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario
PRIVATE/CORPORATE COMMISSIONS
Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario
O'Charley's Restaurants - 120 locations throughout the USA
Hard Rock Cafe, Ottawa, Ontario
Hard Rock Cafe, Niagara Falls, Ontario
Via Rail, Ottawa, Ontario
Metro Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario
Abbey Grill Restaurants, Oakville, Ontario
Boghossian Legal Professional Corp., Toronto, Ontario
Casino Niagara, Niagara Falls, Ontario
Flamboro Downs Casino, Flamboro, Ontario
Labatt Breweries, Toronto, Ontario
Mackay and Wong, Toronto, Ontario
McGinnis Landing Restaurants, London, Ontario
McGinnis Landing Restaurants, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Montreal Forum, Montreal, Québec
Opryland-Gaylord Entertainment, Nashville, Tennessee
Oliver’s Restaurants, Toronto, Ontario
Rogers Center, Toronto, Ontario
Whole Foods, Yorkville Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Casino, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canadian Tire, Ottawa
Price Waterhouse Coopers, Toronto, Ontario
Caldwell Securities, Toronto, Ontario
AWARDS
1979 -Art Gallery of Ontario Scholarship
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2014 The Buzz, Charlottetown, PEI
2014 “Canada’s War Art.” Legion Magazine, Ottawa, Ontario
2009 “First Solo Art Show At Gallery Artplus.”, Belleville Intelligencer, Belleville, Ontario
1999 “West-End Group Of Artists Brushing Up For Fundraiser.”, Toronto Star, Toronto, Ontario
1996 “Painting The Big Picture.” Toronto Star, Toronto, Ontario
1991 “Glimpse Of The Future.” Toronto Sun, Toronto, Ontario
