Curriculum Vitae

Darlene Lobos grew up on the west coast and now resides in Calgary where she paints full time. She has been involved with many aspects of art making and formalized her art training at ACAD with a BFA majoring in painting. Her work can be seen in collections throughout Canada, the US, Mexico, Argentina and the UK. Her many travels and much time spent outdoors walking and hiking have greatly influenced her work.

Darlene’s landscapes fall loosely into romantic and mystical landscape painting genres although her sense of the abstract is highly evident. She generally works without visual reference and lets the painting evolve spontaneously incorporating memory or dream fragments. She often references the old masters through choice of color palette and the modern period through use of texture.The resultant landscape evokes a sense of place infused with beauty and mystery.

CURRENT GALLERY AFFILIATIONS:

Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB

Artpoint Gallery and Studios, Calgary, AB

EXHIBITIONS: 

2016               Two person show, “The Mind’s Eye”, Michelangelo Gallery (spring), Calgary,

AB and Elevation Gallery (fall), Canmore, AB

2015               Group show,”Hive”, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB

2005-2014    Group shows every year, Artpoint Gallery and Studios, Calgary, AB

2013               Eastside Studio Crawl Group Show, Artpoint Gallery and Studios,Calgary

 Solo Show, “Beyond Place”, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB

2012               Group show, Eastside Studio Crawl, Artpoint Gallery and Studios, Calgary

 Group show, Christmas Show, Axis Gallery, Calgary, AB

2011                Two person show, “New Works”, Artpoint Gallery and Studios, Calgary, AB

 Group show, “Sacred/Modern”, Elevation Gallery,Canmore,AB

2010               Group show, Eastside Studio Crawl, Artpoint Gallery and Studios, Calgary

2009               Group show, Artwalk, Artpoint Gallery and Studios, Calgary, AB

2008               Solo show, “Reenchantment of the River”, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB

2007               Group show, “Unplugged”, Elevation Gallery,Canmore,AB

2006               Solo show, “A Sense of Place”, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB

2004               Group show, “Artrageous III”, Illingsworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB

2003               Group show, “Synchronisms”, Above the Shoe Factory Studio,Calgary,AB

  Solo show, “New Works”, Elevation Gallery, Calgary, AB

2002               Group show, “Scapes: Figure, Mind, and Land”, Artspace Gallery,Calgary,AB

 Group show, “Artrageous II”, Illingsworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB

2000               Group show, Grad Exhibiton, Illingsworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB

 Group show, Painting Grad Exhibition, Harrison Gallery, Calgary, AB

 Solo show, Calgary Newshour Gallery, Calgary, AB

1997-2000    Group shows, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB