Artist Statement

Growing up in a military family, change was inevitable. Although Ottawa has always been our home base, I spent much of my childhood in Northern Canada around the 60th parallel. Barren landscapes, remote communities, and winter are the foundations of my memories and appear often in my work. Generally preferring the found over the contrived, I go out into the world with my camera in an attempt to find stillness, meaning and light. I tend to focus on the relationship between nature and the built environment while exploring themes of memory, place and isolation. 

Biography

Dyanne Wilson is a photo-based artist currently living and working in Ottawa, Ontario. For the past 15 years, Dyanne has worked as an editorial photographer whose clients included: Hello! Canada magazine, National Art Centre, Diplomat and International Canada magazine and Ottawa Citizen Style magazine amongst other corporate clients.

Dyanne is currently in the second year of the School of The Photographic Arts: Ottawa diploma program under the direction of Michael Tardioli.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibition

Life in the Knife: Solo Exhibition September 26 to October 23, 2019 Shenkman Arts Centre, Trinity Gallery Salon B, Ottawa, Ontario 

Group Exhibitions

Claustrophobia: SPAO Group Exhibition 2020

Home: SPAO Group Exhibition 2019 

Fragments: July 16 to September 19 - Group Exhibition at Exposure Gallery, Curated in collaboration with Neeko Paluzzi and Michael Tardioli

2019, A+ (Group Exhibition), Honourable Mention School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa 

2018 Honourable Mention in Travel: Places and Faces, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury VT. Juried by National Geographic Editor and Freelance Photographer Krista Rossow 

2016 Performance, City of Yellowknife Heritage Committee, Juried Art Show

2008 A+ (Group Exhibition) - First Place Digital School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa

Media Interviews and Mentions

Art of Creative Photography Interview

Edge of Humanity Magazine