A public lecture by Ian Wallace as part of the J oan Carlisle-Irving Lecture Series
5:30 p.m.\, Wednesday\, October 1\, 202
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Room 102\, Frederic Lasserre Build
ing
6333 Memorial Road\, University
of British Columbia
Please contact the AHVA Visual Resources Centre for access to the event recording: ahva.vrc@ubc.ca
Having developed a car eer as an exhibiting artist regionally\, nationally\, and internationally f or sixty years\, as well as having simultaneously held academic positions a t the university level as an instructor in art history for three decades\, Ian Wallace will present an illustrated talk examining the common interests and conundrums that affect the related fields of art and art history. With direct reference to the accomplishments of his professional practice as bo th an artist and an art historian\, he will open a discussion of his experi ence concerning the significance of bridging the gap between the analytic p rocesses of art historical research and the innovative and imaginary creati vity of artistic production.
Ian Wa llace was born in Shoreham\, England\, in 1943. After completing his studie s at the University of British Columbia and graduating with a master's degr ee in art history\, he taught art history at UBC from 1967 to 1970 and at t he Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design from 1972 to 1998. Wallace receiv ed honorary doctorates from Emily Carr University of Art and Design (2007) and University of British Columbia (2010).
Wallace has been active in the cr eation\, promotion\, and appreciation of innovative processes in contempora ry art practice through writing\, teaching\, and exhibiting his work. He ha s been an influential figure in the development of an internationally ackno wledged photographic and conceptual art practice in Vancouver.
Wallace is th e recipient of the VIVA Award from the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation f or Visual Arts (1977)\; Governor General’s Award for the Visual Arts (2004) \; the Molson Prize (2009)\; and the Audain Art Prize (2022). In 2012\, Wal lace was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada\, and was awarded the Che valier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the Ministry of Culture of France in 2016.
We acknowledge tha t the UBC Vancouver campus is situated on the traditional\, ancestral\, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam).
Image: Ian Wallace\,