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| | ARTIST NAME: | Lamb, Paddy | | ACCESSION NUMBER: | 2024.007.001 | | TITLE: | Machinery of Summer
Old Loves, New Lines Series | | DATE: | 2022 | | CATEGORY: | Painting | | MEDIUM: | oil | | SUPPORT: | canvas | | DIMENSIONS: | Actual: 153.2 × 138 cm (60 5/16 × 54 5/16 in.) | | COLLECTION: | Alberta Foundation for the Arts |
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| | OTHER HOLDINGS: | Lamb, Paddy | | ARTIST BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Paddy Lamb is an Irish born Canadian whose ancestors include Ulster-Scots, Quaker, Huguenot, Celtic, and Proto-Indo-Europeans. Born in the city of Armagh, Northern Ireland, he studied Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin, and Physical Education and History as a post-graduate at the University of Alberta. After moving to Canada in he worked as a historian and archivist before devoting himself to a full-time career as a visual artist.
For more than two decades Lamb’s work has focused on an interpretation of the physical and social landscape in the form of drawing, painting and installation. It is strongly influenced by history, memory and social culture, offering a personal narrative concerning human migration and attachment to the land.
Lamb is the recipient of several scholarships and awards from the City of Edmonton and the Province of Alberta. In 2009 and 2011 he received a fellowship and residency at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ballycastle, Co. Mayo. Other residencies include the Thomas Gushul Studio in Blairmore, Alberta, The Ortona Armoury in Edmonton and Empire of Dirt, Creston, BC.
Lamb served as National President and Spokesperson of CARFAC from 2019-2023. In 2023 he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal.
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