Laurie Rayner Langford
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Off the Wall, Crow City Coffee, Chatham, ON
2017
The Four Housewives of the Apocalypse (part deux), Leamington Arts Centre, Leamington, ON
2014
The Four Housewives of the Apocalypse, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
2009
Guys & Dolls, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
WRITING
Fiction
First novel, manuscript complete: historical fiction set during Prince Edward Island's silver fox boom (1900–1925)
Island stories, RED: The Island Story Book, 2020–present (selected)
2026
“The Forgotten Women of Prince Edward Island's Silver Fox Boom”
2025
“Rayner House”
2024
“Sell me a Dream”
2023
“Airstream Dreams”
2022
“Grandad's Quiet Love”
2021
“Unravelled and Respun” (poem)
2020
“The Beast”
Literary journal
2026
“Waves” and “Grandad's Quiet Love,” UPEI Arts Review, Vol. XV, Charlottetown
2025
“Airstream Dreams” and “Unravelled and Respun,” UPEI Arts Review, Vol. XIV, Charlottetown
Exhibition essays
2026
“The Reckoning Gaze: Subversion, Symbol, and the Male Body in Contemporary Still Life,” for Homme by Liana Russwurm, Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery, Sarnia, ON
2023
“Postcards from the Centre of the Mind,” for What Lays Beneath, a retrospective of Leonard Jubenville, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
2022
“Blood Ties”, for Blood Ties, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
2019
“Exploration of My Mind's Eye”, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
2016
“Offhand Re-Marks”, for Offhand Re-Marks, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
2014
“The Four Housewives of the Apocalypse”, for The Four Housewives of the Apocalypse, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
2012
“Sacred & Profane”, for Sacred and Profane, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
2011
“The Exhibitchin'”, for The Exhibitchin', ARTspace, Chatham, ON
“florafaunalogical”, for florafaunalogical, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2016
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance grant, for Offhand Re-Marks
2014
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance grant, for The Four Housewives of the Apocalypse
2009
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance grant, for Guys & Dolls
RESIDENCIES
2025
Manitoulin Artists & Writers Residency, Manitoulin Island, ON; produced the bulk of first novel
2024
Manitoulin Artists & Writers Residency, Manitoulin Island, ON; worked on M.A. thesis
2023
Manitoulin Artists & Writers Residency, Manitoulin Island, ON; developed work for Water, water, everywhere
2022
Manitoulin Artists & Writers Residency, Manitoulin Island, ON
2020
Manitoulin Artists & Writers Residency, Manitoulin Island, ON
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
“The Activist Assemblage Art of Norman Barney, Terry Graff, and Laurie Rayner Langford,” by Terry Graff, Kolaj Magazine, Issue 40
2017
Kara Smith, The Artists of Crow County, Black Moss Press, Windsor, ON. Image: War Stories by Laurie Langford and Marshall Heaton
2016
Barbed Magazine, Detroit, debut issue #04, Spring 2016. Image: Our Lady of Perpetual Light (2010)
TWO- AND THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
Water, water, everywhere: A story of water and climate change, multimedia installation and presentation with Brinklow & Drew, UPEI Canadian Centre for Climate Change, St. Peter's Bay, PE
2024
Water, water, everywhere: A story of water and climate change, multimedia installation and presentation with Brinklow & Drew, Nordic House, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Blood Ties (with Mike Ondrovcik), Leamington Arts Centre, Leamington, ON
2022
Blood Ties (with Mike Ondrovcik), ARTspace, Chatham, ON
2018
Gods of Rock & Exquisite Corpse (with Marshall Heaton), Leamington Arts Centre, Leamington, ON
Reuse/Remix (with Norman Barney), Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2016
Offhand Re-Marks (with Marshall Heaton), ARTspace, Chatham, ON
2014
The League of Extraordinary Ladies (with Angelina LeDrew Bonvarlez), Glitter Milk Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI (ArtPrize 2014)
2012
Sacred & Profane (with Betty Sager), WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, ON
Sacred & Profane (with Betty Sager), Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
2011
The Exhibitchin' (with Becky Fixter and Kelly Ridley), ARTspace, Chatham, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Inside, Outside, Upside Down (Remix Collective), Galerie Colline, Université de Moncton, Edmundston, NB (online, due to COVID)
2020
Cut/Paste/Resist, Student Union Building, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
Schwitters' Army, Merz Gallery, Sanquhar, Scotland
2019
We Come in Pieces (Remix Collective), Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
We Come in Pieces (Remix Collective), Leamington Arts Centre, Leamington, ON
Far Out Show, Leamington Arts Centre, Leamington, ON
Breaking Barriers, Leamington Arts Centre, Leamington, ON
ARTspace Members' Show, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
2018
Remix Gallery Collective, Remix Gallery, Petrolia, ON
2017
Who Are You? (part of 2017 Nuit Blanche), Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON
Suffragette: 100 Years of Women's Suffrage, Chatham-Kent Public Library, with Buxton National Historic Site & Museum, Chatham, ON
2016
Damned IX, Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI
Revitalized, Walkerville Artists' Co-op, Windsor, ON
Imaginarium, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
Breaking Barriers, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
2015
Women, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
ARTspace Members' Show, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
2014
The Square Foot Show, Paula White Diamond Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2011
’Tis the Season, SB Gallery, Windsor, ON
Through Women's Hands, Women's Centre, Chatham, ON
2010
Through Women's Hands, Women's Centre, Chatham, ON
2009
Something Queer Goes Here, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
“Deconstructing Muffy” (performance with Mark Reinhart) for Beauty Interpreted, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
2008
Through Women's Hands, Women's Centre, Chatham, ON
2007–15
Community Arts Initiative exhibitions, Thames Art Gallery, ARTspace and Chatham-Kent Museum, Chatham, ON (15 exhibitions)
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2006–26
Eye for Art juried exhibition, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2024, 2026)
2011
2011 Juried Show, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
TEACHING AND LECTURES
2017
“Suffrage Posters,” workshop instructor (joint project with the Buxton Museum), ARTspace, Chatham, ON
2016
“Now Slide to the Right,” collage and printmaking workshop instructor, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
2011
Assemblage lecture, H.B. Beal Secondary School, London, ON
2010
“Get Out of the Box,” workshop instructor, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
2008
“Women in Laurie's Art,” lecture for Women's Day Conference, Chatham Women's Centre, Chatham, ON
2007
“Memory Books & Shadow Boxes,” workshop instructor, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
READINGS AND PANELS
2025
Reading, "Airstream Dreams," UPEI Arts Review Vol. XIV launch, Charlottetown, PE
2019
Panellist, We Come in Pieces panel discussion, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
CURATORIAL AND JURYING
2023
An Ongoing Saga by Norman Barney, guest curator, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
2022
Zip Code, co-juror, Leamington Arts Centre, Leamington, ON
2017
The World of Kitsch by Norman Barney and Jane Austin, guest curator, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
2014
Blue Planet, Community Arts Initiative, co-juror, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
2011
Through Women's Hands, co-juror, Women's Centre, Chatham, ON
florafaunalogical by Jon-Erik Kroon, guest curator, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
Bombs & Babes by Marshall Heaton, guest curator, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
2010
On the Edge, Community Arts Initiative, co-juror, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
ARTS LEADERSHIP AND MEMBERSHIPS
2025–
Chair, Chatham-Kent Arts Council
2024–25
Treasurer, Chatham-Kent Arts and Culture Network
2022–24
Vice Chair, Chatham-Kent Arts and Culture Network
2021–22
Secretary and founding member, Chatham-Kent Arts and Culture Network
2017–
Exhibiting member, Leamington Arts Centre
2016
Chair, ARTspace & Thames Art Gallery Advisory Board
2009–17
Member, ARTspace & Thames Art Gallery Advisory Board
2008–
Founding member and exhibiting member, ARTspace, Chatham
COMMISSIONS
2015
Time for Love, private collection, Windsor, ON
2013
Succulent Wild Woman, private collection, Wallaceburg, ON
2009
A Room at the Merrill Hotel, Retro Suites Hotel, Chatham, ON
2008
Sisters: For Franki, private collection, London, England
2007
Control, Dating Circus, Natural Beauty, Go Fish, and Bird Heaven, private collection, San Francisco, CA
Lisa's Helping Hands, private collection, Ann Arbor, MI
EDUCATION
M.A.
Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island
B.A.
English Literature and Art History, University of Toronto
Advertising and Marketing program, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON