Maura Doyle

Maura Doyle the 2017 Visual Arts Award Winner for the K.M. Hunter Artist Awards.

January 19 – March 9, 2024

Maura has lived in various parts of it, Japan too, and is currently residing in Ottawa, the capital of Canada.

Ever the rigorous practitioner, Maura Doyle made sure to try the new ‘Unidentified’ flavour of Doritos’ tortilla chip when it was debuted recently by Frito Lay. Deciding they tast…

Central Art Garage artist Maura Doyle's hybrid practice encompasses ceramics, sculpture, printed matter/publications and drawing.

Maura Doyle presents new works based on stream of consciousness journaling and left-hand drawing. Through pottery, drawing and assemblage, she

For her exhibition "Pot Diction" Maura Doyle continues to explore the form of the pot. A series of painted paper constructions reimagine the secret

An artist-led exhibition space in Toronto

The ninth annual catalogue takes the form of a folded photographic poster, offering prospective purchasers the opportunity to cut and paste the included furniture and storage compartments, preparing t

"Burnt clay, apart from being breakable, is practically indestructible." from On the Shores of Light by Peter Bamm (1961) Using her own domestic

A beaver documentary, works on paper, beaver sculptures, a small publication about the history of beaver architecture, and a beaver log that traveled

Beavers are everywhere, on our money, crests, and keychains. So, why do some people see them as a nuisance? We take a look back at the story of the animal who was almost wiped out to build the early Canadian economy and how these “ecosystem engineers” are a key in helping fight forest fires due to climate change.

Maura Doyle at Paul Petro Contemporary Art in Toronto My latest piece at the L Magazine is a book review! I take a look at Maura Doyle’s A Guide To Beaver Architecture: Sticks and Mud Reconsi…

Maura DoyleA Guide to Beaver Architecture: Sticks and Mud Reconsidered46 pages, soft cover, perfect bound, fully illustrated in black and white Edition of 1007 x 5 inchesApril 2009 A Guide to Beaver Architecture: Sticks and Mud Reconsidered documents the history of beaver architecture as recorded by the human animal and highlights cross-species exchange as a possible influence on the beaver's work. It includes documentation of unconventional beaver works, such as the beaver dam in North Dakota made entirely with coal and mud; the chewed stick and a pink T-shirt dam barricade at a Haliburton (Ontario) beaver sanctuary; and the "fallen log dam", which was constructed around a fallen log in Michigan. Produced in conjunction with the exhibition New Age Beaverat Paul Petro Contemporary Art (Toronto)April 24 - May 23, 2009

For much of this walk, I am going to be sharing things as audio files rather than written posts. I am currently sitting in a kitchen in Bowdoin, Maine with a friend who is away for the day and left me the use of her computer. This piece has been whispering to me over the last chunk of days so I am b

A group exhibition that investigates assumptions about how and where “serious” artwork gets produced.

We are excited to announce our second of two 2018 – 19 Visiting Artists’ (VA) Residency exhibitions featuring work by Maura Doyle and Sidney Masuga.

On Thursday, March 12, 2020, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson delivered the 2020 CLC Kreisel Lecture titled "A Short History of the Blockade: Giant Beavers, Diplo...

I grin when I enter Maura Doyle’s exhibition Dear Universe/Cher Univers at Axenéo7 in Gatineau. Empty chip bags, suspended from the ceiling and framed by the oversized window that looks […]

The OR Gallery is proud to present Maura Doyle’s first exhibition in Canada since her return from Tokyo. The OR Gallery serves as a franchise for The Money Collection. This ...

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit arts organization founded in 1960. The ISC was created with a vision that remains as strong today as it was over half a century ago, to advance the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique and vital contribution to society

YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto May 10 to July 5, 2014

"Finding My Work, First Steps Toward Freedom, Preparing"and"Exercise One: Making a Small, Symmetrical, Thin-walled Pinch Pot"fromFinding One's Way With Clay ...