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Lori Ryerson

Artist member since 2018
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Toronto, Ontario

Lori Ryerson is an award-winning Toronto-based contemporary art photographer. Her work can be found in corporate collections, as well as numerous private collections throughout North America.

While her first loves are travel and landscape, Lori refers to herself an opportunistic photographer, preferring not to be restricted by any specific genre. Her works are usually the result of chance meanders, rather than pre-planned compositions. She seeks out what she refers to as “little mysteries in the mundane”, capturing the shifting stories that occur in manmade and nature’s landscapes.

In an increasingly noisy universe, Lori looks for ways to photograph silence. She has also been exploring the world of abstraction. Photographers are adept at isolating smaller moments in a larger landscape, and her journey into abstraction finds her taking a deep dive into the ephemeral moments from the natural world that surrounds us daily.


Work

Abstracts
Pink Horizon
  • Lori Ryerson
  • 40" x 53" x 0.5"
  • $3600 buy — $180 try
Water
Moira's Pond
  • Lori Ryerson
  • 58" x 20" x 2"
  • $1900 buy — $80 try
Vintage Cars
Landscape
Low Tide
  • Lori Ryerson
  • 36" x 23"
  • $775 buy — $39 try
Landscape, Iceland
Echoes of Magritte
  • Lori Ryerson
  • 40" x 30" x 2"
  • $1500 buy — $75 try
Nature
Sumptuous
  • Lori Ryerson
  • 32" x 24" x 2"
  • $775 buy — $39 try
Smalls
Death Valley
Crow Bar
  • Lori Ryerson
  • 36" x 28" x 2"
  • $1000 buy — $50 try
Abstract, Water
Other
All Works

Inside the Studio


Q+A

Everyone should know about

Other cultures and ways of life

In a previous life I was (a) ...

Much, much taller, I'm sure of it.

Beverage of choice

Coffee or Gin; what time is it?

I'm really good at making (a) ...

baked goods and jam and boy-children

When I'm not making art, I'm (a) ...

writing, reading, cooking, or travelling

What kind of artwork do you have in your home?

Whimsical and colourful, glass and folk art

Upcoming Exhibitions
2026-03-26

Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place
Artist Project

Select Past Exhibitions
2025

Toronto
North Toronto Group of Artists

2025

Toronto
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

2025

Toronto
Artist Project

2024

McKay Art Centre, Markham
Holiday Show, with Kari Serrao

2024

Toronto
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

2024

Toronto
Artist Project

2023

Toronto
Artist Project

2022

100 Kellogg Lane, London
Art Comp (inaugural)

2022

Toronto
Artist Project

2021

Orillia, Ontario
Carmichael Cdn Landscape

2021

Toronto
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

2019

Toronto
Solo Show, Off the Beaten Path

2018

Toronto
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

2017

New York City
New York Art Expo

2017

San Diego
Art San Diego

Accolades
2025

Society of Canadian Artists
Hon Mention, Contemporary Category

2025

Ontario Society of Artists
OSA Life Member Award, Best in Show

2022

19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award
Hon. Mntn, 2 cats: Fine Art & Sea/Landscapes

2020

International Color Awards
Hon.Mntn, 2 Nomin'n.

2019

Art Olympia Japan
Hon. Mntn

2018

Visual Arts Mississauga
Curator's Choice Award

2017

Art San Diego
Featured Artist

Press
2025

PhotoEd Magazine
Lori Ryerson: Quiet, Noise and Moving in Between

2025

Creatively Thinking Podcase
Lori Ryerson: Escape Hatch to Quiet Universe

2022

Canvas Rebel
Meet Lori Ryerson

2022

Light & Landscape Magazine
Return to Death Valley

2021

Toronto Star
Visual Arts Article

2020

Talk About Talk Podcast
Learn about Creativity

2020

CBC Radio One
Arts Report

2018

On Your Doorstep Magazine
Last Stop: Newfoundland

Residencies
2026

Morocco / Atlas Mountains
Photo Retreat

2025

Asturias, Spain
Photo Retreat

2025

Newfoundland
Photo trip

2025

Easter Island
Photo trip

2025

Atacama Desert, Chile
Photo trip

2024

Scottish Highlands
Photo Retreat

2024

Faroe Islands, Denmark
Photo Retreat

Education
2013

Humber College
Photography Certificate

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